lleliotype  Printing  Co.,  Boston. 


HISTORY 


OF    TIIK 


Town   of  Sutton, 

MASSACHUSETTS, 
From.     1704     to     1876; 


INCLUDING 


GRAFTON    UNTIL    1735;     MILLBURY  UNTIL    1813;    AND    PARTS 
OF  NORTHBRIDGE,  UPTON  AND  AUBURN. 


COMI'IT.KJ)   BY 

KEY.   WILLIAM    A.    BENEDICT,   A.M. 

AND 

REV.    HIRAM    A.    TRACY. 


WORCESTER: 

PUBLISHED    FOR    THE    TOWN,    BY 

SANFORD  &  COMPANY,  364   MAIN  STREET. 

1878. 


PRESS   OF 

LUCIUS     P.     GODDAKD, 
"WORCESTER, 


ACTION  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  SUTTON 


IN     REFERENCE     TO  /STHE      PUBLICATION     OF     THIS     HISTORY. 


At  an  informal  meeting  of  citizens  interested  in  the  publication  of  a  history 
of  the  town,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  take  the  matter  under  advisement, 
and,  if  found  practicable,  proceed  to  make  arrangements  for  such  publication. 

The  committee  feeling  that  the  town  ought  to  assume  responsibility  in  the 
matter,  and  believing  there"  would  be  a  willingness  so  to  do,  secured  the  inser- 
tion of  the  following  article  in  the  warrant  for  a  meeting  to  be  held  June  13, 
1876: 

"  To  see  what  action  the  town  will  take  in  regard  to  publishing  a  history  of 
the  town,  from  its  organization  in  1704  to  1876,  or  act  or  do  anything  relative 
to  the  same." 

Upon  consideration  of  this  article,  on  motion  of  Amos  Batcheller,  it  was 
voted  to  choose  a  committee  of  five  to  procure  the  publication  of  a  history  of 
the  town  from  1704  to  1876,  and  that  the  selectmen  are  instructed  to  advance 
to  said  committee,  on  their  application,  sui^  sum  or  sums  of  money  as  may 
be  necessary  to  defray  the  incidental  expenses  attending  its  publication,  not 
to  exceed  for  the  above  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  with  the  under- 
standing that  the  edition  shall  be  the  property  of  the  town,  and  that  the  money 
received  from  subscriptions  and  sales  shall  be,  after  defraying  expenses,  the 
property  of  the  town,  and  said  committee  shall  make  a  full  and  detailed  report 
of  their  doings  to  the  town.  The  committee  elected  were  as  follows : 

B.  L.  BATCHELLER,  EDWIN  H.  HUTCHINSON, 

CHARLES  H.  CHASE,  AMOS  BATCHELLER, 

SOLOMON  D.  KING. 


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PREFACE. 


In  a  Prospectus  issued  April  27,  1876,  it  was  stated  that  this  history,  which 
"will  be  a  volume  of  not  less  than  four  hundred  pages,"  will  probably  be  ready 
for  delivery  by  the  first  of  November. 

It  was  then  supposed  that  Deacon  Jonathan  Lei  and,  and  after  him  Christo- 
pher C.  Baldwin,  Esq.,  both  of  whom  had  been  gathering  materials  for  a 
history  of  the  town,  had  collected  nearly  everything  of  interest  for  such  a  work 
from  the  year  1704  to  1835.  The  papers  of  the  above  named  were  found  in 
the  Antiquarian  Hall,  in  Worcester,  where  Mr.  Baldwin  was  librarian  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  Copies  of  all  these  papers  were  obtained,  when  it  was  seen 
that  very  little  comparatively  had  been  done  in  the  preparation  of  a  history. 
Deacon  Leland's  papers  were  largely  genealogical,  and  contained  much  that 
was  valuable  pertaining  to  the  history  of  the  old  families,  but  everything  was 
incomplete.  Mr.  Baldwin's  papers  were  filled  with  matter  taken  mostly  from 
the  town  records,  and  arranged  under  the  heads  "  Public  Worship,"  "  Schools," 
"  Revolutionary  period,"  etc.  As  his  plan  and  ours  were  very  different,  these 
papers  were  at  once  laid  aside,  and  recourse  was  had  to  the  original  sources  of 
his  information. 

When  all  that  had  been  collected  was  in  our  hands,  the  work  of  getting 
together  additional  material  was  begun  in  earnest,  and  has  been  prosecuted 
until  the  present  time.  The  "oldest  inhabitants"  have  been  interviewed 
until  all  the  information  they  had  to  impart  was  obtained  —  the  records  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  town,  of  the  proprietors  of  the  four  thousand  acres,  of  the 
town,  of  the  ecclesiastical  societies  and  churches,  have  been  carefully  searched, 
a  file  of  the  Massachusetts  Spy  for  more  than  one  hundred  years,  Dr.  David 
Hall's  Diary,  kept  for  a  period  of  forty  years,  the  "New  England  Historical 
and  Genealogical  Register,"  the  published  histories  of  the  families  of  the  same 
name  with  old  families  of  the  town,  have  been  examined ;  in  short,  every  book 
or  pamphlet  from  which  we  could  hope  to  secure  corroboration  of  oral  testi- 
mony, or  additional  facts,  has  been  sought,  and  the  result  of  our  researches  is 
now  given  to  those  who  have  patiently  waited  for  two  full  years  beyond  the 
promised  time  for  the  delivery  of  the  work. 

The  accumulation  of  material  has  been  such,  that,  instead  of  a  book  of  about 
four  hundred  pages,  as  first  proposed,  they  have  one  of  something  more  than 
eight  hundred. 

We  have  arranged  the  history  in  parts  rather  than  chapters. 


6 

In  Part  I.  —  the  Annals  —  what  we  have  taken  from  the  records  we  have 
given  verbatim  et  literatim,  and  we  have  done  so  for  the  purpose  of  showing 
how  the  fathers  embodied  their  thought  and  action  in  words,  and  the  progress 
of  the  children  in  intelligence. 

In  Part  II.  —  The  Homes  of  Sutton — an  attempt  has  been  made  to  give  a 
brief  history  of  every  home,  making  mention  of  the  occupants  as  far  as  it  wa  s 
possible  to  learn  their  names. 

All  who  have  contributed  by  the  payment  of  taxes,  and  in  other  ways  to  the 
support  of  government,  churches  and  schools,  have  borne  some  part  in  making 
the  town  what  it  has  been,  and  is  to-day,  and  are  deserving  of  record. 

We  trust  the  sketches  we  give  in  connection  with  these  homes  of  some  who 
.  have  attained  to  honorable  and  prominent  positions,  may  be  found  of  special 
interest,  and  prove  a  stimulus  to  our  young  men  to  emulate  their  virtue,  earn- 
est purpose  and  industry. 

In  Part  III.  —  Ecclesiastical  and  Educational  —  we  have  given  a  brief  history 
of  the  churches,  and  traced  the  progress  of  the  town  in  the  establishment  of 
schools,  as  far  as  we  were  able  to  do  so  from  the  meagre  data  at  hand. 

In  Part  IV.  —  Manufacturing  —  brief  mention  has  been  made  of  the  early 
efforts  of  the  fathers  in  mechanical  industry  when  everything  was  made  hy 
hand,  and  we  have  endeavored  to  show  the  gradual  development  of  the  man- 
ufacturing interests  of  the  town  to  their  present  proportions. 

In  Part  V.  —  Genealogical  —  we  have  given  the  history  of  the  old  families . 
One  hundred  and  four  family  names  will  be  found  in  this  part,  and  under 
these  names  more  than  one  thousand  families  have  mention.  A  few  of  these 
family  histories,  as  will  be  seen,  have  been  written  by  some  connection  suffi- 
ciently interested  to  undertake  the  labor,  but  we  have  been  obliged  to  prepare 
the  record  of  most  of  them  from  the  best  data  we  could  obtain. 

Notwithstanding  the  valuable  material  left  by  Deacon  Lejand,  no  portion  of 
this  history  has  required  so  much  research,  taken  so  much  time,  and  been 
attended  with  so  much  perplexity,  and  no  part  is  to  us  so  unsatisfactory,  in 
consequence  of  our  inability  in  many  instances  to  supply  dates  and  names. 

In  Part  VI.  we  give  something  more  of  the  war  record  of  the  town  than 
was  furnished  in  the  "Annals" — the  names  of  those  whom  the  town  has  hon- 
ored with  the  principal  offices  —  and  statistical  tables. 

In  the  compilation  of  this  history  valuable  aid  has  been  rendered  by  many 
persons.  The  histories  of  the  "Homes"  have  been  almost  wholly  furnished 
by  others.  Mr.  Gardner  Hall  prepared  those  of  Districts  Nos.  one  and  two ; 
Mr.  Solomon  Severy,  those  of  District  No.  three ;  Mr.  Alvan  W.  Putnam  and 
Mr.  G.  Hall,  those  of  District  No.  four;  Mr.  A.  W.  Putnam,  those  of  District 
No.  six;  Mr.  Milton  E.  Crossman,  those  of  Districts  Nos.  five,  seven  and  eight; 
Mr.  Reuben  R.  Dodge  and  Mr.  G.  Hall,  those  of  Districts  Nos.  nine,  ten  and 
twelve ;  Mr.  William  E.  Cole,  those  of  a  few  in  District  No.  eleven,  and  Mr. 
G.  Hall  the  remainder. 

We  have  abridged  the  matter  pertaining  to  these  homes,  but  have  endeav- 
ored, as  far  as  possible,  to  retain  essential  facts,  and  to  let  the  persons  who 
have  furnished  these  facts  state  them  in  their  own  words. 

In  addition  to  those  above  mentioned,  we  are  indebted  to  many  who  have 
aided  us  in  our  work.  Among  these  is  Reuben  R.  Dodge,  Esq.,  who  had  him- 


self  projected  a  history  of  the  town  and  accumulated  considerable  material  for 
his  purpose,  all  of  which  he  freely  placed  at  our  disposal,  and  his  encouraging 
words  and  unselfish  co-operation  can  never  be  forgotten. 

We  would  also  express  our  obligations  to  Samuel  F.  Haven,  Esq.,  the  Libra- 
rian of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society,  and  to  Mr.  Edmund  M.  Barton,  his 
gentlemanly  assistant,  who  afforded  every  possible  facility  for  research  in  the 
society's  treasure  house  of  knowledge. 

To  all  who  have  furnished  matter  to  enrich  the  pages  of  this  work  we  tender 
our  grateful  thanks.  Nor  would  we  fail  to  mention  in  this  connection,  Miss 
Sarah  J.  King,  who,  for  fourteen  months,  has  been  engaged  upon  this  history, 
patiently  transcribing  our  hieroglyphical  scrawls,  which  no  printer  could  read, 
and  rendering  us  much  help  in  deciphering  old  and  almost  illegible  records. 
She  has  written  for  us  more  than  two  thousand  legal-cap  pages  of  manuscript. 

Of  those  named  as  compilers  of  this  history,  the  chief  labor  has  fallen  upon 
the  first.  Mr.  Tracy  has  written  the  history  of  the  first  and  second  Congrega- 
tional churches,  and  the  sketch  of  Dr.  David  March. 

The  labor  expended  upon  such  a  work,  in  collecting  the  mass  of  material, 
selecting  from  this  mass,  sifting  the  selections,  separating  fact  from  fiction, 
arranging  in  order  and  correcting  the  proof-sheets  as  they  issue  from  the  press, 
indexing,  etc.,  can  be  known  only  to  those  who  have  had  experience  in  kind. 
But  though  the  labor  has  been  great,  we  have  taken  much  pleasure  in  our  work, 
which  we  have  prepared  not  so  much  for  the  general  reader  as  for  our  towns- 
men, and  those  who  have  gone  out  from  us,  and  think  of  old  Sutton  as  once 
their  home,  or  that  of  their  fathers  or  grandfathers.  If  these  are  satisfied 
with  a  work,  the  imperfection  of  which  none  can  feel  more  keenly  than  our- 
selves, we  shall  care  little  for  the  criticism  of  those  to  whom  we  claim  no 
family  relationship. 

For  the  attractive  mechanical  and  typographical  appearance  of  the  book, 
much  commendation  is  due  to  the  publishers,  Messrs.  Sanford  and  Company, 
and  the  printer,  MB.  Lucius  P.  Goddard. 

W.  A.  B. 

SUTTON,  November  4, 1878. 


HISTORY  OF  SUTTON 

Part    I. 


A  N  X  A  L  8  . 

UK  township  of  Sutton*  was  purchased  by  certain 
personsf  residing  in  Boston,  of  John  Wampus,  alias 
White,  and  Company,  Xipmug  Indians. 
It  is  described  us  "  a  tract  of  waste  land  eight  miles 
square,  lying  between  the  Towns  of  Mendon,  Worcester, 
New  Oxford,  Sherburne  and  Marlborough,  embracing  with- 
iug  its  limits  an  Indian  reservation  of  four  miles  square 
called  Uassanimisco." 

The  original  deed  from  John  Wampus  and  Company 
seems  to  have  been  lost,  from  the  fact  that  the  "Proprietors 
of  Sutton/'  at  a  meeting  held  Feb.  22,  1731-2,  ordered 


*  The  origin  of  the  name  of  the  Town  is  unknown.  Dea.  Leland  in  his 
papers  gives  an  old  tradition  concerning  it  which  he  regards  as  well  estab- 
lished. It  is  this: 

John  Wampus  crossed  the  Atlantic  ocean  and  visited  England.  While  on 
his  return  voyage  to  New  England  his  health  failed  him,  and  he  received 
particular  attention  from  one  of  his  fellow-passengers,  a  Dr.  Sutton ;  and  from 
gratitude  to  him  for  his  kindness  suggested  his  name  for  the  Township  when 
he  gave  the  deed  conveying  it  to  the  Proprietors. 

t  These  persons,  and"  others  who  were  subsequently  admitted  as  members  of 
the  Company,  were  called  "Proprietors  of  Sutton."  These  Proprietors-  kept 
a  careful  record  of  their  proceedings. 


](»  \\\  M,s    OF   THE 

"•  That  the  Clerk  shall  provide  a  new  hook,  and  transfer  this 
regularly,  and  that  on  the  first  pages  of  it,  the  original  deed 
of  John  Wampus,  alias  White,  together  with  the  Grant  of 
the  General  Court  l>e  tirst  placed"  -and  though  a,  new  book 
was  procured,  and  the  transfer  made,  no  deed  appears.  The 
grant  referred  to  was  recorded  on  the  first  pages,  and  is  as 
follows  : 

Joseph  Dudley,  Esqr.,  Captain  General  and  Governor  In 
Chief  In  and  over  her  Majesties  Province  of  the  Massachu- 
-etts  Bay  in  New  England  in  America  —  To  all  to  whom 
these  presents  shall  come  Greeting. 

Whereas  John  Conner,  Pewterer,  James  Smith,  Shop- 
keeper, William  Mumford,  Stone-cutter,  and  Joshua  Hewes, 
Innkeeper,  all  of  Boston  In  the  County  of  Suffolk,  within 
the  Province  aforesaid  by  their  petition  presented  to  the 
said  .Joseph  Dudley,  Esqr.,  Govenor,  and  the  General 
A—  embly  of  the  aforesaid  Province,  at  their  last  Session 
begun  the  Eighth  day  of  March  last  passt  before  the  sale 
hereof,  Have  humbly  prayed  in  behalf  of  themselves  and 
company,  a  confirmation  by  a  grant  of  this  Court  of  their 
right  and  title  to  a  certain  tract  of  land  purchased  of  John 
Wampus,  alias  White,  and  Company,  Indians,  situate  in 
the  Nipmug  Country  between  the  towns  of  Mendon,  Worces- 
ter, New  Oxford,  Sherburne  and  Marlborough,  of  eight 
miles  square,  in  which  is  included  a  tract  of  land  four  miles 
square  called  Hassanamisco,  and  possessed  by  the  Indians. 
And  Whereas  the  said  Govenor  and  General  Assembly  have 
ordered  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  be  granted,  saving 
the  lands  purchased  by  the  Haynes's,  and  reserving  the 
Indian  property  of  Hassanamisco — Provided  also  that  they 
intrench  upon  no  former  grant  of  the  General  Court,  and 
they  be  obliged  to  settle  a  town  of  thirty  families,  and  a 
minister  upon  said  lands,  within  seven  yeares  after  the  end 
of  the  present  war  with  the  Indians.  And  that  they  reserve 
three  hundred  acres  of  the  said  lands  for  the  first  .settled 
minister,  four  hundred  acres  for  the  ministry,  and  two 
hundred  acres  for  the  use  of  a  school,  all  to  be  laid  out 
conveniently.  The  said  tract  to  begin  upon  the  line  of 
Marlborough  next  Hassanamisco,  a  platt  thereof  to  be 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  11 

returned  and  approved  by  this  Court,  as  in  and  by  the 
record  of  said  General  Assembly,  relation  being  thereunto 
had,  doth  and  may  appear. 

Know  ye  therefore  that  I,  the  said  Joseph  Dudley,  Esqr., 
Governor,  agreeable  to  the  above  recieved  order  passed  by 
Ihe  Council  and  Assembly  respectively,  and  pursuant  to  the 
power  and  authority  contained  and  granted  in  and  by  her 
Majesties  Royal  Charter  the  Governor  and  General  Assem- 
My  of  the « aforesaid  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  have 
granted,  ratified  and  continued  and  by  these  presents  do 
freely,  fully  and  absolutely  grant,  ratify  and  confirm  unto 
the  above  named  John  Conner,  .James  Smith,  William 
Mumford,  Joshua  Hewes,  and  others,  their  Partners,  viz: 
Paul  Dudley  of  Boston  aforesaid  Esqr.,  .John  Jackson  of 
said  Boston,  housewriglit,  Mary  Conner  and  Elizabeth 
Pittom,  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  John  Pittom  Plummer, 
deceased,  Edward  Pratt  of  Newtown  within  the  County  of 
Middlesex,  Physician,  and  Elizabeth  Wilson  of  Hartford 
in  the  County  of  Connecticut,  Widows,  their  heires  and 
assignes  forever,  all  the  aforesaid  certain  tract  of  waste  land 
purchased  of  the  Indians,  Native  Proprietors,  as  above  men- 
tioned, scituate  and  described  as  aforesaid,  and  to  be  sur- 
veyed, platted  and  approved  as  above  directed,  with  and 
under  the  severall  savings,  reservations,  Provisos  and 
conditions  above  expressed,  and  all  the  estate,  right,  Title, 
Inheritance,  use,  property,  and  Interest  of  the  said  several 
persons  therein  and  thereto  —  Together  with  all  and  singular 
the  fields,  feeding,  herbage,  pastures,  soils,  swamps,  Mead- 
ows, Rivers,  Rivulets,  Ponds,  Pools,  AVoods,  underwoods, 
trees,  timber,  stones,  fishing,  fowling  and  hunting  Rights, 
Members,  Hereditaments,  Emoluments,  Profits,  Privileges 
and  Appurtenances  thereto  belonging  or  in  any  way  apper- 
taining. The  said  tract  of  land  being  hereby  granted  for  :i 
township,  the  same  to  be  called  Sutton.  And  to  have,  use, 
exercise,  and  enjoy  the  same  powers,  immunities,  and  privi- 
leges by  Law  granted  to  towns.  To  have  and  to  hold  all 
the  said  tract  of  land  by  the  name  of  the  towrn  of  Sutton, 
with  all  the  aforesaid  premises.  Emoluments,  Profits,  Privi- 
leges and  appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  with  and  under 


1'2  ANNALS    OF    THE 

ihe  severall  savings,  reservations  'Provisos  and  conditions 
herein  before  expressed.  And  to  be  surveyed,  platted, 
returned  and  approved  as  above  said  unto  the  said  John 
Conner,  James  Smith,  William  Mnmford,  Joshua  Howes. 
Paul  Dudley,  John  Jackson,  Mary  Connor,  Elizabeth  Pittom, 
Edward  Pratt,  and  Eli/abeth  Wilson,  their  hoi  res  and 
assiii'iies  to  their  proper  use  and  l)ehoofe  forever.  Yielding, 
Rendering  and  Paying  therefore  unto  our  Sovereign  Lady 
Queen  Anne  her  kings  .and  Successors  one  fifth  part  of  all 
the  Gold  and  Silver  Oar  and  Precious  stones,  which  from 
time  to  time  and  at  all  times  forever  hereafter  shall  happen 
to  be  found,  gotten  had  or  obtained  in  any  of  the  said  lands 
and  Premises,  or  within  any  part  or  parcel  thereof — In  lien 
and  stead  of  all  Rents,  Services.  Dues,  Dutys,  and  demands 
whatsoever  from  the  said  lands  and  premises,  and  for  every 
part  and  parcel  thereof.  In  Testimony  AYhereof  I  the  said 
Joseph  Dudley,  Esqr.,  Governor  have  signed  these  presents 
and  caused  the  Publiek  seal  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  aforesaid  to  be  hereunto  affixed. 

Dated  at  Boston  aforesaid  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  in  the 
third  year  of  her  Majesties  Reign  Anno  Domini  1704. 

5     The  publick  seal      >  J.   Dl'DLKY. 

£  on  a  label  appending  $ 

Copy  of  Records  Examined. 

H.  Ai)DiN(;ToN.  Sec. 

The  tract  of  land  included  in  the  above  grant  was  with  the 
exception  of  here  and  there  a  cleared  space,  on  which  the 
Indians  raised  their  corn,  and  a  few  marshes,  called  meadows, 
an  unbroken  forest,  heavily  wooded  with  pine.  oak.  hickorv, 
chestnut,  birch  and  maple.  In  its  physical  aspect  it  presented 
many  attractive  features,  and  was  a  favorite  resort  of  its 
native  owners,  who  reserved  a  home  within  its  limits.  Its 
surface  is  uneven  and  hilly,  and,  though  none  of  its  hills  rise 
to  a  great  height,  yet  many  of  them  are  of  sufficient  eleva- 
tion to  reveal  from  their  summits  scenes  of  quiet  beautv  un- 
surpassed in  any  other  portion  of  \ew  England.  The  soil 
is  varied,  in  the  southern  and  eastern  part  being  of  a  saiidv 
and  gravelly  nature,  while  in  the  northern  and  western  parts 


TOWN     OF    Sl'TTOX.  13 

much  of  it  is  a  clayey  loam.  In  the  main  it  is  well  adapted 
to  agriculture,  though  some  portions,  particularly  in  the 
southern  part,  are  too  rocky  to  he  brought  under  cultivation, 
and  none  of  it  was  subdued  and  made  productive  without 
much  patient  toil.  The  fine  farms  of  to-day  which  embellish 
hill-side,  hill-top  and  valley,  are  the  result  of  the  muscle 
and  money  the  several  generations  that  have  occupied  them 
have  contributed.  This  township  furnishes  great  facilities 
for  manufacturing  purposes,  as  well  as  for  agriculture. 
There  are  within  its  limits  several  natural  ponds  fed  largely 
by  hidden  springs,  whose  outlets  afford  tine  water  privileges. 
The  principal  of  these  are  Dorothy  Pond  in  the  north  part 
of  the  town,  Ramshorn  in  the  northwest,  Crooked  Pond 
near  the  centre,  and  Manchaug  Pond  in  the  southwest . 
IJlackstone  River  —  called  by  the  Indians  Kittatuck —  has 
its  rise  in  Ramshorn  Pond,  and  passes  through  the  the  town 
from  northwest  to  southeast.  This  river  furnishes  valuable 
water  power.  So  also  does  Mnmford  river,  the  outlet 
of  Manchaug  Pond.  Mill  Brook,  the  outlet  of  Crooked 
Pond  (now  called  Singletary  Lake),  has  in  the  distance  of  a 
mile  a  fall  of  17;")  feet,  and  affords  seven  water  privileges. 
There  are  several  other  streams  in  town  which  the  early 
settlers  utilized  by  the  erection  of  saw-mills,  grist-mills  and 
fulling-mills,  and  which  in  later  days  have  been  employed  in 
manufacturing  of  various  kinds,  as  will  appear  under  its 
appropriate  head  in  this  History. 

In  its  Geological  features  the  town  presents  nothing  of  a 
peculiar  nature.  Like  many  other  towns  in  eastern  Massa- 
chusetts, the  rocky  formation  is  chiefly  granite,  quartz  rock, 
and  gneiss.  Gneiss  predominates,  and  the  quarries  which 
have  been  opened  furnish  most  excellent  stone  for  building 
purposes.  This  rock  often  contains  iron  pyrites,  mica,  lead, 
tin  and  some  other  mineral  substances  in  small  quantities. 
The  glitter  of  the  little  particles  has  led  to  the  belief  that 
gold  and  silver  might  be  found,  and  this  town,  in  common 
with  many  others  in  the  State,  has  had  its  excitements  over 
wild  and  fruitless  search  for  the  precious  metals. 

There  are  natural  curiosities  in  the  town,  some  of  which 
:ire  thus  referred  to  in  "Whitney's  History  of  Worcester 


ANNALS    OF    THE 


County":  As  first.  In  the  west  part  of  Sutton  within  sixty 
rods  of  the  rise  of  the  inlet  of  Ranishorn  Pond,  which  is 
the  head  of  Hlackstone  River  running  to  Providence  and 
falling  into  the  sea  at  Bristol,  is  a  brook  as  large  as  to  carry 
a  sa \v-ini  11  in  Sutton,  then  bears  away  into  Oxford,  joins 
French  River  which  unites  with  the  river  Quinebaug,  and 
enters  the  sea  at  New  London. 

Secondly.  A  few  rods  west  of  the  second  parish  meeting 
house,  there  is  a  swamp  having  two  outlets,  one  at  the 
southwest,  the  other  at  the  southeast.  Both  these  outlets 
enter  Blackstone  River  above  described,  at  about  one  mile's 
distance  from  each  other.  But  the  river  is  estimated  to  run 
ten  or  twelve  miles  after  the  entrance  of  that  on  the  westerly 
side  before  it  returns  and  takes  in  that  on  the  east. 

Thirdly.  In  the  southeastern  part  of  the  town  is  a  cavern 
in  the  earth  or  rocks,  commonly  called  Purgatory.  The 
rocks  on  each  side  of  the  chasm  evidently  appear  to  have 
been  rent  asunder. 

People  may  enter  some  rods  under  the  ground  or  rocks, 
and  there  are  cracks  down  which  they  drop  pebbles,  and, 
after  these  strike  the  sides  alternately  several  times  they  arc- 
heard  to  fall  into  the  water ;  and  a  brook  issues  out  at  the 
bottom  of  the  hill. 

It  may  be  acceptable  to  give  a  more  particular  description 
of  this  place  called  Purgatory. 

It  is  the  side  of  a  hill  which  consists  of  vast  ledges  of 
rocks.  Where  the  natural  descent  begins,  a  chasm  has  been 
formed  of  perhaps  thirty,  and  in  some  places,  forty  feet  in 
width,  in  these  ledges  by  some  violent  concussion  which  left 
this  body  of  stones  of  all  shapes  and  sizes  to  fall  in.  Above 
it  is  open  to  the  heavens,  and  the  ledges,  on  either  side,  are 
from  five  to  ten,  and  so  on  to  twenty,  and  even  forty  feet  in 
height.  This  chasm  is,  perhaps,  near  eighty  rods  in  length, 
and  the  descent  is  gradual  and  not  very  difficult.  Where 
the  greatest  depth  is,  water  issues  from  crevices  in  the  rocks 
and  hangs  in  icicles,  and  even  in  solid  bodies  of  ice,  not 
only  in  May,  as  I  have  seen,  but  in  June,  although  the 
descent  is  to  the  south.  Some  small  caverns  were  formed 
by  the  falling  of  these  rocks,  through  which  persons  have 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  5 

descended  and  come  out  .several  rods  below.  This  is  a  most 
stupendous  place,  and  fills  the  mind  of  the  beholder  with 
exalted  ideas  of  the  infinite  power  of  the  great  Creator  of 
all  things,  "  who  removeth  the  mountains  and  they  know  it 
not ;  who  shaketh  the  earth  out  of  .its  place,  and  the  pillars 
thereof  tremble." 

After  all,  no  description  given  of  this  place  by  another, 
will  enable  persons  to  form  just  and  adequate  conceptions 
of  it.* 

The  ledges  which  Mr.  Whitney  says  are  "  from  five  to 
ten  and  so  on  to  twenty,  and  even  forty  feet  in  height ;  "  are 
found  by  actual  measurement  to  be  in  some  places  between 
Hfty  and  sixty  feet  in  height.  Dr.  Hitchcock  in  speaking  of 
Purgatory  puts  the  extreme  height  of  the  sides  of  the  fissure 
at  seventy  feet.f 

The  settlement  of  the  town  was  much  delayed  by  the 
war  mentioned  in  the  grant  by  the  Governor  and  General 
Court. 

This  war  is  known  as  Queen  Anne's  war.  It  began  in  1702 
and  was  not  ended  until  1713. 

November  17,  1714,  the  Proprietors  held  the  first  meet- 
ing of  which  there  is  any  record.  At  this  meeting  (held  in 
Boston)  it  was  voted,  "  That  three  men  should  be  chosen 
for  a  committee  to  order  the  affairs  of  that  place  "-—  Button. 
Nathaniel  Brewer,  Jonathan  Draper,  and  Eliezer  Daniels 
were  chosen  such  committee,  and  "  were  to  stand  until  others 
were  chosen." 

"  It  was  the  same  day  voted  that  all  the  charges  that  has 
been  and  shall  arise,  till  the  next  meeting  should  be  payed 
by  the  Proprietors  equally  according  to  their  several  pro- 
portions at  twenty  shillings  for  every  500  acre  right." 

The  next  meeting  was  held  in  Boston,  March  2,  1714—5.$ 


*  See  Whitney's  History  of  Worcester  County,  pp.  96-98. 

I  See  Hitchcock's  report  on  the  Geology  of  Mass,  page  295. 

t  Before  the  adoption  of  the  "New  Style"  in  England,  in  1752,  the  year 
was  considered  as  beginning  the  25th  of  March.  Any  date  therefore  between 
the  1st  of  January  and  the  24th  of  March  would  be  a  year  too  little,  so  to 
avoid  mistakes  it  had  become  customary  to  give  both  years  as  above.  March 
2d  would  occur  in  the  year  1714  should  the  year  begin  the  25th  of  March,  in 
1715  should  it  begin  the  1st  of  January. 


16  ANNALS    OF   THE 

At  this  nice-ting  it  was  voted  '4  That  Jonathan  Draper, 
Eliezer  Daniels,  and  Nathaniel  Brewer  should  be  a  commit- 
tee to  go  and  lay  out  sixty  lots  at  Button ,  for  the  Proprie- 
tors, of  thirty  acres  a  lot,  thirty  rods  wide  and  one  hundred 
and  sixty  long." 

"  Voted  the  same  day  that  all  such  as  had  one  live  hun- 
dred acre  right  should  have  a  thirty  acre  lott,  and  they  who 
had  more  according  to  their  proportion." 

It  was  also  "  Voted  that  there  should  be  a  rate  of  sixty 
pounds,  one  pound  on  every  live  hundred  acre  right." 

It  appears  from  these  votes  that  the  tirst  division  of  the 
township  was  into  sixty  tive-hundred-aere  rights.  Kach 
proprietor  owned  at  least  one  right,  some  more.  Actual 
surveys,  as  will  appear,  were  afterwards  made  of  lots,  cor- 
responding in  number  to  the  number  of  rights,  and  varying 
in  area  from  thirty  to  one  hundred  acres.  These  lots  were 
drawn  by' the  proprietors  —  each  right  being  entitled  to  one 
—  and  disposed  of  by  them  individually. 

At  the  meeting  held  March  2,  1714-15  it  was  likewise 
"  Voted,  that  all  such  as  should  appear  to  go  tirst  and  live 
at  the  town  of  Sutton,  for  their  encouragement  should  have 
one  hundred  acres  of  land  given  them  for  their  own,  pro- 
vided they  settle  two  years  from  the  date  hereof ;  and  they 
to  bear  their  proportion  of  town  charges,  the  Proprietors 
to  bear  half  the  charges  of  building  a  Meeting  house  and 
settling  a  minister  the  first  four  years." 

March  18-19,  1714-15.  Meetings  of  the  proprietors  were 
held  at  which  it  was  "  Voted  that  every  man  shall  have  a 
convenient  way  to  his  lott  through  his  neighbor's  lott,  where 
it  shall  be  most  convenient  for  him  and  least  damage  to  his 
neighbor ;  also  in  all  after  divisions  in  the  town  every  per- 
son shall  have  a  convenient  way  to  their  lotts,  which  lott  is 
to  be  understood  to  be  a  proper  whole  lott."  Also  "  Voted 
the  same  day  that  for  encouragement  to  thirty  families  to  <ro 
and  settle  first,  they  should  have  four  thousand  acres  laid 
out  to  them  on  the  northwest  side  of  the  road  from  Marl- 
borough  to  Oxford  provided,  and  it  is  to  be  understood  that 
such  as  appear  and  are  allowed  by  the  Committy  do  go  and 
work  upon  their  lotts  within  six  weeks,  and  make  a  return 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  17 

to  the  Committy.  And  upon  their  default  the  Committy 
shall  have  liberty  to  putt  in  others  as  shall  appear." 

•'  Voted  the  same  day  that  the  Committy  shall  go  and 
survey  the  four  thousand  acres  of  land,  and  lay  out  thirty 
home  lots  in  it,  containing  forty  acres  per  lott,  at  the  settlers' 
charge." 

"  Voted  the  same  day  that  Jonathan  Draper,  Edward 
Summer  and  Nathaniel  Brewer  should  be  a  Committy  to 
allow  of  the  settlers." 

It  seems  that  the  survey  of  the  land  granted  to  the  thirty 
families  who  should  be  approved  by  the  committee  and  set- 
tle upon  it  within  the  time  prescribed,  was  made  and  the 
thirty  lots  of  forty  acres  each  were  in  due  form  laid  out. 
But  no  settlement  ivas  effected  during  the  year.  It  appears 
that  no  formal  "  Act  of  Incorporation  "  was  ever  secured, 
or  asked  for  by  the  proprietors  or  settlers  of  the  town.  The 
following  endorsement  is  on  the  back  of  a  plot  of  the  town- 
ship on  file  in  the  land  office. 

"  In  the  House  of  Representatives, 

June  18,  1715. 

Ordered  that  the  Land  described  and  Platted,  on  the  other 
side,  be  allowed  and  confirmed  to  the  Proprietors  of  the 
Township  of  Sutton.  Provided  it  Intrench  on  no  former 
grant.  Sent  up  for  concurrence. 

JOHN  BUKKELL,  Speaker. 
In  Council,  June  21,  1715, 
Rec'd  and  Concurred, 

JOSEPH  HILLEK,  Clerk  Coun. 
A  true  Copy,  Examined, 

Jos.  MARION,  D.  Sec'y." 

The  next  meeting  of  the  proprietors  of  which  there  is  a 
record,  was  held  in  Boston,  March  13,  1715-16,  at  which 
the  following  votes  were  passed: 

kk  Voted  that  every  five  hundred  acre  right  should  draw  a 
second  right  of  one  hundred  acres." 

"  The  same  day  it  was  voted  that  wheresoever  any  (•lav- 
was  found   in  any  man's  lott,  it  should  be  for  the  use  of  the 
whole  town  till  a  publick  place  was  found  for  that  use." 
3 


18  ANNALS    OF  THE 

' '  Voted  the  same  day  that  the  Mill  lot*  and  stream  in  the 
settlers'  side  shall  be  at  the  Proprietors'  disposal." 

"  Voted  the  same  day  that  the  proprietors  will  be  at  half 
the  charge  of  building  a  meeting  house  and  settling  a  min- 
ister for  the  first  four  years  from  the  date  hereof." 

"  Voted  the  same  day  that  the  settlers  shall  have  liberty 
to  cutt  grasse  and  timber  in  the  Proprietor's  land  till  they 
come  to  improve  and  to  be  laid  out." 

During  this  year  (1716)  three  families  were  found  of 
sufficient  nerve  and  enterprise  to  pioneer  the  settlement  of 
the  town.  These  families  were  those  of  Benjamin  Marsh, 
Elisha  Johnson,  and  Nathaniel  Johnson. 

They  built  their  cabins  near  the  centre  of  the  town,  and 
spent  there  the  winter  of  1716-7.  It  proved  a  trying  win- 
ter to  them.  It  was  the  winter  made  memorable  by  the 
deep  snow  which  fell  the  last  of  February,  and  wholly  cov- 
ered the  cabins. 

Elisha  Johnson,  whose  cabin  was  located  near  the  place 
now  occupied  by  Mr.  Samuel  Prescott,  had  left  his  family 
the  morning  of  the  day  the  great  snow  commenced  falling, 
for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  some  supplies  in  Marlborough. 

He  was  seen  on  his  way  by  a  friendly  Indian,  who,  when 
the  storm  had  subsided,  started  on  snow-shoes  for  the  little 
settlement,  and  found  the  cabin  of  Mr.  Johnson  by  the  hole 
which  the  smoke  from  the  fire-place  had  made  through  the 
snow.  His  family  would  doubtless  have  perished  had  it  not 
been  for  the  kind  forethought  of  this  friendly  Indian.  Mrs. 
Johnson  said  "  no  human  voice  ever  sounded  half  so  sweet 
as  did  that."  Other  families  were  attracted  during  the  year 
1717  by  the  offer  of  a  farm  for  the  taking,  so  that,  at  its 
close,  the  thirty  families  to  whom  a  grant  of  four  thousand 
acres  had  been  made,  and  for  whom  home  lots  of  forty  acres 
each  had  been  laid  out,  were  on  the  ground. 

The  tract  of  land  which  the  four  thousand  acres  embraced 
was  so  located  on  the  north  side  of  the  Oxford  road,  that  a 
north  and  south  line  dividing  it  into  equal  parts  would  pass 
directly  through  Singletary  Lake. 


*  This  lot  embraced  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixteen  acres  at  the  foot  of 
Crooked  Pond,  and  included  the  privilege  of  the  stream  to  the  lower  falls. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  21 

The  home  lots  fronted  some  of  them  on  the  Oxford  road, 
extending  as  far  west  as  the  place  now  occupied  by  Dea. 
John  Marble,  and  east  as  far  as  the  place  now  occupied  by 
H.  S.  Stockwell.  Five  of  them  were  north  of,  and  joining 
those  most  easterly,  and  eight  of  them  in  what  is  now  the 
"Eight  Lots  District"  —  the  most  easterly  of  these  being 
the  place  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Solomon  Severy. 

The  entry  in  the  proprietors'  records  with  reference  to  the 
thirty  families  to  whom  four  thousand  acres  of  land  were 
given  is  as  follows  : 

"'  These  are  the  names  of  such  as  are  entered  settlers  in 
the  four  thousand  acres  that  was  given  to  them  upon  the  con- 
ditions that  they  would  go  and  settle  first  there  and  bear 
charge  with  the  proprietors  according  to  their  agreement. 

William  King,  Thomas  Growing, 

Oliver  Gosse,  Samuel  Parker, 

Joseph  Sibley,  Samuel  Stearns. 

William  Stockwell,  John  Bates, 

Benjamin  Marsh,  Jonathan  Sibley, 

Thomas  Gleson,  William  Rutter, 

Samuel  Gowing,  Timothy  Manning, 

John  Waite,  John  Sibley, 

Benjamin  Smith,  Samuel  Dagget, 

John  Stockwell,  Nathaniel  Johnson, 

Jonathan  King,  William  Larned, 

Samuel  Bixbee,  Elisha  Johnson, 

Samuel  Barton,  Richard  Gibson, 

William  Stockwell,  Ebenezer  Cutler, 

Freegrace  Marble,  William  Hey  wood.* 

The  plot  of  ' '  Settlers'  Land  "  contained  four  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  The  south  line  on  the  Oxford 
road  was  1,240  rods,  the  west  line  640,  the  north  line  1,240 
—  the  east  700  rods.  Six  hundred  acres  were  allowed  for 
"Crooked  Pond"  (Singletary  Lake),  and  three  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  for  Farm.  This  farm  was  at  the  southwest 


*  A  few  of  these  names  will  be  recognized  as  still  common.     Numerous 
descendants  of  some  of  these  families  are  now  residents  of  the  town. 


'22  ANNALS    OF   THE 

corner  of  the  plot,  and  fronted  on  the  north  side  of  the 
Oxford  road,  the  east  line  being  near  Dea.  Marble's  house. 
For  what  purpose  this  farm  was  laid  out  can  not  now  be 
learned.  There  is  no  record  with  reference  to  the  use  to 
which  it  was  put,  and  no  allusion  is  made  to  it,  only  as 
bounding  the  land  adjacent  as  this  was  apportioned  among 
the  settlers.  The  thirty  persons  above  named  style  them- 
selves "  Proprietors  of  the  four  thousand  acres,"  and  keep 
a  record  of  their  meetings.  This  record  contains  little  of 
interest,  as  it  is  mainly  filled  up  with  proceedings  pertaining 
to  the  division  of  what  remained  of  the  four  thousand  acres 
among  the  occupants  of  the  home-lots,  and  the  boundaries 
of  each  man's  portion. 

The  aim  seems  to  have  been  so  to  divide  the  land  that 
no  one  should  have  reason  to  complain  that  he  had  been 
wronged ;  and,  that  no  dissatisfaction  was  expressed  when 
the  allotments  were  made,  is  pleasing  evidence  of  the  good 
feeling  which  existed,  and  the  disposition  of  all  to  see  that 
exact  justice  was  done. 

The  mill  lot  to  which  reference  has  been  made  was 
assigned  to  Ebenezer  Dagget,  as  appears  from  the  following 
entry  in  the  proprietors'  records. 

"  Ebeuezer  Dagget  hath  the  mill  lot  with  the  privilege  of 
the  stream  to  the  lower  falls,  upon  condition  that  the  said 
Dagget,  or  his  Heires,  keep  a  Grist-mill  for  the  use  of  the 
town  ;  and  if  the  said  Dagget  denies  or  refuse  to  keep  a 
mill  for  the  use  of  the  town  he  shall  return  the  stream  to 
the  town  again."  The  return  of  the  mill-lot  with  boun- 
daries carefully  defined  is  noted  in  the  proprietors'  records 
of  Nov.  23,  1717. 

We  also  find  the  following  with  reference  to  the  Oxford 
road : 

"The  road  from  Oxford  to  Maryborough,  beginning  at 
the  farms,  so  returning  upon  the  point  of  compasse  to  the 
meeting-house  hill,  thence  to  the  north  side  of  Elisha  John- 
son's house  to  Cold-spring  brook,  six  rods  wide  from  the 
heads  of  the  proprietors'  lotts  —  laid  out  March,  1716,  by 
Nathaniel  Brewer,  Jonathan  Draper,  Eleazur  Daniels. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  23 

1718. 

The  first  town  meeting  was  held  at  the  house  of  Capt. 
John  Stockwell,  Dec.  3,  1718.  This  house  was  a  small 
one,  about  fifteen  feet  by  ten,  and  stood  near  the  present 
dwelling  of  Mr.  Simeon  Stockwell.*  Elisha  Johnson  was 

O 

elected  moderator,  and  selectmen,  a  town  clerk  and  a  con- 
stable were  chosen  "  to  continue  in  office  until  the  next 
March  meeting. "f 

Action  was  also  taken  on  a  proposition  of  the  proprietors, 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  act  with  a  committee 
whom  they  had  chosen,  to  aid  in  the  matter  of  building 
a  meeting  house,  and  establishing  the  preaching  of  the 
gospel. 

Referring  to  the  Proprietors'  Records  we  find  that  at  a 
meeting  held  in  Boston  March  5,  1717—18,  the  following 
votes  were  passed  : 

"  Voted  the  same  day  that  the  four  years  charges  for 
carying  on  the  worship  of  God,  and  building  a  meeting 
house  should  begin  from  this  day  above  mentioned." 

1 '  Voted  the  same  day  that  there  shall  be  twenty  pounds 
raised  by  the  Proprietors  and  settlers  towards  the  carrying 
on  of  the  worship  of  God  amongst  them  which  money  is  to 
be  paid  into  the  Clerk's  hands  to  be  improved  for  that  use." 

' '  Voted  the  same  day  that  Jonathan  Draper,  Nathaniel 
Brigham,  John  Haye,  and  Nathaniel  Brewer  are  a  committee 
to  agree  with  workmen  to  build  and  furnish  a  meeting:- 

O  O 

house  ;  and  the  Proprietors  obliged  themselves  and  heires  to 
bear  their  equal  proportion  of  said  charges." 

The  record  in  reference  to  the  action  of  the  town  in 
response  to  the  proposal  of  the  Proprietor's  Committee  is  as 
follows  : 

' '  The  committee  of  the  proprietors  who  was  chosen  to 
manage  the  affairs  relating  to  the  settlement  of  the  worship 


*  This  house  was  afterwards  sold  to  Amos  Stockwell,  and  moved  upon  the 
place  now  occupied  by  David  Welsh  and  attached  to  the  house  which  was 
burned. 

t  For  the  names  of  town  officers  chosen  this  year,  and  each  succeeding 
year  to  1876,  see  the  record  in  part  vi.  of  this  history. 


24  ANNALS    OF  THE 

of  God  in  this  Town  having  made  application  to  the  Town 
at  this  meeting  that  a  committee  may  be  appointed  by  this 
Town  to  joyn  with  them  to  move  forward  and  carry  on 
proper  managements  and  agreements  for  said  service  — 

"Voted  unanimously  that  the  Town  do  now  choose  live 
persons  to  l)e  a  committee  to  joyn  with  the  Proprietor'- 
committee  aforesaid,  who  shall  from  time  to  time  represent 
the  Town  in  order  to  building  and  furnishing  a  Meeting- 
house in  said  Town,  and  it  is  Resolved,  that  William  King, 
Samuel  Stearns,  Benjamin  Marsh,  John  Stockwell  and 
Freegrace  Marble  or  the  Major  part  of  them,  be  a  comittee 
for  said  service." 

1719. 

The  Town  Meeting  was  held  March  17th  at  the  house  of 
Samuel  Stearns,  at  which,  after  the  choice  of  Town  Officers, 
it  was  voted,  "That  there  should  be  a  rate  levied  on  the 
settlers  of  the  four  thousand  acres,  according  to  every  man's 
right,  of  one  hundred  pounds  to  defray  the  charges  of 
building  the  Meeting-house." 

"Voted  the  same  day  to  have  a  minister  this  Summer. 
Voted  the  same  day  to  rays  a  rate  of  forte n  pounds  ten 
shillings  to  defray  the  charge  of  preaching,  one  half  to  be 
payable  the  first  of  May,  and  the  other  half  to  become 
payable  by  the  first  of  Nov.  Voted  the  same  day  to  have 
preaching  three  months." 

"Voted  the  same  day  that  William  King,  Samuel  Stearns 
and  John  Stockwell  shall  be  a  committy  to  get  a  minister,  by 
the  second  Sabbath  in  May,  and  so  on  for  three  months." 

"Voted  also  the  same  day  to  rays  a  rate  of  three  pounds 
to  defray  the  charges  of  building  the  pound  and  other 
charges." 

Another  Town  Meeting  was  held  Dec.  25th,  at  which  it 
was  voted  that  Mr.  Macinstree  should  have  fifteen  pounds 
for  three  months  preaching. 

"Voted  the  same  day  that  the  15  pounds  become  payable 
by  the  first  of  March." 

The  meeting-house  was  built  during  this  year.  Its  location 
was  on  the  west  side  of  the  Common  and  nearly  that  of  the 


TOWN    OF    SUTTOX.  o 

( !cntrsil  schoolhouse.  It  fronted  toward  the  east  :  was  about 
forty  feet  by  thirty-six,  had  folding  doors  in  front,  and 

single  ones  at  each  end.      It  was   lighted    by  two  small  Win- 
is  <~>  *• 

(lows  of  diamond  glass  set  in  leaden  sashes,  at  each  side  and 
end  for  the  lo\ver  floor,  and  one  window  of  the  same  fashion 
and  size  in  each  side  and  end  for  the  gallery. 

The  pulpit  was  on  the  west  side  of  the  house  opposite  the 
front  door,  \vhieh  opened  into  the  broad  aisle.  The  seats 
first  used  seem  to  have  been  nothing  more  than  ordinary 
benches  with  baeks.  The  gallery  extended  across  the  front 
side  and  each  end,  and  had  two  rows  of  seats  through  its 
whole  extent.  Behind  these  seats  there  Avas  a  narrow  plat- 
form which  the  children  who  could  find  no  other  place 
occupied.  "A  very  convenient  place,"  Deacon  Leland 
quaintly  remarks,  "for  idlers:  not  much  chance  however  to 
escape  detection  as  the  Ty  thing  Man  in  his  official  capacity 
was  ready  to  notice  every  delinquent.'*1 

1720. 

The  Town  Meeting  for  the  choice  of  officers  was  held  at 
the  meeting-house.  In  addition  to  the'town  officers  hitherto 
chosen  John  Page  and  Timothy  Manning  were  elected 
Tything  men  and  "  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  the 
otise." 

After  the  choice  of  officers  the  town  "  proceeded  toward 
the  settling  of  a  minister,"  "and  it  Avas  voted  by  a  major 
vote  the  same  day  to  have  a  minester." 

"Voted  the  same  day  to  send  for  Mr.  Thatcher,  to  Mr. 
SAvift  and  to  Mr.  Dor  Concerning  the  settling  of  a  Minister." 

'•  Voted  the  same  day  and  desired  by  the  Major  part  of 
the  voters  that  Mr.  Thatcher,  Mr.  Swift,  and  Mr.  Dor.  that 
they  Avould  send  thar  advis  into  the  Town  concerning  the 

«  v" 

settling  of  Mr.  Maeinstree  for  our  minister." 

"  Voted  the  same  day  that  it  be  left  with  the  Selectmen 
to  send  for  advise  to  the  Minesters." 

"  Voted  the  same  day  for  a  sallary  to  the  Minester — and 
it  was  voted  the  same  day  sixty  pounds  a  year  to  a  Mines- 
ter." 


*See  Dea.  Leland  Papers. 


•2(\  ANNALS    OF   THE 

"  Voted  the  same  day  that  William  King,  Samuel  Stearns, 
and  John  Stockwell  be  a  Committy  to  discors*  Mr.  Macin- 

stree." 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  held  March  21,  the  Town  "  voted 
for  the  choice  of  a  minister  and  it  appeared  by  a  major  vote 
that  the  Reverend  Mi1.  John  Makinstree  vva.s  chosen  to  be 
settled  in  Sutton  aforesaid,  and  to  have  sixty  pounds  per 
annum  for  his  yearly  sallery." 

"  The  same  day  voted  that  William  King,  Sam'l  Stearns 
and  William  Larned,  should  aquant  the  reverend  Mr.  John 
Makinstrey  that  the  town  has  by  a  vote  given  him  a  call  to 
the  Minestry  and  asks  his  exceptance." 

Sept.  27,  at  a  Town  Meeting  "  It  was  agreed  upon  by  a 
Major  vote  that  the  day  for  the  ordaining  ye  reverend  Mr. 
John  Makinstrey  should  be  wennesday  the  Ninth  day  of 
November  1720."  No  record  is  made  of  the  ordination 
services. 

The  Proprietors'  Record  of  this  year  shows  the  following 
action : 

"Voted  that  Eben'r  Cutler  be  admitted  as  a  settler  of 
Sutton  and  have  a  right  to  the  lott  that  was  John  Waite's, 
and  was  declared  to  be  forfeited,  he  paying  all  the  charges 
with  respect  to  said  lott,  and  also  ten  pounds  money,  five 
pounds  of  it  to  be  given  to  John  Waite  sen'r  to  reimburse 
him  money  paid  for  said  lott,  and  the  other  five  pounds 
towards  buying  a  drum,  Hallbards  and  a  suite  of  colours  in 
the  Military  Company." 

"  Voted  the  same  day  that  the  .sumni  of  twenty  five  shill- 
ings be  advanced  and  paid  upon  and  by  each  propriety  or 
five  hundred  acre  right,  amounting  in  the  whole  to  eighty- 
five  pounds  ten  shillings,  to  and  for  the  encouragement  and 
settlement  of  the  first  ordained  minister  of  Sutton ;  to  be 
paid  in  three  months  after  his  ordination  either  to  said  Min- 
ister or  to  the  Committy  of  the  Inhabitants  towards  the 
building  his  house,  or  paying  the  charge  thereof. 

"  This  vote  not  to  be  binding  unlesse  they  have  a  Minister 
ordained  In  five  years  from  this  day." 


*  For  discourse  —  used  in  the  obsolete  sense  of  "  to  confer  with.' 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  27 

This  year  is  the  date  given  for  the  introduction  of  tea  into 
New  England.  Its  influence  upon  social  manners  and  morals 
has  been  great  beyond  the  power  of  description,  and  the  end 
is  not  yet. 

Coffin,  in  his  History  of  Newbury,  gives  the  following 
extract  from  an  unpublished  letter  written  in  England,  Jan. 
1,  1740. 

"They  are  not  much  esteemed  now  who  will  not  treat 
high  and  gossip  about.  Tea  is  now  become  the  darling  of 
our  women.  Almost  every  little  tradesman's  wife  must  set 
sipping  tea  for  an  hour  or  more  in  a  morning,  and  it  may  be 
again  in  the  afternoon,  if  they  can  get  it,  and  nothing  will 
please  them  to  sip  it  out  of  but  china  ware,  if  they  can  get 
it.  They  talk  of  bestowing  thirty  or  forty  shillings  upon  a 
tea  equipage,  as  they  call  it.  There  is  the  silver  spoon, 
silver  tongs  and  many  other  trinkets  I  can  not  name."  ' 

Madame  Hall  had  the  first  teakettle  ever  brought  into 
Sutton  :  and  the  wife  of  Dea.  Pierce  the  second :  They 
held  about  a  pint  each,  f 

1721. 

John  Singletary  and  Ebenezer  Stearns  were  chosen 
Ty  thing-men. 

This  is  the  first  mention  of  John  Siugletary,  father  of  the 
Singletary  family.  Amos  was  his  youngest  son.  He  was 
born  in  Sutton,  September,  1721,  and  was  the  first  male 
child  born  in  town. 

There  had  been  one  birth  in  town  previously — that  of 
Abigail  Marsh,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Marsh.  Dr.  Whitney 
refers  to  her  as  the  first  child  born  in  town,  and  states  that 
she  was  living  in  1793,  a  widow  Chase,  having  had  four 
husbands. 

Upon  the  Proprietors'  Records  of  Feb.  8,  1721,  are  the 
following  entries  : 

"Upon  petition  of  the  Church  in  Sutton,  voted  that  one 
shilling  upon  each  five  hundred  acre  right,  as  they  are  so 


*  Coffin's  History  of  Newbury,  p.  191. 
t  Leland  Papers. 


•2*  ANNALS    OF   THE 

railed,  belonging  to  the  Proprietors,  be  raised,  collected  and 
paid  for  and  towards  buying  a  cushion  for  the  Pulpit  of  the 
Sutloii  mceting-honse,  the  money  to  be  paid  to  and  collected 
by  Dea.  Timothy  Manning. " 

••Voted  that  an  exact,  large  plott  bee  drawn  <±n  parchment 
of  the  township  of  Sntton  as  the  survey  was  granted  and 
conferred  by  the  General  Court  making  the  several  lines. 
divisions,  and  boundaries  of  the  whole  and  plotting  also  in 
said  mapp  the  four  thousand  acres  given  and  laid  out  to  the 
settlers  numbering  the  lotts  and  the  names  of  the  present 
settlers,  and  plotting  the  Indian  plantation  of  Hassanamiscn 
also  in  the  plott,  the  charges  to  be  defrayed  by  the  proprie- 
tors as  other  public  charges,  and  advanced  by  the  Clerk  : 
the  proprietors  several  lotts  are  also  to  be  marked,  num- 
bered and  named  in  the  plott."  * 

June  20th.  "  Voted  that  twenty  shillings  be  raised  upon 
every  five  hundred  acre  right  for  the  defraying  the  charges 
to  the  minister,  laying  out  land  and  other  charges  ensuing. "f 

August  Xth.  The  town  "voted  on  the  afirmity  (in  the 
affirmative)  to  petition  to  the  Generall  Court  to  get  the  sum 
abated  that  the  Town  is  rated  to  the  Province  tax.  the  same 
day  Timothy  Manning  chosen  by  a  Major  vote  to  go  with  it 
and  speak  to  it."  J 

1722. 

May  29th.  The  Proprietors  "Voted  that  they  that  refuse 
to  pay  their  due  proportion  of  the  charges  that  hath  arisen 
for  the  support  of  the  minister  and  other  charges  shall  be 
liable  to  be  recovered  by  suing  in  the  lawe." 

••Voted  that  the  Proprietors  allowe  thirty  pounds  to  be 
for  ye  maintaining  of  the  minister  for  the  year  1722." 

October  8th.  "Laid  out  for  the  ministry  lott  three 
hundred  acres  of  land  on  the  east  of  the  settler's  land." 

"The  same  day  laid  out  for  the  minister  one  hundred 
acres  of  land  bounded  North  on  the  Ministery  land."  § 


*  Proprietors'  Records,  p.  18. 
t  Proprietors'  Record,  p.  20. 
J  Town  Records. 
§  Proprietors'  Records,  pp.  20,  21. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTOX.  29 

1728. 

March  4th.  The  town  kt  voted  that  the  Meeting  House 
should  be  seated." 

>k  Voted  that  the  third  seat  below  be  equal  in  dignity  with 
the  tore  seat  in  the  front  gallery,  and  that  the  fourth  below 
be  equal  with  the  fore  seat  in  the  side  gallery." 

kk  Voted  that  Percival  Hall,  Win.  King,  Timothy  Manning, 
Nathaniel  Dike  and  Joseph  Sibley  be  a  commitee  to  seat  the 
Meeting  House,  and  for  the  rea'ii latino-  thereof  during  the 

~  O  *  *— ' 

Town's  pleasure." 

••  Voted  that  the  Commitee  that  are  chosen  to  seat  the 
meeting-House  shall  consider  of  what  men  have  paid  to  the 
building  <>f  it<  and  what  public  charges  they  now  bare,  and 
what  they  are  likely  to  pay  for  the  filter,  and  to  have 
respect  to  persons."  * 

March  13th.  kk  Voted  to  petition  the  Generell  Cort  at  the 
next  sessions  for  the  Inhabitaiice  of  Hassanamisco  that  dwell 
on  the  Southwestward  side  of  the  Blackstone  River  to  be 
laid  to  said  Town  and  all  the  land  to  the  west  ward  of 
Sutton  as  far  as  Sam'l  Riches  farm  reches,  and  that  William 
King  should  be  joined  to  the  Selectmen  for  this  purpose." 

October  22d.  "  Voted  that  Inhabitaiice  on  the  Northward 
side  of  the  Blackstone  River  should  be  freed  from  paying 
their  proportion  to  the  Minister  for  this  Present  year, 
excepting  wat  is  laved,  by  an  act  of  the  General  Cort,  on 
the  unimproved  land." 

December  HOth.  "Voted  that  the  room  allowed  in  the 
meeting-House  for  pews  be  disposed  of." 

k  k  J  ohnathan  Sibley  personally  appeared  and  declared  his 
decent  against  what  is  above  rated  at  time  and  place." 

"Voted  there  be  five  men  chosen  for  the  disposing  of  the 
room  allowed  for  Pews. 

Voted  that  Timothy  Carter,  Ebenezer  Dagget,  Elisha 
Johnson,  John  Whipple  and  Robert  Knolton  be  a  Commity 
to  dispose  of  ye  room  allowed  for  Pews  to  such  Inhabitaiice 
of  Sutton  as  they  according  to  their  best  discresing  (discre- 
tion) shall  judge  meet." 


*  Town  Records. 


30  ANNALS    OF   THE 

Jan.  15,  1723-4.    The  Committee  make  return  as  follows  : 

\Ve  the  Subscribers  being  chosen  Comittee  by  the  Town 
of  Sutton  for  the  disposing  of  the  Pews  in  the  meeting 
House  have  accordingly  granted  to  the  men  under  named,  to 
them,  their  heires  and  assignes,  to  each  man  his  particular 
place,  as  his  right  to  set  up  a  Pew  upon  for  himself  viz.  to 
John  Ward  a  Pew  in  the  Northeasterly  corner  running  four 
feet  nine  inches  from  the  east  wall  towards  the  door  then 
from  the  North  wall  to  the  Ministers- Pew. 

Samuel  Dagget  front  5  foot,  in  depth  5  foot  and  5  inches. 
Ebenezer  Dagget  front  on  the  east  of  the  North  door  5  foot, 
depth  5  foot  and  5  inches. 

Cpt.  Benjamin  Willird  front  5  feet  and  2  inches  —  deep  5 
foot  and  4  inches  being  on  the  west  Side  of  the  north  door. 

Robert  Knolton  front  3  foot  and  3  foot  cant,  deep  5  foot 
and  three  inches. 

John  Sibley  front  3  foot  and  3  inches  from  that  to  the 
stairs,  cant  one  foot  and  5  inches,  deep  .5  foot  &  0  inches. 

James  Leland  front  5  foot  and  2  inches,  deep  5  foot  and 
fi  inches,  being  on  the  North  side  of  the  front  door. 

Freegrace  Marble  front  4  foot  &  10  inches,  dee])  f>  foot  & 
(>  inches,  being  on  the  south  side  of  the  front  door. 

Joseph  Sibley  and  Timothy  Manning  front  4  foot  and  2 
inches  cant  one  foot  and  one  inch  running  to  the  Stairs,  deep 
5  foot  and  6  inches  and  so  long  as  the  Pew  remains  between 
2  families  the  men  have  the  liberty  of  their  seats. 

Isaac  Farewell  front  3  foot,  cant  3  foot  to  the  stairs,  deep 
~)  foot  and  6  inches. 

John  AVhipple  front  5  foot  and  3  inches,  deep  5  foot  and 
(5  inches,  being  on  the  west  side  of  the  South  door. 

Elisha  Johnson  front  4  foot  and  11  inches,  deep  5  foot 
and  six  inches,  being  on  the  east  side  of  the  South  door. 

Samuel  Barber  front  3  foot  and  6  inches,  deep  5  foot  and 
(>  inches,  cant  one  foot  and  3  inches. 

Timothy  Holton  front  one  foot  and  (3  inches  and  from  the 
South  wall  to  Mr.  Carters  Pew  and  from  the  east  wall  to 
Mr.  Barbers  Pew. 

Timothy  Carter  front  3  foot  and  10  inches,  cant  2  foot  3 
inches,  deep  6  foot  and  four  inches. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  ol 

Dacon  Hall  front  5  foot  and  2  inches,  deep  6  foot  and  4 
inches  being  at  the  South  end  of  the  Pulpit."  * 

1724. 

May  18th.  "Voted  that  the  To\vn  Peticions  to  the 
avneral  Cort  for  a  reconsideration  of  the  vote  for  ye  farms 
that  Mr.  .Richard  Waters  and  Mr.  Samuel  Rich  ons  (owns) 
to  be  anaxed  to  Sutton.  Samuel  Barton  William  Waite,  John 
Sible,  Richard  Norton  Thomas  Mede,  Samuel  Sible,  Tim- 
othy Carter  all  of  them  have  entered  thair  disent  against  the 
above  said  vote  in  gining  with  Mr.  Waters  and  Mr.  Rich  in 
a  peticion  to  the  general  Cort  to  have  their  farms  anaxed  to 
Sutton. 

"Voted  that  Samuel  Rich  and  William  King  and  Nathaniel 
Dike  be  a  committe  to  manage  the  peticion  above  mensioned 
for  said  farms." 

June  3.  "Voted  that  Mr.  Richard  Waters  farm  and  Mr. 
Samuel  Richs  farm  be  peticioned  for  to  the  present  Sescion 
to  be  anaxed  to  the  Town  of  Sutton  to  do  duty  and  recieve 
Privelege  with  said  Town.  The  peticion  is  to  be  at  the 
charge  of  the  town,  Mi1.  Waters  and  Mr.  Rich  bearing  thair 
part  of  the  charge." 

"Voted  that  the  farms  formerly  caled  Collinses  farm,  and 
Col.  Ilutchingsons  farm,  and  Mr.  Davenports  farm  be  peti- 
cioned for  to  the  Present  and  general  Sescions  in  Boston  to 
be  lade  to  the  Town  of  Sutton  to  do  duty  and  Recieve  priv- 
elege  in  said  Town  the  peticion  to  be  at  the  charge  of  the 
Town. 

"Voted  that  Col.  John  Chandler  be  empowered  as  an 
Agent  to  act  in  full  for  the  Town  of  Sutton  in  the  peticion 
above  menshoned. 

"Voted  that  Samuel  Rich  should  cary  down  the  votes  to 
Col.  Chandler  that  was  voted  on  the  day  above  mentioned. 
William  Wate,  Samuel  Barton,  Timothy  Carter,  Samuel 
Sible,  John  Ward  William  Sible,  John  Sible,  Samuel  Dagit 
James  Leland,  Ebenezer  Dagit  and  Thomas  Lovell  all  of 
them  personally  apearing  at  said  meeting  and  entered  thar 


*  Town  Records. 


32  ANNALS    OF  THK 

disent  against  the  proseedings  of  the  meeting.  The  reasons 
that  they  give  is  this,  that  the  meeting  was  not  as  the  law 
directs  and  also  the  vote  of  bearing  the  charge  of  the  peti- 
cion  AVC  think  it  unreasonable." 

Mav  2«.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Proprietors  it  was  "  Voted 
that  all  that  have  not  paid  their  dues  to  the  minister  which 
the  Court  ordered  upon  the  unimproved  land  be  brought  in 
to  Mr.  Makinstree  by  the  28th  day  of  June  1724. "f 

1725. 

March  29.  "Voted  that  all  the  Inhabitants  of  Sutton 
livinv  North  east  of  Blackstone  River  should  be  freed  from 

D 

the  Ministereal  Rate  for  the  years  24-25. 

-•Voted  that  twenty  shillings  be  allowed  for  sweeping  the 
meeting  house." 

••  Voted  that  Mr.  John  Whipple  should  go  down  to  the 
proprietors  meeting  to  se  and  now  what  they  will  du  concer- 
ning the  arrears  of  the  ministry  munny." 

"Voted  that  Freegrace  Marble  and  Kbenezer  Dagit  be  a 
committee  to  take  care  of  the  school  lot  and  ministerel  lot 
that  there  be  no  waste  of  the  wood  and  timber." 

Aug.  16.  "Voted  that  the  school  land  in  Sutton  be  all- 
sold  Reserving  the  thirty  acre  lot  and  the  mony  to  be  put 
out  for  the  benefit  of  a  school  in  Sutton  forever." 

••  Voted  that  Laftenant  William  Kjng  and  Freegrace  Mar- 
ble and  Jonathan  Kinney,  John  Stockwell,  Samuel  Dagit 
should  be  a  committe  for  to  sail  the  school  land  above 
recorded  or  aboAre  mentioned."  } 

"  Col.  Johnathan  Hanvood  Entered  his  desent  against  the 
school  land  being  sold." 

Feb.  18,  1725-6  : 

"Voted  that  the  Farms  that  was  formerlly  Mr.  Hutchi- 
son's and  Mr.  Davenports,  with  all  the  Inhabitancy  on  said 
farms  be  anaxed  to  the  Town  of  Sutton.  so  that  the  said 
Inhabitance  thare  upon  shall  be  anaxed  as  Town  Inhabitancy, 


*  Town  Records. 

t  Proprietors'  Records. 

J  Town  Records. 


TOWN  OF  .SUTTOA.  33 

and  .shall  share  with  This  Town  in  all  Town  privileges  what 
soever  on  these  conditions.  That  ye  fore  said  Inhabitance 
on  said  farms  doe  pay  thare  propotion  To  all  Town  charges 
that  shall  Be  made  in  the  Town  of  Sutton  forward  —  not  to 
have  any  of  Town  debts  or  charges  that  wee  do  this  day 
stand  obliged  To  pay  ever  levited  upon  them." 

"The  Inhabitance  on  the  farms  above  mentioned  being  at 
the  meeting  concured  with  the  Town  and  came  into  the  Town 
upon  the  proposals  above  mentioned  and  manifestted  it  by  a 
vote  amongst  them  self's  and  desired  that  the  vote  mite  be 
put  upon  Record  in  Sutton  Town  Books." 

This  agreement  above  mentioned  to  stand  during  the 
plessuer  of  the  General  Corte."  * 

1726. 

March  7.  -  Voted  that  Obidiah  Walker  be  added  to  the 
former  Committe  to  seat  the  meeting  house. 

May  12.  "A  Town  Meeting  was  held  at  the  Meeting 
House  in  Sutton  for  the  choice  of  Kepresenttitive,  and  the 
vote  passed  in  the  Negative." 

July  29.  A  Town  Meeting  was  held  in  the  Meeting 
house  "  to  consider  of  making  choice  of  a  Committy  to  treat 
with  ve  Mr.  Mckinstrv  and  to  give  them  instructtions  —  and 

*  «/  O 

furst  Mr.  John  Whipple  was  chosen  Moderator  and  then 
they  proseded  to  chous  a  Committy  and  the  Committy  ware 
Paeon  Passeful  Hall,  Elisha  Putnam,  Thomas  Nickols  Elisha 
.Johnson,  Timothy  Carter,  Joseph  Sible,  Ebenezer  Starns, 
Kbenezer  Dagit,  William  Stockwell,  Jun'r.  The  Town  gave 
the  Committy  thar  Instructtions."  f 

There  is  no  record  showing  what  these  instructions  were. 

Aug.  29.  At  a  Town  Meeting  it  was  "Voted  that  thar 
should  be  a  Counsel  to  juge  wether  or  no  that  Mr.  Mckins- 
Ire  should  be  continued  in  Sutton  as  thar  minester. 

"then  the  Committy  brought  in  thar  Return  to  the  Town, 
that  was  chosen  by  the  Town  to  treat  with  the  Reverend 
minester. 


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t  Town  Records. 


34  ANNALS    OF   THE 

" Voted  by  the  Town  to  Call  in  Seven  Churches  fora 
Counsel." 

''Voted  that  mr  John  Williams  of  Deal-field  with  hi.s 
Dilligates  and  mr  Prentis  of  Lankester  and  his  dilligates 
and  mr  Prascot  of  Salem  with  his  dilligates,  and  mr  Williams 
of  Weston  with  his  dilligates  and  mr  Whiting  of  Concord 
with  his  dilligates  and  mr  Brown  of  Reding  with  thar  dilli- 
gates and  mr  Backer  of  Sharbon  with  thar  dilligates  should 
be  called  in  this  counsel  to  juge  of  matters  of  difference 
Between  the  minester  and  the  people." 

Voted  "that  Elisha  Johnson,  Elisha  Putnam,  Joseph 
White,  James  Leland,  Timothy  Carter,  Simon  Dacon,  Isiah 
White,  William  Stock  well  and  John  whippel  should  be  a 
committe  to  take  care  and  cary  letters  to  the  minesters  and 
also  to  prepare  and  get  things  in  order  for  the  Counsel." 

Voted  "that  Decon  Passefell  Hall,  Joseph  Sible,  Samuel 
Daget,  obadiah  Walker,  Thomas  nichols,  Ebenezer  Daget 
and  Samuel  Sible  Should  be  a  committe  to  take  care  and 
prepare  for  the  Counsel  also  it  was  voted  that  the  12th  day 
of  October  the  Counsel  Should  Come." 

' '  We  the  Subcrybers  Entered  our  desent  against  Counsels 
Coming  into  Town  to  juge  between  the  Town  and  mr  mckins- 
tree  because  thar  was  nothin  charged  against  him  in  the 
meeting,  nor  in  the  warrant,  to  vote.  Sollomon  Holman, 
William  King,  John  Stock  will,  Johnathan  Stockwill,  Joseph 
Savery,  Samuel  Bigelo,  Jonathan  Kinny,  John  Singeltary, 
John  ward,  Babal  Bixbe,  william  Stockwill,  Nathaniel  Dike 
Sen'r.  Nathaniel  Dike."  * 

The  name  of  Putnam  first  appears  upon  the  records  of 
the  town  this  year. 

Some,  if  not  all  the  brothers  whose  names  are  subse- 
quently found  upon  the  records,  probably  came  into  the 
town  during  the  preceding  year. 

1727. 
The  records  of  the  town  for  this  year  are  missing. 


*  Records  of  the  Town. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  35 

1728. 

t 

Sept.  2d.  "  Pursuant  to  an  agreement  with  Mr.  John 
McKinstry  to  be  Dismist  from  preaching  in  Sutton,  att  a 
town  meeting  leagely  warn'd  and  held  att  ye  meeting  house 
in  Sutton,  first  Mr.  John  Whipple  was  chosen  moderater, 
secondly,  put  to  vote  to  see  wheather  the  town  would  Dismis 
mr.  John  Mckinstry  from  preaching  hear  in  Sutton — and  it 
passed  in  ye  affirmetive  and  there  was  not  any  voats  in  ye 
Negetive." 

September  26.  The  following  receipt  from  Mr.  McKin- 
stry is  recorded. 

' '  Then  received  of  the  selectmen  of  ye  town  of  Sutton 
full  Satisfaction  and  payment  as  to  Sallery  for  preaching  in 
the  said  Town  from  the  first  Day  I  Came  among  them  to  the 
Day  above  said,  as  witness  my  hand. 

JOHX  MCKINSTRY.* 

Oct.  14.  "  Voted  that  the  3d  Wensday  be  a  day  set 
apart  for  fasting  and  prayer  in  Sutton." 

"  Voted  that  the  Reverend  mr  Parkman  and  the  Rever- 
end mr  Troop  Should  Carry  on  the  work  of  the  day  above 
mentioned,  to  wit  —  the  day  set  apart  for  fasting  and  prayer 
if  prevailed  with  by  the  committee." 

"  Voted  that  there  should  be  preaching  three  months 
from  this  day  forward  in  the  Town  of  Sutton." 

"  Voted  that  there  should  be  a  coinmttee  to  provide  a 
niinester  or  minesters  for  three  months  to  prech  in  Sutton." 

"  Voted  that  there  should  be  four  men  Chosen  a  commit- 
tee to  go  and  get  ministers  to  prech  three  months  in  Sut- 
tou."f 

"  Voted  that  Decon  Passeful  Hall,  mr  John  Stockwill, 
mr  Timothy  Carter  and  mr  Jonathan  Kinny  was  Chosen 
for  the  above  said  sarviss,  and  then  the  meeting  was 
agurned  to  the  18  day  of  this  October  corrant  at-12-of-the- 
clock — and  then  they  proseded  :  —  and  furst  voted  that  thar 
should  be  a  committee  chosen  to  take  care  to  provide  for 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Town  Records. 


36  ANNALS    OF   THE 

lutertenment  for  the  ininesters  three  months  —  and  it 
appered  by  a  major  vote  that  mr  Obidiah  Walker  and  mi- 
John  Sible  was  Chosen  for  that  sarvis." 

Nov.  26.  "A  town  meeting  was  held  at  which  it  was 
"Voted  that  60  pound  be  Rased  for  the  support  of  the 
gospel  in  Sutton." 

"  Voted  that  Decon  Passeful  Hall  should  be  Treasurer  for 
to  reseive  the  contribucion  monny  given  into  the  Contribu- 
cion  boxes." 

"  Voted  that  mr  David  Hall  should  continue  to  prech 
in  Sutton  till  the  furst  day  of  March  next  insuing  if  he  can 
be  prevaled  with." 

'•  Voted  that  Elisha  Johnson,  Freegrace  Marbel,  Joseph 
Sible,  Samuel  Dudly,  John  Whipple,  Nathaniel  Dike,  Senr. 
be  aded  to  the  former  committee  to  wit — Decon  Hall, 
Insing  John  Stocwell,  mr  Johnathan  Kinny  and  mr  Timothy 
Carter  to  treete  with  mr  David  Hall  Conserning  his  supply- 
ing the  pulpit  in  Sutton  till  the  furst  day  of  March  as 
above  mentioned." 

Dec.  2.  "  By  order  of  a  vote  that  was  past  in  Sutton  on 
the  26th  day  of  November,  1728,  to  treete  with  Mr.  David 
Hall  to  prech  with  us  hear  till  the  furst  day  of  March  next 
insuing  the  date  hereof,  and  acordingly  the  committee  above 
mentioned  treeted  with  the  above  said  mr  Hall  and  he  acsep- 
ted." 

Feb.  10th,  1728-29.  "  Voted  unanimously  that  mi- 
David  Hall  should  prech  and  supply  the  pulpit  in  the  House 
of  God  in  Sutton  till  the  midel  of  May  next  insuing  the  date 
hereof,  in  order  for  settelment  if  he  can  be  effected  or  pre- 
valed with." 

"  Voted  thar  should  be  saven  men  chosen  a  committee  to 
treet  with  mr  Hall,  and  it  appered  by  a  major  vote  that 
Decon  Hall,  Samuel  Dudly,  Thomas  nichols,  Nathaniel 
Dike,  Senr.,  Samuel  Barton,  Obediah  Walker  and  Simon 
Dakin  ware  chosen  for  the  above  said  committee  —  and  if 
mr  Hall  could  not  be  prevaled  with  to  supply  the  pulpit  in 
the  House  of  God  in  Sutton  until  the  midel  of  May  next 
insuing  —  then  for  the  above  said  comm'tee  to  prosed  in 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  37 

order  to  have  the  pulpit  supplyed  till  the  time  above  men- 
tioned —  to  wit  —  midel  of  May  next  insuing." 

Feb.  2(>.  "Voted  that  thar  should  bee  a  town  meeting 
caled  in  order  to  give  mr  David  Hall  a  call  to  Settel  in  the 
ministeral  office  in  Sutton."* 

1729. 

March  2fith.  At  a  meeting,  caled  "  to  Consider  and 
sec  wither  ye  town  will  concur  with  the  church  and  Give  mr 
David  Hall  a  Call  to  settel  in  the  work  of  the  Ministry 
amongst  them,"  and  "  to  see  what  salery  and  settelment 
thav  will  «rive  To  mr  David  Hall,"  and  "  to  chuse  a  Coinittv 

•  '  O  */ 

To  treet  with  mr  David  Hall  in  Case  ye  town  a  Grees  To 
(Jive  him  a  call," — it  was  "put  to  vote  whither  the  town 
would  chuse  mr  David  Hall  for  their  miniser  and  Teacher  to 
settel  In  ye  work  of  ye  ministry  amongst  them,  and  the  vote 
Past  in  ye  afirmitive." 

kb  Voted  to  give  mr  David  Hall  an  Honorable  Salery." 

"  Voted  in  the  afirmitive  to  Give  mr  Hall  a  Salery  of  one 
Hundred  Per  year  in  Province  Bills,  or  the  Equal  value  of 
one  Hundred  Pounds  per  year  of  Province  Bills  as  they  are 
now  valued,  as  long  as  he  shall  serve  them  in  the  work  of 
the  ministry." 

"  Voted  in  the  afirmitive  to  Leace  out  to  mr  David  Hall 
part  of  the  Ministeral  Land  —  to  wit  —  one  thirty  acre  lot 
number  18,  and  one  Seventy  acre  for  Nine  Hundred  and 
Ninety  nine  Years  at  Six  Pence  Per  year  for  Incouragement 
or  towards  his  Setelment,  and  also  to  Give  him  one  hundred 
Pounds  in  work,  Meterals  for  Building."  "  Solomon  Hole- 
man  entered  his  desent  against  the  1  part  of  this  vote." 

"  Voted  yt  Joseph  Sibly,  Freegrace  Marble,  Johnathan 
Kinny  and  Benjamin  Marsh  should  be  a  Comitty  to  treat 
with  mr  Hall."  f 

May  20th.  The  hundred  acres  of  land,  that  the  "  town 
formerly  voated  to  give  mr  David  hall  a  lease  of,  they  have 
now  voated  to  give  him  a  Deed  thareof,  for  his  settelment 
amongst  us." 


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t  Town  Records. 


38  ANNALS    OF  THE 

"  Voated  that  thare  should  be  a  number  of  men  Chosen  as 
a  Comity  to  give  mr  David  Hall  a  warrant  tea  Deed  of  the 
s'd  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the  towns  behalf." 

The  names  of  a  committee  of  twenty-one  persons  are 
given. 

"  Voated  that  Lieut.  Elisha  Johnson,  Insing  John  Stock- 
will,  mr  John  Sibly  should  be  a  Comitty  to  Judg  upon  the 
Present  value  of  Paper  Money  in  Pursuant  to  our  forth 
voats  last  March  ye  26  1729. 

"  Voated  that  the  Contribushon  should  be  kept  up." 

"  Voated  that  the  Lease  money  should  be  given  to  mr 
Hall."  * 

July  25th.  The  committee  appointed  to  confer  with  Mr. 
Hall  made  their  report  to  the  Town  and  the  meeting  was 
adjourned  to  Aug.  14th,  "  and  then  it  was  put  to  voat,  to 
see  whether  the  Town  would  accept  of  mr  David  Halls 
answer  and  the  voat  past  in  ye  afirmitive  Provided  he  be 
content  with  ye  land  which  the  Proprietors  have  voated 
him  and  accept  of  it  in  ye  Room  and  stead  of  that  which 
ye  town  has  voted  to  give  him  a  warranttee  Deed  of."  f 

A  meeting  of  the  Proprietors  of  Sutton  was  held  Aug. 
12th,  1729,  at  which  it  was  "Voted,  that  the  committy 
chosen  to  lay  out  the  remaining,  undivided  lands  shall  forth- 
with lay  out  to  the  Reverend  Mr  David  Hall  one  hundred 
and  thirty  two  acres  of  the  undivided  lands  which  we  give 
him  for  his  comfort  and  encouragement  provided  he  is 
ordained  Minister  for  this  town  of  Sutton  which  is  in  lieu 
and  full  of  the  one  hundred  acres  the  Inhabitants  promised 
to  give  him."  J 

This  is  the  vote  to  which  reference  is  made  in  the  action 
of  the  Town  as  above  given. 

O 

Sept.  8.  "  Voted  to  accept  the  comittys  Return  which  was 
chosen  to  judg  with  mr  David  Hall  on  ye  Present  value  of 
Paper  money  and  also  to  put  it  on  Record." 

"  Voated  to  send  for  nine  Churches  to  assist  in  mr  David 
Halls  ordination." 


*  Town  Eecords. 
t  Town  Records, 
t  Proprietors'  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  M 

"•  Voated  to  make  Provision  for  these  Churches  and  other 
gent'men  and  to  chus  a  Committy  for  said  servise  and  leave 
ye  whole  concern  to  their  decesion." 

"  Voated  y't  mr  Samuel  Dudley,  mr  John  Whiple,  mi- 
Timothy  Carter,  mr  Robert  Goderd,  mr  Johiiathan  Kiney, 
mr  william  Stockwell,  and  mr  Nathaniel  Dike  should  be  a 
Committy  for  ye  sarvise  above  rnensioned." 

' '  Voted  to  leave  it  with  the  selectmen  to  see  what  will 
satisfy  mr  David  Hall  for  his  servise  in  Preaching  with  us 
from  ye  time  he  first  com  amongst  us  to  ye  time  the  Town 
gove  him  a  Call  to  settel  amongst  us."  * 

The  return  of  the  Committee  to  fix  upon  a  standard  of 
valuation  for  paper  money  is  as  follows  : 

"  Wee,  the  Com'ttee  chosen  by  the  Town  May  the  20th 
172!)  to  judg  upon  the  valley  of  Paper  Money,  met  together  in 
pursuance  of  s'd  voat  in  order  there  to.  we  the  Committy 
declared  as  followeth — 1.  That  sixteen  shillings  of  Paper 
money  is  adjudged  to  be  equivalent  to  an  ounce  of  silver. 
2.  that  as  to  day  labour  it  will  in  general  answer  at  three 
and  six  pence  per  day.  3.  that  it  wrill  in  generall  purchess 
as  followeth,  beof  three  pence  half  penny  per  pound,  pore 
at  five  pence  per  Pound.  4.  That  it  purchase  Indian  Corn 
at  four  shillings  ;  and  Rye  at  six  and  wheat  at  eight  shillings 
per  bushil,  as  witness  our  hands. 

ELISH  JONSON 
JOHN  STOCKWILL 
JOHN  SIBLEY." 

At  the  same  time  consented  to 

Per  me  DAVID  HALL.J 

"This  above  written  composition  is  a  true  copy  of  the 
comittes  accepted  (report)  by  ye  toun  and  ordered  to  be 
entered  upon  Record  as  a  Just  standard  of  ye  value  of  ye 
money  wherein  mr  David  Hall  is  to  Receive  his  salery  men- 
tioned &  acted  upon  voat  2  in  ye  preceding  page." 

"  BENJA.  MARSH  Town  Clerk." 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Town  Records. 


40  ANNALS    OF   THE 

Oct.  10.  "  It  was  put  to  voat  to  sec-  whether  ye  Town 
would  fully  close  with  rar  David  Halls  answer  &  have  it  put 
upon  record,  and  ye  voat  Past  in  ye  atirmitive,  which  answer 
is  as  followeth  *  — 

Mr.  Hall  was  ordained  Oct.  15,  1729.  The  Town  Clerk 
makes  no  record  of  the  Churches  invited,  nor  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  Council. 

Dec.  8.  "The  following  voats  wars  past  tirst  it  appears  by 
a  major  voat  that  Decou  Pasive.1  Hall  should  still  take  care 
of  the  eontrilmshons,"  21y  it  appeared  by  major  voat  that 
the  town  alowed  ye  bill  of  charge  which  ye  Comity  broat  in 
for  the  charge  of  mr  David  Halls  ordination."  f 

Taxes  were  some  times  in  arrears  in  the  early  history  of  the 
town,  as  appears  from  the  following  entry  upon  the  records, 
made  by  order  of  the  selectmen  : 

"Feb.  ye  27,  1729-30. 

••  Mr.  Elisha  Putnum  Town  Treasurer  Debtter  for  Diver- 
Sums  of  money  comited  to  several  constables  to  colect. 

£  —  s— d 

for  ye  year  1728  Constable  Holmans  town  rate        -  42.     17.     01 

and  his  ministers  Rates    -  -  -  -  24  —  00  — 11 

for  ye  year  1726  Constable  Ebenezer  Daggets  Ministers  Rate,  52.     08.    .11 

his  town  Rate  amounts  to  10.    07.     05 

for  ye  year  1727  Constable  James  Millers  town  Rate  04.     17    .01 

his  ministers  Rate  is  09.     14.    .01 

for  ye  year  1728  Constable  Nicols  town  Rate  26.     00    00. 

his  ministers  Rate  is         -  52.    00.    00 

for  ye  year  1728  Constable  hazel  tons  town  Rate      -  -  20.     14.    .04 

his  ministers  rate  -  -  11.     18.    .03 

By  order  of  ye  selectmen."  J 
1730. 

April  X.  A  Warrant  was  issued  for  a  town  meeting  to 
be  held  "  at  ye  meeting  House  one  wensday,  the  tAventy 
second  of  April  att  one  of  ye  Clock  in  ye  after  noon  undo- 
standing  that  the  vote  concerning  the  trusttes  to  (wit)  of 
Suttons  part  of  ye  60  thousand  pounds  Land  money,  granted 
by  ye  general  Court  and  the  town  of  Suttons  dispoels  thar 


*  For  the  answer  see  History  of  "First  Congregation  Church  "  in  this  book. 
t  Town  Records. 
J  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTOX.  41 

of  is  not  Entered  in  ye  town  Book  as  we  are  in  formed  and 
other  Things  Releating  to  the  town  of  Sutton's  prudencils 
Hearafter  Exprest  —  As  furst  to  see  what  the  Town  will  do 
to  secure  them  selves  and  the  trustes  and  all  so  to  se  if 
tha  will  Chuse  a  committy  to  asist  the  town  Clerk  in 
searching  ye  town  Book  Relating  to  s'd  money  and  trusttes 
and  all  so  to  see  what  ye  town  will  do  with  ye  Intrust  of 
s'd  Land  money.  21y.  for  the  town  to  Hear  ye  Petions  of 
several  pearsons  of  Hasanamiskco. — 31y  for  the  town  to 
Chuse  a  Connnety  to  discourse  with  Rev'nd  mr  David  Hall 
Concerning  the  valleation  of  our  paper  Bills  and  make  a 
Return  Thearof  to  ye  nexte  town  meating." 

"•Pursuant  to  the  wearant  of  which  this  above  writ-en  Is  a 
true  Copy  then  the  following  votes  was  past  Capt.  willam 
King  was  Chosen  moderator  by  a  majer  voat  for  said  met- 
ing 21y  voated  that  ye  Selectmen  ware  Chosen  to  A  sist  ye 
town  Clerk  in  searching  ye  town  Book  consuming  the  Land 
mony  and  thay  made  thare  Return  in  ye  above  said  meting 
and  thair  Return  is  that  thay  Can  find  nothing  thair  of  any 
meeting  for  the  Recouvering  of  said  Land  mony.  31y  thay 
proseed  to  chuse  a  commete  to  treete  with  ye  trusttes  to  see 
what  securety  thay  will  give  to  the  towns  for  the  above  said 
Land  mony.  41y  voted  that  three  men  should  be  a  com- 
mette  to  treete  with  the  trusttes.  51y  voted  that  mr  Johna- 
than  Kinny  and  Insin  John  Stockwell  and  mi-  Robart  God- 
dard  should  be  A  Commette  to  see  what  securety  ye  trusttes 
will  give  to  ye  town  and  to  make  a  Return  to  the  next  town 
metten  61y  Voted  that  Lu't  Elisha  Jonson  and  Insin  John 
Stockwell  and  mr  John  Sible  should  be  a  Commett  to  treette 
with  the  Rev'd  mr  David  Hall  consearning  the  vallyation 
of  our  paper  Bills."  • 

1730. 

May  15th.  The  town  voted  that  the  following  record, 
which  had  been  omitted,  "shall  be  entered  in  our  town 
Book." 

"At  a  Leaguel  Town  meeting  Held  at  the  meting  House 
In  Sutton  one  mondy  ye  25  of  March  1728  for  to  consider 
of  taking  the  Land  mony  in  the  Town  that  was  parte  of  the 
6 


42  ANNALS    OF   THE 

sixty  thousand  pound  land  money  being  an  hundred  and 
Eighty  three  pounds,  fifteii  shiling  faling  to  the  town  of 
Sutton  or  to  chuse  three  or  five  meet  persons  for  trustes  to 
take  the  care  of  the  saim.  and  furet  by  A  mager  vote  it 
apeared  that  mr  Samuel  Duddly  was  Chosen  moderater, 
secondly  the  town  voted  to  take  the  Land  mony  that  parte 
of  the  sixty  thousand  pound  of  the  Land  mony  that  was  a 
lowed  to  them  by  the  honorable  Court,  thardly  voted  that 
the  land,  money  should  be  let  out,  non  of  it  to  any  man 
above  twenty  pounds,  nor  none  of  it  under  ten  pounds  to 
any  man  —  forth  ly  voted  y't  thar  should  be  three  men 
chosen  trustes  to  take  ye  land  mony  and  dispose  of  it,  fifth- 
voted  that  Elisha  Jonson,  Elisha  Putnam  and  John  whippel 
ware  chosen  by  the  town  for  that  sarves  —  to  wit  to  take 
the  land  mony  61y,  voted  to  have  a  schoul  this  present 
year."  * 

The  Land  Money,  to  which  reference  is  made  in  the  above 
action  of  the  town,  was  money  raised  by  the  Colonial  gov- 
ernment, and  apportioned  among  the  several  towns  to  be 
loaned  to  the  land  holders  in  small  sums  secured  by  lien 
upon  real  estate.  According  to  Hutchison  and  others,  the 
plan  was  adopted  by  the  government  to  forestall  private 
parties,  who  wished  to  be  incorporated  as  banking  associa- 
tions for  the  purpose  of  loaning  money  upon  land  security. 
The  design  was  to  prevent  monopoly,  and  furnish  money  to 
those  of  small  means  at  a  reasonable  rate  of  interest,  and 
without  danger  of  foreclosure.  Tne  towns  were  to  remit  a 
part  of  the  interest  to  the  government,  and  retain  a  part. 
The  plan  was  a  good  one  in  theory,  but  proved  a  failure. 

January  llth,  1730-31  : 

"Voted  that  no  money  shall  Be  Raisd  to  Defra  town 
charges." 

' '  Voted  that  Decon  Putnam  shall  take  Care  of  the  Contru- 
luision  money." 

"Voted  to  seete  the  meeting  House  and  Chuse  a  Cometty 
for  that  sarvice." 

"Voted  that  mr  Johnathan  Keney  and  mr  obdiah  Walker 


*  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTOM.  43 

and  mr  Ebenezer  Starns  and  mr  Thomas  nickiols  and  mr 
Cornalous  Putnam  shall  be  a  Commetty  for  said  sarvice  — 
the  In  structions  thay  are  to  goo  by  Is  age  and  Rate  and 
oifece  —  Heds  not  Regarded." 

Jan.  29th,  1730-31.  "Lut  Samuel  Dudly  was  chosen  a 
representtive,  by  a  mager  vote,  to  send  to  our  grate  and 
general  Court  and  asembely  Cept  and  Hild  at  Boston  Feb- 
euarey-ye-1 1-1 730-31."  * 

May  15th.  Lieut.  Dudley  was  chosen  to  represent  the 
town  at  a  session  of  the  General  Court  and  Assembly  to  be 
convened  at  Cambridge  August  27th. 

He  was  the  first  representative  chosen  from  this  town. 

August  29th.  "  Voted  to  chuse  three  men  to  meet  with 
gentenmen  of  severl  towns  that  have  apinted  to  meet  at 
mr  James  Lealands  one  the  28  of  this  Instant  to  consider 
and  provide  a  new  skeam  in  order  to  Procure  a  new  County." 

"Voted  that  Capt  Wm.  King  and  rnr  John  whippel  and 
nathaniel  Dike  was  Chosen  for  that  sarves." 

"  Voted  to  keep  a  school  in  s'd  Town  for  this  present  year 
for  four  mounths  and  that  the  selectmen  agree  with  a  school- 
master to  keepe  School  for  s'd  town  to  Lern  the  chelderen 
and  youth  to  Rede  and  wright  English  and  to  be  kept  at 
the  Discresion  of  selectmen  In  four  Places  in  s'd  Town  (viz) 
one  month  in  the  town  Plot  and  three  months  at  3  other 
Places  in  the  town  one  month  in  a  Place."  f 

1731. 

May  17th.  The  town  chose  "Ins'  John  Stockwell,  and 
Lut.  Beniamin  marsh  for  trustes  for  Suttons  Parte  of  ye 
sixtey  Thousand  Pounds  land  money." 

"Voted  that  the  meeting  House  should  be  Repeared — and 
that  The  selectmen  should  take  cear  to  Repear  The  meeting 
House." 

"  Voted  thar  shold  Be  schole  Darnes  Provided  to  teaceh 
the  Cheldern  in  the  town  as  shall  be  thought  ueadfull." 

At  the  same  meeting  the  town  ' '  Dide  Elect  and  Deput 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Towii  Records. 


J4  ANNALS    OF   THE 

Lut.  Sainual  Dudley  to  .send  a  representtive  To  our  grate 
and  general  Cort  or  assembley  to  Be  hild  and  Kept  for  his 
Maigesties  sarvice  at  the  Cort  House  In  Boston  upon  wens- 
day  The  26  of  May  In  ye  year  1731." 

"Voted  that  ye  selectmen  prefer  a  peticon  to  ye  gen'll 
Cort  in  Behalcf  of  ye  town  for  an  abatmeut  of  ye  Charge 
for  Pauient  of  thair  Representative  ye  last  year  By  Reson 
of  ve  "rate  sickness  and  mortality  that  god  was  Plesed  to 

*          O 

visit  ye  Town  with  the  Last  winter." 

luo-ust  2d.     "Voted  that  Deacon  Parssiful  Hall  should 

o 

sarve  at  ye  Court  of  General  sesions  of  ye  Peace  to  be 
Holden  at  worsester  for  this  present  year." 

-'Voted  that  Philep  Chace  shuld  sarve  at  ye  Court  for  a 
pety  jurey." 

September  2d.  "Voted  Doct.  Thomas  Sanford  should 
sarve  grand  juriman  at  our  Court  at  worsester  this  Present 
year." 

'  *  Voted  that  Samuel  Dagget  should  sarve  at  s'd  Cort  of 
Trials  for  this  presant  year  on  ye  Jury  of  trials." 

September  20th.  "Ye  Inhabitants  of  ye  Town  being 
asembled  in  town  meeting  to  Consider  what  advice  to  give 
ye  Representative  Releating  to  ye  Diffeculty  lying  before  ye 
honourable  house  of  Representatives  Respecting  the  supply 
of  ye  treasuary  and  having  Considered  of  ye  saime  ye  folloing 
vote  was  put  to  vote  — 

"If  it  be  your  minds  that  our  Representative  should  yeald 
ye  Piutt  that  hath  been  so  long  in  Debate  between  his  excel- 
lency ye  governer  and  ye  honourable  House  of  Representa- 
tives Relating  to  ye  suply  of  ye  treasurry  siguitie  it  by 
holding  up  your  hands. — ye  vote  passed  in  ye  negative." 

November  1st.  "Voted  that  mr  nathaniel  Dike  should 
sarve  on  ye  Jurey  at  ye  Court  of  triales  to  be  holden  at 
worssester  ye  2  day  of  november  1731."  f 

"  Sutton  December  ye  20th  1731 

"The  Returne  of  ye  Commity  Chosen  to  seat  ye  meeting 
house  Is  as  folio weth 


*  Dea.  Lelaud  says  this  sickness  was  called  the  Long  fever. 
t  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  45 

ye  fore  Sect 

Samuel  Dudley  Squr 
Capt.  King, 
Leut.  Benjamin  Marsh, 
John  Perham, 
Nathaniel  Dike, 
John  Singletary, 
William  Waite, 
Samuel  Sibley, 
2d  Sect.     Thomas  Nichols, 

Daniel  Elliot,  Sen. 
Ins.     John  Stockwell, 

William  Stockwell, 
Josiah  White, 
Obadiah  Walker. 
3d  seat.     Caleb  Bixbe, 
Joseph  White, 
Ebenezer  Stearns 
Caleb  Talor 
Samuel  Bixbe 
Isaac  Putnam. 
4th  seat.     James  Eliott 
Joseph  Severy 
John  Alen 

Nathaniel  Dike  Juner. 
Joseph  Waite 
Johnathan  Parks. 
5th  Seat.     David  Stockwell, 

Ebenezer  Stockwell, 
William  Sibley, 
Beniamin  Sibley 
Thomas  Dennies 
Abel  Chase. 
6th.  Seat.     William  Vinino- 

O 

Thomas  Harback 
John  Burden 
Joseph  Kideo. 
"All  ye  above  writeu  are  in  ye  body  of  sects  below." 


46  ANNALS    OF  THE 

"  Ye  front  fore  seet  up  in  ye  gallery," 

Thomas  Lavel 
John  Gibbs, 
Isaac  Chase, 
Johnathan  Xichols, 
Sollomon  Holman 
Samuel  Carrel 
Jarsham  Waite 
Robert  Jennison 
Richard  Waters, 
John  Hazelton. 

Ye  2d  seet  in  front  gallery. — Joseph  Eliott 

Samuel  Waters 
Jacob  Whipple 
Benjamin  Marsh  ju 
Samuel  Wood 
Jonathan  King 
Daniel  Kiney 
Daniel  Cariel 
David  Harwood 
John  Lion 
John  Stock  well. 

' '  The  fore  seet  in  ye  side  gallery 

Cornelius  Putnam 
Isaac  Nichiolsun 
Daniel  Elliot 
Eleazer  Fletcher 
Edward  Holmaii 
Samuel  Parker 
Robert  Goddard 
Charls  Robarts, 
Percival  Hall 
John  Bound 
Johnathan  Stockwell 
Samuel  D wight, 
David  Prince 
Ebenezer  Cutler 
Jepthha  Putnam 
Daniel  Greenwood 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  47 

Martin  Armstrong 
Samuel  Dudley 
Johnathan  Marsh . 
2nd  Seat  in  side  gallery, 

Jason  Waite 
Nathaniel  Jones 
Joseph  Sibley 
Frances  Kider 
William  Perham 
Benjamin  Perharn. 
Benjamin  Carter 
Ebenezer  Harwood. 
' '  First  in  ye  wimines  foore  seet  below " 

Ye  widdo  Stockwell 
ye  widdo  Rich. 
Ye  2nd  seet.     Doct.  Putnams  wife 

Wido  Page 
Wido  Rebeckah  Kenney 

Mrs.  Harwood. 

ye  3  seat,     ye  Wido  Martha  Sibley 
"Ye  fore  seet  in  ye  front  gallery," 

Widdo  Mary  Sibley 

"  And  it  is  to  be  understood  that  all  ye  wimen  that  have 
husbands  are  seeted  eaquel  with  thar  husbands." 

THOMAS  NICHOLS  This  done  by  a 

OBADIAH  WALKER      I  commity  chosen  to 

EBENEZER  STEARNS    j  seet  the  meeting 

CORNELIUS   PUTNAM  J  in  Button. 

At  this  period  all  property  holders  were  taxed  for  the 
support  of  the  gospel,  and  were  expected  to  attend  church. 
Hence,  if  to  the  above  list  of  males  we  add  the  names  of 
the  pew-holders,  we  have  a  record  of  all  the  adult  males  in 
town  at  this  date,  with  the  possible  exception  of  a  few  in 
the  part  which  is  now  Grafton. 

January  25th,  1731-32.  "Voted  that  Kbene/cr  Dagget 
should  sarve  at  ye  Cort  of  trials  to  be  Hoklen  at  Worssester 
on  ye  furst  day  of  February  1731—32." 


4S  ANNALS    OF   THE 

March  Hth,  1731-2.  "  mr  nathaiiiel  Dike  was  Chosen 
grand  juriman  to  sarve  at  ye  Cort  of  \\orster  for  this  pres- 
ant  year  and  mr  Samuel  Barton  was  Chose  at  s'd  meeting 
to  sarve  at  the  next  Inf.  Cort  of  Comon  Pies  to  be  hoklcn 
at  Worcesster." 

March  6th,  1731-2.  The  town  "voted  that  all  ye  tree 
holders  in  Sutton  have  liberty  to  vote  in  s'd  meeting." 

"Voted  not  to  act  upon  Chusing  trusttes  for  Sutton  Part 
of  ye  Sixty  Thousand  pounds  land  money." 

At  the  meeting  held  this  date  a  petition  was  presented  by 
John  Hazelton  and  several  "of  oure  Esterly  in  habitants 
Requesting  thay  may  be  set  of  in  order  to  joyne  with 
mendon,  uxbridge,  and  hopkinton  in  order  to  make  a  new 
Town  ship." 

"Voted  that  if  ye  towns  afore  s'd  shall  se  met  to  Dismis 
thar  Inhabitants  in  order  their  to  and  ye  generall  Court  shall 
incorporate  them  into  a  town  then  these  our  Inhabitants  are 
Dismised  in  order  thar  to-r— ye  Line  to  Run  upon  ye 
westerly  side  of  John  Hasaltons  Land  and  to  Run  north  to 
Hasnemisco  Line  and  south  to  uxbridge  line." 

Henry  King,  Joseph  Harwood,  Stephen  Hall,  Xathaniel 
Jones,  John  Sibley,  Johnathan  Kenney,  Richard  Singletary, 
Thomas  Nichols,  Francis  Dudley,  David  Dudley,  Johnathan 
Dudley,  petitioned  the  town  of  Sutton  for  permission  "to 
erect  and  bild  a  new  Pew  in  oure  Meeting-house  where  the 
two  hindermost  seats  are  in  the  frunt  galleary  in  the  mens 
parte  for  our  accomodation  to  set  at  meeting." 

"Voted  ye  prayers  of  this  abuv  writen  Petion,  with  this 
Restruction,  that  they  shall  Come  no  further  than  the  select- 
men shall  allou." 

1732. 

May  24.  "Voted  to  Chuse  a  Commity  to  set  a  valiation 
upon  ye  Bills  of  Publick  Credit  with  ye  R'vnt  mr  Hall  and 
also  upon  all  other  things  which  were  brote  under  Considra- 
tion  by  a  former  Commity  which  ware  Chosen  by  ye  town 
to  set  a  valiation  upon  ye  Bills  of  Credit  and  other  things 


*  The  proposed  Township  was  incorporated  by  the  General  Court  and  is 
now  Upton. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  4!» 

Iveferance  being  had  to  the  valluation  as  it  ma  be  found  upon 
ye  Town  Book. 

"Voted  Lut.  Elisha  Johnson  and  In's  John  Stoekwell  and 
inr  John  Sibeley  a  Commity  for  ye  above  said  vote  about  ye 
valuation  of  the  paper  bills  and  other  things  as  thay  are  in 
that  artikel  menshoned. 

"Voted  to  keep  the  schoole  at  Esqu.  Dudleys." 

"Voted  Esqu.  Dudley  to  Keep  sehoole  for  three  months." 

"Voted  to  give  R'vnt  mr  David  Hall  ye  loos  Money  that 
is  in  Deacon  Halls  hands  Excepting  ye  one  half  that  mr 
Leland  Contributed."  * 

June  (5th.  "Voted  that  the  six  acres  formerly  appropria- 
ted by  the  Proprietors  tor  building  the  meeting-house  thereon 
and  for  a  training  tield  and  burying  place  bounded  as  folio  w- 
eth,  viz.  Southerly  upon  Mr  Hall's  lott  No.  18,  Westerly  on 
town  road,  Northerly  upon  the  county  road,  and  Easterly 
part  upon  the  School  lott  and  upon  undivided  land,  should 
be  put  on  record."  f 

July  2f>.  "•  Voted  John  Sible  senuer  Should  sarve  on  the 
Jury  of  trials  at  our  next  Infearer  Courte  of  Common  pleas 
to  be  holden  at  Worcester  s'd  Courte  to  be  held  on  ye  S  day 
of  August  1732. 

Sep.  11.  "  Voted  Capt.  william  King  should  sarve  at 
our  next  Supeuer  Court  of  Judecatuer  of  Worcester  on  ye 
grand  Jury." 

"  Voted  Lut  Beniamin  marsh  should  sarve  at  said  Court 
on  ye  Jury  of  trials  said  court  is  to  be  holden  at  Worcester 
on  ye  20  Day  of  September  Instant.!' 

Sept.  18.  "  Voted  fifteen  pounds  to  seport  the  schooling 
in  Sutton  this  present  year. 

' '  Put  it  to  vote  to  see  whether  ye  Town  will  sink  thos 
parcions  setelment  Kate  which  are  of  a  Difrant  Purswasion 
from  ye  generality  of  us,  which  are  yet  behinde  and  Refus 
to  pay  it — and  ye  vote  Passed  in  ye  negative." 

Oct.  30.  "  Timothy  Holton  was  chosen  to  serve  on  the 
Jury  of  trials  at  the  Inf.  Court  of  Common  Pleas  to  be  held 
in  November. 


*  Town  Records. 

t  Proprietors'  Records. 


50  ANNALS    OF   THE 

Dec.  18.  "  Elisha  Johnson  was  chosen  to  serve  at  the 
Session  of  the  same  Court  to  be  held  Feb.  6,  1732-3. 

The  Town  voted  not  to  send  a  representative  to  the  Gen- 
eral Court  this  year.* 

March  o,  1732-3.  "  Voted  to  allow  Esq.  Dudley  his 
money  that  was  menshuned  in  ye  third  article  in  ye  war- 
rant." 

He  was  fined  for  not  attending  the  General  Court.  The 
sum  is  not  given. 

"  Voted  that  Mr.  Samuel  Sible  should  sarve  on  the  Grand 
Jurey  this  present  year," 

"  Voted  that  mr  Simon  Da-ken  should  sarve  on  ye  Jurey 
of  trials  at  our  next  Infereur  Court  of  Common  Pies  to  be 
holden  at  Worcester.  Said  Court  is  To  be  begun-Hild  on 
Tuesday  ye  Eaight  Day  of  May  1733." 

The  same  day  "  it  was  Put  to  vote  to  see  wheather  ye 
Town  woold  free  Eleven  of  our  esterly  Inhabitants  of  haft' 
thare  minesters  Kate  for  ye  year  insuing  and  ye  vote  Past 
in  ye  afarmitive  and  ye  Parsons  freed  oft"  haff  thare  mines- 
ters Rate,  are  as  folio weth  : 

John  Parham,  Joseph  Kidder, 

William  Parham,  Jonathan  Smaith, 

Benjimin  Parham,  Jacob  Whipple, 

John  Hazeltine,  David  Bactheller, 

Joseph  Tyler,  Samuel  Wood, 

John  Rawson. 

1733. 

March  26.  "It  was  put  to  vote  to  see  wheather  ye  TOAVU 
will  Rais  mony  to  support  schooling  amoungst  us,  or  act 
upon  any  thing  Relating  thare  to  about  ye  keeping  of  school 
that  shall  be  Thought  Proper,  and  ye  vote  Past  in  ye  nega- 
tive." 

April  9.  "Voted  Twenty-five  pounds  to  seport  ye  school 
amoungst  us  this  present  year." 

"Voted  that  ye  selectmen  shall  be  a  Commity  to  take 
cear  about  providing  a  school." 


*  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  51 

"  Voted  that  thare  shall  be  a  moving  school."  To  which 
David  Harwood  entered  his  dissent. 

"  Voted  that  Lu't  Beniamin  Marsh  and  mr  Samuel  Dag- 
£-et  and  mr  Nathaniel  Dike  shall  be  a  Commitv  to  Call  Dea- 

O  V 

con  Percivel  Hall,  mr  Joseph  Sible  and  mr  John  Stockwell 
mr  Robart  Goddard  and  mr  John  Sible  and  mr  John  Bound 
to  an  a  Compt  for  taken  money  out  of  ye  Town  Treasueary 
without  order  from  ye  Town,  in  ye  year  Thiurty  on  and 
in  ye  year  Thurty  TAVO." 

May  21.  "Voted  that  ye  Rev't  mr.  David  Hall  shall 
have  liberty  to  make  a  vvindo  against  his  pew.  In  ye  meet- 
ing-house "  "  voted  that  ye  Re'nt  mr  David  Hall  shall  have 
a  free  quarter!}'  Contribution." 

Oct.  1.  "•  Voted  to  Chuse  a  Commity  to  Look  into  ye 
Deiiceince  of  ye  money  since  ye  a  greament  maid  between 
ye  Town  and  ye  Rev'nt  mr  David  Hall." 

-•  Voted  that  mr  Samuel  Lilie  mr  obadiah  walker  and 
mr  Solomon  Holinan,  Deacon  Parcivel  Hall  and  uir  Perres 
Rice  be  a  Commity  for  saide  sarvice." 

"  Voted  that  mr  Robart  Goddard  and  mr  freegrace  Mar- 
bel  and  Timothy  Holton  shall  be  a  Commity  to  Repair  ye 
meeting  house  in  Sutton." 

The  committee  appointed  to  examine  into  the  deficiency 
of  the  salary  of  Rev.  Mr.  David  Hall  caused  by  the  depre- 
ciation of  the  currency,  report  as  follows  : 

"  The  Comity s  Return,  that  was  Chosen  to  Look  into  ye 
Defisincy  of  ye  money  since  ye  agreement  maid  between 
ye  R'viit  mr  Hall  and  ye  Town,  is  as  folio weth  : 

We,  the  subscribers  whose  names  are  under  writen,  being 
Chosen  by  a  voat  of  ye  Town  to  Consider  ye  Present  value 
of  money  and  Compare  it  with  ye  Towns  ofl'ers  maid  to 
Rev'd  mr  Hall,  in  relation  to  his  sallery  and  ye  goodness  of 
ye  money  whairin  he  was  to  recive  it,  being  assembled  for 
said  purpose  the  ninth  of  October  Currant,  after  mature 
Consideration  upon  the  value  of  ye  money,  it  was  unam- 
ously  agreed  by  us,  as  our  mind,  that  mr  Hall,  our  Pastor, 
ought  to  have,  In  our  present  money,  at  lest  one  hundred 
&  Thurty  pounds  for  this  Present  year  in  anser  to  ye  obli- 
gation of  ye  Town  to  give  him  an  Honourabel  Sallery  ;  and 


02  ANNALS    OF  THE 

upon  Discourse  with  mr  Hall  we  tind,  that  altho  tis  his 
mind  that  he  is  cut  short  in  ye  Three  years  Past  seventy  five 
Pounds  in  valy  by  reason  of  ye  falling  of  money  from  ye 
-tandard  set  for  a  vale  wherby  he  was  to  have  his  sallery. 
yet,  that  rather  than  any  hurt  to  ye  Peopel,  Considering 
our  Present  Circumstances,  he  will  fore  goo  it  upon  these 
Condisions  that  ye  sallery  may  be  thus  helpet  and  that  he 
may  Procure  his  money  withoute  Troubel  at  the  Time. 

PERCIVELL  HALL 
OBADIAH  WALKER 
SOLOMON  HOLM  AN 
PERES  RICE."  * 

The  Town  made  no  choice  this  year  of  a  Representative 
to  the  General  Court. 

March  4,  1733-4.  The  Town  voted  for  County  Treas- 
urer, which  is  the  first  mention  made  of  action  in  the  choice 
of  such  an  officer.  The  name  of  the  person  voted  for  is 
not  given. 

1734. 

May  22.  "Voted  ye  former  Contribution,  that  is  to  say 
Every  weak  as  it  hath  ben  in  Time  Past,  and  ye  quart  ly 
Contrabution  to  be  Dropt." 

"Voted  that  ye  meeting  house  shall  be  Repared." 

"Voted  that  mr  nathaniel  Dike  and  mr  John  Singeltary 
should  be  aded  to  ye  selectmen  to  be  a  Conmiity  to  Tret 
with  ye  R'vnt  mr  Hall  to  Luck  in  to  ye  Defectiance  of  ye 
money." 

k  k  Voted  that  ye  selectmen  be  a  Commity  to  In  quiere  and 
see  whether  ye  Town  may  with  safty  make  sale  of  ye 
school  Land,  and  to  make  Report  to  ye  Town  ye  next 
meeting  and  also,  to  make  Report  to  ye  Town  what  offers 
any  Parson  or  Persons  make  for  ye  saini." 

Nov.  4.  "It  was  Put  to  vote  to  se  if  ye  Town  wood 
give  ye  R'vnt  mr  Hall  ye  sum  of  sixty  Two  pound  Ten 
shillings  for  ye  Diticiencey  of  ye  mony  this  year,  and  ye 
vote  Past  in  ye  negative." 


*  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  53 

""It  was  voted,  that  it  was  Thought  that  a  Hundred  and 
Thurty  Pound  was  a  Horn-able  Sallery  for  this  present 
year." 

"Voted  that  Thurty  Pound  shall  be  aded  to  the  Hundred 
Pound  for  This  present  year." 

"  Voted,  that  ye  quarterly  Coutrubution  shall  be  set  up 
in  Lew  of  ye  weakley  Contrubution." 

March  3,  1734-5.  "Voted,  that  Esqr.  Dudley  and  mr 
Freegrace  marbel  and  Ins.  Robeart  godard  and  mr  Solomon 
Holman  and  mr  Jepthah  Putnam  be  a  Coinmity  to  vu  ye 
meet  ing  House  and  Lay  ye  saim  before  the  Town  ye  next 
Town  meeting  in  order  for  ye  Reparing  of  ye  meeting 
House." 

"Voted  that  Esqr.  Dudley  and  mr  Lille  and  mr  John 
Sible  be  a  Comiuitty  to  Joyn  with  the  Rev'nt  mr  Hall  In 
Leasing  out  ye  minister!  Land,  and  that  ye  agrement  which 
ye  R'vnt  mr  David  Hall  and  ye  Commity  shall  make  with 
any  Parson  or  Parsons  Relating  to  ye  ministerl  Land  shall 
be  Laid  before  ye  Town  In  order  for  thare  Exceptence  before 
any  writing  be  Particted  about  the  saim." 

The  north  eastern  part  of  the  town  embracing  the  Indian 
reservation  of  Hassanamico,  and  a  small  portion  of  terri- 
tory in  addition,  was  incorporated  as  the  town  of  Grafton. 

The  Act  of  Incorporation  is  dated 1735. 

1735. 

May  19.  "Voted  that  Deacon  Parcivel  Hall  shall  hove 
Liberty  to  buhl  a  Stabel  upon  ye  Town  Land  haveing  ye 
advice  of  ye  selectmen  where  to  set  s'd  stabel." 

' '  Voted  to  Chuse  a  Commity  to  vue  ye  Town  to  see  how 
man}'  school  Housen  are  wanted,  and  whare  thay  shall  be 
set  and  to  make  Return  to  ye  Town." 

"Voted  Esqr.  Dudley  and  Ln't  Joseph  Sibley  and  Ins. 
Robart  Goddard  and  Lu't  John  Stockwell  and  mr  Solomon 
IIolman  a  Commete  for  ye  aforesaid  sarvice  about  siting  ye 
school  Housen." 

"Voted  Forty  Pounds  to  Repair  ye  meeting  house."  * 


*  Town  Kecords. 


54  ANNALS    OF    THE 

"Voted  that  inr  nathanel  Dike  Dea.  Elisha  Putnam  and 
Lu't  Joseph  Sible  shall  he  a  Commity  to  treet  with  ye  Rvnt. 
nir  Hall  about  ye  Defieince  of  ye  money  Relating  to  his 
sallery." 

At  the  same  meeting,  the  Town  "Did  Elect  and  Depute 
Deac.  Percivel  Hall  to  be  our  Representive  to  our  grate  and 
general  Court  or  asembley  to  be  cept  and  held  at  ye  Court 
house.  In  Boston,  on  Wensday  the  28  Day  of  this  Instant 
may." 

Sept.  12.  The  committee,  appointed  to  confer  with  Mr. 
Hall  with  reference  to  sallery,  reported  as  follows  : 

"We,  the  subscribers  Chosen  by  the  Town  to  Treet  with 
the  Rev'd  nar  Hall  about  the  value  of  money,  after  Discourse 
with  nir  Hall,  and  Delibrating  upon  the  matter,  we  Conclude 
that,  acording  to  the  general  run  of  Provison  and  Clothing, 
that  Present  Provence  Bills  fall  short  one  third  In  valley 
of  what  thay  ware  at  the  Time  of  His  settlement  with  us,  so 
that  we  apprehend  one  Hundred  and  fifty  Pounds  will  but 
barely  bring  it  to  the  Balance  of  one  Hundred  according 
to  the  standard. 

NATHANIEL  DIKE    ) 
ELISHA  PUTNAM      >Com. 
JOSEPH  SIBLE"*     ) 

The  following  agreement  with  the  committee,  signed  by 
Mr.  Hall,  is  also  found  on  record. 

"I,  the  subscriber,  hearby  Signify  and  Declare  that  if 
the  Town  will  provide  that  what  the  Towns  Committee  I  lave 
adjudged  reasauabel  to  assess  for  this  years  sallery  be 
assessed,  that,  upon  the  Reseat  of  the  saime,  I  Avill  give  the 
Town  a  full  Discharge  for  the  present  years  sallery  as  wit- 
ness my  hand 

DAVID  HALL." 

The  Town  "Voted,  that  a  Hundred  and  fifty  Pounds 
shall  be  assessed  for  the  Rvnt.  mr  Halls  sallery  this  present 
year." 

March  1,  1735-6.  "Voted  that  iiir  Xathaniel  Dike  and 
mr  Robart  Godard  and  Timothy  Holton  be  a  Committe  to 


*  Town  Records.   ' 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  55 

Treet  with  the  R'vnt  nir  Hall  about  the  Deficiency  of  the 
money  Relating  to  his  Sallery  this  present  year. 

1736. 

May  19.  "Voted  that  the  selectmen  shall  be  a  Commit- 
tee to  Repear  the  meeting-house." 

"The  Return  of  the  Comitte  that  was  Chosen  to  Squd- 
ron  out  the  school  Housen  was  brought  In  to  ye  Town  and 
non  Excepted." 

It  seems  by  an  article  in  the  warrant  for  the  TowTn  meet- 
ing held  upon  the  day  above  given  the  tine  imposed  upon 
the  Town  by  the  General  Court  for  failure  to  send  a  Repre- 
sentative in  1784,  was  remitted  and  the  money  returned. 

The  article  is  as  follows  : 

"To  see  what  the  Town  will  J)eu  with  the  money  that 
the  Town  was  find  for  not  sending  a  Representative  to 
our  Grate  and  general  Court  In  the  year  17H4,  which 
is  Got  of  and  Returned  back  again  to  the  Town."  In 
reference  to  the  above,  it  was  "Voted  that  the  ninten 
Pounds  shall  be  Throod  in  to  the  Treasure  that  was  got  of 
which  the  Town  was  find  for  not  sending  a  Representive 
To  our  grate  and  general  Court  In  the  year  1734." 

Sept.  24.  The  committee  appointed  to  confer  with  Rev. 
Mr.  Hall  make  their  report  : 

".We,  the  subscribers  being  Chosen  to  be  a  Committe,  To 
Treet  with  the  Rev'nd  mr  Hall  about  the  Deficencey  of  the 
money  since  he  seteled  amongst  us,  and  having  Discoursed 
with  him  about  the  saim  and  muttuerly  Considered  thare  on 
togeather  with  the  nessesarics  of  Life  and  we  find  that 
about  one  Hundred  and  fifty  pounds  be  equelent  to  one 
Hundred  at  the  time  of  his  setelment. 

ROBERT  GODDARD  )  r,         ...       „ 
TIMOTHY  HOI/TON  \  C°mm,ttey. 

"Voted  one  Hundred  and  fifty  Pound  for  the  Revnd  mi- 
Halls  sallery  This  present  year." 

A  petition  was  received  from  certain  young  men,  for  per- 
mission to  build  a  pew  in  the  meeting  house,  and  it  was 

' '  voted    the    Prayer    of    the  above  said  Petisioners  be 


5H  ANNALS    OF  THE 

granted  with  this  Proviso  that  they  Take  in  a  suticent  num- 
ber with  them  That  have  Petioned  to  till  up  the  Roome  and 
bulde  thare  scat  or  pew  no  wider  than  the  Hind  seat  or  at 
Least  so  as  not  to  Dammidge  no  other  seate."' 

1737. 

May  23d.  "  mr  Robart  (loddard  and  mr  Samuel  Lille  and 
mr  Jeremiah  Buckman  ware  Chosen  a  Commette  To  Treet 
with  the  Revnt  mr  Hall  about  the  vallation  of  money  Relat- 
ing to  his  Sallery." 

A  desire  for  greater  facilities  for  attendance  upon  Public- 
worship  had  been  felt  by  those  who  were  remote  from  the 
centre,  and  was  made  manifest  about  this  time  in  a  request 
for  preaching  at  various  places. 

We  find  in  the  warrant  for  a  Town  meeting  upon  May 
23d  the  following  article  : 

"To  hear  the  Petision  of  the  several  parts  of  our  Town 
Relating  to  Preching." 

Upon  the  consideration  of  which,  it  was  "  Voted,  that  the 
Town  Chuse  a  Commette  to  vue  the  several  Parts  of  the 
Town  in  ancuer  to  the  Petious  Conserning  Preching  and  to 
bring  into  the  Town  by  the  next  March  meeting  what  thay 
shall  think  most  proper." 

"Voted  Esqr  Dudley  Dea.  parcivel  Hall  and  Dea.  Elisha 
Putnam  Samuel  Boutwell,  Benjamin  woodbeary  Ens.  Timothy 
Carter,  Richard  Waters,  Ins.  Robart  goddard,  mr  obadiah 
Walker  mr  Isaac  Putnam  mr  Hennery  King  mr  Daniel 
Chace  a  Commete  for  ye  aforesaid  Sarvice  about  preching." 

Sept.  19.  The  committee  appointed  to  confer  with  Mr. 
Hall  report  that  his  salary  for  the  year  should  be  £1(J3,  slS, 
d.6,  which  the  Town  voted  to  pay  him. 

"  Voted  to  set  up  the  weakley  Contribution  as  form  ley." 

1738. 

May  24.  "  Voated  that  there  should  be  one  hundred  and 
sixty  four  pound  Raised  to  support  the  Rev.  mr.  David 
Hall  the  present  year." 


*  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTOX.  O  t 

"  In-sin  Robart  Goddard  mr  John  Sibley  mr  Samuel  Bar- 
ten  ware  Chosen  to  be  a  Committy  to  treet  with  Revrnt  mr 
Hall  about  the  Deficenaey  of  money." 

March  (>,  1738-1).  "Voted  that  our  Daniel  Dike  should 
have  liberty  to  build  him  a  pue  up  over  the  wimmings  stears 
in  the  meeting  house  for  him  and  his  famerly  provided  he  did 
not  hurt  or  Discommode  the  going  up  the  gallery  stares." 

"•  Voted  that  Elisha  Putnam  Junr  and  John  Holton,  John 
whipple,  Ebene/ar  waters  &  Amos  waters  should  have  the 
liberty  to  build  them  a  seet  up  over  the  mens  stares  In  the 
meeting  house  —  provided  they  Did  not  hurt  nor  Discom- 
mode the  going  up  the  gallery  stares." 

Permission  was  given  to  Elisha  Putnam  Cornelius  Putnam 
&  Elisha  Putnam  Junr  "and  also  any  others  Even  as  many 
as  would  build  stables  upon  the  Common-laud  near  the 
meeting-house  might  —  provided  that  they  Did  not  hurt  nor 
Discommode  the  training  field  nor  the  Buring  place.'' 

1739. 

May  22.  "  Voated  that  mr  Samuel  Boutwell,  mr  Samuel 
Chase  and  mr  Solomon  Holman  be  a  Committy  to  treet  with 
the  Revnt  mr  Hall  about  the  Deficiance  of  money." 

Johnathan  Lilly  was  allowed  thirty  shillings  ••  his  charge 
in  going  after  a  school-master  the  last  year." 

Dec.  24.  "'Voted  that  mr  David  Greenwood  should  be 
one  of  the  men  to  take  Care  that  the  Dear  within  this 
Province  be  not  Killed  Contretrary  to  the  law." 

"  Voted  that  John  Sibley  Junr  should  be  a  man  to  take 
Care  of  said  Dear  as  aforesaid."  f 

March  10,  1739-40.  -Voted  that  there  should  be  six 
plases  or  squarderanes  wheare  the  school  should  be  kept  In 
the  Town  provided  that  Each  Squarderain  Do  Build  a  school- 
house  In  Each  pertieler  place  hearafter  mentioned  and  that 
upon  their  one  Cost  and  Charge  or  h'nd  sum  other  house  to 
keep  the  school  in."  The  six  places  are  described  in  detail. 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Town  Records. 


5X  \\VALS    OF    THE 

1740. 

May  25.  In  the  warrant  for  a  town  meeting  to  be  held 
upon  this  date  we  find  the  following  article  : 

"To  see  if  the  Town  will  hear  the  Petition  of  sundry  of 
our  notherly  Inhabitance  with  Respect  to  setting  off — two 
miles  In  Breadth  —  on  the  notherly  side  of  the  Town  Joyn- 
ing  upon  the  Contry  Goure.-and  five  miles  In  Length  from 
oxford  Line  Bastardly  —  to  joyn  with  their  neighbouring 
Inhabitance  that  they  may  be  better  a  Comidated  with  the 
word."  * 

There  are  several  references  upon  the  town  records  TO 
"petitions  by  our  Northerly  Neighbors,"  but  the  above  is  the 
first  mention  made  of  the  subject  matter  of  these  petitions. 

"Voted  that  there  be  one  hundred  pounds  Raised  for  the 
Rev'nt  Mr  Hall  this  present  year — with  the  addition  of 
what  the  assesers  shall,  upon  their  treating  with  the  Rev'nt 
mr  Hall,  find  that  the  money  hath  sunk  in  Credit  since  mr 
Hall  setteled  amongst  us  —  and  all  so  ten  pounds  more  which 
the  Town  is  behind  time." 

Obadiah  AValker,  Nathaniel  Goodwin  and  Samuel  Bout  well 
are  appointed  to  confer  with  Mr.  Hall  upon  the  depreciation 
of  the  currency. 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  above  referred  to  was 
deferred  till  the  next  town  meeting. 

"Voted  that  the  Baptis  be  freed  from  paying  any  of  Mi- 
Halls  salery  this  present  year." 

Sept.  1st.  Benjamin  Woodbury  and  Henry  King  and 
Lieut.  Goddard  were  appointed  a  committee  to  unite  with  a 
committee  of  the  Proprietors  of  Sutton  in  making  a  survey 
and  final  settlement  of  the  line  between  Sutton  and  Oxford. 

The  location  of  this  line  had  been  for  several  years  a  mat- 
ter of  controversy. 

Nov.  5th.  Upon  this  date  Rev.  David  Hall  commenced  a 
diary  which  he  continued  to  the  year  1789. f 


*  Town  Records. 

t  This  diary  fell  into  the  hands  of  C.  C.  Baldwin,  Esq.,  who,  for  its  better 
preservation,  had  the  manuscript  bound  in  two  volumes,  which  may  now  be 
found  in  the  Hall  of  the  Antiquarian  Society,  Worcester,  Mass. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  59 

Dec.  2.  "It  is  a  time  of  sore  sickness  and  Mortality 
with  us,  God  seems  angry  and  the  Heavens  look  dark  upon 
us.  I  have  agreed  with  my  People  to  spend  to-morrow  as  a 
day  of  Humiliation,  fasting  and  prayer  on  ye  account  of 
sickness  amongst  us."  ' 

March  2,  1740-41. 

*  *  Mr  Abel  Chase  and  mr  Ebenezer  Harwood  chose  to  take 
Care  that  the  Dear  are  not  kiled  Contrary  to  ye  law." 

"  Voted  that  mr  Benjamin  Woodbry  mr  Abel  Chase  mr 
Richard  Waters  Capt  Joseph  Sibley  —  Capt.  John  Stockwell 
and  Elisha  Putnam  —  be  a  Committy  to  Consider  and  look 
into  the  origenall  agreement  which  the  Town  made  with  the 
Rev'nt  mr  Hall  and  se  wheather  the  Town  hath  fulliled  the 
same  a  Cording  to  the  true  Intent  and  meaning  there-of  and 
make  Report  there  of  a  Cording  as  they  shall  find  maters 
stand  —  at  next  may  meeting." 

'  •  Voted  that  the  school  laud  (with  the  exception  of  an 
acre  and  a  half )  should  be  leased  out  nine  hundred  and 
ninety  nine  years  and  that  they  would  Chuse  a  Committy  for 
that  purpose." 

"•Voted  that  Capt.  Timothy  Carter,  inr  Benjamin  Wood- 
bury  and  mr  Isaac  Barnard  be  a  Committy  to  Lease  out  the 
school  land  as  above  said."  f 

March  7.  "I  am  concerned  that  .God  hath  a  grate  con- 
troversy with  New  England,  and  that  he  calls  us  to  great 
searchings  of  heart :  he  sends  us  war :  sore  sickness  and 
seems  to  be  smiting  with  ye  arrow  of  famine."  J 

1741. 

Apr.  6.  "  Nineteen  persons  have  died  with  the  lung 
fever :  many  more  of  the  throat  distemper ;  no  less  than 
five  in  one  Family  God's  hand  is  upon  old  and  young,  espec- 
ially upon  my  People."  § 

May  25.  "Voted  to  give  the  Rev'nt  mr  Hall  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  and  thirty  pounds  acording  to  the  old  tenner 
Bills  —  this  present  year." 


*  Doctor  Hall's  Diary. 
t  Town  Records. 
J  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
§  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


60  ANNALS    OF   THE 

•-Voted  to  Defer  the  giveing  of  the  Committy  that  ware 
Chosen  to  leas  out  the  school-land  their  Instructions  till  next 
march  meeting." 

Jan.  18,  1741-2.  "Voted  that  there  should  he  a  Com- 
mitty Chosen  to  Consult  the  affair  Relating  to  the  Building 
of  a  meeting-house  or  Reparing  the  present  meeting-house 
—  and  to  make  Return  to  the  Town  at  the  time  that  shall 
be  set." 

"Voted  that  Dea.  Lilley,  Deacon  Hall  mr  Walker,  mi- 
Richard  waters,  mr  Samuel  Chase,  mr  Daniel  Greenwood 
mr  Abel  Chase,  mr  Isaac  Chase,  Capt.  Stockwell,  Capt. 
Carter,  &  Elisha  Putnam  Be  a  Committy  for  the  above  said 
service,  and  that  the  said  Committy  should  make  their  Return 
to  the  Town  the  first  monday  In  febuary  next." 

Feb.  1st.  "The  Return  of  ye  Committy  was  Read  and 
it  was  put  to  vote  wheather  the  Town  would  make  more 
Room  in  the  present  meeting-house,  and  it  past  in  ye  affir- 
mitive. 

"Voted  that  mr  Benjamin  Woodbery,  mr  Freegrace  Mar- 
ble &  Isaac  Putnam  be  a  Commity  to  make  som  more  Room 
in  said  house,  and  that  the  said  Committy  have  liberty  to 
make  what  Room  they  can  In  ye  present  meeting-house  below 
and  also  in  the  galliries."  * 

Feb.  3.  "Rev.  Mr.  Edwards  of  North  Hampton  at  my 
house  this  week.  I  thought  I  had  not  seen  in  any  man  for 
some  years  so  much  of  the  grace  of  God  causing  ye  face  to 
shine ;  Might  I  have  a  house  full  of  gold  or  such  enlarge- 
ments of  grace  as  I  think  shines  in  him,  Oh  I  would  dispise 
all  for  such  enlarged  measures  of  grace."  f 

Feb.  2(>.  "A  blazing  star  or  Comet  appeared  last  week. 
It  arises  about  midnight  in  ye  north-east.  What  changes  it 
portends  who  can  tell ;  perhaps  some  great  Devastation  of 
the  British  nation  :  ye  lord  preserve  us."  + 

March  15.  "It  was  put  to  voate  viz.  all  that  are  of  the 
mind  to  build  a  new  meeting  house  and  to  set  it  upon  the 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  61 

Common  Land  hear  near  this  present  meeting  house  to  mani- 
fest it  by  holding  up  the  hand, —  and  the  vote  past  in  the 
affirmitive. 

"Voted  that  Capt.  Joseph  Sibley,  Capt.  John  Stockwell, 
Klisha  Putnam,  mr  Richard  \vaters,  inr  Solomon  Holman  mr 
Benjamin  Woodbery,  and  mr  obadiah  Walker  be  a  Committy 
to  take  ('are  about  Building  the  said  new  meeting  house. 

"Voted  that  the  above  said  Coinmity  proceed  to  take 
Care  and  Build  the  said  meeting-house  as  soon  as  they  Can 
Conveniently." 

"Voted  that  mr  obadiah  Walker,  mr  Johnathan  Marsh, 
mr  Ebene/er  Parse  be  a  Committy  to  treat  with  the  Rev'nt 
mr  Hall  Relating  to  his  sallearv."  * 

1742. 

May  25.  "Voted  to  give  the  Rev.  mr  Hall  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  Bills  of  Credit  acording  to 
the  old  tenner  Bills  —  for  his  salery  this  present  year." 

"Voted  that  Elisha  Putnam,  Capt.  Sibley,  Mr  Isaac  Bar- 
nard, mr  Obadiah  Walker,  mr  Henry  King  be  a  Committy 
to  Consider  of  the  petitions  of  sum  of  our  northesterly  and 
northerly  Inhabitance  Couserning  their  being  set  of  from  us, 
and  that  said  Committy  make  Return  to  the  Town  at  the 
next  Town  meeting." 

June  9th.  A  petition  of .  certain  persons  living  in  the 
north-west  part  of  the  town,  asking  permission  to  unite 
with  others  in  adjoining  towns  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a 
new  town  was  presented  and  denied. 

The  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  petition  of  the 
northerly  inhabitants  desirous  of  forming  a  new  precinct, 
reported,  and  probably  adversely  to  the  prayer  of  the  peti- 
tioners, for  the  town  voted  not  to  allow  them  to  be  set  oft'. 

Aug.  23.  "It  was  put  to  vote  to  see  if  the  town  would 
give  the  Committy  that  ware  Chosen  by  the  Town  to  take 
Care  about  Building  a  new  meeting-house  —  Instructions 
how  Big  they  should  Build  it. —  and  the  vote  Past  in  the 
affirmitive." 


*  Town  Records. 


62  ANNALS    OF  THE 

"Voted  that  the  said  Comity  should  Build  the  said  meet- 
ing-house —  55  foots  long  —  and  45  foots  wide  and  the  height 
be  left  to  the  Judgement  of  the  said  Committy." 

Sept.  27th.  "  Voted  that  Capt.  John  Stockwell,  Lieut. 
Goddard,  Deacon  Hall,  Mr.  Benjamin  Woodbery,  Capt. 
Carter,  Cornelius  Putnam,  Mr.  Solomon  Holman  be  a  com- 
mittee to  go  and  measure  three  miles  and  one-half  from  the 
north  line  of  the  Town,  south,  and  make  return  to  the 
Town.'' 

Oct.  18.  "At  an  adjourned  meeting  held  this  date  the 
above  committee  report  as  follows  : 

"  We  the  subscribers  being  chosen  by  a  vote  of  the  Town 
to  measure  from  our  north  line,  three  miles  and  one-half, 
a  Cording  to  the  petition  of  our  Northerly  Inhabitance,  and 
to  make  Return  of  our  Doings  In  that  affair.  First  of  all.  we 
measured  of  three  miles  and  half  from  our  Northerly  line, 
acording  to  our  order,  which  we  found  would  take  off  Robart 
Fits,  juiir.,  Daniel  Dike,  John  Stockwell  and  Both  the 
Severies  and  Joseph  Safford,  Thomas  Lovell,  and  Daniel 
Chase,  junr.,  to  the  north  part,  which  Extended  so  far  south 
that  we  were  well  satisfied  that  the  Town  would  not  set  off 
so  far;  then  we  went  back  to  our  three  miles  mark  and  ran 
another  line  from  oxford  to  Grafton,  paralel  to  our  northerly 
line,  which  takes  off  Francis  Kidder,  Josiah  Allen,  Richard 
Singletary,  Isaac  Barnard,  Garsham  Waite,  Samuel  Goodel, 
and  Amos  Goodell  to  the  north  of  said  line,  and  leaves  Daniel 
Chase,  junr.,  Thomas  Lovel,  Joseph  Singletary.  Theophilus 
Kiuuey  and  Israel  Easty,  a  little  to  the  south. 

TIMOTHY  CARTER,          i 

JOHN  STOCKWELL, 

SOLOMON  HOLMAN.          ^  Committee. 

CORNELIUS  PUTNAM, 

BENJAMIN  WOODBURY.  j 
Then  the  following  petition  was  read,  viz.  ; 

Sutton,  Sept.  the  8th,  1742. 

"  The  petition  of  sundry  of  the  northerly  Inhabitance  of  s'd 
Town,  humbly  sheweth  that,  whereas  we,  your  petitioners, 
living,  sum  and  the  most  of  us,  very  Remote  from  ye  place 


TOWN    OF    8UTTOX.  83 

of  worship  and  having,  sundry  times,  petitioned  said  Town 
for  Releef,  and  hether  to  all  our  petitions  have  been  abortive 
and  unsuccessful!  yet,  not  withstanding  our  Difficulties  being 
so  grate,  we  cant  content  our  selves  to  give  over  seeking, 
hopeing  we  shall  succeed  at  ye  last  —  and,  having  thought 
upon  a  new  skeeui  —  which  we  think  will  pritty  well  accoin- 
niidate  us  all,  we  pray  that  you  would  not  Deny  us  this 
Request,  (viz.)  To  set  us  of  three  miles  and  an  half  wide  by 
a  parallel  line  with  the  northerly  line  of  said  Town.  Begin- 
ing  at  oxford  and  Riming  to  grafton  In  order  to  make  a  pre- 
cinct, that  so  we  may  have  the  worship  of  God  set  up 
amonirst  us,  which  we  think  Cant  but  be  a  Reasonable  Re- 

o 

(|iiest  and  what  we  hope  you  will  not  Deny  unto  us,  which 
as  in  Duty  Bound  we  hartily  pray  for. 

"  Timothy  Carter,  Isaac  Maiming.  Thomas  Whittemore, 
Josiah  Bond,  Dauiell  Greenwood,  Joseph  Sparro  whack,  Isaac- 
Gale,  Nathan  Hiscock,  Jabesh  Pratt,  John  Allen,  Samuel 
Buck,  Junr.,  Jabesh  Pratt,  Junr.,  Jeremiah  Bukman,  John- 
atlian  Dwinell,  Amos  Singletary,  Ebene/ar  Peirce,  Thomas 
Hall,  Ebene/ar  Sibly,  Garshain  Bigelow,  Samuel  Boutell, 
John  Allen,  Junr.,  Jolmathan  Park,  Robert  Goddard,  Fran- 
cis Kidder,  Edmond  Barten,  Abel  Chase,  Richard  Singletary. 
William  Fiske,  Elisha  Goddard,  Garsham  Waite,  George 
March,  Johnathan  Fuller,  Johnathan  Waters,  Theophilous 
Kinne,  Daniel  Buckman,  Samuel  Buck,  Thomas  Gould, 
Edward  Lyon,  Elisha  Barton,  Thomas  Holman,  Jeremiah 
Buckman,  Junr.,  Solomon  Holman,  Robert  Jeneson." 

"  Then  it  was  put  to  vote,  to  see  wheather  the  Town  would 
set  of  three  miles  from  the  north  line  of  the  Town  to  make  a 
presenk  —  In  answer  to  the  said  petitioners  —  Instead  of  three 
miles  and  a  half — which  was  petitioned  for  —  and  the  vote 
Past  in  the  negitive." 

Failing  to  secure  from  the  town  favorable  action,  the 
petitioners  now  applied  to  the  General  Court,  setting  forth 
their  desire  and  grievances,  and  praying  that  by  special  en- 
actment they  might  be  set  off  as  a  Precinct. 

In  view  of  this  action  on  their  part,  at  a  special  meeting  of 
the  town  held  Dec.  8th,  "  It  was  put  to  vote,  to  see  wheather 
the  Town  would  Chuse  a  Committy  to  shew  to  ye  grate  and 


H4  ANNALS    OF   THE 

General  Court,  the  Resons  why  the  prayers  of  Solomon 
Holman  and  Jeremiah  Buckman  and  others,  set  forth  in  their 
petitions  to  said  Court  should  not  be  granted  and  ye  vote 
past  in  ye  affirmitive." 

"  Voted  that  Klisha  Putnam,  Benjamin  Woodbery  and 
Samuel  Chase  be  a  Committy  for  the  above  said  service  to 
shew  to  the  grate  and  General  Court." 

In  answer  to  the  petition  above  referred  to,  a  committee 
was  appointed  by  the  General  Court  to  visit  the  town  and 
examine  into  the  circumstances  of  the  parties  at  variance,  and 
report  conclusions. 

Jan.  3 1st,  1742-3. 

"  Voted,  to  Chuse  a  Committy  to  wait  on  the  Committy 
that  the  great  and  generell  Court  appointed  to  vewe  our 
Town,  to  see  if  it  be  expediant  to  sett  of  a  precenct. 

"  Voted  that  Capt.  John  Stockwell,  mr.  Samuel  Chase. 
mr.  Charles  Ritchison,  mr.  Benjamin  Woodbury,  &  Klisha 
Putnam  be  a  Committy  to  wait  on  ye  said  Courts  Committy, 
as  above  said. 

"  Voted,  that  the  select  men  should  take  Care  for  the  Kn- 
tertainment  of  the  said  Courts  Committy  while  they  are 
here."* 

Dr.  Hall  wras  evidently  opposed  to  the  formation  of  a  new 
Parish,  as,  about  this  time,  we  find  the  following  entry  in  his 
diary : 

' '  Some  Town  affairs  respecting  setting  off  a  precinct  have , 
of  late,  been  much  on  my  mind  and  a  hindrance,  as  I  imagine, 
to  the  inward  communion  of  my  soul  with  God."  f 

He  also  expresses  the  fear  "  lest  some  zealous  laymen 
amongst  us  will  finally  hurt  the  cause  of  our  Lord  Jesus  pre- 
suming to  exhort,  as  they  call  it,  and  to  do  it  in  an  unwar- 
rantable manner ;  who  moreover  seem  to  lay  to  much  stress 
upon  man's  crying  out  under  conviction  and  falling  down  or 
falling  into  raptures  after  they  attained  comfort.  I  pray  God 
deliver  us  from  dangerous  errors."  J 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  65 

Feb.  7th.  "A  Courts  Committee  being  here  present  for 
some  days  upon  the  projection  of  our  north  Inhabitants,  I 
find  by  times  concern  arising,  and  want  more  resignation  to 
God  *  *  *  *  If  ye  Town  be  divided  into  two  precincts  yet 
God  is  not  divided;  Christ  is  not  divided.  I  have  a  whole 
Christ  still,  why  should  I  not  be  at  rest."* 

March  14.  At  a  Town  meeting  held  this  date  it  was 
"  put  to  vote,  to  see  if  the  Town  would  Erect  a  meeting 
house  where  it  would  most  acommidate  the  whole  Town, 
haveing  sum  Regard  to  the  nonresidunt  as  well  as  the  Inhab- 
itance—  and  the  vote  past  in  the  negitive." 

"Voted  to  set  off  upon  the  northerly  side  of  our  Town 
two  miles  of  land  in  weedth,  with  the  Inhabitancy  there-on- 
paralel  with  the  North  line  of  our  Town  from  Oxford  to 
Grafton,  In  order  to  Joyn  with  the  Inhabitance  living  on 
the  Country  goare,  and  part  of  the  Inhabitance  of  Worces- 
ter to  make  a  precinct  —  and  that  the  said  Inhabitance, 
within  the  two  miles  above  mentioned,  shall  be  aquitted  and 
freed  from  Doing  aney  thing  to  wards  Building  a  meeting 
house  whear  the  Town  have  alredy  agreed  to  build  one."  f 

March  16.  Dr.  Hall  writes,  "Many  that  oppose  ye 
cause  and  Kingdom  of  Jesus  are  in  a  storm  at  me,  ye  Lord 
God  give  me  Wisdom  and  Patience.  Some  of  my  Family's 
friends  are  against  me,  the  Town  about  to  rend  asunder,  if 
God  prevent  it  not.  The  Lord  turn  the  Councils  of  all 
these  Ahithophels  into  foolishness."  J 

1743. 

May  liJth.  "Voted  to  give  the  Rev.  mr  Hall  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds  (according  to  the  old  tenner  Bills) 
this  present  year." 

Aug.  29th.  "Put  to  vote  to  see  if  the  Town  would 
Chuse  a  Committy  to  go  to  the  great  and  General!  Court  to 
make  Replie  against  the  petition  of  Daniel  Boyden  put  into 
the  great  and  generall  Court  the  last  may  sessions  to  see  if 


*  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
t  Town  Records. 
J  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


66  ANNALS    OF   THE 

the  said  Court  would  set  off  the  north-west  part  of  Sutton, 
and  the  south  west  part  of  Worcester,  and  the  south-east 
part  of  Lester,  and  the  north  east  part  of  Oxford  and  to 
make  a  Distinct  precinct  and  the  vote  past  in  the  nega- 
tive." * 

In  the  autumn  of  this  year,  notwithstanding  the  remon- 
strance of  the  town  through  its  committees,  the  General 
Court  responded  favorably  to  the  petition  of  the  northerly 
inhabitants,  and  set  them  and  their  estates  off  as  a  separate 
and  distinct  precinct. 

The  proceedings  in  the  matter  were  as  follows ;  com- 
mencing with  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  visit 
the  town : 

"The  Committee  appointed  by  this  Court  to  repair  to 
ye  Town  of  Sutton,  on  ye  Petition  of  Solomon  Holman 
and  Jeremiah  Buckman,  did  attend  said  service  in  Febuary 
1742,  having  first  given  seasonable  notice  to  said  Town  and 
having  viewed  ye  several  parts  thereof  and  heard  the  Par- 
ties, and  Considered  their  Circumstances,  are  of  oppinion 
that  ye  Petition  be  granted,  and  that  a  Line  be  drawn  from 
ye  Westerly  Bounds  of  Graffcon  Parallell  with  ye  North 
line  of  ye  Tow^n  of  Sutton  and  three  miles  South  from  it 
till  it  meet  with  ye  easterly  Bounds  of  ye  Town  of  Oxford, 
and  ye  Inhabitants  of  Sutton  living  to  ye  northward  of 
said  line  with  their  families  and  estates  be  set  off  a  separate 
and  Distinct  Precint  with  ye  same  powers  and  Privileges  as 
other  Parishes  and  Precincts  within  this  Province  by  LawT 
hold  and  Injoy  which  is  Humbly  submitted. 

By  order  of  the  Committee 

Jos.  WILDER." 

"In  ye  House  of  Representatives  Oct.  ye  28,  1743: 
Read  again  and  ordered  that  ye  Inhabitants  and  their 
Estates  within  ye  Limits  mentioned  in  ye  foregoing 
Report  (excepting  only  such  qualified  Voters  writh  their 
estates  as  shall,  within  one  year  from  this  time,  signifie  to 
this  Court,  their  Desire  to  continue  to  ye  first  Parish  in 


*  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  67 

Sutton)  be  set  off  a  separate  and  Distinct  Precinct,  and 
that  they  Injoy  ye  Powers  and  Privileges  which  Precincts 
ought,  by  Law,  to  Injoy, 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence 

T.  CUSHING,  Speaker. 

In  Council,  Oct.  28,  1743.     Read  &  Concurred, 

J.  WILLARD,  Secry 
Consented  to  W.  SHIRLEY  " 

"In  ye  House  of  Representatives,  Nov.  llth,  1743. 
Whereas  the  Northerly  part  of  Suttou  was  erected  into  a 
separate  and  distinct  Precinct  by  a  vote  of  this  Court  on 
the  28  day  of  Oct.  anno  Domini  1743  and  there  being  no 
provision  therein  obliging  ye  Inhabitants  of  said  Precinct  to 
pay  all  past  Ministerial  Charges  and  assessments  that  have 
arisen  in  ye  Town  of  Sutton,  Therefore  ordered  that  ye 
Inhabitants  of  said  Newr  Precinct  be,  and  hereby  are  obliged, 
to  pay  their  Proportionable  parts  and  Dues  to  all  past 
ministerial  Charges  and  assessments  in  ye  Town  of  Sutton, 
as  also  their  Proportionable  of  the  sum  that  ye  Inhabitants 
of  said  Town  of  Sutton  have  agreed  to  raise  for  ye  paying 
of  their  Ministers  Salary  this  present  year  ending  in  March 
next,  any  thing  in  ye  Vote  constituting  them  a  Precinct  to 
ye  Contrary  notwith  standing. 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence, 

T.  GUSHING,  Speaker. 
In  Council  Nov.  11,  1743.     Read  and  Concurred 

J.  WILLARD,  Secr'y. 

Consented  to    W.  SHIRLEY." 
Worcester,  ss. 

To  Richard  Moore  Esq.  one  of  his  Maj's  Justices  &e.  We 
the  Subscribers,  Inhabitants  of  ye  Second  Precinct  in  Sut- 
ton in  said  County  hereby  signify  to  you  our  Desire  that  a 
warrant  may  issue  agreeable  to  Law  for  calling  a  Meeting  in 
said  Precinct  as  soon  as  may  be  &c.  (which  was  to  choose 
Parish  officers.) 

Jeremiah  Buckman  Ebenezer  Pierce 

Daniel  Buckman  Solonian  Holman 

Thomas  Gould  Francis  Kidder 

Abel  Chase. 


68  ANNALS    OF   THE 

The  warrant  appointed  the  first  meeting  to  be  held  at  the 
house  of  Richard  Singletary  on  ye  26  of  Dec.  1743  —  and 
the  warrant  which  was  directed  to  Jeremiah  Buckman,  has 
this  return  upon  it. 

"Button,  Decem'r  26,  1743. 

"By  vert ue  of  this  Warrant,  to  me  Directed,  I  have  noti- 
fied ye  Freeholders  and  other  Inhabitants  of  this  ye  same 
at  Mr.  John  Singletary 's  Mill  Doore." 

"By  Mr.  Jeremiah  Buckman  one  of  the  Petitioners  of  S'd 
Warrant," 

Jan.  23,  1743—4.  "A  blazing  star  or  comet  in  the  West 
has  appeared  for  near  two  months ;  at  first  small,  but  now 
of  great  length  beyond  what  I  ever  saw.  This  is  the  third 
that  has  of  late  years  appeared.  I  would  not  be  dismayed 
at  ye  signe  of  Heaven,  but  O  ye  sinners  fear  who  live  in 
ye  neglect  of  God  and  O  y't  I  might  so  far  regard  it  as  to 
trim  my  lamp  and  get  ready." 

Feb.  16th.  A  more  particular  description  is  given  of  this 
comet, 

"  The  blazing  star  from  the  south-west  has  appeared  near 
three  months.  It  was  small  —  it  passed  by  north  of  the 
sun ;  when  it  first  appeared  its  Tail  was  about  a  yard  long 
to  appearances,  was  bent  towards  the  Equator.  When  it 
came  down  about  north  of  the  sun  its  Tail  was  pointed 
towards  the  North  Pole — Its  Tail  appeared  about  12 
Degrees  in  Length  at  a  farther  distance  from  the  sun.  Its 
Body  or  Nucleous  appeared  about  3  Inches  in  Diameter  to 
the  naked  eye.  Feb.  4th.  It  appeared  half  an  hour  after 
sunset  about  half  an  hour  high  and  about  an  hour  and  a  half 
to  the  North  of  the  sun,  it  being  so  near  in  the  sun  gloss  its 
Tail  did  not  appear  above  two  yards  long  —  next  morning  it 
rose  before  the  sun  and  appeared  much  in  the  same  shape. 
Its  tail  must  be  several  millions  of  miles  long.  The  Lord 
sanctify  so  awful  a  token  of  an  approaching  God,  who  thus 
hangs  out  his  ensign  in  ye  skies  y't  ye  nations  may  tremble 
before  Him." 


*  Dr.  Hall's  Diary, 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  69 

March  5.  "Voted  to  Chuse  two  of  the  Selectmen  In 
Each  parish  and  one  In  the  Baptis  Sosiaty  —  also  to  chnse 
one  of  the  Assessors  In  Each  parish  and  one  In  the  Baptis. 

March  12th.  "  Voted  to  alloAv  the  Baptis  sosiaty  to  Draw 
out  of  the  Town  Tresuary  the  sum  of  seven  pounds  four- 
teen shillings  and  one  peuney  a  Cording  to  the  old  tenner 
Bills. 

"Voted  that  Capt  Robart  Goddard,  Capt.  John  Stock- 
well,  Deacon  Benj.  Woodbery  be  a  Committee  to  a  Jest  a 
Counts  with  the  Rev.  nir  Hall,  In  order  to  geet  a  Discharge 
In  full  for  his  salery  for  the  time."* 

1744. 

June  2d.  War  was  proclaimed  at  Boston  (by  England 
against  France). 

June  3d.  "There  was  a  considerable  shock  of  an  Earth- 
quake just  as  we  were  going  to  the  House  of  God."  f 

March  4th,  1744-5.  "Voted  that  the  school  be  kept  In 
Each  parrish  a  Cording  to  the  proportion  of  the  Town  Rate 
that  Each  parish  paves  and  that  Each  parish  have  free  liberty 
to  send  their  Children  in  to  the  other  parish  to  school  and 
that  Each  parish  have  liberty  to  settle  the  school  as  they 
think  proper  within  their  parish."  :£ 

March  29th.  The  Parish  Records  of  this  date  contain 
the  following  agreement : 

"I,  Philip  Chase  Do  Ingage  to  the  Committee  To  sweep 
the  meeting-House  and  to  take  care  of  all  ye  Dores  and 
Windows  to  open  and  shut  the  same  when  there  is  need, 
this  present  year  For  three  Pounds  old  Tenour  as  witness 
my  Hand." 

1745. 

April  4th.  "This  day  is  a  Fast  day  to  implore  of  God 
his  mercy  and  smiles  on  our  expedition  to  Cape  Breton."  § 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary, 
t  Town  Records. 
§  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


70  AXXAL.S    OF    THE 

May  31st.  Action  was  taken  at  a  Parish  meeting,  held 
this  date,  with  reference  to  seating  again  the  meeting-house 
and  it  was  "  Voted  that  mr  Jonathan  Bacon  Dea.  Benj. 
Woodbery,  mr  Samuel  Barton,  mr  Francis  Dudly  Lieut. 
Obadiah  Walker,  Be  a  Committee  to  seat  ye  meeting  House 
—  Degnitieing  ye -seats,  2nd  Seat  Below  and  ye  fore  seat  in 
ye  front  (gallery)  Equel,  ye  third  seat  Below  and  the  fore 
seat  in  ye  side  (gallery)  Equel,  Having  Respect  to  age  and 
Real  and  personal  Estate."  * 

July  5th.  ' '  I  have  lately  heard  comfortable  tidings  of  ye 
taking  of  Cape  Breton  by  our  English  forces  for  which 
mercy,  all  praise  to  Jehovah." 

"Dear  Mr.  Whitfield  has  been  at  my  house  two  nights 
and  preached  two  sermons  and  is  to  preach  this  morning." 

July  18th.  "  I  have  heard  Mr.  Whitfield  preach  six  ser- 
mons this  week." 

* '  To  day,  have  attended  a  public  Thanksgiving  on  occa- 
sion of  ye  taking  of  Cape  Breton."  f 

Nov.  5th.  Dr.  Hall  writes  "I  have  thought  of  proposing 
a  day  of  solemn  humiliation  on  account  of  ye  sickness,  to 
be  observed  through-out  the  Town.  Nov.  18th  he  adds,  "I 
have  lately  had  Mr.  Parkman  and  Mr.  Prentice  here  on  a 
public  Fast." 

Nov.  18th.  A  committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  Benjamin 
Woodbury,  Capt.  Carter,  Benj.  Marsh,  were  authorized  by 
the  town  to  make  sale  of  the  school  lands,  and  it  was 
"Voted  that  ye  Town  doe  keep  the  prinsaple  sum  good 
and  that  said  com'tt  state  the  same  by  Silver  and  take  good 
Security  with  Sufficient  Sureties  for  ye  Same  ;  and  that  ye 
Interest  be  yearly  Improved  for  the  use  or  support  of  \v 
school  and  that  s'd  com'tt  be  accountable  to  ye  Town  for 
their  proceedings  and  that  ye  surety  be  taken  in  ye  name  of 
ye  com'tt  and  thair  successors  In  trust  in  behalf  and  for  ye 
use  of  ye  Town"  Also  "Voted  that  mr  Charles  Richardson, 
mr  Daniel  Greenwood  and  Deacon  Benj.  Woodbury  be  a 
Committee  to  prefer  a  petition  to  ye  grate  and  gene  rail 


*  First  Parish  Records, 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTOX.  71 

Court   praying  Liberty  to  make   Sale  of  School  Lands  in 
Manner  and  form  as  is  before  voted." 

Dec.  6th.  "  I  have  a  strange  account  of  some  appearances 
of  witchcraft  in  Woodstock  and  some  other  places.  I  pray 
God  rebuke  ye  symptoms  and  suffer  not  ye  Devil  to  appear 
in  this  audacious  fashion.  Lord  Jesus,  when  thou  didst 
send  forth  thy  ministers  thou  gavest  them  power  over 
unclean  spirits  to  cast  them  out.  O  Lord  suffer  not  these 
things  in  this  age  of  light  and  knowledge  to  appear  but  give 
the  ministers  the  same  power  to  cast  them  out."  * 

1746. 

May  10th.     Under  this  date  we  find  the  following  entry  : 

"  These  may  Certifie  Whome  it  may  Concern  yt  mr  John 

Gibbs  has*  Declared  to  me  yt  he  believes  ye  Baptis  Religion 

to  be  ye  lightest  and  he  useally  attends  our  meetings  on  ye 

first  Day  of  ye  week  for  ye  Worship  of  God. 

BEN.J.  MARSH  Elder. 
A  true  copy.     Attest  BENJ.  MORSE  Town  Clerk."  f 

It  is  evident  from  the  above  certificate,  that  the  town  at 
tliis  early  date  in  its  history  was  disposed  to  accord  the 
largest  liberty  of  conscience  in  religious  matters,  and  to  ex- 
empt from  the  ministerial  tax  those  who  entered  their  dissent 
from  the  Congregational  polity,  and  actually  worshiped  with 
another  denomination. 

Sept.  24th.  "  On  Monday  night  we  had  an  alarm  of  the 
French  invading  Boston.  My  thoughts  were  that  I  would 
freely  have  gone  with  those  that  went  down.  I  thought  1 
should  not  be  daunted  by  the  most  dangerous  attendants  of 

v  o 

a  Campaign  :  went  ye  next  day  four  miles  with  them."  \ 

March  2,  1 746-7 .  "Voted  that  ye  Com'tt  viz.  Capt.  Carter, 
Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury,  and  Benj.  Marsh  chosen  to  make  sale 
of  ye  school  Lands  in  said  Town,  do  Immediately  proceed 
and  make  sale  of  ye  same  according  to  a  vote  passed  in  ye 
Town  at  a  publick  meeting  held  the  18th  of  Nov.  1745. 


*  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
t  Town  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


72  ANNALS    OF    THK 

Aug.  18th.  The  first  mention  made  of  a  pauper  in  town 
is  upon  this  date.  Mendon  secures  an  order  for  the  transfer 
of  Hannah  Bumpee,  daughter  of  Abigail  Hay  ward,  to  Sutton, 
the  place  of  her  birth. 

1747. 

D?n  Benj.  Woodbury,  Isaac  Putnam,  Edward  Putnam, 
Sam.  Chace,  Joseph  Woodbury,  and  Daniel  Dike  were  given 
' k  Leive  to  Build  Stables  some  whare  on  ye  common  near  ye 
meetiug-house  but  not  on  ye  Road." 

1748. 

The  line  between  Suttou  and  Douglass  had  been  for  several 
years  in  dispute.  Definite  action  was  now  taken  for  its  set- 
tlement by  both  the  town  and  the  proprietors. 

"  Capt.  John  Hazeltine  was  chosen  by  a  vote  of  the  pro- 
priety to  prefer  a  petition  to  the  Great  and  General  Court 
with  Reference  to  some  Controverted  Lands  adjoyniugto  New 
Sherborn  or  Douglass  District  and  Manchogue  Pond  in  order 
to  Render  the  s'd  Land  uncoiitroverted  for  the  future." 

May  IDth.  "  Voted  that  Capt.  Robert  Goddard  serve  MS 
cominitt  man  for  ye  Town  to  Joyn  with  Such  Committ  men 
or  man  as  ye  propriety  of  ye  Town  of  Sutton  have  or  shall 
chuse  to  prefer  a  petition  to  ye  Grate  and  General  Court  in 
order  to  get  ye  Line  of  ye  westerly  part  of  s'd.  Town  near  to 
or  adjoyning  to  ye  Town  of  Douglass  settled  which  is  now  in 
Controversy."  f 

Jan.  6th,  1748-9.  Upon  this  date  Dr.  Hall  refers  to  the 
meeting  of  a  council  called  to  advise  upon  difficulties  that  had 
arisen  between  the  church  and  certain  of  its  members  called 
"  Separating  Brethren,"  and  to  a  "•  day  of  solemn  Fasting  and 
Prayer"  in  connection  with  the  meeting  of  the  council. 

Jan.  24th.     "  A  vote  was  passed  in  Parish  meeting  to-day 
to  suffer  a  new  meeting-house  to  be  built. 
'  "  The  Lord  over-rule  it  for  good."  J 


*  Proprietors'  Records, 
t  Town  Records. 
}  Dr.  Hall's  Library. 


TOWN   OF   BUTTON.  73 

The  vote  to  which  Dr.  Hall  refers  was  upon  the  following 
article  in  the  warrant  far  the  meeting : 

' '  To  see  if  the  Parish  will  give  liberty  to  have  a  meeting- 
house Built  by  subscription  and  set  as  near  the  old  one  as 
the  Parish  shall  think  best.  S'd  House  to  be  Fifty-five  Feet 
in  length  and  forty-five  feet  wide,  and  as  hie  as  the  parrish 
shall  think  proper  and  when  Fineshed  to  be  as  intirely  the 
Parrishes  as  if  built  by  a  Rate  or  assesment." 

Upon  this  article  the  Parish  "•  Voted  to  give  liberty  to  have 
a  meet  ing-house  to  be  built  by  Subscription  and  set  as  near 
as  can  conveniently  to  the  old  meeting-House."*  • 

March  loth.  The  Parish  "•  Voted  that  the  meeting-house, 
to  be  built  by  subscription,  be  fifty  feet  in  length,  Forty  feet 
wide,  Twenty-two  feet  high  between  giuts."f 

Until  the  division  of  the  town  into  two  parishes,  which 
occurred  in  the  autumn  of  1743,  the  Town  had  been  the 
Parish,  and  voted  the  salary  of  the  minister,  and  appointed 
the  committees  to  confer  with  him  respecting  the  deprecia- 
tion in  the  currency.  The  last  appropriation  made  by  the 
town  for  the  salary  of  the  minister  was  at  the  May  meeting, 
1743.  From  that  date  the  parish  take  the  matter  in  hand, 
-  vote  the  salary  of  the  minister,  appoint  the  committees  to 
couter  with  him  upon  the  valuation  of  the  currency,  and  the 
assessors  to  make  out  the  tax  levy  for  salary  and  current 
expenses.  The  tax  rate  is  upon  the  polls  and  property,  made 
out  in  the  same  way  as  the  rate  for  town  expenses. 

1749. 

Oct.  Kth.  Framingham  sues  the  town  for  the  support  of 
Mary  Edmunds,  and  the  town  sends  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury, 
Isaac  Barnard,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  John  Hicks  as  a  committee  to 
defend  the  case  in  Court. 


*  First  Parish  Records. 
t  Parish  Records. 

10 


74  AIS'NALS    OF  THE 

1750. 

June  24th.  Dr.  Hall  writes  :  "  I  have  been  at  Northamp- 
ton ye  last  week  as  a  member  of  an  Ecclesiastical  Council 
and  (grievous  to  be  seen),  have  found  ye  Chh.  in  general  set 
to  remove  Mr.  Edwards,  ye  Reverend  and  Worthy  pastor, 
from  his  relation  to  them,  (which  also  a  Majority  of  ye 
Council  advised  to)  and  for  no  other  reason  than  his  insisting 
that  Persons  admitted  to  the  Communion  of  Saints  should 
profess  sanctity,  or  sanctifying  Grace,  or  the  great  things  of 
Religion  pertaining  to  Godliness.  *  *  * 

"Some  of  ye  Council  protested  against  the  proceedings  of 
the  Church  and  majority  of  ye  Council  (with  good  reason  I 
apprehend),  and  I  was  one  of  them."* 

1751. 

Aug.  28th.  The  town  voted  "that  ye  subscribers,  that 
are  Building  a  Meeting-house  in  ye  first  Parrish  in  Sutton, 
near  ye  old  meeting-house  shall  have  the  old  meeting-House 
to  help  finish  ye  new  one  with,  excepting  ye  pews  that  were 
Built  by  perticular  Men." 

1752. f 

March  2d.  The  town  "  Voted  that  Mr.  John  Hicks,  Mr. 
Edward  Putnam,  Mr.  Isaac  Dodge  be  a  Com'tt  for  to  view 
ye  Contry  Road  from  Oxford  line  to  Grafton  line  to  see  if 
there  be  any  Infringing  upon  s'd  Road,  also  ye  training  field 
and  common  land  near  ye  meeting  House.  J 

May  20th.  A  meeting  of  the  Parish  was  called  "  To  see 
if  the  Parish  will  take  the  meeting  house  as  it  now  is  and 
finish  it,  or  give  the  Pew  Roome  to  the  subscribers  to  Dis- 
pose of  to  Inable  them  to  finish  s'd  house,"  and  the  vote  was 


*  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 

t  The  "  new  style  "  of  dating  between  Jan.  1st  and  March  25th  was  adopted 
this  year. 

J  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF   8UTTON.  75 

"  To  give  all  the  Pew  Room,  to  the  subscribers,  in  the  meet- 
ing-house on  the  wall  on  the  Lore  flower  and  in  the  Gallery, 
Excepting  the  Ministerall  Pew,  to  Dispose  of  in  order  to 
"  I nable  the  said  subscribers  to  Finish  the  said  meeting- 
house provided  they  Finish  it  in  three  years."  * 

This  meeting-house  was  situated  on  the  Common,  opposite 
the  brick  block.  It  was  a  plain  structure,  having  east,  south 
and  west  porches.  It  had  no  steeple  when  first  built.  From 
the  south  door  there  was  a  broad  aisle  leading  to  the  pulpit, 
which  was  upon  the  north  side.  The  house  remained  un- 
painted  until  repaired. 

From  the  residence  of  Dr.  Hall  to  the  south  door  of  the 
church  there  was  a  continuous  line  of  steps  made  of  stones 
carefully  prepared  for  the  purpose.  In  front  of  the  old  place, 
now  owned  by  the  venerable  E.  J.  Mills,  Esq.,  a  son  of  the 
successor  of  Dr.  EL,  some  of  these  stones  still  remain,  just 
as  they  were  laid  more  than  one  hundred  years  ago.  And 
there  they  will  remain  until  some  modern  vandal,  who  has 
no  respect  for  the  past,  and  no  reverence  for  the  monuments 
it  has  left  of  its  taste  in  matters  of  convenience,  as  well  as 
beauty,  shall  see  in  them  only  a  fitness  for  cap-stones  of  a 
wall,  or  underpinning  of  a  building,  and  thus  put  them  to 
ignoble  use.  We  will  continue  to  step  softly  upon  them, 
and  cherish  the  memories  of  the  noble  men  and  women  by 
whose  tread  they  were  worn  "  long,  long  ago." 

In  the  record  of  a  town  meeting  held  May'  20th,  we  find 
the  first  mention  of  the  Baptist  meeting-house.  At  this 
meeting  it  was  ' '  Voted  that  ye  Contry  Road  from  Hutchin- 
soiis  Farm,  so-called,  Down  to  ye  Road  that  Comes  out  by 
ye  Baptist  Meeting-House  be  four  Rods  Wide. "f 

The  road  referred  to  is  that  intersecting  the  Oxford  road, 
near  the  house  of  A.  W.  Putnam,  Esq.  The  location  of  the 
First  Baptist  meeting-house  then,  was  upon  the  corner  be- 
tween these  two  roads. 


*  Parish  Records. 
t  Town  Records. 


76  \\NALS    OF   THE 

1753. 

March  19th.  The  parish  voted  "not  to  grant  a  Request 
of  a  Xumber  of  the  Separates  (so  called)  -which  is  to  Sink 
their  parish  Rates.''* 

1754. 

March  4th.  The  town  appointed  Dea.  Beiij.  Woodbury, 
Elisha  Rich  and  John  Hicks  a  committee  to  "  Let  or  Lease 
out  ye  Burying  place  to  mr  David  Hall  Jun.  for  a  number  of 
years."  The  "  Burying  place  "  referred  to  is  described  as 
that  "  near  ye  first  parish  Meeting-House,  Containing  by 
Istemation,  Two  acres,  be  ye  Same  more  or  less." 

The  lease,  given  by  the  above  committee,  provided  that 
"•  if  ye  s'd  David  Hall,  his  Heires  and  Assigns,  shall  for  and 
during  ye  space  of  seventeen  years  from  ye  date  hereof  freciy 
and  without  any  Molestation  Injoye  all  ye  priviledge  of  herb- 
ege  and  pasturidge  of  s'd  Land  not  plowing  any  of  It  up,  nor 
turning  any  Swine  thare  on,  and  alowing  Liberty  to  all  Per- 
sons to  Bury  thair  Dead  with  in  its  Limets  and  that,  In 
Considaration  of  ye  afore  s'd  herbage  and  pasterage,  ye  s'd 
David  Hall  his  heires  and  assignes  doth  oblige  himself  to 
Inclose  ye  s'd  Land  with  a  good  Stone  wall  four  foot  high, 
wrell  proportioned ;  that  is  to  say,  to  fence  ye  out-sides 
there-of  bounding  upon  ye  Training  field  or  Road,  with  a 
good  gate  for  passing  and  Re  passing  on  funaral  ocations.  S'd 
gate  to  be  Collered  Read ;  and  that  ye  s'd  David  Hall  make 
one  half  of  ye  fence  adjoyning  to  other  Lands  in  good  stone 
wall  four  feet  high."f 

1755. 

March  3d.  The  town  "  Voted  to  Chuse  a  Com'tt  of  five 
men,  to  Consider  and  T  re  ate  with  ye  Several  Ministers  in 
Sutton  to  see  what  they  will  take  for  thair  parts  in  ye  minis- 
terial Land  yearly,  and  make  Report  to  ye  Town  at  May 
Meeting  next  or  order  to  Sell  or  Lease  s'd  Land." 


*  Parish  Records. 
t  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTOX.  77 

May  20th.  "  Voted  upon  Condition  y't  ye  Several  Min- 
isters in  ye  Town  Consenting  to  Sell  ye  Ministeral  Land  in 
s'd  Town  ye  Town  having  one  half  of  ye  use  of  ye  money 
and  ye  Ministers  ye  other  half — Voted  y't  ye  Land  be 
Sold." 

1756. 

May  18th.  "The  Town  chose  Robert  Goddard,  Esqr., 
John  Hazeltine,  Esqr.,  Capt.  Henry  King,  Mr.  Samuel 
Chase,  Mr.  John  Hicks,  a  Comm'tt  to  make  Sale  of  ye  Min- 
isteral Land  suid  to  Treate  or  agree  with  ye  Several  Ministers 
Concerning  ye  Same." 

June  20th.  The  above  named  Committee  were  instructed 
"to  take  Bonds  for  ye  same  (when  sold)  on  Interest  with 
good  security,  Either  Land  security  or  good  Substantial 
Bondsmen  ye  Bonds  to  Run  to  A.  B.  &  Co.  trustees  and 
their  successors  in  s'd  trust." 

' '  Voted  that  the  Interest  or  Income  of  ye  Money  collected 
by  ye  trustees  be  paid  from  time  to  time  annually  by  the 
trustees  to  ye  select  men,  or  such  as  the  Town  shall  Depute, 
to  be  Disposed  according  to  the  true  Intent  and  Meaning  of 
ye  sale  of  ye  Land,  Reference  being  had  to  the  Agreement 
betwixt  ye  Towns  Com'tt  and  the  Incumbent  Ministers  Bear- 
ing Date  May  19th  1756  and  accepted  by  ye  Town." 

The  agreement  is  as  follows  : 

"  We,  ye  Subscribers,  Consent  y't  ye  ministry  Land 
within  ye  Township  of  Sutton  be  converted  into  a  money 
Fund  for  ye  use  of  ye  ministry  in  s'd  Town  for  Ever,  and 
where  as  now  we  have  by  way  of  Lease  Ten  pounds  old 
Ten'r  p'r  year  we  being  allowed  Ten  pounds  old  Ten'r  we 
consent  that  ye  Remainder  of  what  ye  LawTfull  Intrest  of 
ye  money  ye  Land  shall  sell  for  —  Shall  amount  to,  be 
divided  Between  ye  Town  and  ministers  now  Incumbent 
s'd  one  half  with  ye  Ten  pounds  as  above  To  be  divided 
between  ye  ministers  Incombent  judged  to  have  Right  there- 
to as  Law  or  Equity  or  personal  agreement  according  to  ye 
Right  they  now  have  to  ye  use  and  Improvement  of  s'd 
Land  shall  determine ;  ye  other  half  to  be  ye  Towns  prop- 


78  ANNALS    OF   THE 

erty  during  our  ministry  provided  we  have  annually  paid  us, 
out  of  ye  Town  Treasury,  ye  s'd  one  half  and  ye  Ten 
pounds  old  Ten'r. 

Sutton  May  19th. 

DAVID  HALL 

pastor  of  ye  1st  Church  of  Christ  in  Sutton. 

JAMES  WELLMAN 
pastor  of  ye  Second  Chh.  of  Christ,  Sutton.' 

BENJA.  MARSH, 
Elder  of  ye  Baptist  Chh.  of  Christ  Sutton. 

And  at  ye  day  of  ye  Date  above  we  ye  subscribers  ye 
Towns  Com'tt  Express  our  acquiescence  and  consent  to  ye 
above. 

JOHN  HAZELTINE    1 

ROBERT  GODDARP 

SAMUEL  CHASE         f  Committee."  * 


HENRY  KING 
JOHN  HICKS 


The  committee  appointed  to  sell  the  ministerial  land 
were  instructed  to  give,  in  the  name  of  the  town,  deeds  to 
purchasers.  The  form  in  which  the  deed  shall  be  given  is 
recorded.  The  ministers  unite  in  the  conveyance,  and  sign 
the  deed. 

During  this  year  Mr.  Hall  makes  frequent  mention  of  the 
war  (French  and  Indian)  and  ill  December  gives  the  names 
of  six  soldiers  who  died  in  the  war :  "Issachar  King,  Sam'l 
Carriel,  Nathan  Kiimey,  Win.  Stockwell,  John  Stockwell, 
and  Ebenezer  Cutler."  f 

1757. 

May  18th.  The  town  "Voted  to  sink  ye  pole  Rate  of 
ye  men  that  Came  Home  from  Menuss  in  ye  Sumer  and  fall 
of  ye  year  1756."  J 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
t  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  79 

Aug.  18th.  Dr.  Hall  speaks  of  the  fall  of  our  strong- 
hold on  the  lake,  and  refers  to  the  report  that  the  siege 
might  have  been  raised  with  2000  men,  and  that  Genls. 
Johnson  and  Lyman  could  have  been  spared  from  Fort 
Edward  with  5000  men,  and  that  they  begged  with  tears  to 
go,  but  Genl.  Webb  forbade,  and  that  great  dissatisfaction 
prevailed  in  the  camp. 

1758. 

Constant  difficulty  is  experienced  in  adjusting  the  salary 
of  Rev.  Mr.  Hall,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  his  settle- 
ment, owing  to  the  variation  in  the  value  of  the  currency. 

March  27th.  The  parish  kk  Voted  to  Leave  the  matter  of 
Difficulty  Relating  to  the  Rev'd  Mr.  David  Hall's  sallary  to 
the  Judgment  of  Indiferant  men,  mutually  to  be  Chosen, 
what  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall  hath  a  just  Right  to,  by  vertue  of 
Contract  first  made  with  him,  and  what  shall  be  made  up  of 
Arrearages  and  what  for  the  future,  in  case  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Hall  and  the  Parish  can  agree  upon  the  Chairman." 

Mr.  Hall  and  the  Parish  agree  to  submit  the  salary  diffi- 
culty to  a  committee  of  "Iiidiferent  men"  of  whom  Mr. 
Ephraim  Shearman  of  Grafton  shall  be  chairman.  The 
committee  are  Ephraim  Shearman,  Edward  Davis,  and  John 
Brown,  who  report  as  follows  : 

We,  the  subscribers,  being  mutually  Chosen  and  appointed 
by  the  Rev.  Mr.  David  Hall  and  the  first  Parish  In  Sutton 
to  Settle  the  matter  of  Deficulty  Relating  to  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Hall's  salery,  having  mett  and  hearing  the  parties  upon  the 
Premisses  &  Veiwing  the  Records  of  the  first  Contracts 
made  att  his  settlement,  and  after  a  full  hearing  of  Evi- 
dences, Papers  and  Records  Relating  thereto,  have  mutually 
agreed  and  Determined  in  the  following  manner  (viz.),  that 
the  Contract,  in  our  judgment,  allowing  for  Mr.  Hall's 
nesessities  and  the  abilities  of  the  Pariish,  amount  to  Sixty 
Six  Pounds  Thirten  Shillings  &  four  pence  Pr.  year  att 
Silver  at  Six  &  Eight  pence  per  ounce,  or  Milld  Dollers  att 
six  Shillings  Each ;  which  Sum  in  our  opinion  ought  to  be 
the  stated  Salery  for  the  future  &  that  the  two  years  past 
(viz)  1757  &  1758,  for  which  there  is  no  Receipts  in  the 


80  ANNALS    OF   THK 

Parrish  Book,  be  made  up  Each  year  att  the  same  sum, 
and  also  that  in  our  opinion  there  is  Due  to  Mr.  Hall  for 
arearages  for  several  years  Back  (viz)  In  174K,  1754,  17")") 
&  1756  In  which  the  Receipts  upon  Book  ware  not  In  full, 
the  Sum  of  Thirteen  Pounds,  Six  Shillings  &  Eight  pence.* 

July  21st.  Dr.  Hall  mentions  the  repulse  of  our  forces 
at  the  lake,  and  of  great  loss  in  killed,  wounded  and  miss- 
ing, and  refers  to  the  disaster  as  evidently  the  efl'ect  of 
treachery  ' '  which  intimidates  our  soldiers  and  causeth  the 
greatest  disagreement." 

Sept.  22nd,  1758.  Refers  to  "  comfortable  tidings  of 
Col.  Bradstreet's  success  at  Fort  Frontenac  and  of  the  value 
of  the  capture." 

Oct.  21st.  "This  day  sen'it  died  Mr.  Hall,  of  the  camp 
disease,  lately  returned  from  the  army  —  sundry  more  are 
.sick  in  the  Town.  Our  forces  are  coming  from  the  lake 
without  further  attempt  on  Ticonderogue."  f 

1759. 

May  22nd.  The  town  "Voted  to  alter  the  method  of 
warning  the  Town  meetings."  "Voted  that  the  Town  meet- 
ing be  warned  for  the  future  by  a  copy  of  the  warrant  upon 
Posts  set  up  for  that  purpose."  J 

Oct.  15.  In  the  warrant  for  a  parish  meeting  to  be  held 
this  day,  the  following  article  appears  : 

"To  see  if  the  Parish  will  except  of  the  Meeting  House 
under  the  present  Sircumstances  ;  the  subscribers  to  Deliver 
up  all  the  money  they  have  in  there  Treasurer  to  s'd  Par- 
rish." 

"  And  if  the  Parrish  do  Except  of  the  Meeting  House  To 
see  if  they  will  Dispose  of  the  Seats  in  s'd  Meeting  House 
as  aboved  Exprest."  The  seats  referred  to  were  "  the  two 
hind  seats  both  the  mens  and  womens  seats  in  s'd  meeting- 
house." 


*  Parish  Records. 
t    Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
|  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  81 

The  proposition  was  to  have  them  removed  and  pews 
erected  in  their  place. 

The  parish  "'Voted  to  Receive  the  Meeting  House  under 
the  present  Sircumstances  the  subscriber's  Treasurer  to  Deliver 
up  to  the  Parrish,  all  the  money  they  have  within  the  Treas- 
urer," and  "to  Dispose  of  the  Two  hind  seats  below,  both 
the  mens  and  womans  seats  in  s'd  meeting-House  in  order 
to  Build  Pews  and  that  the  money  they  are  sold  for,  is  to 
be  Disposed  towards  finishing  the  meeting-house." 

"  Voted  that  Mr.  Sam'l  Chase,  Tarrant  Putnam  and  Dea. 
Benja.  Woodbury  be  a  Com'tt  to  make  saile  of  s'd  seats  in 
s'd  meeting-house"  and  also  "that  the  s'd  seats,  if  Built 
into  Pews,  to  be  Raised  but  half  as  high  as  the  Pews  against 
the  walls,  and  that  there  be  Public  notice  given  of  the  sail 
of  s'd  Pews  and  sold  to  the  Highest  Bidder."  * 


May.     A  time  of  sickness. 

••  Many  taken  with  a  fever;  two  died  in  one  week.  John 
Ilolton  and  Jona.  Stockwell's  wife.  Many  more  sick.  June 
5th.  Sickness  still  prevailing  deaths  multiplied."  f 

The  parish  appoint  "  Capt.  John  Fry,  Mr.  Jona.  Dudley, 
Dea.  Putnam,  Dea.  Woodbnry  £  Mr.  Jona.  Hale  to  be  a 
committee  to  seat  the  Meeting-House.  S'd  Committee  to 
have  Regard,  in  the  first  place,  to  age  and  then,  to  their 
Real  <fe  personal  Estate.  The  men  in  the  Parish  that  have 
pews  in  the  meeting-house  are  not  to  be  seated  by  this 
present  Com'tt."  J 

May  5.  The  committee  appointed  to  make  sale  of  the 
pew  room  in  the  meeting-house  report  as  follows  : 

"Agreeable  to  a  vote  of  the  first  Parish  in  Sutton  for  the 
Disposal  of  the  two  hind  seats,  both  the  mens  and  woinans 
scats  Below  in  the  Meeting-House  in  s'd  Parish,  we,  the 
subscribers  being  chosen  a  Com'tt  to  make  sail  of  s'd  sects, 
have  accordingly  Leted  them  out  for  four  Pews,  and  have 


*  Parish  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
|  Parish  Records. 


11 


82  ANNALS    OF   THE 

sold  them  to  the  highest  Bider  —  (viz)  The  Pew  next  to  the 
aile  on  the  womans  side  was  sold  to  Mr.  Follinsbe  Chase  for 
£6  18s  Od. 

' '  The  Pew  next  to  the  aile  on  the  mens  Side  was  sold  to 
Lieut.  Jona.  Lille  for  £6  6s  Od. 

"  The  other  Pew  on  the  womans  side,  was  sold  to  Mr.  Nata. 
Sibley  for  £7  2s  Od. 

"  The  other  Pew,  on  the  mens  Side,  was  sold  to  Ins'  Sam'l 
Chase  for  £9  Os  Od." 

Aug.  llth.  The  Parish  "Voted  to  abate  Two  Pounds, 
Thirteen  Shillings,  and  four  pence  Lawfull  money  to  Mi-. 
Jona.  Bacons  Hairs,  Late  of  Sutton,  Deseast,  of  his  sub- 
scription towards  Building  the  Meeting-House."  * 

1761. 

March  12th.  "On  this  morning,  about  ten  minutes  past 
two  o'clock,  we  were  waked  out  of  sleep  with  an  Earthquake 
lasting  nearly  two  minutes,  a  constant  jarring  and  trembling, 
with  a  continual  sound,  from  the  deep  places  of  the  earth, 
which  lasted  much  longer." 

July  12th.     "  A  very  dry  time." 

Aug.  6th.  "A  parching  drought  prevails  the  like  of 
which  New  England  never  heard,  "f 

1762. 

March  1st.  "  The  Town  chose  Capt.  Solomon  Holman, 
Ens.  Samuel  Chase,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury,  Mr.  Ebenezer 
Peirce,  Lieut.  Benj.  Marsh  a  Committee  to  Treat  with  the 
Rev'd  Mr.  David  Hall  and  see  what  is  due  to  him  from  the 
Town,  and  make  Report  at  next  Town  Meeting. "J 

Mr.  Hall  regarded  the  town  as  indebted  to  him  for  arrear- 
ages of  salary  that  had  not  been  made  up  when  the  town 
ceased  to  be  the  parish.  He  had  proposed  to  leave  the  mat- 
ter of  adjustment  to  a  committee  mutually  chosen. 

Sept  6th.     "Voted  for  a  Regester  of  Deeds."     This  is 


*  Parish  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
}  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  83 

the  first  vote  of  the  town  for  such  an  officer  that  is  mentioned. 
No  name  is  given. 

Aug.  8th.  "  The  draught  is  heavy  upon  us  and  our  pas- 
tures wither  away."* 

1763. 

Jan.  25th.  The  town  "  Voted  to  leave  it  to  three  judi- 
cious men  mutually  chosen,  to  look  into  the  Contract  made 
between  the  Rev.  Mr.  David  Hall  and  the  Town  and  into  the 
Discharges  Mr.  Hall  has  given  the  Town,  and  to  say  whether 
any  thing  is  Mr.  Hall's  Due  from  the  Town,  and  if  anything 
how  much. 

"  Chose  Josiah  Brewer  Esq.  of  Worcester  Chairman  Lieut. 
Benja.  Daves  of  Oxford  Rev.  Mr.  Thaddeus  Maccarty  of 
Worcester  a  Committee  or  Referees  to  Determine  what  is 
mentioned  in  the  above  vote." 

A  committee  was  also  chosen  by  the  town  to  represent  its 
interests  when  the  matter  should  be  considered  by  the 
referees. 

March  7th.  The  town  "Voted  that  the  Town  Clerk 
should  Transcribe  the  Births  and  Deaths  and  marriages  in  a 
hound  Book  Provided  for  that  purpose." 

.May  18th.  The  town  "  Voted  to  accept  the  award  of  the 
Arbetrators,  which  met  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Follausbee  Chase 
in  Sutton  the  18th  day  of  April,  upon  the  affair  Relating  to 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall's  salary,  which  awarded  him  Fifteen 
pounds  Lawfull  money  in  full  of  all  past  arrearages  from  the 
Town. 

' '  Voted  to  raise  twenty  pounds  Lawful  money  for  to  pay 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall  the  arrearages  and  the  cost  of  the  arbetra- 
tion." 

"  Voted  to  provide  two  Burying  cloaths  —  one  for  each 
Parish,  "f 

1764. 

May  21st.  "  Voted  to  add  fifteen  pounds  Lawfull  money 
to  what  was  voted  before  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  David  Hall." 


*  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 
1 1  Town  Records. 


84  ANNALS    OF   THE 

1765. 

March  4th.  An  article  in  the  Avarrant  for  a  town  meeting 
this  date  is  as  follows  : 

"•  To  .see  if  the  Town  will  Devide  the  money  the  minis- 
terial land  was  sold  for,  between  the  two  Parishes,  and  also 
allow  Elder  Marsh  society  their  Proportion  according  to  the 
Province  Tax  this  present  year:  if  not  to  see  if  the  Town 
will  call  in  £150  or  £200  of  the  money  above  mentioned  and 
let  it  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall  He  giving  good  security  to  the 
Town  for  the  same." 

Another  article  in  the  same  warrant  is  "  To  hear  the  Peti- 
tion of  Samuel  Goldthwait  and  others  Respecting  setting 
them  off  to  the  Town  of  Oxbridge,  or  to  Ease  them  in  their 
Rates." 

Upon  the  division  of  the  ministerial  land  no  action  was 
taken. 

Upon  the  petition  it  was  "  voted  to  abate  the  town  rate 
exclusive  of  the  highway  rate  to  Samuel  Goldthwait,  Micah 
Thayer,  Samuel  Prentice,  Stephen  Goldthwait  and  William 
Bacon  for  this  present  year." 

June  30th.  The  town  voted  for  a  County  Register  of 
Deeds.  No  name  is  mentioned. 


Sept.  22d.  A  town  meeting  was  called  '*  To  see  whether 
the  Town  will  give  their  Representatives  any  Instructions 
Concerning  making  Restitution  to  the  late  sufferers  in  the 
late  Riots  and  Disturbances  in  the  Town  of  Boston,"  and  it 
was  "  voted  to  leave  the  affair  of  making  up  the  Damages 
the  Lieut.  Governor  and  others  has  sustained  in  the  Town  of 
Boston  to  the  mature  Consideration  of  our  Representative." 

1767. 

March  23d.  In  the  warrant  for  a  parish  meeting  this  date 
the  following  articles  are  found  : 

"  To  see  if  the  Parish  will  choose  a  Committee  to  seat  the 
meeting-House  "  and  "  To  see  if  the  Parish  Will  vote  the  two 
hind  seats  in  ye  mens  side  to  the  singers  of  this  parish." 


TOWN    OF    STTTTON.  85 

Upon  the  first  article  the  vote  was  in  the  negative.  No 
action  was  taken  on  the  second. 

May  18th.  "Voted  that  fifteen  pounds  be  taken  out 
of  the  ninety  pounds  that  was  voted  to  Defray  schooling  and 
other  Town  Charges  for  this  present  year  to  pay  school 
Dames  for  schooling  in  the  Summer  Season." 

Dec.  28th.  A  town  meeting  was  called  for  this  date  ; 
among  other  things  •*  To  see  if  the  Town  will  come  into  some 
effectual  measures  to  promote  Industry,  Oeconomy  and  Man- 
ufactories, there  by  to  prevent  the  unnecessary  Importation 
of  European  Commodoties." 

And  the  town  "  Voted  to  come  into  the  measures,  that 
was  come  into,  Respecting  Oeconomy  and  manufactories  by 
the  Town  of  Boston  as  far  as  they  consist  with  our  present 
Circumstances." 

' '  Voted  to  Choose  a  Committee  of  five  persons  to  look 
into  s'd  affair." 

Chose  Dea.  Daniel  Greenwood,  Capt.  John  Sibley,  Capt. 
Henry  King,  Mr.  Willis  Hall  and  Mr.  Ebene/er  Pierce  a 
Committee  for  the  purpose  afores'd  and  likewise  voted  that 
s'd  Committee  make  Report  to  the  Town  at  the  next  Town 
Meeting." 

"  Voted  that  the  Select  men  provide  a  work  House  to  put 
Idle,  Vagrant  and  Dissolute  persons  in." 

1768. 

March  7th.  The  committee  appointed  Dec.  28th,  17G7, 
reported,  whereupon  it  was  "  Voted  that  what  the  Town's 
Committee  has  Drawd  up,  Relating  to  Manufactures  and 
Oeconomy,  be  accepted  and  go  upon  the  Town  Book." 

The  report  is  as  follows  : 

"  \Vhereas  the  Happiness  and  well  being  of  Civil  Commu- 
nities depend  upon  Industry,  Oeconomy  and  Good  Morals; 
and  this  Town,  taking  into  Serious  Consideration  the  great 
Decay  of  the  trade  of  the  Province,  the  Scarcity  of  Money, 
the  heavy  Debts  contracted  in  the  late  war,  which  still  remains 
on  the  People,  and  the  great  Difficulties  to  which  they  are  by 
these  means  reduced  —  Resolved  th.at  this  Town  will  use 


86  ANNALS    OF  THE 

their  utmost  Endeavors  and  Enforce  their  Endeavours  by 
Example  in  Suppressing  Extravagance,  Idleness  and  Vice, 
and  promoting  Industry,  Oeconomy  and  good  Morals  in  this 
Town.  And  in  order  to  prevent  the  unnecessary  Exporta- 
tion of  money  of  which  this  Province  has  of  late  been  so 
much  drained,  it  is  further  — 

"Resolved,  that  this  Town  will,  by  all  prudent  means, 
Endeavour  to  discontinue  the  use  of  Foreign  Superfluities, 
and  to  Encourage  the  Manufactures  of  this  Town."* 

There  was,  at  this  time,  throughout  all  the  colonies,  deter- 
mined opposition  to  the  oppressive  rule  of  the  mother  coun- 
try. The  restrictions  which  had  been  imposed  upon  commerce 
and  manufactures,  the  means  adopted  for  increasing  the 
revenue  of  the  crown,  the  claim  of  the  right  to  frame  laws 
for  the  government  of  a  people  who  had  no  voice  in  their 
enactment,  the  deprivation  of  the  right  of  trial  by  jury,  and 
many  measures  for  the  obstruction  of  local  laws,  to  which 
the  ro}^al  assent  had  been  given,  were  felt  to  be  unjust  and 
humiliating.  Frequent  remonstrance  had  been  made,  but  only 
to  render  more  arrogant  the  power  claiming  sovereignty. 
When  the  stamp  act,  which  was  to  take  effect  in  November, 
1765,  was  passed  by  Parliament,  the  indignation  of  the  people 
could  no  longer  be  repressed.  In  some  places  it  broke  through 
all  restraints,  and  revealed  itself  in  riotous  demonstration ; 
and  when  the  obnoxious  act  was  repealed  in  March,  1766,  the 
exhibitions  of  joy  were  great  —  scarcely  less  so  than  had  been 
those  of  indignation.  The  people  of  this  town  were  loyal  to 
the  cause  of  liberty,  and  in  hearty  sympathy  with  the  meas- 
ures proposed  for  the  redress  of  grievances. 

But,  being  an  agricultural  people,  scattered  over  a  largo 
territory,  with  fewr  opportunities  for  a  public  discussion  of 
the  situation,  the  excitement  did  not  rise  as  high  as  in  the 
more  commercial  towns.  When,  however,  it  became  evident 
that  further  remonstrance  was  in  vain,  and  that  there  remained 
only  that  last  resort  of  an  oppressed  people,  resistance  by. 
force  of  arms,  the  inhabitants  with  a  unanimity  remarkable 


*  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  87 

even  for  that  day,  threw  themselves  into  the  conflict,  sustain- 
ing the  measures  proposed  by  the  Continental  Congress,  and 
furnishing  men  and  money  to  the  extent  of  their  ability. 

1769. 

Aug.  7th.  ' "  The  lightning  struck  Ebenezer  Gould's  house 
last  Monday  about  3  P.  M.  Struck  down  himself  and  wife 
and  killed  a  dog  in  the  other  room  corner."* 

1770. 

The  town  "  voted  to  Build  or  Provide  a  Work  House," 
and  chose  as  a  committee  for  that  purpose,  "  Mr.  Jonathan 
Waters,  Capt.  Moody  Morse,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Carriel,  Dea. 
Ebeuezer  Pierce  and  Mr.  Enoch  Marble." 

May  1st.  kk  It  was  put  to  vote  to  see  if  the  Town  would 
Hold  any  part  of  the  Town  Meetings  for  the  future  in  the 
Second  Parish  in  Sutton,  and  the  vote  passed  in  the  nega- 
tive." 

Dr.  Hall  commences  a  suit  against  the  town  with  regard  to 
his  right  to  the  use  of  the  ministry  money. 

Aug.  20th.  The  town  chose  "  Capt.  Henry  King,  Dea. 
Ebenezer  Pierce,  Mr.  Ed  ward  Putnam,  Capt.  Elisha  Goddard 
and  Mr.  Nathan'll  Carriel  a  committee  to  defend  the  suit."f 

Sept.  3d.  A  special  town  meeting  was  called  "To  see 
if  the  Town  will  agree  to  leave  the  suit  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall 
has  commenced  against  the  Town  to  arbitration,  to  be  judged 
of  according  to  Law  and  Equity  and  to  make  choice  of  the 
men  for  that  purpose  if  the  Town  comes  into  that  method." 

The  matter  put  to  vote  "passed  in  the  negative." 

Sept.  17th.  At  another  meeting,  held  upon  this  date, 
called  for  the  purpose  of  making  "such  explanations  upon 
the  above  vote  as  shall  be  thought  proper  according  to  its 
true  intent  and  meaning," 

"Voted  it  is  the  mind  of  the  town,  that  the  Committee 
Chosen  at  a  Town  meeting  August  20th,  to  Defend  the  suit, 


*  Doctor  Hall's  Diary. 
t  Town  Records. 


88  ANNALS    OF   THE 

that  the  Rev.  Mr.  David  Hull  has  commenced  against  the 
Town,  relating  to  the  ministry  money,  were  then  understood 
to  be  Chosen  to  Defend  the  Town  against  s'd  suit,  in  tin- 
Towns  Behalf."  * 

1771. 

May  20th.  "  Voted  to  Raise  eighty  Pounds  to  support 
the  Poor  of  the  Town  this  present  year." 

This  is  the  first  mention  of  an  appropriation  by  the  town, 
for  the  support  of  its  poor. 

Nov.  19th.  The  town  "  Voted  to  Raise  Thirty  Three 
pounds,  Six  Shillings  and  Eight  pence  to  defray  the  Charge 
the  Town's  Committee  have  been  at,  in  defending  the  Town, 
against  the  suit,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall  has  commenced  against 
the  Town."  f 

1772. 

Several  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  north-west  part  of  the 
town  unite  with  others  from  Oxford  and  Leicester,  in  peti- 
tioning the  General  Court  for  a  new  township.  Stephen 
Goldthwait  and  others  in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town 
ask  the  town  to  set  off'  a  portion  of  territory  about  one 
mile  wide  to  join  with  the  north  part  of  Uxbridge  as  a  dis- 
trict. 

May  18th.  "Voted  to  choose  an  Agent  or  Agents  to 
show  cause  to  the  General  Court,  why  the  petition  for  a 
township  out  of  the  four  towns  of  Worcester,  Oxford,  Sutton 
and  Leicester  should  not  be  granted."  J 

No  action  was  taken  upon  the  petition  of  Stephen  Gold- 
thwait and  others. 

1773. 

Jan.  llth.  A  special  meeting  wus  called  "  To  sec  if  the 
Town  will  hear  the  Request  of  the  Town  of  Boston,"  and 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Town  Records. 
J  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  8J> 

"  To  see  if  the  Town  will  Choose  a  Committee  to  consider 
the  Difficulties  as  represented  to  us  by  the  Town  of  Boston, 
and  to  make  Report ;  and  the  Town  to  act  upon  the  same 
as  they  shall  think  proper." 

At  the  meeting  the  town  "•  Voted  that  a  Committee  be 
appointed,  consisting  of  seven  men,  to  consider  the  several 
Articles  of  Grievances  (Imposed  on  this  Government  by 
the  British  Parliament)  as  represented  in  a  printed  Pam- 
phlet from  the  Town  of  Boston  and  to  make  Report  at  the 
Adjournment  of  this  meeting  —  then  the  following  Gentle- 
men were  appointed  a  Committee  accordingly —  (vi/)  ('apt. 
John  Sibley,  Lieut.  Samuel  Trask  Deacon  Ebenezer  Pierce, 
Messrs.  Edward  Putnam,  Daniel  Marsh  Nathan  Putnain. 
and  Willis  Hall." 

Jan.  18th.  The  committee  reported  at  an  adjourned 
meeting  as  follows  :  "  Having  well  perused  the  above  said 
pamphlet  and  the  Charter  of  this  Province,  together  with 
the  English  Liberties,  —  we  do  apprehend  that  our  Charter 
Privileges  are  Infringed  in  many  Instances  and  that  there  is 
just  Cause  of  Complaint :  Therefore  we  think  it  advisable 
that  this  Town  recommend  to  Capt.  Henry  King,  the  Repre- 
sentative of  this  Town  in  General  Assembly,  that  he  use 
his  best  Influence  with  his  Brethren,  the  members  of  s'd 
assembly,  that  a  humble  and  pungant  address  be  made  to 
his  Majesty  and  Court  at  home  —  that  we  may  Obtain  redress 
under  such  pressing  and  alarming  Grievances.  Further,  that 
whereas  it  has  been  thought  that  the  Judges  of  the  Superior 
Court  have  not  had  salaries  adequate  to  their  Important  ser- 
vice that  he  make  due  Enquiry  into  that  matter,  and  if  he 
should  find  it  to  be  fact,  that  he  use  his  utmost  Endeavours 
that  their  Salaries  may  be  enlarged  and  made  Adequate  to 
their  Merit  and  Station." 

March  1st.  The  petition  of  James  Adams  and  others 
relative  to  their  being  set  off  to  the  town  of  Northbridge 
was  denied. 

May  17th.  The  petition  of  John  Adams  and  others  to 
be  set  oft'  to  Northbridge  was  again  denied. 

12 


90  ANNALS    OF   THE 

1774. 

July  25th.  A  town  meeting  was  called  "To  see  if  the 
Town  will  Grant  Money  to  supply  the  Town  Stock  with 
Arms  and  Ammunition  according  to  Law."  Whereupon  it 
was  "Voted  to  Grant  the  Sum  of  Forty-two  Pounds  Ten 
Shillings  to  Supply  the  Deficient  Town  Stock  with  Ammu- 
nition." It  seems  that  several  meetings  had  been  held  dur- 
ing the  summer,  for  the  discussion  of  public  affairs,  no 
record  of  which  was  made. 

In  the  warrant  for  a  meeting  called  for  Sept.  26th  we  find 
the  following  articles  : 

* '  To  see  if  the  Town  will  choose  one  or  more  persons  as 
a  Committee  or  Delegates  to  meet  and  act  with  the  General 
Congress  of  this  Province  whenever  said  Congress  shall 
meet. 

"To  see  if  the  Town  will  approve  of  the  proceedures  of 
the  several  meetings  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of 
Sutton  in  the  Summer  past  and  record  the  same  upon  the 
Town  Book. 

"To  see  what  method  the  Town  will  come  into  in  order  to 
Regulate  the  Militia  in  this  Town  as  the  Commissioned 
Officers  have  proposed  to  resign  their  Respective  Offices. 

' '  The  Town  chose  Mr.  Edward  Putnam  a  Delegate  to 
meet  and  act  with  the  General  Congress  of  this  Province 
when  and  where  they  shall  meet. 

' '  Voted  to  approve  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Town  in 
their  several  Town  Meetings,  the  summer  past,  and  that  all 
Papers,  relating  to  those  proceedings  that  may  be  procured, 
be  lodged  with  the  Town  Clerk. 

' '  Voted  that  it  be  Recommended  to  the  Military  Com- 
panies in  this  Town  to  Choose  their  own  Officers  as  the 
present  Commissioned  Officers  have  proposed  to  Resign/' 

Nov.  15th.  "Voted  that  the  Selectmen  of  the  Town 
purchase  such  a  Quantity  of  Powder  as  to  complete  the 
Town  stock  according  to  Law."  * 


*  Town  Records. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  91 

1775. 

Jan.  5th.  "The  Town  made  choice  of  Capt.  Henry 
King,  &  Elder  Anios  Singletary  as  Delegates  to  Represent 
the  Town  in  the  Provincial  Congress  to  be  held  at  Cam- 
bridge on  the  first  day  of  Feb.  next."  * 

This  action  was  taken  in  accordance  with  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  Provincial  Congress,  which  had  been  held  at 
Cambridge  on  the  tenth  of  December  last. 

The  warrant  for  the  town  meeting  upon  this  date  con- 
tained the  following  articles  : 

To  see  if  the  Town  approve  of  what  the  Continental 
Congress  have  done. 

To  see  if  the  Town  will  approve  the  Association  of  said 
Congress. 

To  see  if  the  Town  will  choose  a  Committe  of  Inspec- 
tion to  see  that  said  Association  is  duly  observed  and  to 
choose  such  Committee. 

To  see  if  the  Town  will  order  the  Constables  not  to  pay 
any  money,  due  to  the  Province,  to  Harrison  Gray  Esq. 

To  see  if  the  Town  will  order  the  Constables  to  pay  such 
money  to  Henry  Gardner  Esqr.  of  Stow  and  take  his 
Receipt  for  the  same. 

To  see  if  the  Town  will  Indemnify  the  Constables  upon 
their  Conformity  to  such  orders. 

To  see  if  the  Town  will  give  any  Instructions  tp  the 
Representatives  that  may  be  chosen  to  attend  a  Provincial 
Congress  at  Cambridge  and  to  give  such  Instructions  as  the 
Town  shall  think  proper. 

To  see  what  method  the  Town  will  come  into  for  the 
effectually  carrying  into  Execution  said  Association  or  any 
orders  of  the  Provincial  Congress,  or  of  this  Town  relative 
thereto,  and  to  determine  how  such  shall  be  treated  as 
Transgress,  us  the  Town  shall  think  proper. 

To  see  if  the  Town  will  Choose  a  Committee  to  Receive 
and  forward  Donations  given  for  the  Relief  of  the  Towns 
of  Boston  and  Charlestown,  suffering  under  the  operation 


*  Town  Records. 


92  ANNALS    OF    THE 

of  the  Port-Bill  and  to  choose  such  Committee,  if  the  Town 
think  proper. 

To  see  what  money  the  Town  will  raise  for  supplying  the 
Town  stock  of  Ammunition. 

To  see  what  the  Town  will  do  with  respect  to  ordering 
that  the  Minute  men  should  be  equipt  and  paid  according  to 
the  Recommendation  of  the  Provincial  Congress  at  Cam- 
bridge the  tenth  Instant. 

At  the  meeting  as  above  called  the  following  action  was 
taken : 

"  Voted  to  approve  of  what  the  Continental  Congress  have 
done. 

4 '  Voted  to  adopt  the  Association  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress. 

"  Voted  to  choose  a  committee  of  Inspection  to  see  that 
the  Association  of  the  Continental  Congress  be  duly  observed. 

4 '  Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  of  Seven  Persons  —  nom- 
inated'and  chose  Messrs.  Arthur  Dagget,  Edward  Putnam, 
Samuel  Marble,  Asa  Waters,  Abraham  Waters,  Capt.  Sam- 
uel Sibley  and  Mr.  Seth.  Chace. 

"  On  the  5th  article  of  the  warrant,  unanimously  voted  to 
approve  of  what  the  Provincial  Congress  have  done,  so  far  as 
what  is  said  with  respect  to  the  Continental  Congress,  their 
Association,  and  of  not  purchasing  Imported  Commodities, 
and  their  choice  of  members  for  the  next  Continental  Con- 
gress. 

"Voted  that  the  Constable  shall  pay  no  monies,  due  to  the 
Province,  to  Harrison  Gray  Esqr." 

(Harrison  Gray,  Esqr.,  was  collector  of  taxes  for  His 
Majesty.) 

"Voted  that  the  Constables  pay  all  monies,  due  to  the 
Province,  to  Henry  Gardner  Esqr.  of  Stow,  and  take  his 
Receipt  for  the  same. 

"  Voted  to  Indemnify  the  Constables  upon  their  Conform- 
ity to  such  orders. 

"  Voted  to  give  Instructions  to  the  Representatives. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  93 

"  Voted  to  Instruct  the  Representatives  to  be  careful  that 
they  do  nothing  that  shall  be  inconsistent  with  what  the 
Continental  Congress  have  done." 

On  the  tenth  article  of  the  warrant  - 

' '  In  order  effectually  to  carry  into  execution  the  Associa- 
tion of  the  Continental  Congress  or  any  orders  or  Reccom- 
mendations  of  the  Provincial  Congress  or  of  this  Town 
relative  to  the  non-consumption  of  Imported  Commodities  : 
It  is  Resolved  that  we  will  most  strictly  and  Conscientiously 
adhere-to  and  prosecute  the  measures  proposed  in  the  eleventh 
article  of  said  Association  (viz.)  To  break  off  all  Dealings 
with  any  one  convicted  of  violating  said  Association  and  we 
will  in  like  manner  treat  any  convicted  of  transgressing  any 
orders  or  Reccommendations  of  the  Provincial  Congress 
relative  to  the  Importation  or  Consumption  of  foreign  Com- 
modities. And  where  as  the  Inhabitants  of  this  Town,  in  a 
meeting  on  the  fourth  of  July  last  —  Voted  to  concur  with 
the  Reccommendations  of  the  late  House  of  Representatives, 
altogether  to  renounce  the  Consumption  of  India  Teas  :  There 
fore  Resolved  that  any  who  shall  be  convicted  of  bringing  in, 
purchasing,  or  using  any  India  Teas  in  this  Town,  after  this 
Day,  shall  be  treated  in  the  same  manner  as  those  that  violate 
s'd  Association. 

"  And  it  is  also  farther  Resolved  that  when  the  major  part 
of  the  Committee  of  Inspection  have,  upon  due  Tryal,  found 
any  one  guilty  of  any  of  s'd  Crimes  they  shall  cause  a  notifi- 
cation thereof  forth  with  to  be  posted  up  at  the  several 
Taverns,  Mills  and  Smiths  in  this  Town,  that  all  the  Inhabi- 
tants may  know  and  avoid  all  Dealings  with  him  or  her. 
But,  if  there  should  appear  any  symptoms  of  sorrow  and 
hopes  of  Repentance,  the  publication  of  it  in  the  News,  may 
be  suspended  until  the  next  Town  meeting,  in  order  that  said 
offender  may  have  opportunity  for  Consideration,  and  space 
to  repent,  Avhich  if  he  manifests  at  such  meeting  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  Town,  and  promises  a  Reformation,  the  Town 
may  then  restore  such  offender  to  Fellowship  ;  otherwise  he 
shall  be  published  in  the  News  according  to  s'd  eleventh 
article  of  the  Association  as  bein<»'  Incorrigible. 


94  ANNALS    OF   THE 

"And  it  is  also  farther  Resolved  that,  if  any  one  shall 
disregard  such  sentence  against  any  Person  transgressing  in 
Articles  above,  and  still  continues  to  Deal  with  him  or  her, 
in  any  manner  whatever,  and  be  there-of  Convicted  before 
the  Major  part  of  the  Committee  of  Inspection,  he  or  she 
shall  be  treated  in  the  same  manner  as  the  original  Offender. 
Provided,  nevertheless,  that,  if  upon  Trial,  it  shall  appear  to 
the  Committee  that  such  person  did  no  more  than  to  help 
in  case  of  absolute  sickness  or  some  casualty,  in  which  a 
Building  or  the  Life  of  some  person  or  creature  was  in  danger 
of  immediately  perishing,  or  spake  nothing  other  to  offender 
than  to  demand,  or  pay  a  Debt  or  Tax,  or  about  the  Things 
of  the  Eternal  World,  or  to  convince  him  or  her  of  his  or 
their  error  in  transgressing  as  above,  or  if  he  only  spake  a 
word  inadvertently,  and  desisted  upon  being  Reminded  of 
the  state  of  such  Offender,  he  shall  not  be  adjudged  or  treated 
as  being  guilty  of  Criminal  dealing  with  such  Offender. 

"  And  it  is  also  farther  Resolved,  that,  if  any  person  refuse 
or  neglect  to  appear  before  the  Committee  or  to  make  Defense, 
having  six  Days  previous  notice  of  the  Time ,  Place  and  Charge , 
such  person  shall  incur  the  same  punishment,  for  such  Con- 
tempt, as  he  or  she  would  be  subjected  to,  in  case  the  Charge 
should  be  found  against  him  or  her. 

"And  it  is  also  farther  Resolved,  that  it  shall  be  the  Duty 
of  every  Individual  in  this  Town,  upon  any  knowledge  or 
Information  against  any  one,  to  forward  said  Information  to 
some  one  of  the  Committee  of  Inspection ,  as  soon  as  conve- 
niently may  be,  in  order  that  it  may  be  properly  examined 
into  by  the  Committee. 

"  Resolved  that  if  any  person,  who  would,  by  Law,  be  a 
proper  witness,  shall  refuse  to  give  Evidence,  being  called 
there-to  by  the  Committee,  or  shall  wilfully  give  a  partial  or 
false  Testimony,  such  person  shall  be  adjudged  to  the  same 
Punishment  as  the  person  upon  Trial  would  be  adjudged  to, 
if  found  guilty. 

"  Resolved,  that  it  is  the  Duty  of  every  Head  of  a  Family, 
in  this  Town,  to  use  his  or  her  Parental  Authority  in  oblige- 
ing  all  under  them  strictly  to  observe  said  Association  and 

O  v 

all    the    orders,    Resolves    and    Recommendations  of    the 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  95 

Provincial  Congress,  and  of  this  Town  relative  there-to,  or 
concerning  the  non-Importation  and  non-Consumption  of 
foreign  Commodities.  Voted  nem.  con. 

kk  Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  of  Donations. 

"  Voted  to  choose  six  for  said  Committee. 

kk  Chose  Capt.  Moody  Morse,  Messrs.  Stephen  Prince, 
Willis  Hall,  Abraham  Waters,  Capt.  Traskand  WTm.  Waite. 

Voted  to  Raise  Thirty-two  Pounds  for  the  purchasing 
Town  stock  of  Ammunition." 

Jan.  16th.  "Voted  that  the  assessors  of  the  Town  make 
Return  of  their  Assessment  of  the  Province  Tax  Granted 
by  the  General  Court  last  May  to  Henry  Gardner  Esq.  of 
Stow,  Receiver  General,"  and  also  -'voted  to  defend  the 
Assessors  in  so  doing." 

' '  Voted  that  the  Minute  Men  shall  be  provided  with  a 
Bavonet  and  other  Accutriments  agreeable  to  the  advice  of 

*<  o 

the  Provincial  Congress,  and  also  Voted,  that  all  others 
from  16  to  60  years  of  age  shall  be  equip'd  according  to  the 
Province  Law,  or  may  get  Bayonets  in  the  room  of  swords 
or  Cutlashes  if  any  please  ;  and  that  every  Householder 
provide  himself  according  to  Law." 

"  Voted,  that  every  person  from  16  to  60  years  of  age 
(excepting  such  as  the  Province  law  exempts  from  Training) 
that  refuses  to  submit  to  their  respective  Military  Officers 
in  this  Town  by  not  attending  Trainings  when  warned, 
(without  a  sufficient  reason  given  to  their  respective  Offi- 
cers) and  to  provide  themselves  with  a  good  Fire- Arm  and 
other  Accutriments  required  by  the  Law  of  this  Province, 
shall  be  treated  as  those  that  Transgress  the  Association  of 
the  Continental  Congress,  and  shall  be  treated  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  Inspection  as  such." 

"Voted  that  all  Alarm  men  that  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to 
be  equip'd  according  to  Law  and  to  bring  or  send  their 
Arms  and  Ammunition  into  the  Field  upon  a  time  appointed 
for  recieving  arms,  shall  be  treated  in  the  same  manner  as 
above." 

' '  Voted  training  soldiers  shall  be  treated  upon  their  De- 
linquency." 


!)H  ANNALS    OF   THE 

Feb.  20th.  The  committee  of  donations  having-  made 
their  collection,  write  as  follows  : 

Sutton  Feb.  20th  1775. 
To  the  Committee  of  Donations  for  the  Town  of  Boston. 

Gentlemen : 

These  may  inform  you  that  the  Town  of  Sutton  has 
made  a  small  Collection  for  the  District  poor  of  the  Town 
of  Boston  &  Charlestown  and  Desire  you  would  write  to 
us  when  and  where  we  shall  convey  it. 

From  your  friend  &  fellow  citizen, 

WILLIS  HALL. 

In  behalf  of  the  Committee  of  Donations  for  said  Town 
of  Sutton."  * 

March  6th.  Samuel  Goldthwait  and  others  continue 
petitioning  the  town,  to  be  set  off  to  the  town  of  North- 
bridge. 

A  committee,  consisting  of  "Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam,  Dea. 
Ebenezer  Pierce,  and  Lieut.  Caleb  Chase,''  were  chosen 
' '  to  view  the  lands  of  the  Petitioners  and  make  Report  to 
the  Town  at  the  next  May  meeting." 

The  committee  reported  as  instructed,  and  the  town 
voted  to  take  no  action  on  the  petition. 

The  news  of  the  bloodshed  at  Lexington  and  Concord, 
April  19th,  produced  in  this  town  as  in  others  the  most 
intense  excitement.  It  was  felt  that  all  hope  of  a  peaceable 
solution  of  difficulties  with  the  mother  country  was  des- 
troyed by  her  action  in  attempting  to  subdue  by  force  of 
arms  the  spirit  of  her  hitherto  loyal  subjects,  and  no  alter- 
native was  left  but  to  meet  force  bv  force.  The  challenge 

«/  O 

thus  given  was  accepted,  and,  as  is  seen  by  a  record  of  pro- 
ceedings, action  prompt  and  decisive  was  taken  to  furnish 
men  and  material  at  a  moment's  call. 

May  22d.  "Voted  to  choose  two  Delegates  to  Represent 
this  Town  in  a  Provincial  Congress  to  be  held  at  Watertown 
on  the  thirty-first  Day  of  May  Instant  and  for  six  months 
after  to  serve  alternately  but  one  at  a  time." 


*  From  a  Letter  Book  in  the  Mass.  Historical  Library. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  97 

Made  choice  of  "Capt.  Henry  King  and  Elder  Amos 
Singletary  agreeably  to  the  proceeding  vote." 

"Voted  unanimously  to  approve  of  the  Recommendation 
of  the  Provincial  Congress  to  disregard  Gen.  Gage's  Precept 
for  a  Representative  —  his  Proclamations  <&c." 

Sept.  18th.  "Lieut.  William  King  and  Elder  Amos 
Singletary  were  nominated  by  the  Town  for  Justices  of  the 
Peace  for  s'd  Town." 

Oct.  7th.  "The  Town  nominated  Mr.  Nathan  Putnam 
for  a  Field  Officer."* 


Feb.  3d.  "  Monday  and  Tuesday  our  people  mustered 
ye  Companies  and  raised  24  more  soldiers  Avho  set  oft'  to-day 
for  ye  camp."  f 

March  4th.  "Voted  that  the  Committee  of  Donations 
keep  those  Benefactions  they  have  now  in  their  Hands  until 
the  next  May  Meeting,  unless  they  are  wanted  before  that 
time  by  those  for  whom  they  were  given.'' 

The  contributions  referred  to  were  those  of  money,  grain, 
etc.,  for  the  poor  of  Boston. 

"  Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  of  Correspondence,  Inspec- 
tion and  Safety  for  the  year  ensuing." 

"  Chose  Capt.  Moody  Morse,  Dea.  Willis  Hall,  Mr.  Nathan 
Putnam,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley,  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce,  Mr. 
David  Holman  and  Capt.  James  Greenwood  for  the  Com- 
mittee." 

May  20th.  In  the  warrant  for  town  meeting  are  the 
following  articles  : 

"To  see  whether  —  That  if  the  Honorable  Congress 
should,  for  the  safety  of  s'd  Colonies,  Declare  themselves 
Independent  of  the  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  :  They,  the 
s'd  Inhabitants,  will  solemnly  engage,  with  their  lives  and 
Fortunes,  to  support  them  in  the  measure." 

"  To  see  what  Measures  the  Town  will  take  with  the 
Donations  collected  for  the  poor  of  Boston." 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 

13 


98  ANNALS    OF   THE 

Upon  the  first  of  these  articles  no  action  was  taken.  Upon 
the  second,  "  Voted  that  the  Committee  of  Donations  return 
to  the  Donors,  the  Benefactions  the  s'd  Committee  have  now 
in  their  Hands  :  the  Donors  calling  upon  the  Committee  for 
the  same." 

A  special  town  meeting  was  called  for  July  1st  to  take 
action  upon  the  article  passed  over  at  the  last  meeting. 

At  this  meeting  it  was  "Voted.  That  if  the  Honorable 
Congress  should,  for  the  safety  of  these  Colonies,  Declare 
them  Independent  of  the  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain :  the 
Inhabitants  of  this  Town  will  Solemnly  engage  with  their 
Lives  and  Fortunes  to  support  them  in  the  Measure."* 

July  4th.  The  independence  of  these  colonies  was  solemnly 
declared,  and  the  people  of  the  town  felt  themselves  pledged 
in  accordance  with  the  above  vote  to  support  the  measure 
witji  their  lives  and  fortunes. 

July  8th.  "Voted  to  grant  a  sum  of  Fifteen  Hundred 
Pounds  in  order  to  raise  our  Quota,  or  procure  men,  to  join 
the  Continental  or  Provincial  Army  in  defence  of  America." 

' '  Voted  to  make  a  consideration  to  those  persons  who  have 
voluntarily  served,  or  by  hiring  Men  to  serve  in  Defence 
of  America  Since  the  19th  of  April  1775  to  this  time." 

"  Chose  Wm.  King  Esq.,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam,  Lieut. 
Enoch  Marble,  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce  &  Elder  Daniel  Green- 
wood, a  Committee  to  adjust,  to  every  person,  their  equal 
part  for  Service  done  in  Defence  of  America  Since  April  ye 
19th  1775." 

Sept.  21st.  "  Monday  our  companies  met  and  drew  out 
every  5th  man  of  ye  militia  to  go  to  New  York."f 

Oct.  7th.  "  Voted.  That  the  Selectmen  (provided  that 
the  state  of  the  State  will  admit  of)  should  return  the  Field 
pieces  borrowed  by  Capt.  George  Dodge  and  Esq.  Gardner 
of  Salem  ;  they,  the  s'd  Dodge  and  Gardner,  giving  the  Town 
a  full  Discharge  for  them,  and  sell  the  Carriages  to  the  state 
if  wanted,  or  other- wise  bring  them  back  for  the  use  of  the 
Town." 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  99 

The  town  was  also  called  upon  to  take  action  on  the  fol- 
lowing article  in  the  warrant  for  the  meeting  October  7th  : 

' '  To  see  whether  the  above  mentioned  Inhabitants  will 
give  their  Consent  that  the  present  House  of  Representatives, 
of  this  State  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  in  New  England, 
together  with  the  Council,  if  they  Consent  in  one  Body  with 
the  House,  and  by  equal  voice  should  consult,  agree  on,  and 
enact  such  a  Constitution  and  Form  of  Government  for  this 
State,  as  the  said  House  of  Representatives  and  Council,  as 
afore  said,  on  the  fullest  and  most  mature  Deliberation, shall 
judge  will  most  conduce  to  the  Safety,  Peace,  and  Happiness 
of  this  State,  in  all  after  Successions  and  Generations  :  and 
if  they  would  direct  that  the  same  be  made  publick,  for  the 
Inspection  and  Perusal  of  the  Inhabitants  before  the  Ratifi- 
cation there  of,  by  the  Assembly." 

"  Dea.  Willis  Hall,  Mr.  Samuel  Dagget,  Dea. -Ebenezer 
Pierce,  Mr.  Nathan  Putnam,  and  Col.  Timothy  Sibley  were 
appointed  a  Committee  to  draw  up  a  Form  of  vote  upon 
the  above  article." 

The  committee  brought  in  the  following  report,  which  was 
accepted  and  adopted : 

"At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  Town  of  Sutton,  upon  the 
Hand-Bill,  sent  out  by  the  House  of  Representatives,  to  see 
if  Towns  will  consent,  that  the  present  House  of  Representa- 
tives and  Council  should  form  and  ratify  a  Constitution  for 
this  State. 

"Resolved  that  this  Town  can,  by  no  means,  consent  to 
what  is  there  proposed,  for  the  following  reasons  (viz.) 

"1.  Because  we  think  it  irrational  for  us  to  consent  to 
the  setting  up  any  Constitution  unknown  to  us,  or  to  vote 
for  any  thing,  before  we  see  what  it  is  we  vote  for. 

"2.  Because  we  look  upon  the  present  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, not  only,  to  be  a  very  unequal  Representation  of 
the  State ;  But  also  an  illegal  one,  many  of  them  being- 
chosen  by  virtue  of  a  pretended  Law,  made  after  the  Pre- 
cepts went  out  for  the  Election  of  the  House. 

"  3.  Because  we  look  upon  it  irrational  and  unjust  for  us, 
to  act  any-thing  that  shall  operate,  in  any  measure,  for  such 
an  everlasting  effect,  while  so  m-iny  of  our  Brethren  and 


100  ANNALS    OF   THE 

Neighbors  are  gone  into  the  army,  and  would  be  plainly  a 
voting  away  their  Right,  in  their  absense.'" 

Dec.  2d.  "  Voted  to  choose  an  Agent  for  to  make  enquiry 
and  confer  with  others  upon  the  article  of  Salt ;  to  see,  upon 
what  terms,  it  may  be  procured  for  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
Town." 

Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam  was  appointed  "  Agent  for  s'd  pur- 
pose" and  instructed  as  follows  : 

"  We  instruct  you,  to  inform  as  many  of  the  members  of 
the  several  Towns  in  this  County,  as  you  have  opportunity, 
and  to  motion  to  them  to  come  into  some  measures  to  promote 
the  Manufacture  of  Salt :  and  enquire  how  salt  can  be  made, 
and  to  see  how  any  person,  or  Towns,  upon  the  Sea  Coasts, 
will  undertake  to  make  salt,  in  exchange  for  Grain  and  Meat 
or  Money ;  and  if  any  person  or  Town  will  undertake  to  set 
up  making  Salt  for  us,  if  we  will  take  off  one  Thousand 
Bushells  of  Salt  in  a  year  for  iive  years,  or  a  less  time  than 
that,  as  the  undertaker  may  propose  :  and  if  you  find  that  it 
will  be  an  Advantage  to  have  any  other  Towns  join  with  us. 
See,  who  of  the  Neighboring  Towns  will  join,  and  to  make 
Report  to  this  Town  of  what  you  find  upon  these  things  as 
soon  as  may  be."* 

Dec.  14th.  "  This  week,  on  Wednesday,  a  great  part  of 
our  Militia  went  to  Providence,  a  large  fleet  of  ye  enemy 
being  come  in  to  Rhode  Island. "f 

It  is  interesting  to  take  note  of  the  loyal  sentiment  of  the 
people  of  the  town,  as  it  revealed  itself  in  the  authority 
which  is  recognized  in  the  warrants  for  the  town  meetings 
called  after  the  battle  of  Lexington.  The  last  one  issued  in 
his  Majesty's  name,  bears  date  May  15th,  1775.  Then  fol- 
low three  "In  the  name  of  America,"  then  three  "In  the 
name  of  the  United  Colonies"  or  "United  Colonies  of 
America,"  then  several  "  In  the  name  of  the  people  of  this 
Province,"  or  "  In  the  name  of  the  people  of  this  Colony," 
or  "  In  the  name  of  the  people  of  the  Colony  of  the  Mass. 
Bay."  After  September  27th  they  are  issued  "  In  the  name 


*  Town  Records. 
t  Dr.  Hall's  Diary. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  101 

of  the  Government  and  people  of  the  State  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay."  Near  the  close  of  the  record  for  the  year  1776 
the  full  text  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  is  recorded. 
There  is  also  an  entry  of  the  following  order  of  the  Council : 

"  Ordered.  That  the  Declaration  of  Independence  be 
printed,  and  a  Copy  sent  to  the  Ministers  of  each  Parish,  of 
every  Denomination,  within  this  State  :  and  that  they,  sever- 
ally, be  required  to  read  the  same  to  their  respective 
Congregations,  as  soon  as  divine  service  is  ended,  in  the 
afternoon  of  the  first  Lords-Day  after  they  shall  have  received 
it.  And  after  such  Publication  there  of,  to  deliver  the  said 
Declaration  to  the  Clerks  of  their  several  Towns,  or  Districts, 
who  are  hereby  required  to  record  the  same  in  their  respec- 
tive Town  or  District  Books,  there  to  remain  as  a  perpetual 
Memorial  thereof. 

In  the  name  and  by  order  of  the  Council. 
A  true  copy. 

Attest,  JOHN  A VERY,  Dep.  Sec. 

R.  DERBY,  Jun.,  President." 

1777. 

Jan.  20th.  The  principal  matter  to  be  acted  upon  in  the 
town  meeting  of  this  date  was  : 

"  To  see  if  the  Town  will  choose  one  or  more  Delegates, 
to  meet  in  County  Congress,  with  any  such  other  Towns  as 
will  join  with  us  in  this  method  for  a  redress  of  the  Grievance 
by  the  Law  made  last  Spring  for  the  new  modelling  the 
Representation  of  this  State ;  or  any  other  Grievance  that 
shall  be  thought  proper  by  any  of  the  Towns  joining  in  such 
Congress.  And  also,  to  see  if  the  Town  will  invite  the  other 
Towns  in  the  County,  to  join  with  them  in  such  Congress, 
by  a  note  of  our  proceedings  in  the  Worcester  News  Paper." 

The  town  "  Voted  to  choose  delegates,  and  made  choice  of 
Capt.  Henry  King  and  Capt.  Samuel  Trask  as  such ;"  also 
"  Voted  to  give  invitation  to  the  other  Towns  in  the  County 
to  join  with  us  in  such  Congress,  by  a  Note  in  the  Worcester 
News  Papers,"  and  "  To  give  instructions  to  the  delegates." 

The  Instructions  were  as  follows  : 


102  ANNALS    OF  THE 

' '  The  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Sutton  in  legal  Town 
Meeting  assembled  Jan.  27th. 

"  To  Capt.  Henry  King  and  Capt.  Samuel  Trask,  whom 
we  have  now  chosen  Delegates,  to  join  in  County  Congress 
with  such  other  Towns  in  this  County  as  shall  adopt  the  like 
method  for  the  obtaining  redress  of  the  grievance  by  the 
Law  made  last  Spring,  for  the  new  modelling  the  Represen- 
tation of  this  state ;  or  any  other  grievances  that  any  of  the 
Towns  joining  in  such  Congress  shall  think  proper.  We 
hereby  direct  you  to  repair  to  the  House  of  the  Widow 
Stearns,  Inn  holder,  in  Worcester,  on  Wednesday  the  26th 
day  of  Feb.,  next,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon ;  then  and 
there,  to  join  with  such  other  Towns  as  may  meet  you  by 
their  Delegates,  and  form  into  a  County  Congress,  to  con- 
sult, deliberate  upon,  and  unite,  in  some  method,  for  the 
redress  of  the  grievance  aforesaid  or  any  other  grievance 
there  moved,  either  by  petition  to  the  General  Court,  or  by 
recommending  a  form  of  Instructions  to  the  Several  Towns, 
to  give  their  Representatives,  or  both,  as  shall  be  thought 
most  effectual.  And  that  you  invite  the  other  Counties  in 
this  State,  to  adopt  the  like  method,  and  to  correspond 
with  you  by  Committees,  that  this  County  and  others,  may 
harmonize  in  their  measures.  And  we  farther  direct  and 
order  you  to  continue  yourselves  by  adjournment,  (if  the 
other  Towns  will  join  in  it)  so  that  you  remain  a  County 
Congress,  until  next  May  meeting,  for  choosing  Representa- 
tives, at  which  time,  if  it  be  agreeable  to  the  County  in 
general,  we  propose  to  continue  such  Congress  by  the 
choice  of  new  Delegates,  for  a  future  time,  as  shall  be 
thought  proper.  You  are  also  to  make  return  to  us,  at 
next  March  Meeting,  what  you  find  and  agree  upon  at  your 
first  Congress;  and  so  on,  from  time  to  time,  as  we  shall 
require.  And  we  think,  that  your  first  adjournment  ought 
not  to  be  deferred  longer  than  the  beginning  of  May  next ; 
in  order  that,  if  the  above  grievous  act  should  not  bv  that 

O  » 

time  be  repealed,  some  other  Constitutional  measures  might 
be  agreed  upon  for  redress ;  or  if  it  should  be  repealed,  any 
other  matters,  then  thought  of,  for  the  good  of  the  public, 
might  be  agreed  upon  to  instruct  the  Representatives,  at  the 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  103 

next  Election,  or  any  other  business  proper  for  a  County 
Congress  that  may  occur  at  that  time. 

"And  you  are,  from  time  to  time,  to  attend  to  and  pursue, 
as  far  as  you  can,  all  such  Instructions  as  you  shall  receive 
from  us,  your  constituents. 

"And  we  hereby,  also  invite  all  the  other  Towns  in  this 
County,  to  join  with-  us,  in  such  Congress. 

"  And,  for  that  purpose,  order  that  the  above  be  inserted 
in  the  Worcester  News  Paper  as  soon  as  possible. 

"And  also,  that  the  above  Delegates  take  care  that  the 
above  be  immediately  put  into  Hand-Bills  and  distributed 
to  the  Selectmen  of  the  Several  Towns  in  this  County  at  the 
expense  of  this  Town." 

March  3d.  There  was  an  article  in  the  warrant :  "To 
see  if  the  Town  will  provide  a  Hospital  for  Inoculating  for 
the  Small-Pox."  Which  being  "put  to  vote  passed  in  the 
negative." 

Another  article  in  the  warrant  was:  "To  see  if  this 
Town  will  comply  with  the  advice  and  Recommendations  of 
the  Convention  of  the  Committees  of  Inspection  from  the 
Majority  of  the  Towns  of  the  County  of  Worcester  met  at 
Worcester  the  26th  day  of  Nov.  last  respecting  some 
method  for  forming  a  system  of  Government  in  this  State."" 
Upon  which  it  was  "Voted  to  comply." 
"  Capt.  Johnathan  Carriel,  Capt.  Bartholomew  Wood- 
bury,  Lieut.  Enoch  Marble,  Lieut.  March  Chase,  Mr.  Jonas 
Bond,  Lieut.  David  Holman  and  Capt.  Elisha  Goddard  were 
chosen  a  Committee  of  Correspondence  Inspection  and 
Safety  for  this  present  year." 

March  10th.  The  town  "Voted  to  make  an  addition  to 
what  the  Congress  and  the  General  Court  of  this  State  have 
done  for  the  Encouragement  of  such  Soldiers  as  shall  Inlist 
into  the  Continental  Service." 

"Voted,  that  all  such  soldiers,  belonging  to  this  Town, 
as  have  lately  In  listed  into  the  Continental  Service,  shall  be 
intitled  to  the  same  additional  Encouragement  from  this 
Town,  as  all  others  shall  be,  who  shall  hereafter  Inlist  into 
said  Service,  provided,  they  have  not  already  received  an 
Equivalent  Consideration  by  particular  persons." 


104  ANNALS    OF   THE 

"Voted,  That  the  Sum  of  Twenty  five  Pounds  he  paid, 
by  the  Town,  to  every  Soldier  of  this  Town,  that  has  or 
shall  Inlist  into  and  go  into  the  Continental  Army  now 

<j  v 

raising  till  our  Quota  for  s'd  Army  is  Completed ;  provided 
he  has  not  already  received  an  Equivalent  Consideration  in 
a  private  way." 

Liberty  to  imioculate  for  the  small-pox  was  refused. 

May  9th.  In  the  warrant  of  this  date  for  a  town  meeting 
to  be  held  the  19th  instant :  "all  the  Freeholders  &  other 
Inhabitants  of  s'd  Town  of  Sutton  that  have  an  Estate  of 
Freehold,  in  Land,  within  this  State  or  Territory,  of  Forty 
Shillings  p'r  annum,  at  the  least,  or  other  Estate  to  the 
value  of  Fifty  Pounds  Sterling,  are  warned  to  meet  at  the 
Meeting  House  in  the  first  Parish,  in  s'd  Sutton,  on  Monday, 
the  nineteenth  Day  of  May  current,  at  twelve  o'clock,  then 
and  there,  to  elect  and  depute  one  or  more  persons  (being- 
Freeholders  and  Resident  in  s'd  Town)  according  to  the 
number  set  and  limited,  by  an  act  of  the  Great  and  General 
Court  or  Assembly  of  this  State." 

This  warrant  shows  that  more  liberal  views  were  being 
entertained  with  reference  to  suffrage,  and  that  the  right  of 
voting  had  already  been  accorded  to  small  property-holders, 
who  had  hitherto  been  excluded  from  its  exercise. 

May  19th.  "Dea.  Willis  Hall  and  Amos  Singletary  Esq. 
were  chosen  to  Represent  the  Town  in  the  Great  and  Gen- 
eral Court  the  year  ensuing." 

Difficulties  have  arisen  with  reference  to  the  disposition  of 
the  fifteen  hundred  pounds  (£1500.)  which  was  voted  for 
the  support  of  the  war  July  8th,  1776. 

A  committee,  which  had  been  appointed  to  make  an 
equitable  adjustment  of  the  money,  report,  and  their  plan  is 
rejected.  A  new  committee  is  appointed  to  report  at  the 
next  meeting. 

David  Bancroft  and  Benjamin  Carter,  a  committee  for  the 
South  Parish  in  Worcester,  present  a  petition,  "requesting 
this  Town  to  set  them  oft',  with  their  Estates  and  such  others 
as  are  willing  to  join  them,  in  order  that  they  may  be  incor- 
porated, with  others  in  the  neighboring  Towns,  into  a 
Town."  The  request  of  the  petitioners  was  refused. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  10.5 

June  9th.  The  town  "Voted  to  provide  a  Pest  House 
for  to  carry  those  to,  that  are  taken  with  the  Small  Pox  in 
the  natural  way." 

The  new  committee,  lately  chosen  to  make  an  adjustment 
of  the  fifteen  hundred  pounds  granted  for  supporting  the  Avar, 
made  report  to  the  toAvn  of  their  adjustment  of  said  money  : 
when,  "  it  was  put  to  vote  to  see  if  the  toAvn  accept  of  the 
same  and  it  passed  in  the  negative." 

"Voted  to  pay  the  Towns  Bounty  (viz.)  TAventy-tive 
pounds,  to  those  men,  that  were  hired,  for  eight  months,  to 
o-o  into  the  Continental  Armv,  if  theA'  Inlist  for  three  years 

O  «.*/*/ 

or  during  the  war;  besides  what  they  have  received  in  a 
private  way." 

"  Voted,  that  the  Officers,  in  each  Company,  in  this  Town, 
draw  out  of  the  Town  Treasury  twenty-five  pounds  for  every 
seventh  man  that  has  not  already  drawed  it,  and  make  up 
their  Quota  for  the  three  years  or  during  the  war  in  their 
respective  Companies,  and  that  each  Company  shall  have 
the  Fines  that  have  been  or  shall  be  paid  by  their  respective 
companies." 

The  town  "  made  choice  of  Lieut.  Samuel  Dagget,  to  pro- 
cure and  lay  before  the  Court  described  by  a  late  Law  of  this 
State,  the  Evidence  that  may  be  had  of  the  inimical  dispo- 
sitions towards  this  or  any,  of  the  United  States,  of  any  of 
the  Inhabitants  of  this  town  who  shall  be  charged,  by  tin- 
freeholders  and  other  Inhabitants  of  this  town,  according  to 
said  Law,  of  being  a  person  whose  residence  in  this  State  is 
dangerous  to  the  public  peace  or  Safety.'' 

A  list  of  inimical  persons  was  presented  at  this  meeting, 
but  not  acted  upon. 

June  Kith.  The  tory  list  was  acted  upon,  and  all  the 
names,  but  tAvo,  were  stricken  therefrom. 

July  7th.  A  new  committee  was  chosen  to  adjust  the 
distribution  of  the  fifteen  hundred  pounds  granted  for  hiring 
soldiers. 

"Voted  to  allow  to  every  Commissioned  Officer  that  has 
been  out  at  any  time  in  the  Service  of  the  present  year  an 
equal  Consideration  from  the  Town  Avith  the  privates." 

14 


106  ANNALS    OF    THE 

Gersham  Biglow,  Wm.  Kenney,  Charles  Richardson  and 
others  living  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town,  who,  in 
connection  with  certain  persons  in  Worcester,  Leicester  and 
Oxford,  have  been  formed  into  a  parish,  ask  the  town  to  set 
them  off  with  their  estates,  "  and  such  others  as  are  willing 
within  our  limits,  to  be  incorporated  into  a  Town." 

They  also  ask  for  their  proportion  of  the  ministerial 
money  since  they  "  have  been  a  Parish  and  for  future  time," 
also  for  their  "  part  of  the  school  money  for  future  time," 
also  to  have  their  "  part  of  the  War  Rate  sunk  which  was 
granted  to  hire  soldiers  in  July  1776,"  also  to  be  allowed 
their  ' '  part  of  the  Town  Stock  of  Ammunition  according  to 
what  they  .had  paid." 

All  these  requests  were  included  in  one  of  the  warrants  for 
the  town  meeting  of  July  7th,  but  not  acted  upon  until 
November  3d,  when  they  were  one  and  all  refused. 

As  illustrative  of  the  customs  of  the  day  among  a  certain 
class  in  the  community,  we  copy  the  following  from  the 
Massachusetts  Spy,  of  Sept.  llth,  1777  : 

A  CARD. 

"  Where  as,  Deacon  Thomas  Holman  has  made  and  spread 
a  shameful  and  distrustful  story  about  me,  in  saying  that  I 
drinked  a  number  of  barrels  of  Cider  for  him  in  two  months  ; 
I  do  hereby  certify  the  publick,  that  what  he  has  told  is  a 
right  down  lie  I  * 

Attest,  SAMUEL  HOLMAN." 

Nov.  3d.  A  town  meeting  was  called  "To  see  if  the 
Town  will  Hear  the  Petition  of  Mr.  Daniel  Chase  and  others 
with  regard  to  a  late  Law  made  by  our  General  Assembly, 
for  Loaning  the  States  Money  &c.  and  act  upon  the  same  as 
said  Town  shall  think  proper." 

At  this  meeting  it  was  — 

"  Voted  to  hear  the  Petition  of  Mr.  Daniel  Chase  and 
others  with  regard  to  a  late  Law,  made  by  our  General 
Assembly,  for  calling  in  the  States  Money  and  redeeming  it 
with.  Notes,  upon  Interest  payable  by  this  State." 


*  Massachusetts  Spy. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  107 

"  Then  the  following  Draught  was  brought  in  and  read 
before  the  Town,  viz.  : 

"This  Town  taking  into  serious  Consideration  the  late 
Act,  made  for  putting  large  Sums  of  the  Bills  issued  by 
this  State  on  Interest,  at  six  per.  cent,  on  the  first  day  of 
December  next,  and  for  sinking  in  the  Hands  of  the  Pos- 
sessor all  sums  less  than  Ten  Pounds,  at  the  same  time  and 
for  sundry  other  purposes  in  said  Act  specified  —  This  Town 
are  clearly  of  Opinion  that  said  Act,  in  connexion  with  the 
large  tax  immediately  to  be  paid,  is  big  with  Cruelty, 
Oppression,  and  Injustice. 

"  1st.  It  appears  to  be  Cruel  because  so  large  a  tax,  three 
times  as  big  as  has  ever  been  paid  before,  should  be  required 
so  hastily,  at  the  same  time  not  allowed  to  pay  it,  nor  any 
part  of  it,  in  this  States  money,  when  it  appears  that  said 
money  ought  to  pay  itself. 

"  2d.  It  appears  to  be  Oppressive  because  it  puts  an 
advantage  into  the  hands  of  those  that  have  oppressed  the 
people  already  by  extortionate  prices,  and  thereby  sinking 
the  money  into  their  own  Hands,  and  now  putting  their 
money  thus  gained  by  oppression,  on  Interest,  to  increase 
the  Debt  and  farther  oppress  and  impoverish  the  common 
people. 

3d.  It  appears  to  be  unjust,  and  a  violation  of  publick 
Faith,  when  the  Bills  are  emitted  of  various  sums  promising 
to  receive  them  in  the  Treasury  for  the  sum  specified :  and 
now  declaring  they  will  not  accept  them  unless  the  amount 
of  Ten  Pounds  of  them  is  brought  together,  which  is  a  Point 
Blank  violation  of  Publick  Faith,  and  grossly  tends  to  destroy 
the  common  people,  who,  in  General,  will  not  have  £10  of 
that  money  by  them,  or  if  they  had  to  take  a  journey  of  fifty, 
a  hundred,  or  a  hundred  and  fifty  miles  to  have  it  exchanged 
will  be  so  expensive  it  had  near  as  good  die  in  their  Hands. 
And  after  all,  the  Court  have  just  as  good  right,  next  year, 
to  say  there  shan't  be  any  Notes  under  £50,  and  all,  who,  in 
one  months  time  can't  produce  that  amount  of  them,  in  Notes, 
it  shall  die  in  their  Hands,  and  there  is  so  much  probability 
of  it  from  what  they  have  done  now,  that  we  don't  think  it  is 


108  ANNALS    OF   THE 

safe  to  pretend  to  get  any  such  Notes  as  any  of  the  common 
people  can  likely  attain  to. 

"4th.  The  Act  is  unjust  when  Considered  in  connexion 
with  the  former  Act  which  made  that  Money  a  lawfnll  tender  ; 
for  we  are  obliged  to  take  till  the  last  day  of  Novem'r,  and 
the  next  day  it  is  £f>  Fine  to  offer  any  of  it,  and  be  exposed 
to  have  it  die  in  the  Hands  of  the  possessor  thus  obliged  to 
take  it. 

' '  Considering  these  things  it  appears  to  us  that  we  can  not 
in  Duty  to  ourselves  and  the  common  Cause  sit  still,  or  hold 
our  peace. 

"  But  the  matter  requires  something  very  speedily  to  be 
done. 

**  Therefore,  Resolved,  to  propose  to  the  next  neighboring- 
Towns  whether  they  would  join,  with  us,  in  a  Suitable 
Remonstrance  and  Petition  to  the  Court  for  a  Redress  of  the 
aforesaid  Grievances,  and  if  the  Court  will  not  alter  said  Law 
so  that  the  tax  now  coming  out  may  be  paid  in  this  State 
Money,  or  Continental,  as  comes  best  to  Hand  to  Individuals, 
that  we  will  not  attempt  to  pay  said  Rate,  and  if  the  Court 
will  not  repeal  said  Law,  so  that  those,  who  have  already 
sunk  so  much  of  the  Money  into  their  Hands,  shall  not  have 
the  advantage  against  us,  farther  to  Oppress  us,  that  we  will 
not  attempt  to  pay  said  Four  Hundred  Thousand  Pound  Rate 
granted  in  said  Law. 

"  And  we  hereby  desire  our  Brethren  in  the  neighbouring 
Towns  to  meet  us,  by  their  Select-men  or  Delegates,  at  the 
house  of  Joseph  Elliot,  Inn  holder,  in  this  Town,  on  Wednes- 
day, the  12th  Instant,  at  ten  o'clock  before  noon. 

•'  And  we  hereby  direct  the  Select-men  of  this  Town  to  send 
a  Copy  of  this  to  the  Select-men  of  each  next  adjoining  Town 
and  to  attend  upon  the  Select-men  or  Delegates  of  the  neigh- 
bouring Towns  that  may  come  upon  this,  our  Invitation, 
then  and  there  to  consult  upon  and  adopt  such  measures, 
upon  the  Premises,  as  shall  be  thought  proper,  and  make 
Report  to  this  meeting  of  what  shall  be  concluded  upon,  on 
Thursday  the  13th  Instant  at  one  o'clock  P.  M.  to  which 
time  this  meeting  will  stand  adjourned. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  10J-) 

"  The  foregoing  being  sundry  times  read  before  the  Town, 
it  was  put  to  vote,  to  see  if  the  Town  accept  of  the  same  as 
agreeable  to  their  minds. 

O 

"Passed  in  the  affirmative.'* 

' '  Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  to  draw  up  some-thing 
agreeable  to  the  foregoing,  to  publish  the  same  in  the  Pub- 
lick  News  as  soon  as  may  be. 

"  Chose  Col.  Timothy  Sibley,  Lieut.  Asa  Waters,  and  Mr. 
Edward  Putnam  for  said  Committee." 

Nov.  13th.  This  committee  reported  at  an  adjourned 
meeting  as  follows  : 

"To  the  Honorable  Council  and  House  of  Representa- 
tives, of  the  State  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  in  General 
Court,  to  be  convened  at  Boston  on  the  twenty-fifth  Day 
of  Nov'r  Instant. 

"The  Petition  of  us,  the  subscribers,  being  a  Committee 
of  the  several  Towns  (viz.)  Suttou,  Worcester,  Uxbridge, 
Grafton,  Douglass,  and  Northbridge,  in  the  County  of 
Worcester,  convened  at  Button  Nov.  12th  1777,  "Humbly 
sheweth,  that  upon  taking  into  consideration  the  late  Act  of 
Court  Intitled  :  k  An  Act  for  drawing  in  the  Bills  of  Credit, 
of  the  several  Denominations  not  on  Interest,  which  have  at 
any  time  been  issued  by  this  Government  and  are  still  out- 
standing ;  and  for  prohibiting  the  Currency  of  s'd  Bills  of 
any  one  of  the  United  States  after  a  certain  time.'  Are  of 
the  opinion  that  said  act,  in  connection  with  a  large  Tax 
immediately  to  be  raised,  is  big  'with  Cruelty,  Oppression 
and  Injustice." 

The  remainder  of  the  petition  is  almost  precisely  in  the 
language  of  the  four  articles  above  recorded. 

* '  The  Petition  being  sundry  times  read  it  was  then  put  to 
vote  to  see  if  the  Town  accept  of  the  Same  and  the  vote 
passed  in  the  Affirmative." 

The  committee  from  the  towns  were  instructed  to  ' '  sign 
the  foregoing  Petition  in  the  Name  and  in  Behalf  of  the 
Town." 

Delegates  met  at  Elliot's  from  the  towns  of  Sutton, 
Worcester,  Grafton,  Douglass  and  Northbridge  and  signed 
the  petition. 


110  ANNALS    OF   THE 

"  Voted  to  grant  a  Sum  of  Two  Thousand  and  four  Hun- 
dred Pounds  for  to  pay  the  Continental  Soldiers." 

"Voted  that  the  Fire- Arms  that  the  Selectmen  have  pro- 
cured for  the  Town  be  sold  to  the  best  advantage." 

* '  Voted  that  the  Lead  and  Flints  that  the  Selectmen  have 
procured  for  the  Town,  be  equally  divided  among  the  sev- 
eral Companies  in  the  Town." 

"Voted  that  the  Captains  of  the  Several  Companies  in 
the  Town  draw  their  proportion  of  s'd  Lead  and  Flints,  and 
dispose  among  their  respective  Companies  according  to  the 
mind  of  said  Companies. 

Dec.  19th.  Mr.  Ebenezer  Waters,  Mr.  Simon  Taiuter 
and  Lieut.  Caleb  Chase  were  chosen  a  Committee  to  take 
care  of,  and  provide  for  the  families  of  such  persons  as  are 
in  the  Continental  Service,  whose  families  stand  in  need  of 
help."  * 

1778. 

Jan.  5th.  A  meeting  was  called  "To  hear  and  consider 
upon  the  Articles  of  Confederation  and  perpetual  Union, 
between  the  United  States  of  America,  agreeable  to  a  late 
Resolve  of  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State,"  and  "To 
see  what  sum  of  money  the  Town  will  Raise  for  the  purpose 
of  lessening  their  proportion  of  the  Public  Debt,  agreeable 
to  a  late  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State,  and 
pass  any  vote  or  votes  relative  thereto." 

The  articles  of  confederation  proposed  by  Congress  were 
read,  and  a  committee,  consisting  of  Capt.  King,  Dea. 
Pierce,  Mr.  Nathan  Putnam,  Col.  Holman,  Lieut.  Asa 
Waters  was  chosen  "  to  peruse  and  Consider  the  Articles  of 
Confederation  &c.  and  make  Report  to  the  Town  at  an 
adjourned  meeting." 

"Voted  to  raise  the  sum  of  Three  Thousand  Pounds  to 
diminish  this  Towns  proportion  of  the  Public  Debt." 

Jan.  9th.  The  committee  upon  the  articles  of  confedera- 
tion reported  "that  in  their  opinion  these  should  be  com- 
plied with  by  this  Town." 


*  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  Ill 

* '  Then  it  was  put  to  vote  to  see  if  the  Town  would  com- 
ply with  the  said  Articles  of  Confederation  and  perpetual 
Union  proposed  by  the  Congress.  Passed  unanimously  in 
the  affirmative." 

Upon  the  petition  of  certain  of  the  inhabitants  of  Sutton, 
Worcester,  Leicester  and  Oxford,  that  they  may  be  incor- 
porated into  a  town,  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State 
has  appointed  a  committee  to  view  the  territory,  and  also 
issued  a  citation  to  the  several  towns  to  confer  with  this 
committee. 

Feb.  2d.  The  town  chose  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce,  Capt. 
Elisha  Goddard  and  Col.  Jonathan  Holman,  agents  to  meet 
this  committee,  and  "enter  this  Town's  Objections  wrhy 
said  Parish  should  not  be  incorporated  into  a  Town." 

Feb.  18th.  The  town  chose  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce,  Mr. 
Asa  Waters,  and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Waters  a  standing  commit- 
tee to  take  action  in  behalf  of  the  town  ' '  to  prevent  a  part 
of  this  Town  at  the  Northwest  corner  being  set  oft'  (against 
their  will)  according  to  a  line  ordered  to  be  run  by  the 
Honorable  Courts  Committee  on  the  5th  day  of  Feb.  Instant." 

March  2d.  "The  Town  chose  Dea.  David  Harwood, 
Doctor  Benja.  Morse,  Mr.  Abel  Dudley,  Mr.  Moses  Ban- 
croft and  Mr.  Josiah  Goddard  a  Committee  of  Correspon- 
dence, Inspection  and  Safety  for  this  present  year." 

The  town  of  Ward,  composed  of  parts  of  Sutton,  Worces- 
ter, Leicester  and  Oxford,  was  incorporated  April  10,  1778. 
The  name  has  since  been  changed  to  Auburn. 

April  13th.  The  new  constitution,  which  had  been 
agreed  upon  by  a  state  convention,  was  submitted  for  the 
approval  or  disapproval  of  the  town. 

"Voted  to  disapprove  of  the  form  of  Government  Laid 
Before  the  Town  by  the  Selectmen :  220  Disapproved,  not 
one  approved  of  the  new  form  of  Government." 

Capt.  John  Sibley,  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce  and  Lieut.  Asa 
Waters  were  chosen  a  committee  to  report  the  reason  why 
the  town  do  not  accept  the  new  form  of  government. 

May  18th.  "Voted  to  Grant  Three  Hundred  and  fifty 
Eight  pounds  Eight  Shillings  to  pay  for  the  Cloathing  that 
the  Selectmen  have  promised  for  the  Continental  Soulders." 


112  ANNALS    OF   THE 

••Voted  to  allow  Deacon  Tarrant  Putnam  Two  pounds 
Eighteen  Shillings  for  gooing  to  Boston,  Salem  and  New- 
bury  to  see  about  getting  some  Salt  for  the  Town." 

June  8th.  "  William  Fuller  paid  a  tine  of  live  pounds 
for  refusing  to  serve  as  Constable." 

.June  15th.  "Voted  that  Treasurer  Woodbery  be  ex- 
empted from  the  loss  of  two  New  Hampshire  Bills,  which 
amount  to  Four  pounds  Ten  Shillings,  that  are  Counteriitts." 

The  Massachusetts  tipy  of  date  Nov.  26th,  1778,  con- 
tains the  following  advertisement : 

"It  is  earnestly  requested  that  the  fair  Daughters  of  Lib- 
erty in  this  extensive  Country,  would  not  neglect  to  serve 
their  country,  by  saving  for  the  Paper-Mill  in  Sutton,  all 
Linen  and  Cotton  and  Linen  Rags,  be  they  ever  so  small,  as 
they  are  equally  good  for  the  purpose  of  making  paper,  as 
those  that  are  larger.  A  bag  hung  up  at  one  corner  of  a 
room,  would  be  the  means  of  saving  many  which  would  be 
otherwise  lost.  If  the  Ladies  should  not  make  a  fortune  by 
this  piece  of  economy,  they  will  at  least  have  the  satisfac- 
tion of  knowing  they  are  doing  an  effectual  service  to  the 
community,  which  with  EIGHT  PENCE  per  pound,  the  price 
UOAV  given  for  clean  white  rags,  they  must  be  sensible  will 
be  a  sufficient  reward."  * 

1779. 

March  1st.  "  Chese  Ebenezer  Waters,  John  Elliot  and 
Nehemiah  Gale  a  Committee  of  Correspondence,  Inspection 
and  Safety  this  present  year." 

March  8th.  "Voted  to  abate  the  pole  Tax  of  those  Sol- 
diers that  was  in  the  Continental  Eight  Months  Service  in 
the  year  1777.  Those  that  ware  Dismissed  at  Philadelphia, 
and  no  provision  made  for  their  support  home." 

"Chose  Col.  Timothy  Sibley,  Capt.  Moody  Morse,  Ca.pt. 
John  Putnam,  Mr.  Simon  Taint  er  and  Doct.  James  Freeland 
a  Committee  to  Inspect  and  to  prosecute  all  Breches  of  Law 
agreeable  to  a  Late  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  this 
State,  Intitled  an  act  against  Monopoly  and  Forestalling." 


*  The  above  advertisement  was  repeated  in  several  papers,  and  TWELVE 
PENCE  per  pound  was  offered.  July  1779,  18d. ;  Nov.  1779,  2s. ;  Feb.  1780, 
3s. ;  Apr.  1780,  6s. ;  July,  1781,  10s. ;  per  pound. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  113 

"Chose  Stephen  Stoekwell,  Moses  Bancroft,  Capt.  James 
Greemvood,  Lieut.  James  McClelan,  a  Committee  to  supply 
the  families  of  those  whose  Husbands  are  in  the  Army,  agree- 
able to  a  Late  act  of  the  Court. 

May  19th.  "  Chose  Lieut.  John  Hazeltine  a  Committee 
Man  to  take  care  of  those  families  whose  Husbands  are  in 
the  Continental  Service." 

"•  The  town  voted,  unanimously,  in  favor  of  a  new  Consti- 
tution, or  Form  of  Government,  with  this  proviso  —  that, 
when  the  Convention  called  for  the  purpose,  "•  shall  have 
formed  a  Constitution,  a  Copy  shall  be  sent  to  each  Town  in 
tbe  State,  to  the  people  at  large,  for  their  approbation  or 
Disapprobation,  or  amendment." 

June  21st.  Chose  Lieut.  William  King,  Ensign  Nathaniel 
Carrie! ,  Lieut.  Joseph  Elliot,  Jun.,  Mr.  Samuel  Waters, 
Dea.  Willis  Hall,  Mr.  John  Harback,  Mr.  Joseph  Waters, 
Doet'r  James  Freeland,  Mr.  Jonas  Bond,  Mr.  Nehemiah 
Gale,  Dea.  Asa  Waters,  a  Committee,  in  order  to  procure 
the  Continental  men  that  were  called  for  by  order  of  the 
Court," 

"  The  Town  voted  that  any  two  of  the  Committee  are 
impowered  to  agree  with  any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
Ingage  nine  months  in  the  Continental  Service,  and  that  any 
two  of  said  Committee  are  Impowered  to  give  Security,  in 
Behalf  of  said  Town,  to  any  person  who  shall  Ingage  in  said 
Service,  and  further,  the  Town  Ingage  to  Indemnih'e  said 
Committee." 

"  Voted  that  the  same  Committee  that  was  chosen  to 
procure  the  Continental  men,  are  also  impowered  to  agree 
with  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  Ingage  to  go  to  the 
State  of  Rhode  Island  to  serve  from  the  time  of  their  Being 
Inlisted  to  the  first  day  of  Jan.  next." 

July  5th.  A  warrant  for  a  town  meeting  this  date  con- 
tained the  following  article : 

"  To  see  what  the  Town  Avill  do  in  regard  to  our  present 
alarming  circumstances  by  reason  of  our  depreciating  Cur- 
rency and  high  price  of  the  necessaries  of  life,  occasioned  by 
monopoly  and  forestalling,  and  whether  the  Town  will,  accord- 
ing to  the  recommendation  of  Congress  and  the  Resolves 
15 


114  ANNALS    OF   THE 

of  the  Citizens  of  Philadelphia  and  Boston,  unite  our  efforts 
to  extricate  ourselves  from  such  dreadful  consequences  ;  and 
for  the  above  purpose,  whether  the  Town  will  request  one  or 
more  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  of  the  Town,  to 
meet  with  the  several  Committees  from  the  several  Towns  in 
this  State,  at  Concord,  the  14th  of  July  Instant,  agreeably 
to  a  recommendation  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  of 
the  Town  of  Boston." 

"  The  Town  made  choice  of  Dea.  Willis  Hall  and  Mr. 
Ebenezer  Waters  as  a  Committee  to  set  in  a  State  Convention 
to  be  held  at  Concord  the  14th  of  July  1779  — and  voted 
that  said  Committee  make  report  to  the  Town  of  their  pro- 
ceedings for  their  approbation  or  Disapprobation." 

Aug.  2d.  The  town  voted  unanimously  to  accept  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  state  convention  held  at  Concord,  July  14th. 
1779. 

"Chose  Dea.  Asa  Waters  and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Waters  to 
set  in  a  County  Convention  to  be  held  at  Worcester  the  first 
Tuesday  of  August,  Instant,  for  the  purposes  of  regulating 
the  prices  of  labor  and  various  articles  of  necessity." 

Aug.  17th.  This  committee  reported  at  an  adjourned 
meeting.  Upon  hearing  which  report  the  town  — 

' '  Voted  unanimously  to  accept  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
County  Convention  held  at  Worcester." 

"  Chose  a  Committee  of  twelve,  to  act  in  connection  with 
the  Committee  of  Correspondence,  to  carry  into  effect  the 
Resolves  of  the  State  and  County  Conventions,  viz.  : 

"Lieut.  Nathaniel  Whitmore,  Mr.  Nathan  Putnam,  Col. 
Timothy  Sibley,  Follansbee  Chase,  Capt.  Moody  Morse, 
Lieut.  Caleb  Chase,  Lieut.  James  Prentice,  Capt.  Samuel 
Trask,  Mr.  Jonas  Bond,  Mr.  Jona.  Kidder,  Capt  James 
Greenwood  and  Lieut.  Simeon  Hay  wood." 

"Voted,  that  said  Committee  should  settle  any  difficulties 
that  shall  arise  by  reason  of  selling  things  beyond  what  was 
•stated  by  said  Conventions." 

"  Voted  to  raise  five  thousand  nine  hundred  pounds  to  pay 
the  Continental  Men  lately  raised,  and  also  to  pay  the  men 
lately  raised  to  go  to  Rhode  Island." 

Aug.J23d.     The   Town  chose  Mr.   Ebenezer   Waters  to 


TOWN   OF    BUTTON.  115 

Represent  it  at  another  Convention  to  be  held  at  Concord, 
October  next. 

' '  Voted  to  support  the  Committee  in  carrying  the  Resolves 
of  the  late  State  and  County  Conventions  into  execution." 

Sept.  23d.  The  town  committee  stopped  a  number  of 
loads  of  salt,  rum,  sugar,  and  other  articles  which  were  being 
transported,  and  asked  for  instructions  as  to  the  disposition 
that  should  be  made  of  them,  and  it  is  recorded  that  — 

' '  The  Town  highly  approved  of  what  the  Committee  had 
done  in  stopping  those  loads  of  Rum,  sugar,  salt  and*  other 
articles  which  was  agoing  to  be  transported  out  of  this 
State." 

"  Voted  that  the  owners  of  those  Loads,  stopped  by  the 
Committee  of  this  Town,  shall  give,  to  said  Committee,  a 
true  inventory  of  all  the  articles  belonging  to  said  Loads, 
upon  penalty  of  being  enemies  of  the  Country  and  published 
in  the  Public  Prints,  and  that  said  Loads  shall  be  stored, 
under  the  care  of  the  Committee,  until  some  order  of  Court, 
or  Resolve  of  Convention,  or  order  of  the  Town,  shall  take 
place  respecting  the  same." 

"  Voted  that  those  persons  that  appear  to  be  inimical  to 
the  cause  of  America  shall  not  be  employed  in  an}'  public 
business  in  this  Town." 

' '  Voted  that  if  any  person  shall  speak  any  thing  against 
the  Regulating  Acts  he  shall  be  called  to  account  by  the 
Committee  and  dealt  with  according  to  his  crime." 

Oct.  4th.  An  act  of  the  general  court  prohibiting  the 
carrying  of  any  goods  out  of  the  state  was  unanimously 
approved,  and  the  "Town  voted  to  use  their  uttermost 
endeavors  to  carry  said  act  into  execution."  Also  — 

' '  Voted  to  leave  it  to  the  Selectmen  and  Committee  of 
this  Town  to  order  the  disposing  of  those  loads  of  Salt  and 
other  articles  that  were  stopped  by  the  Committee  the  20th 
of  September  last." 

' '  Voted  that  if  said  Committee  and  Selectmen  shall  think 
it  safe,  for  the  Common  Cause,  to  give  permits  to  carry  any 
part  of  said  Loads  into  any  other  parts  of  this  State,  said 
permits  shall  be  signed  by  two  thirds  of  said  Committee 
and  Selectmen." 


ll(i  ANNALS    OF   THE 

' '  Voted  to  leave  it  to  the  Committee  to  procure  the  two 
men  yet  wanting  to  make  up  the  Quota  from  this  town  for 
the  Continental  Army." 

"Chose  Nathan  Putnam,  Capt.  James  Greenwood,  Col. 
Timothy  Sibley,  Lieut.  Simeon  Hey  wood,  Capt.  Moody 
Morse  as  an  addition  to  the  Committee  of  Correspondence." 

Oct.  19th.  "Voted  that  the  twenty-three  men  called  for, 
from  this  Town,  by  order  of  the  General  Court,  for  three 
months  service  be  raised  at  the  cost  of  the  Town." 

"Chose  Stephen  Prince,  Dea.  Aaron  Elliot,  Caleb  Marsh, 
Thomas  Todd,  Jonathan  Gould,  Abijah  Tainter,  Capt. 
.James  Greenwood,  John  Waters  Abel  Dudley,  John  Dudley 
and  Benja.  Hicks  to  procure  the  men." 

"The  Town  voted  to  make  up  thirty  pounds  per.  month 
to  each  of  those  soldiers  lately  procured  by  the  Officers,  to 
go  to  Rhode  Island." 

Nov.  22d.  "Voted  to  raise  one  thousand  pounds  for 
supporting  those  families  whose  husbands  are  in  the  Conti- 
nental Service  for  three  years  or  during  the  war." 

"Voted  to  raise  three  thousand,  five  hundred  and  fifty 
eight  pounds  to  pay  those  soldiers  that  were  procured  to 
serve  three  months  in  the  Continental  Army." 

"Voted  to  raise  four  hundred  and  forty-two  pounds  to 
pay  those  soldiers  whom  the  Officers  procured,  last  Septem- 
ber, to  go  to  Rhode  Island  to  serve  two  months." 

1780. 

March  6th.  "Chose  Major  Barthomew  Woodbury,  Mr. 
John  Dudley,  and  Mr.  Jonathan  Gould  a  Committee  of 
Correspondence,  Inspection  and  Safety  for  the  present 
year." 

"Chose  Major  John  Hathaway,  Agent,  to  go  to  the  Gen- 
eral Court,  and  instructed  him  to  give  his  consent  that  those 
men,  with  their  estates,  that  request  to  be  annexed  to  North- 
bridge  be  granted  to  go,  and  none  else." 

Apr.  10th.  The  time  of  the  "nine  months'  men"  having 
nearly  expired,  the  following  committee  was  chosen  to  set- 
tle with  them : 


TOWN    OF    STJTTON.  117 

"Lieut.  'William  King,  Ens.  Nathaniel  Carriel,  Lieut. 
Joseph  Elliot  Jr.  Mr.  Samuel  Waters,  Dea.  Willis  Hall, 
Mr.  John  Harback,  Mr.  Joseph  Waters,  Dr.  James  Free- 
land,  Mr.  Jonas  Bond,  Mr.  Nehemiah  Gale,  Dea.  Asa 
Waters. 

"Voted  that  John  Adams,  Micah  Thayer,  Stephen  Gold- 
thwait,  E/ekiel  Goldthwait,  and  Abner  Adams,  they  and 
their  lands  to  be  annexed  to  Northbridge." 

May  1st.  "Chose  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam,  Lieut.  William 
King,  Dea.  Asa  Waters,  Capt.  March  Chase,  Col.  Jona. 
Holinan,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley,  Elder  Jeremiah  Barstow,  Dr. 
James  Freeland  and  Elder  Daniel  Greenwood,  a  Committee 
to  consider  the  Constitution  and  make  report  to  the  Town 
of  what  they  do  approve  of,  and  what  they  do  not  approve 
of." 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  "  Chose  Elder  Jeremiah  Bars- 
tow,  Dea.  Willis  Hall,  Dea.  David  Harwood,  Dea.  Rice,  and 
Mr.  Abel  Chase  to  consider  the  third  article  in  the  Bill  of 
Rights,  and  make  report  to  the  Town." 

May  19th.  A  day  memorable  in  New  England  for  its 
darkness.  According  to  the  memoirs  of  the  American  Acad- 
emy referring  to  the  day,  "Candles  were  lighted  up  in  the 
houses ;  the  birds  having  sung  their  evening  songs  disap- 
peared and  became  silent ;  the  fowls  retired  to  roost ;  the 
cocks  were  crowing  all  around,  as  at  break  of  day;  objects 
could  not  be  distinguished  but  at  very  little  distance  and 
every-thing  bore  the  appearance  and  gloom  of  night." 

May  22d.  "  Voted  to  grant  a  sum  of  nine  thousand 
pounds  to  pay  the  nine  months  men." 

June  12th.  A  requisition  has  been  made  upon  the  town 
by  the  General  Court,  for  thirty-six  soldiers  to  serve  in  the 
Continental  service. 

"The  Town  voted  to  hire  the  thirty-six  men  called  for." 

"Chose  as  a  Committee  to  procure  them  Lieut.  Nathaniel 
Whitmore,  Lieut.  Bartholomew  Hutchinson,  Lieut.  Nath- 
aniel Putnam,  Ensign  Samuel  Rich,  Lieut.  John  Woodbury, 
Mr.  John  Hall,  Lieut.  David  Putnam,  Lieut.  Ezra  Lovell, 
Mr.  John  Gould,  Sergt.  David  Chase  and  Mr.  Moses 
Hovey." 


118  ANNALS    OF  THE 

"Instructed  the  above  Committee  that,  in  agreeing  with 
such  soldiers,  they  shall  confine  themselves  to  the  late  Court 
Act  regulating  the  value  of  Money." 

June  26th.  "  Voted  to  grant  a  sum  of  Twenty  thousand 
pounds  to  pay  the  six  months  men." 

"Voted  to  grant  a  sum  of  twelve  thousand  pounds  to 
procure  forty-two  men  out  of  the  Militia  to  serve  three 
months  in  the  Army." 

"Voted  that  the  Commissioned  Officers  in  each  Company 
be  ,a  Committee  to  procure  these  men,  and  that  Sergt. 
Archelaus  Putnam,  Lieut.  Jonathan  Gould,  Sergt.  Isaac- 
Dodge  Jr.,  and  Clark  Nathaniel  Stockwell,  be  added  to  the 
above  Committee  to  procure  the  men/' 

"  Voted  to  instruct  the  Committee  that  they  proceed  with 
all  expedition  to  procure  the  men  as  soon  as  the  orders 
come,  and  the  Town  engage  to  defend  them." 

Oct.  9th.  "Voted  to  raise  the  sum  of  fifty  three  thou- 
sand five  hundred  pounds  to  enable  the  Committee  to  settle 
with  the  six  months  and  three  months  men  that  are  in  the 
Continental  Service." 

Oct.  16th.  "  Chose  Capt.  March  Chase,  Mr.  Moses  Hovey 
and  Mr.  John  Hall  a  Committee  to  procure  seventeen  thou- 
sand five  hundred  and  twenty  (17,520)  pounds  of  beef  for 
the  Army." 

"Voted  to  raise  a  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  pounds  to 
enable  the  Committee  to  purchase  the  beef." 

Dec.  4th.  The  town  by  vote  gave  permission  to  each  tax 
payer,  who  was  disposed  so  to  do,  to  pay  his  rate  in  grain ; 
the  value  of  corn  being  placed  at  twelve  pounds  per  bushel, 
and  rice  eighteen  pounds  per  bushel. 

Dec.  18th.  "The  Town  voted  that  one  third  of  all  the 
Town  Meetings,  both  stated  and  occasional,  should  be  held 
in  the  Meeting-house  of  the  second  Parish." 

A  requisition  having  been  made  upon  the  town  for  thirty 
three  thousand  six  hundred  and  forty  (33,640)  pounds  of 
beef,  Capt.  March  Chase,  Mr.  John  Hall,  Mr.  Moses  Hovej" 
are  appointed  a  committee  to  purchase  the  same,  and  an 
appropriation  of  fifty  thousand  four  hundred  and  sixty 
(£50,460)  pounds  is  made  to  meet  the  expense. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  119 

The  town  has  been  called  upon,  by  the  General  Court,  to 
furnish  thirty-one  men  for  the  Continental  Army  for  three 
years  or  during  the  war. 

"  Chose  Col.  Timothy  Sibley,  Capt.  Abijah  Burbank,  Capt. 
John  Putnam,  (.-apt.  Andrew  Elliot,  Lieut.  Solomon  Leland 
Mr.  Abraham  Batcheller  Jr.  Dr.  James  Freeland  and  Mr. 
Kbenezer  Waters  to  class  out  the  Town  into  classes  in  order 
to  procure  the  thirty-one  men  for  the  Continental  Army." 

At  an  adjourned  meeting,  the  town  "Voted  that  if  any 
person  in  any  of  the  classes  refuses  to  pay  his  proportion  as 
assessed  in  the  class  he  belongs  to,  shall  be  assessed  his  pro- 
portion as  he  was  in  said  class  and  half  as  much  more" 

1781. 

Feb.  20th.  Dea.  Willis  Hall  and  Elder  Daniel  Green- 
wood are  chosen  delegates  to  sit  in  a  County  Convention, 
called  for  the  purpose  of  remonstrating  with  the  General 
Court  against  an  act  repealing  the  late  tender  act,  and  are 
instructed  to  invite  other  towns  to  send  delegates  to  said 
convention,  and  notify  them  of  the  time  and  place  of  the 
meeting. 

' '  The  Town  voted  that  the  Constables  shall  not  gather 
the  Soldiers  tax  at  present  and  the  Town  will  defend  them." 

March  5th.  "Chose  Lieut.  John  Woodbury  Lieut. 
Nathaniel  Putnam,  &  Lieut.  David  Holman  a  Committee  of 
Correspondence  Inspection  and  Safety  for  this  present  year." 

June  18th.     "Voted  to  instruct  the  Constable  to  gather 

O 

the  silver  tax  as  soon  as  possible." 

July  9th.  "Chose  Ens.  Nathaniel  Carriel,  Mr.  John 
Hall  and  Lent.  Moses  Hovey  a  Committee  to  procure  the 
Towns  proportion  of  Beef  for  the  Army  as  it  is  called  for." 

"Voted  that  the  Selectmen  be  directed  to  procure  the 
clothing  for  the  Army,  called  for  by  order  of  Court." 

The  following  is  from  the  Massachusetts  Spy  : 
Siitton,   Nov.   14th,    1781.     Yesterday  a  number  of  the 
respectable  inhabitants  of  this  town  assembled  at  the  sign  of 
the   soldier,   to  celebrate   the  day,  on  the  account  of  the 


120  ANNALS    OF   THE 

capture  of  General  Conrwallis  and  his  army  ;  every  demon- 
stration of  joy,  in  their  power,  was  shown  on  this  occasion, 
and  the  following  toasts  were  drank  : 

1.  Those  noble  patriots  convened  in  Congress. 

2.  His  Excellency  General  Washington. 

3.  His  Most  Christian  Majesty,  Louis  XVI. 

4.  The  Count  de  Grasse  and  the  combined  fleets. 

5.  General  Greene  with  his  veterans  and  heroes. 

6.  Peace  and  unanimity  in  the  allied  army. 

7.  May  all  malicious  pimps  of  British  George,  and  lovers  of  tyranny,  be 
swept  off  with  the  Besom  of  the  thirteen  United  States  of  America. 

8.  May  that  Traitor  Arnold,  and  all  his  accomplices,  be  suspended  between 
heaven  and  earth,  as  unworthy  of  either. 

9.  May  America  maintain  her  independence  until  time  shall  be  no  more. 

10.  May  those  heroes,  who  have  nobly  bled  in  defence  of  their  country  be 
heard  of  in  nations  unknown,  and  ever  be  remembered  in  ages  to  come. 

11.  May  peace  on  honorable  terms  diffuse  itself  throughout  the  Continent 
of  America,  like  the  lustre  of  the  rising  sun. 

12.  May  friendship  universally  extend,  and  actuate  every  human  breast, 
throughout  the  world. 

13.  May  consummate  happiness  be  the  reward  of  heroick  actions. 

1782. 

March  4th.  "  Chose  Ens.  Nathaniel  Carriel  Capt.  Joseph 
Sibley  and  Mr.  Jonas  Bond  a  Committee  of  Correspondence 
Inspection  and  Safety  this  present  year." 

Nov.  12th.  "Follansbe  Chase,  Capt.  March  Chase,  Mr. 
Josiah  Goddard,  John  Pierce  were  added  to  the  above  Com- 
mittee of  Inspection." 

"Voted  that  the  Committee  of  Correspondence,  Inspec- 
tion and  Safety  of  this  Town  be,  and  hereby  are  desired  to 
be  particularly  watchful  of  those  who  are  suspected  of  being 
concerned  in  Fraud  or  intercourse  with  the  enemy,  and  to 
communicate,  with  the  Attorney  General,  any  discoveries 
they  may  make." 

1788. 

Jan.  20th.  "The  Town  voted  to  instruct  their  Repre- 
sentative not  to  allow  the  Continental  Officers  any  sum  of 
money  as  half  pay  or  any  other  way  in  lieu  thereof,  and  to 
use  his  influence  to  secure  the  repeal  of  the  Tender  Act." 

Feb.  3d.  The  following  article  was  inserted  in  the  town 
warrant ; 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  121 

"In  order  to  Consider  of  the  conduct  of  sum  of  the 
Inhabitance  of  this  Town  going  to  Douglass  this  Day,  and 
their  Joyning  in  a  Mob  To  Resiest  authority  and  the  Dew 
oppration  of  the  Law." 

The  vote  upon  this  article  was  as  follows  : 

" '  Voted  to  divide  the  house  to  see  what  will  support 
good  government  and  will  endeavor  to  pay  their  taxes  and 
to  suppress  all  mobbs  in  opposition  to  the  laws  of  this 
State." 

The  tact  in  this  Douglass  affair,  according  to  the  Leland 
papers,  was,  that  one  of  the  members  of  a  class  in  Douglass, 
for  hiring  and  supporting  a  soldier  in  the  army,  was  sued 
for  his  proportion  of  the  tax,  and  refusing  to  pay  it,  a  war- 
rant was  issued  to  enforce  its  collection.  Property  was 
attached,  and  when  the  sale  took  place,  a  mob  collected  and 
attempted  to  seize  the  property  and  restore  it  to  the  owner, 
who,  it  is  said,  was  a  brother  of  Noah  Crossman. 

The  sale  was  prevented,  and  several  persons  from  the 
south  part  of  Sutton  were  concerned  in  the  affray. 

The  officer  who  attempted  to  collect  the  tax  having  been 
driven  away,  went  to  Sutton  or  Worcester  and  procured  a 
warrant  for  the  arrest  of  some  of  the  leaders,  and  while  on 
his  way  met  the  Hon.  Jonas  Sibley  (who  had  been  a  court- 
ing) and  commanded  his  assistance  in  making  an  arrest  of 
the  rioters. 

He  accordingly  returned,  and  four  of  them  were  seized 
and  put  into  jail.  One  of  them  was  Crossman,  above  referred 
to,  and  another  by  the  name  of  Bondsey,  a  foreigner,  and 
one  of  the  Burgoyne  prisoners. 

The  officer  was  Amariah  Preston  of  Oxbridge. 

Dea.  Leland  says:  "I  have  the  above  story  from  the 
Hon.  Jonas  Sibley.  He  does  not  remember  the  names  of 
the  other  two  who  were  arrested.  An  attempt  was  made 
about  the  same  time  to  prevent  a  sale  in  Sutton  under  simi- 
lar circumstances." 

March  3d.  "Chose  Aaron  Elliot,  Abel  Dudley  and 
Moses  Hovey  a  Committee  of  Correspondence,  Inspection 
and  Safety  for  the  present  year." 

16 


122  ANNALS    OF   THE 

1784. 

March  1st.  "Chose  Ens.  Nathaniel  Carriel  Mr.  Moody 
Morse  Jr.  and  Mr.  Jonas  Bond  a  Committee  of  Correspon- 
dence Inspection  and  Safety  this  present  year." 

"  Chose  Dea.  Willis  Hall,  Ebenezer  Waters  Daniel  Green- 
wood delegates  to  sit  in  County  Convention  to  be  held  at 
Worcester  the  third  Tuesday  of  March  next." 

The  object  of  this  convention,  and  the  prominent  part 
taken  by  Button  in  calling  it,  and  molding  its  deliberations, 
are  clearly  set  forth  in  the  following  communication  to  the 
Massachusetts  Spy,  written  a  few  days  after  it  was  held,  by 
one  opposed  to  its  action. 

"  Mr.  Thomas: 

I  am  informed  you  have  lately  had  a  County  Conven- 
tion (so  called)  in  your  town,  the  last  week,  to  consult  and 
remonstrate  against  grievances.  That  it  was  debated  in  this 
Convention,  who  should  be  promoted  to  the  principal  offices 
in  government,  and  what  laws  should  be  repealed,  whether 
the  resolves  of  the  United  States  in  Congress  assembled  and 
the  general  assembly  of  this  State  should  be  obeyed  or  not  ? 
and  in  general  to  alter  and  new  model  the  constitution.  Is 
it  not  a  disagreeable  circumstance  that  we  have  among  us 
certain  restless  spirits,  who  would  never  have  been  taken 
notice  of  but  for  the  disturbance  they  excite  :  Who,  not 
from  any  real  emmity  or  design  against  their  country  ;  but  a 
low  passion  for  popular  applause,  which  they  despair  to 
obtain  any  other  way,  than  by  being  clamorous  and  noisy,  at 
the  expence  of  the  publick  peace. 

Could  any  man  in  the  hour  of  calm  reflection,  imagine  the 
United  States  in  Congress  assembled,  and  the  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,'  would  repeal  or  reverse  their  acts 
at  the  instigation  or  threat  of  the  town  of  Sutton,  or  even 
the  county  of  Worcester,  should  the  whole  country  combine 
together,  which,  thanks  to  the  prudence  of  the  greater  part, 
is  far  from  being  the  case. 

"When  the  loose  mountain  trembles,  from  on  high, 
Shall  gravitation  cease,"  while  Sutton  passes  "by!" 

The  town  of  Sutton,  or  any  other  town,  or  individual  per- 
son have  a  right  to  petition  the  General  Court  for  relief, 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  123 

under  any  grievance  Whatever,  real  or  imaginary ;  but  for  a 
town  to  traverse  the  county  by  messengers,  or  circular  let- 
ters, and  form  alliances  and  combinations  with  other  towns, 
to  make  head  against  the  General  Court,  is,  in  fact,  what 
Bernard  called  ' '  direct  oppugnation "  to  the  government 
which  the  people  of  this  State,  have  themselves  set  up. 

*  ****** 

As  to  the  commutation  or  pay  to  the  officers,  I  would  ask 
the  chairman  of  the  Sutton  Committee,  if  he  would,  after 
engaging  to  pay  a  labourer  three  shillings  for  a  day's  service, 
refuse  payment  after  receiving  the  service?  A  private 
knave  might,  perhaps,  evade  payment  by  catching  hold  of 
some  shadow  under  which  he  could  take  shelter ;  but  for  a 
publick  body  to  do  the  like,  it  is  but  one  step  below  the 
Unpardonable  Sin.  Public  credit  is  already  quite  low,  and 
needs  not  the  assistance  of  the  Sutton  Committee  to  run  it- 
lower. 

"  A  wit's  a  feather,  and  a  chief's  a  rod, 
An  honest  man's  the  noblest  work  of  God." 

The  town  of  Sutton  have  a  worthy  man  to  represent  it  at 
General  Court,  who  has  served  it  for  many  years  to  general 
acceptance ;  if  it  has  aught  against  him,  it  is  at  liberty  to 
choose  another  (the  time  being  not  far  off)  but  where  they 
will  find  another  more  worthy,  I  know  not,  unless  it  be  the 
important  chairman  before  mentioned  :  Both  he  and  I  have 
grey  hairs,  and  they  are  worthy  when  found  in  the  ways  of 
righteousness ;  but  surely  it  must  afford  but  painful  sensa- 
tion, to  a  mind  flowing  with  gratitude  to  its  Maker  for  the 
blessings  of  peace,  and  good  will  and  complacency  for  the 
tranquillity  and  happiness  of  his  fellow-men,  to  observe  with 
what  zeal  and  heat  some  restless  and  troublesome  persons, 
and  some  just  entering  upon  the  Eternal  World,  striving 
with  all  the  impetuosity  of  a  sanguine  temper  to  disturb  the 
publick  tranquility. 

I  am,  sir,  a  friend  to  the  Constitution,  and  the  County  of 
Worcester.  WORCESTERIENSIS. 

Massachusetts  Spy. 
M:iiv,h  25,  1784. 


124  ANNALS    OF    THE 

The  convention  to  which  reference  is  made,  met  at 
Leicester  June  17th,  and  again  by  adjournment  at  the  same 
place  August  17th,  and  again  by  adjournment  in  Paxton, 
September  2fith. 

Dea.  Willis  Hall  of  Sutton  was  its  President. 

1785. 

May  12th.  In  the  warrant  for  a  meeting  this  date  was 
the  following  article  : 

' '  To  see  if  the  Town  will  choose  a  Committee  to  refer  a 
Petition  to  the  General  Court,  praying  that  said  Court 
would  favor  the  town  of  Sutton  with  a  Committee  from  said 
Court,  to  view  the  Town,  upon  condition  that  our  Taxes  are 
not  settled  according  to  our  last  valuation." 

"Chose  Joseph  Hall,  Dea.  Willis  Hall,  Mr.  Ebenezer 
Waters,  Dea.  Asa  AVaters,  Amos  Singletary  Esq.  to  draw  up 
a  Petition  to  send  to  the  General  Court  praying  for  a  Com- 
mittee to  view  the  Town." 

17KK. 

Jan.  9th.  "  Voted  to  instruct  our  Representative  to  use 
his  influence,  at  the  General  Court,  to  bring  forward  a  Ten- 
der Act,  that  real  and  personal  Estate  may  answer  Execu- 
tions, and  that  it  stand  two  years." 

May  1st.  Willis  Hall,  Xathan  Putnam,  Daniel  March, 
Ebenezer  Waters,  and  March  Chase  were  chosen  a  Commit- 
tee to  contract  with  the  Representative  to  the  General 
Court  for  his  compensation. 

The  committee  report  as  follows  : 

k'In  obedience  to  the  Directions  of  the  Town  of  Sutton, 
We,  the  subscribers,  have  agreed  with  Col.  Timothy  Sibley, 
our  Representative,  for  the  present  year,  to  serve  at  the 
General  Court  of  this  Common  Wealth  at  two  shillings  and 
six  pence  per  day  provided  his  necessary  expenses  be  paid 
by  the  Town." 

June  10th.  A  town  meeting  was  called  "  To  choose  one 
or  more  Delegates  to  meet  in  Convention  at  Leicester,  in 
the  County  of  Worcester,  on  the  17th  of  this  Instant, 
agreeable  to  an  invitation  of  the  Town  of  Spencer." 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  125 

"Chose  Dea.  Willis  Hall  <£  Dr.  James  Freeland  as  Dele- 
gates for  the  above  purpose." 

Sept.  25th.  An  article  in  the  warrant  calls  upon  the 
town  "To  see  what  instruction  the  Town  will  give  their 
Delegates,  that  are  chosen  to  represent  them  iu  County 
Convention,  respecting  the  Peoples  stopping  the  Courts  of 
Common  pleas  in  this  or  any  of  the  Counties  in  this  Com- 
monwealth &  to  see  what  instructions  they  will  give  their 
Representative  at  the  General  Court. 

' '  ( 'hose  a  Committee  of  five  to  draw  up  instructions  for 
our  Delegates  at  the  County  Convention,  &  for  our  Repre- 
sentative at  the  General  Court." 

"Chose   Dea.    Harwood,    Lt.    Whitmore,   Mr.    Ebenezer 
Rich,  Esq.  Singietary  <&  Nathan  Putnam  for  that  purpose." 
The  following  are  the  instructions  given  to  the  commit- 
tee : 

1st.  "That  the  Town  of  Sutton  approve  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  their  Delegates  in  County  Convention  at  Leicester 
on  the  17th  of  August  last  and  those  matters,  as  published 
by  said  Convention,  appear  to  us  as  real  grievances. 

"  2d.  And  that  our  Delegates  Dea.  Hall  and  Dr.  Free- 
land  meet  in  County  Convention,  at  Paxton,  the  26th  of 
this  Instant  and  they  are  instructed  to  use  their  influence  in 
Convention,  that  the  minds  of  the  good  people  of  this  Com- 
monwealth be  obtained,  whether  the  things  stated  by  Con- 
vention, which  appear  to  us  as  grievances,  are  grievances  iu 
their  minds,  —  and  that  they  agree  with  the  rest  of  their 
Brethren,  on  measures  for  the  redress  of  this  same,  or  any 
other  grievance,  agreed  on  by  Convention  or  otherwise  by 
petitioning  the  G.  Court  by  Town,  or  County,  or  State 
Committees,  or  as  s'd  Convention  shall  think  proper.  They 
are  likewise  instructed  to  use  their  influence  to  prevent  any 
rising  of  the  people  in  riotous  manner,  but  to  persevere  in 
petitioning  the  Gen.  Court  for  a  redress  of  grievances,  & 
not  to  disolve  said  Convention  until  the  same  be  obtained, 
for  it  is  our  minds  that  is  every  way  agreeable  to  the  Con- 
stitution. 

"3d.  Voted  that  our  Representative  be  instructed  to  use 
his  influence  that  the  G.  Court  move  out  of  Boston  into 


126  ANNALS    OF   THE 

some  commodious  part  of  the  Country  &  that  the  seat  of 
Government  in  Boston  be  sold  to  the  best  advantage,  to  pay 
publick  charges,  or  to  build  a  seat  of  government  in  the 
Country. — Also  that  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  under 
the  mode  of  their  present  preceedure,  are  a  scourge  to  the 
people  for  the  interest  of  the  Court,  partly  under  the  present 
mode,  is  to  distress  the  people  ;  we  pray  that  they  may  not 
be  under  that  undue  influence. — We  further  instruct  you  to 
use  your  influence,  that  the  servants  of  Government  may  be 
put  on  such  footing  as  will  be  for  the  intrest  of  the  people. 

"For  the  rest  of  our  instructions  we  refer  you  to  the  pro- 
ceedings of  our  County  Convention  at  Leicester  on  the  17th 
of  August  last. 

' '  The  above  instructions  were  laid  before  the  Town  and 
met  with  their  concurrence." 

Dec.  4th.  "  Chose  a  Committee  of  nine  to  treat  with  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  &  with  the  Insurgents  —  viz.  Capt. 
Jon'a  Woodbury,  Capt.  John  Woodbury,  Col.  Woodbury, 
Dea.  Harwood,  Elder  Greenwood,  Lieut.  Hazeltine,  Lieut. 
Whitmore,  Col.  Holman,  Capt.  Smith." 

The  "Insurgents"  referred  to,  were  those  who  were  con- 
nected with  the  insurrection  known  as  "  Shay's  Rebellion." 

1787. 

Jan.  15th.  A  town  meeting  was  called  for  this  date  —  "To 
see  if  the  Town  will  choose  a  Committee  to  draw  up  instruc- 
tions for  their  Representatives  at  the  next  Session  of  the 
General  Court  of  this  Commoirvvealth. 

"  To  see  what  instructions  the  Town  will  give  their  Dele- 
gates for  County  Convention." 

"  To  hear  and  be  informed  of  the  several  Acts  and  Laws 
passed  by  the  General  Court  of  this  Commonwealth  at  their 
May  and  last  Sessions  in  regard  to  their  easing  the  burdens 
of  Government  according  to  the  Prayers  of  the  several  Towns 
and  Counties  of  this  State  and  to  hear  what  has  become  of 
the  Monies  raised  by  the  Government." 

"  To  hear  the  report  and  request  of  a  Committee  in  behalf 
of  the  Regulators  (as  they  call  themselves)  bearing  date 
Dec.  7th,  1786." 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  127 

"  Ainos  Singletary  Esq.,  Dea.  Harwood,  Capt.  John 
Woodbuiy,  Lieut.  Whitmore  and  Ens.  Carriel,  Esq.  King 
and  Elder  Greenwood  were  chosen  a  Committee  to  give 
instructions  to  the  Representative  and  Delegates." 

Jan.  17th.  At  a  meeting  adjourned  to  this  date  "  Voted 
that  the  Delegates  of  Convention  be  instructed  to  dissolve." 

Jan.  24th.  "  Chose  Esq.  Singletary,  Dea.  Harwood  and 
Col.  Woodbury  to  treat  with  the  Hon.  Gen.  Lincoln  to  see 
if  there  could  be  any  plan  of  accommodation  laid  to  settle 
matters  between  Government  and  the  Regulators,  as  they 
call  themselves." 

' '  Voted  that  our  Representative  be  instructed  to  use  his 
influence  in  the  General  Court  that  any  man  may  be  per- 
mitted to  keep  an  half  score  of  sheep  that  may  not  be  liable 
to  be  taken  from  him  by  Warrant  or  Execution." 

March  7th.  "Chose  Dea.  David  Harwood,  Dea.  Willis 
Hall  and  Mr.  Daniel  March  a  Committee  of  Correspondence 
Inspection  and  Safety." 

March  22d.  It  appears  from  the  following  record  that 
several  of  the  citizens  of  the  town  had  incapacitated  them- 
selves from  holding  office  by  participation  in  the  Shay  rebel- 
lion. Several  take  the  oath  of  allegiance. 

"  Be  it  remembered  that  Ezra  Wheelock  of  Sutton,  hus- 
bandman, Delivered  up  his  arms  to  the  subscribers  and  took 
and  subscribed  the  oath  of  allegiance  as  prescribed  in  the 
Constitution  in  Compliance  with  a  Court  act  Dated  Feb.  16th 
1787  for  indemnifying  certain  persons  who  are  or  may  be 
guilty  of  treason. 

Before  me,  BENJ.  GODDAKD, 

Justice  of  the  Peace. 

Nathaniel  Carriel,  Daniel  Greenwood,  Jedediah  Barton, 
Follansbe  Chase,  Bartholomew  Woodbury,  John  Pierce,  Asa 
Goodale,  Stephen  Marsh,  Xoah  Stockwell  also  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance.  All  had  been  Shay's  men." 

Oct.  23d.  The  Society,  for  the  encouragement  of  singing, 
"  chose  Capt.  John  Woodbury,  John  Hall,  William  Slocomb, 
Seth  Carpenter,  Joseph  Hicks,  Stephen  Monroe  and  David 
Trask  to  be  leaders  in  singing,"  and 


128  ANNALS    OF   THE 

"  Voted  that  the  singers  set  such  tunes  us  they  shall  think 
proper." 

Dec.  10th.  "  Chose  Dea.  David  Harwood,  Amos  Singlc- 
tary  Esq.  delegates  to  sit  in  a  State  Convention  to  be  holden 
in  the  State  House  in  Boston  the  ninth  day  of  Jan.  next." 
Also  "  Chose  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ehenezer  Chaplin  Dea.  Willis 
Hall,  Dr.  James  Freeland,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley,  Dr.  Stephen 
Monroe,  Lieut.  Nathaniel  Whitmore,  Elder  Daniel  Green- 
wood, Capt.  Johnathan  Woodbury,  and  ('apt.  John  Holland 
a  Committee  to  draw  up  some  instructions  for  the  delegates." 

This  convention  was  called  for  taking  into  consideration 
the  Federal  Constitution,  and  ratifying  it  if  approved. 

178*. • 

Feb.  The  Federal  Constitution  was  adopted  in  state  con- 
vention. Its  ratification  was  attended  by  great  rejoicings  on 
the  part  of  the  people,  in  which  this  town  heartily  joined. 

1789. 

May  8th.  The  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church,  Dr. 
David  Hall,  died.  His  ministry  in  this  town  covered  a  period 
of  more  than  sixty  years.  His  pastorate  was  nearly  sixty. 

Upon  the  day  of  his  burial,  May  12th,  we  find,  in  the 
Massachusetts  Spy,  the  following  obituary  : 

"  This  day  were  interred  the  remains  of  the  Rev.  David 
Hall,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  first  Church  and  Congregation  in 
this  town ;  who,  after  a  long  and  severe  illness,  departed 
this  life  the  8th  inst.  in  the  85th  year  of  his  age,  and  HOth 
year  of  his  ministry,  much  lamented,  leaving  a  sorrowful 
widow  and  numerous  offspring,  as  well  as  bereaved  people, 
to  bewail  the  loss ;  who  may  properly  adopt  the  words  of 
the  Prophet,  "My  Father,  my  Father,  the  chariot  of  Israel 
and  the  horsemen  thereof,"  though  confidently  believing,  he 
is  enjoying  that  crown  of  life  conferred  by  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  upon  all  his  servants  who  are  faithful  unto  death. 
His  character  as  an  able  orthodox  divine,  pungent,  zealous 
preacher,  and  his  steady  regard  to  the  distinguishing  doc- 
trines of  Christianity,  with  the  sobriety  and  exemplary 
gravity  of  his  life,  and  tender  affection  for  his  family  and 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  129 

flock,  are  too  well  known  to  require  illustration;  it  may 
suffice  to  notice,  that  the  general  esteem  and  respect  for  him 
was  manifested,  by  the  large  concourse  of  people  (estimated 
at  more  than  a  thousand)  who  attended  his  funeral,  with  a 
solemnity  becoming  the  occasion." 

1790. 

March  29th.  The  parish  unanimously  concurred  with  the 
church  in  extending  a  call  to  the  Rev.  Edmund  Mills  "to 
settle  in  the  work  of  the  ministry  in  the  first  parish,"  and 
' '  to  pay  him  an  annual  Salary  of  one  hundred  and  twelve 
pounds  including  the  minsterial  money." 

Apr.  3d.  "  Voted  to  transcribe  the  town  Book  that  con- 
tains Births  and  Deaths  in  an  Alphabetical  order  and  also  to 
choose  a  Committee  to  see  what  the  cost  should.be  and  make 
report  at  May  Meeting,  and  chose  Nathaniel  Stockwell  and 
Mr.  Joel  Barton  such  Committee." 

"Nov.  2(jth.  Chose  Capt.  John  Woodbury,  an  Agent  to 
collect  the  powder  that  the  Selectmen  lent  some  years  ago 
that  did  belong  to  the  Town  stock." 

1791. 
Nothing  worthy  of  record. 

1792. 

March  5th.  The  town  "voted  to  dismiss  the  trustees 
that  have  the  care  of  the  ministerial  and  school  money  and 
commit  the  same  into  the  hand  of  the  Town  Treasurer." 

We  copy  the  following  from  the  records  of  the  first 
parish : 

March  19th.     To  the  first  Congregational  Society. 

The  Society  is  Doubtless  sencible  I  have  been  much 
Ingaged  for  the  Settlement  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mills  in  This 
place,  and  that  I  have,  voluntarily  &  freely,  Been  at  Some 
( 'onsiderable  expense  Beyond  my  Propotion,  to  bring  this 
Event  to  pass  :  This  however  I  have  Done  with  pleasure  and 
I  am  still  as  friendly  To  Mr.  Mills  as  ever,  &  equally  Desir- 
ous as  ever  of  The  prosperity  &  Wellfare  of  the  Society  :  I 
17 


130  ANNALS    OF   THE 

therefore  Beg  leave,  with  respect,  to  offer  to  Said  Society 
Three  following  proposals ;  and  hope  they  will  meet  Their 
approbation. — 

1st.  That  I  should  be  released  for  the  future  from  Parish 
business  and  from  Parish  Taxes  —  and  this  In  consequence 
of  The  two  following  proposals  : 

2d.  That  I  will  pay  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mills  the  Sum  Of  ten 
Dollars  Yearly  So  long  as  he  shall  continue  the  minister  of 
this  Place,  which  Sum  is  as  much  Again  as  has  been  for  this 
Two  last  years  past.  This  Sum  will  reduce  his  Salary  to 
£109  &  as  the  continuance  of  my  life  is  uncertain  &  this 
Sum  may  be  made  sure  to  Mr.  Mills  I  shall  give  him  proper 
security  for  the  same. 

3d.  That  should  the  Society  continue  to  be  united  And 
Prosper  and  Continue  to  manifest  a  readiness  To  Support 
the  Gospel  by  Seasonable  settlements,  For  this  purpose  I 
will  within  About  Two  years  From  this  time,  Should  the 
Society  be  pleased  to  Except  of  it,  make  them  a  present  of 
a  bell  for  the  Meeting  House  Weighing  about  Seven  or 
Eight  hundred  Weight.  And  this  Bell  Shall  be  for  the  use 
of  said  Society  as  long  as  the  publick  worship  of  God  shall 
be  maintained  under  a  Calvinis,  Orthodox  Minister,  whether 
of  the  Congregational,  Presbuterian,  Episcopal,  or  baptes 
order. 

EBENEZER  WATERS. 

June  llth.  The  parish  voted  to  accept  of  the  foregoing 
'  *  proposal  of  Mr.  Ebenezer  Waters  in  presenting  the  Parish 
with  a  bell  for  the  Meeting-House." 

"  Voted  to  build  a  tower  to  the  Meeting-House." 

The  tower  was  erected  at  the  west  end  of  the  church,  and 
occupied  the  place  of  the  porch,  which  was  removed  and 
attached  to  the  house  now  in  possession  of  the  heirs  of  the 
late  Wm.  P.  Mascroft,  of  which  it  still  forms  a  part.  In  the 
tower  was  placed  the  bell  presented  by  Ebenezer  Waters, 
and  the  clock  given  by  Gardner  Waters. 

"Voted  to  build  a  monument  over  the  grave  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Hall." 


TOWN  OF  BUTTON.  131 

1793. 

Jan'y  14th.  Jonathan  Kidder,  Samuel  Blanchard  and 
Arthur  Dagget  asked  to  be  set  off  ' '  from  the  Town  of  Sut- 
ton  to  be  annexed  to  the  Town  of  Oxford."  They  have  also 
petitioned  the  General  Court  to  be  set  off  as  above,  and  the 
court  has  issued  an  order  for  the  town  of  Sutton  to  show 
cause  why  their  petition  should  not  be  granted. 

"The  Town  chose  Amos  Singletary  Esq.  an  Agent  to  go 
to  the  General  Court  and  show  cause  why  the  above  peti- 
tioners should  not  be  set  off." 

It  seems  that  the  reasons  given  by  the  town  through 
their  agent  were  regarded  as  sufficient,  as  nothing  more 
was  heard  of  the  matter. 

Jan.  18th.  A  large  number  of  persons  are  warned  to 
leave  the  town,  because  they  have  taken  up  their  abode 
within  its  limits  without  the  permission  of  the  town ;  among 
whom,  we  find  the  names  of  Dr.  Amasa  Braman  and  Solo- 
mon Wellman,  sou  of  the  pastor  of  the  second  parish. 

March  18th.  The  parish  "  voted  to  petition  the  General 
Court  to  be  incorporated  into  an  Independent  Society  with 
the  privilege  of  Taxing  the  Pews  in  the  Meeting-House  for 
the  purpose  of  supporting  preaching  until  the  parish  can 
raise  a  fund  sufficient  for  that  purpose." 

Nov.  18th.  Col.  Sibley,  Solomon  Lelaud,  Esq.,  Col. 
Woodbury  and  Jonathan  Woodbury  were  chosen  a  Com- 
mittee "to  fabricate  a  petition  and  obtain  subscribers," 
praying  the  General  Court  to  pass  such  act  of  incorpora- 
tion.* 

Nov.  23d.  Warning  was  given  to  a  number  of  persons, 
in  addition  to  those  before  mentioned,  "  who  had  lately 
come  into  this  Town  for  the  purpose  of  abiding  therein  not 
having  obtained  the  Town's  consent  therefor,  to  depart  the 
limits  thereof  forth  with." 

1794. 

Feb.  10th.  Mr.  Gardner  Waters  proposes  to  the  first 
parish  to  make  a  donation  "  of  a  large  clock  for  the  Meet- 

*  First  Parish  Records. 


132 

ing-House,  if  they  will  recieve  and  prepare  the  belfry  for 
it."  Whereupon  the  parish  vote  "to  choose  a  Committee  to 
receive  the  donation  and  Stephen  Thorne,  Capt.  Jonathan 
Woodbury  and  Mr.  L.  Le  Baron  were  appointed  such  Com- 
mittee." 

March  3d.  We  find  the  first  mention  of  a  meeting- 
house bell,  in  the  warrant  for  a  town  meeting  in  which  is 
the  following  article : 

"To  see  if  the  Town  will  vote  that  the  meeting-house 
bell  be  rung  at  nine  o'clock  every  night." 

August  19th.     "Voted  to  give  Each  Soldier  that  shall  go 

o  O  w 

into  the  Sarvis  out  of  the  Town  of  Sutton  in  the  Detach- 
ment now  called  for  shall  have  one  Dollar  as  a  Bounty  when 
they  shall  enlist  or  be  Detached — and  also  for  the  Town  to 
make  up  to  Each  Soldier  forty-Eight  Shillings  pr.  month 
with  that  the  Congress  gives  as  Wages  if  they  are  Called 
into  Sarvis." 

Sept.  1st.  The  parish  "voted  to  sell  all  the  seats  below 
in  the  Meeting-House  for  Pew  room." 

At  the  same  meeting  "chose  Col.  Timothy  Sibley  and 
Mr.  Lazarus  Le  Baron  a  Committee  to  call  upon  the  Town 
for  the  ministry  money."* 

By  vote  of  the  town  this  money  had  been  placed  in  the 
treasury,  and  the  interest  was  appropriated  to  pay  town 
charges.  In  response  to  the  demand  of  the  parish,  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  "to  search  the  Records  and  get  all  the 
information  they  can  respecting  the  ministerial  money." 

Sept.  15th.  "Voted  that  the  Selectmen  Cause  the  plan 
of  this  Town  to  be  taken  Agreeable  to  a  Late  act  of  the 
General  Court  requiring  such  plan,  from  all  the  Towns  in 
the  State,  to  be  Lodged  in  the  Secretary's  office."  f 

1795. 

March  16th.  The  parish  established  the  following  rule 
for  the  reception  of  members  : 

"Voted  that  if  any  person  wishes  to  join  this  Society  he 
is  to  notify  the  Society's -Clerk  of  his  wish  &  enter  his 


*  Parish  Records. 
I  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  133 

name-  &  that  he  has  bought  or  hired  a  seat  in  the  meeting- 
house—  his  thus  proceeding  shall  entitle  him  to  a  certificate 
that  he  is  a  member  of  said  Society." 

May  7th.  Inasmuch  as  the  town  neglected  to  take  any 
action  with  reference  to  the  ministerial  money,  the  parish 
appointed  Mr.  John  Hall  their  agent,  and  instructed  him 
' '  in  behalf  of  the  first  ( 'ongregational  Society  to  commence 
an  action  against  the  Town  of  Sutton  and  prosecute  to  final 
judgment  and  execution."  * 

We  find  the  following  in  the  Massachusetts  Spy  of  May 
20th : 

"Ten  years  ago,  without  good  mental  abilities,  and  a 
good  moral  character,  a  man  could  not  obtain  any  office  in 
the  town  of  S n  ;  unanimity  and  harmony  seemed  to  pre- 
side at  all  the  town  meetings.  Since  then,  the  town  has  been 
split  into  small  religious  societies  ;  and  an  unhappy  disagree- 
ment, between  the  two  Congregational  societies,  has  taken 
place.  And  the  man  who  professes  to  be  a  friend  to  all 
parties,  but  in  reality  is  not  a  friend  to  any ;  who  is  contin- 
ually bawling  against  a  learned  clergy,  and  treats  the  Sab- 
bath with  contempt;  stands  a  fair  candidate  for  any  office 
the  town  can  give." 

Doubtless  there  is  something  of  truth  in  the  above  phil- 
lipic. 

The  war  had  proved  greatly  demoralizing  to  the  whole 
country.  Sutton  was  no  exception.  And  rivalries  did  to 
some  extent  prevail  between  the  different  religious  societies. 
But  there  are  probably  few  towns  whose  record  in  success- 
fully opposing  the  evil  influences  at  work  is  more  honorable. 

1796. 

The  suit  of  the  parish  against  the  town  for  the  recovery 
of  the  ministry  money  was  decided  in  favor  of  the  parish. 

Nov.  7th.  An  attempt  was  made  to  obtain  a  vote  of  the 
town  in  favor  of  an  effort  to  secure  a  review  of  the  case  by 
the  court.  But  the  town  refused  to  take  any  farther  action 
in  the  matter. 


*  Parish  Records. 


134  ANNALS    OF   THE 

Nov.  21st.  The  parish  "  voted  that  the  Agent  (Mr.  John 
Hall)  be  directed  to  make  offer  to  the  Selectmen  that  if 
they  will  settle  up  the  execution  against  the  Town  by  giving 
up  the  securities  for  the  Ministry  Money,  or  otherwise  settle 
it  to  his  acceptation ;  then  he  be  directed  not  to  level  said 
execution  —  otherwise  to  level  it."  * 

1797. 

Jan.  23d.  The  town  "  voted  to  give  the -Selectmen  dis- 
cretion to  settle  the  execution  the  first  Congregational 
Society  in  Sutton  has  against  said  Town  with  the  securities 
the  Town  holds  against  individuals  for  the  ministry  money, 
or  any  other  way  they  can  agree." 

This  action  virtually  settled  the  controversy  in  regard  to 
the  ministry  money. 

The  town  "voted  to  join  with  other  Towns  interested  in 
petitioning  the  General  Court  for  a  Committee  to  lay  out  a 
road  from  Boston  through  Sutton  &c  to  Woodstock  in  Con- 
necticut." f 

The  north  parish  make  a  demand  for  a  portion  of  the 
ministry  money,  and  the  town  chose  "Mr.  Jacob  Sevey, 
Mr.  Nathaniel  Stockwell,  and  Lieut.  Israel  Putnam  a  Com- 
mittee to  make  answer  to  the  demand. 

March  20th.  The  society's  clerk  was  instructed  to  send 
the  following  answer  to  the  agents  : 

"The  Society,  after  taking  into  consideration  the  demand 
made  on  them  by  Mr.  Aaron  Pierce,  Josiah  Stiles  and  Lieut. 
Asa  Goodale,  Agents  for  the  North  Parish  in  Sutton,  for 
eight  hundred  dollars  of  the  Ministry  Money,  dated  Suttou 
Feb.  9th  1797,  Voted  that  this  Society  will  adopt  such 
measures,  respecting  the  demand,  as  it  conceives  will  be 
consistent  with  the  honor  and  interests  of  the  Society. 
With  regard  to  that  part  of  the  demand,  which  proposes  a 
friendly  negociation  as  the  most  probable  means  of  settling 
such  claims  to  the  mutual  satisfaction  of  both  parties  —  it  is 
the  determination  of  this  Society  to  cultivate  friendship  and 


*  Parish  Records. 
t  Town  Records. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  135 

good  neighborhood  with  the  North  Parish,  and  with  the 
Town  in  general,  upon  fair  and  honorable  principles. 

"But  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Society  that  it  can  not, 
with  propriety,  enter  into  a  separate  negociation  with  the 
North  Parish  upon  the  subject  until  the  lawsuit  between 
the  Town  and  this  Society  respecting  the  Ministry  Money 
shall  be  finally  determined."  * 

April  3d.  The  town  "  Voted  that  the  powder  belonging  to 
the  Town,  in  the  Meeting  house  of  the  1st  Congregational 
Parish,  be  removed." 

In  the  early  history  of  the  New  England  churches,  the 
practice  of  raising  the  salary  of  the  minister  and  other  par- 
ish expenses  by  a  tax  upon  property,  was  universal.  But 
the  opinion  that  such  a  course  was  wrong  in  principle,  enter- 
tained at  first  by  few,  gradually  extended  until  opposition 
to  the  forced  system  of  sustaining  the  ordinances  of  the  gos- 
pel, had  become  so  great,  that  some  change  making  the 
matter  one  of  voluntary  contribution,  was  felt  to  be  a  neces- 
sity. Hence  the  action  of  the  first  parish  in  petitioning  the 
General  Court  for  a  special  act  of  incorporation,  confering 
the  right  to  tax  pew-holders.  Upon  these  the  tax  would  be 
just  as  binding  as  that  upon  property.  But  whether  one 
would  become  a  pew  holder,  and  thus  assume  the  obligation, 
was  a  voluntary  matter.  The  petition  to  which  reference  is 
made  under  the  dates  March  14th  and  Nov.  18th,  1795,  was 
favorably  entertained,  and  the  act  called  for  passed  the  House 
of  Representatives  June  27th,  1794.  For  some  reasons  it  did 
not  pass  the  Senate  until  June  25th,  1797.  Two  days  later 
it  received  the  signature  of  the  governor  and  became  a  law. 

Anticipating  its  immediate  passage,  "The  First  Congre- 
gational Society  in  the  Town  of  Sutton,"  held  their  first 
meeting  and  organized,  in  accordance  with  its  provisions, 
Aug.  18th,  1794. 

Col.  Timothy  Sibley,  Ensign  Nath'l  Carriel  and  Capt. 
John  Woodbury  were  chosen  assessors  for  valuing  and 
assessing  the  pews  in  the  society's  meeting  house. 

Henceforth  the  new  system  of  raising  money  for  parisli 


*  First  Parish  Records. 


136  ANNALS    OF   THE 

expenses  is  to  go  into  effect.  The  last  record  we  have  of  a 
tax  upon  property  for  the  payment  of  the  ministers  salary 
is  March  18th,  1793,  which  Lieut.  Isaac  Dodge  agrees  to 
collect,  in  the  westerly  part  of  the  parish,  for  three  pence 
per  pound,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Harback  in  the  easterly  part 
for  four  pence  per  pound. 

The  last  meeting  under  warrant  "'to  notify  and  warn  all 
the  Inhabitants  of  the  First  Parish"  was  held  June  2,  1794, 
by  adjournment  from  April  14th.  No  business  was  done. 

The  act  incorporating  the  First  Congregational  Society  is 
as  follows : 

COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
ninety-four. 

An  Act  to  incorporate  a  number  of  the  Inhabitants  in  the 
Town  of  Sutton  into  a  Society  by  the  name  of  the  First 
( 1ongregational  Society  in  Sutton. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives, 
in  General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the 
same  that  Timothy  Sibley ,  Lazarus  Lebaron,  Jonathan  Wood- 
bury  (and  others  whose  names  are  mentioned) ,  Members  of 
said  First  Congregational  Society,  together  with  their  Estates 
be  and  hereby  are  Incorporated  into  a  Congregational  Society 
by  the  name  of  the  First  Congregational  Society  in  the 
Town  of  Sutton. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  that  the  said 
Society  be  and  hereby  are  authorized  and  impowered  to  raise, 
by  a  tax  on  pews  and  seats  in  the  Meeting-house  in  said 
Society,  such  sum  or  sums  of  money  as  the  proprietors  of 
said  Meeting-house,  at  a  legal  meeting  called  for  that  pur- 
pose, shall  vote  and  agree  upon  for  the  purpose  of  support- 
ing and  maintaining  a  public  teacher  of  Piety,  Religion, 
and  morality,  and  other  incidental  charges  and  at  such  meet- 
ing to  choose  all  such  officers  as  are  or  shall  be  necessary  to 
manage  and  transact  all  the  business  of  said  propriety. 

And  be  it  farther  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid  that 
the  Proprietors  of  the  said  First  Parish  Meeting-House  be 
and  hereby  are  impowered  by  themselves,  or  their  Commit- 
tee duly  chosen,  to  cause  the  pews  and  seats,  in  the  said 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  137 

Meeting-  House,  to  be  valued  according  to  the  convenience 
and  situation  thereof  and  to  alter,  from  time  to  time,  such 
valuation  as  may  be  found  necessary  and  to  determine  what 
sum  each  Pew,  or  part  of  Pew,  or  seat  shall  pay  towards 
the  expences  and  charges  aforesaid,  and  the  time  and  man- 
ner in  which  the  same  shall  be  paid. 

And  if  any  Proprietor  or  owner  of  a  Pew,  or  part  of  a 
Pew,  or  Seat  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  pay  the  sum  or  sums 
assessed  thereon  for  a  longer  time  than  twenty-days  after 
notice  of  such  assessment  having  been  given  him  by  the  Col- 
lector, such  Proprietor  or  owner  shall  pay  to  the  use  of  the 
said  Proprietors,  over  and  above  the  said  Tax  or  assessment, 
from  the  expiration  of  the  said  twenty  days,  at  and  after  the 
rate  of  six  per  centum  per  annum  on  such  tax  or  assessment, 
and  if  the  same,  together  with  the  interest  aforesaid,  shall 
not  be  paid  within  one  year  from  the  expiration  of  said 
twenty  days,  the  said  proprietors  may  and  are  hereby 
authorized  and  impovvered  by  themselves  or  their  Committee 
to  sell  and  dispose  of  the  Pew  or  part  of  a  Pew  or  Seat  of 
such  delinquent,  in  such  way  and  manner  as  shall  be  agreed 
on  by  said  proprietors,  and,  after  deducting  from  the  sale 
thereof  the  said  Tax  or  assessment  with  the  interest  thereon 
accruing  as  aforesaid  and  the  charges  of  the  sale  the  over- 
plus if  any  shall  be  paid  to  the  person  so  delinquent. 

And  be  it  farther  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid  that 
the  Members  of  the  said  Congregational  Society  are  hereby 
authorized  and  impowered  to  take  into  possession  all  the 
lands  and  other  Estate  and  donation  that  by  any  means  doth 
belong  to  the  said  Society,  and  to  dispose  of  the  use  or 
income  of  the  same  in  any  way  for  the  use  of  the  Society  as 
shall  by  them  be  judged  most  conducive  to  the  interests  and 
benefit  of  the  same. 

And  be  it  farther  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid  that 
the  Members  of  said  Society  be  empowered  to  collect  and 
improve  the  whole  of  the  Ministry  money  which  belongs  to 
the  First  Congregational  Society  in  Sutton,  and  all  other 
donations  that  have  been  or  may  hereafter  be  made  to  said 
Society  for  the  support  of  a  Congregational  Minister  in  said 
place,  and  that  the  Members  of  said  Society  be  authorized 
18 


138  ANNALS    OF   THE 

and  impovvered  to  receive  members  whenever  applications 
are  made  therefor  and  that  the  members  and  all  others  who 
may  hereafter  become  their  associates  (being  inhabitants  of 
the  Town  of  Button)  and  their  several  estates  shall  not  be 
liable  to  be  taxed  for  the  support  of  Publick  worship  in  any 
other  Society  in  the  said  Town  of  Sutton. 

And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid  that 
Solomon  Leland  Esq.  be  and  is  hereby  impowered  and 
directed  to  issue  his  Warrant  to  some  principle  member  of  said 
Society  requesting  him  to  warn  the  members  thereof  to  meet 
at  such  time  and  place  as  shall  be  therein  set  forth  to  choose 
all  such  officers  as  are  necessary  for  transacting  the  business 
of  said  Society. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  June  27th,  1794. 

This  Bill  having  had  three  several  readings  passed  to  be 
enacted. 

EDWARD  H.  BOBBINS,  Speaker. 

In  Senate  June  25th,  1797. 

This  Bill  having  had  two  several  readings  passed  to  be 
enacted. 

SAMUEL  PHILLIPS  President. 

June  27th,  1797.     By  the  Governor  approved. 

SAMUEL  ADAMS. 

True  Copy.  Attest      JOHN  AVERY  Jun. 

Secretary. 

1798. 

April  2d.  "  The  Town  brought  in  their  votes  on  the  expe- 
diency of  dividing  the  County  of  Worcester  into  two  dis- 
tinct Counties  and  there  were  in  favor  of  it  76  and  against  it 
one." 

Nov.  5th.  In  a  town  meeting  this  date  "the  question 
was  put  to  see  if  the  Town  would  grant  the  petition  of  the 
North  Parish  to  be  set  off  and  incorporated  into  a  separate 
Town  with  their  equal  proportion  according  to  taxation  with 
all  the  privileges  and  immunities  which  in  any  wise  belong 
to  the  Town  of  Sutton  and  it  passed  in  the  Negative." 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  139 

' '  Chose  a  Committee  of  nine  to  treat  with  the  North 
Parish  with  reference  to  the  separation,"  as  follows  :  "  Col. 
Holman,  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury,  Dea.  Waters,  Josiah 
Stiles,  Ebenezer  Waters,  Asa  Goodale,  Col.  Woodbury, 
Major  Samuel  Waters  &  Col.  Sibley." 

1799. 

May  6th.  The  committee  report  in  favor  of  "setting  off 
the  North  Parish  as  a  separate  Town." 

The  town  voted  not  to  accept  the  report  of  the  commit- 
tee. 

Dec.  14th.     "  The  Father  of  his  Country  died." 

1801. 

June  1st.  "The  society  chose  Mr.  L.  Le  Baron,  Capt. 
Jonathan  Woodbury  and  Capt.  John  Woodbury  to  cause 
the  gunpowder  to  be  immediately  removed  from  the  meeting 
house." 

June  22d.  The  town  "  voted  to  build  a  powder  house  to 
put  the  Town's  stock  in." 

1802. 

Nov.  22d.  The  society  voted  "that  if  any  person  wishes 
to  be  a  member  of  said  Society,  he  shall  make  application 
to  the  Society's  Committee  and  get  a  certificate  from  them 
directed  to  the  Society's  Clerk  to  have  his  name  entered  in 
said  Society's  Book.'' 

1804. 

March  19th.  The  warrant  for  a  society  meeting  con- 
tained the  following  article  : 

"To  see  if  the  Society  will  be  willing  that  a  church  organ 
should  be  placed  in  the  front  gallery  in  the  meeting  house, 
and  played  on  Sundays,"  upon  which  the  society  "Voted 
t  hat  the  organ  now  placed  in  this  house  be  continued  where 
it  is  for  the  use  of  the  Society." 

1807. 

March  Kith.  In  society  meeting  it  was  "  Voted  that  the 
Committee  make  inquiry  concerning  all  improper  conduct 


140  ANNALS    OF   THE 

in  the  Meeting-House  ;"  also  "  That  there  shall  be  performed 
on  the  organ  no  tunes  on  Sunday's  but  such  as  the  Chorister 
shall  dictate." 

1809. 

Nov.  20th.  The  town  "voted  to  remonstrate  to  the 
General  Court  against  the  incorporation  of  the  second  Parish 
of  Sutton  into  a  separate  Town,",  and  a  "Committee  of 
three  was  appointed  to  draw  up  a  remonstrance." 

1810. 

May  7th.  The  town  "gave  their  consent  that  one  third 
part  of  the  Town  Meetings  should  be  held  in  the  Second 
Parish  on  condition  that  the  said  parish  should  withdraw 
their  petition  to  the  General  Court  to  be  incorporated  into  a 
separate  Town,  and  until  they  shall  present  another  of  the 
same  import  which  (should  it  take  place)  then  the  meet- 
ings are  all  to  be  held  in  the  iirst  parish." 

1811. 

Jan.  21st.  "Voted  that  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draft  a  remonstrance  against  the  petition  of  the  second  parish 
to  be  incorporated  into  a  separate  Town  ; "  also  ' '  voted  that 
the  Town  would  not  consent  to  the  second  parish  being 
incorporated." 

March  4th.  The  town  "voted  to  furnish  themselves  with 
two  carriages  or  hearses,  one  for  each  Parish,  and  erect  suit- 
able buildings  to  deposit  the  same  in." 

April  3d.  A  committee,  "chosen  for  the  purpose  of 
divising  some  means  whereby  to  determine  the  legal  mem- 
bers of  the  Society,  and  to  form  some  tixed  and  established 
rules  to  receive  members  and  associates  agreeably  to  their 
act  of  incorporation,  report  as  follows  : 

"  1st.  That  any  individual  desirous  of  becoming  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Congregational  Society  in  Sutton  being  an 
inhabitant  of  said  Town  shall  be  the  legal  owner  of  at  least 
one  half  of  a  pew  in  the  meeting-house  belonging  to  the 
Society,  that  he  shall  signify  his  wish  to  the  Clerk  of  said 
Society  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  record  his  name  if  the 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  141 

same  shall  be  approved  of  by  the  Society's  Committee,  then 
being  approved,  he  shall  to  all  intents  and  purposes  be  a 
member  of  said  Society. 

"  2ndly.  That  in  all  sales  of  pews  that  shall  hereafter 
be  made  by  virtue  of  said  act  of  incorporation,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  ( 1ommittee  authorized  to  make  sale  of  such 
pews  to  make  and  execute  good  and  sufficient  deeds  to  the 
purchasers  of  said  pews,  the  acknowledgeing  and  recording 
such  deeds  to  be  at  the  expense  of  the  purchasers. 

"3dly.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  standing  Committee 
together  with  the  clerk  of  said  Society  to  make  out  in  the 
month  of  February  annually  a  list  of  the  qualified  voters  of 
said  Society,  and  the  same  shall  be  read  at  every  annual 
meeting  of  said  Society." 

1812. 

The  second  parish  make  a  demand  for  a  portion  of  the 
ministerial  money,  as  follows  : 

' '  At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  second 
Parish  in  Sutton  on  Monday  the  ninth  day  of  March  A.  D. 
1812. — the  following  votes  passed,  (viz.)  Voted  that  this 
Parish  do  demand  of  the  first  Congregational  Society  in  Sut- 
ton the  proportion  of  the  ministerial  money,  or  fund,  so  call- 
ed, now  in  their  Treasury  which  belongs  to  this  Parish,  being- 
one  half  of  the  whole.  Also  voted  that  Lieut.  Asa  Good- 
ale  and  Josiah  Stiles  Esq.  and  Aaron  Pierce  Esq.  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  serve  the  Clerk  of  said  Society  with  a  Copy  of  the 
above  vote,  and  to  ask  and  receive  from  said  Society  on 
behalf  of  this  Parish  their  proportion  of  said  fund. 

"A  true  copy  from  the  Parish  record. 

"Attest,  ELIAS  LOVELL   Parish  Clerk." 

"In  compliance  to  the  foregoing  votes  the  committee 
therein  named  hereby  ask  from  the  first  Congregational 
Society  in  Sutton  the  proportion  of  Ministerial  Money  in 
their  possession  which  belongs  to  the  second  Parish  in  said 
Town  —  they  also  request  an  answer  or  reply  to  this  com- 
munication as  soon  as  will  be  convenient. 

"Sutton  2d  Parish  March  l()th  1812. 


142  ANNALS    OF   THE 

"To  the  Clerk  of  the  first  Congregational  Society  in  Sut- 
ton  to  be  communicated  to  said  Society. 

"AsA  GOODALE 
"AARON  PIERCE." 
Answer  to  the  foregoing  request  or  demand  : 

"To  Lt.  Asa  Goodale,  Josiah  Stiles  and  Aaron  Pierce  Esqs., 

Gentlemen. 

"Having  been  appointed  by  the  first  Congregational 
Society  in  Sutton  at  their  annual  meeting  in  March  last  to 
present  to  you  an  answer  to  your  request,  in  conformity  to 
the  votes  of  the  second  Parish  in  Sutton  at  their  meeting 
held  march  9th  1812,  to.  the  first  Congregational  Society  in 
Sutton  for  the  one  half  of  the  ministerial  fund  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  said  Society.  In  answer  to  your 
demand  we  can  only  say  that,  in  consequence  of  so  u/ir.f- 
pected  a  request,  we  have  examined  the  Charter  of  fix- 
Town,  the  proprietors  Book,  and  the  town  records,  and  can 
find  nothing  to  justify  a  compliance  with  your  demand  — 
and  unless  you  can,  Gentlemen,  shew  us  some  ground 
either  in  justice,  or  law,  we  cannot  comply  with  your 
request. 

"  JOSIAH  WHEELOCK 
"DAN'L  TENNEY 
"Agents  for  the  First  Congregational  Society  in  Sutton. 

"  Sutton  April  8th  1812  " 

1813. 

Jan.  llth.  The  inhabitants  of  the  north  parish  continue 
to  petition  the  General  Court  for  an  act  of  incorporation 
constituting  them  a  separate  town  and  the  town  vote  ' '  to 
oppose  the  prayers  of  the  petitioners  in  the  second  Parish." 
A  committee  of  five  is  appointed  to  draw  up  a  remonstrance 
against  their  application. 

The  remonstrance  was  prepared  and  reported,  whereupon 
it  was  "  Voted  that  the  aforesaid  remonstrance  was  agreea- 
ble, and  that  it  be  accepted,"  also  "  that  the  Representative 
of  the  town  present  the  said  'remonstrance  to  the  General 
Court." 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  143 

The  remonstrance  of  the  people  of  the  south  part  of  the 
town  against  the  incorporation  of  the  second  parish  into  a 
new  town  proved  unavailing. 

An  act  of  incorporation  was  obtained  and  became  a  law 
by  the  approval  of  the  Governor  June  11,  1813.  The  act 
is  as  follows : 

June  llth.  An  Act  to  Incorporate  the  North  Parish  in 
the  Town  of  Sutton  into  a  separate  town  by  the  name  of 
Millbury. 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of'  Repre- 
sentatives in  General  Court  assembled  and  by  authority  of 
the  same. —  That  all  the  lands  comprised  within  the  North 
Parish  in  the  town  of  Sutton,  in  the  county  of  Worcester  as 
the  same  is  now  bounded  together  with  the  farm  on  which 
Joshua  Chase  now  lives  in  said  town,  with  all  inhabitants 
dwelling  thereon,  be  and  they  hereby  are  incorporated  with 
all  the  powers,  privileges  and  immunities  and  subject  to  all 
the  duties  and  requirements  of  other  incorporated  towns 
agreeably  to  the  constitution  and  laws  of  this  Commonwealth. 
Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted :  That  the  inhabitants  of 
said  town  of  Millbury  shall  be  holden  to  pay  all  the  arrears 
of  taxes  which  have  been  assessed  upon  them  by  the  town 
of  Sutton ;  and  shall  also  support  and  maintain  all  such  per- 
sons as  heretofore  have  been,  now  are,  or  here  after  may  be 
inhabitants  of  that  part  of  Sutton  hereby  incorporated,  and 
are  or  may  become  chargeable  according  to  the  laws  of  this 
Commonwealth,  and  who  have  not  obtained  a  settlement  else 
where  therein. 

Sec.  3d.  Be  it  further  enacted  that  the  inhabitants  of  the 
said  town  of  Millbury  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  and  hold 
such  proportion  of  all  real  and  personal  property  of  the  said 
town  of  Sutton  of  what  kind  soever  it  may  be,  now  owned 
in  common  by  the  inhabitants  of  said  town  as  the  property 
of  the  Inhabitants  of  Millbury  bears  to  the  property  of  all 
the  inhabitants  of  the  said  town  of  Sutton  according  to  the 
last  valuation  thereof;  and  shall  also  be  holden  to  pay  their 
proportion  (to  be  ascertained  as  aforesaid)  of  all  the  debts 
now  due  and  owing  from  the  said  town  of  Sutton  and  the 
inhabitants,  and  the  inhabitants  of  said  Millbury  or  any 


144  ANNALS    OF   THE 

religious  Society  therein  shall  furthermore  be  entitled  to 
receive  and  hold  such  proportion  as  they  are  now  entitled 
to,  if  any,  of  the  ministerial  mone}-  raised  by  the  sale  of 
ministerial  lauds  in  said  Sutton  which  money  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  First  Congregational  Society  in  Sutton: 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted :  That  in  case  the  dividing 
line  between  the  said  town  of  Millbury  and  said  town  of 
Sutton  should  happen  to  divide  the  farms  of  any  of  the 
inhabitants  of  either  of  said  towns,  the  said  inhabitants 
shall  be  taxed  for  the  whole  of  their  home  farm  in  that  town 
only  where  they  may  respectively  dwell. 

Sec.  5th.  Be  it  further  enacted  :  That  any  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  the  County  of  Worcester  upon  application  there- 
for is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  his  warrant,  directed  to 
any  freeholder  in  the  said  town  of  Millbury  requiring  him 
to  notify  and  warn  the  inhabitants  thereof  to  meet  at  such 
time  and  place  as  may  be  appointed  in  said  warrant  for  the 
choice  of  all  such  town  officers  as  towns  are  by  law  required 
to  choose  at  their  annual  town  meetings. 

August  16th.  The  town  "  chose  Capt.  Reuben  Waters, 
Major  Josiah  Wheelock,  Mr.  James  McClellan  Jonas  Sibley 
Esq.  Dea.  Jonathan  Leland,  Mr.  Darius  Russell  and  Mr. 
Peter  Dudley  a  Committee  to  establish  the  line  between  the 
towns  of  Millbury  and  Sutton  and  make  a  settlement  with 
Millbury." 

Sept.  27th.  The  committee  above  mentioned  report  as 
follows : 

The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Town  of  Suttou  for 
the  purpose  of  settling  with  the  Town  of  Millbury  such 
matters  as  arise  from  the  recent  incorporation  of  that  town, 
ask  leave  to  report  that  they  have  attended  in  part  to  the 
affairs  of  their  appointment,  and  have  agreed  with  a  Com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  town  of  Millbury  to  report  the 
following  particulars  for  the  consideration  of  the  town. 

1st.  That  the  line  lately  reviewed  by  the  aforementioned 
Committees  and  stated  to  be  the  original  line  between  the 
North  and  South  Parishes  in  Sutton  be  considered  as  the 
line  between  the  towns  of  Sutton  and  Millbury. 

2ndly.  That  the  valuation  of  real  and  personal  property 
in  the  late  town  of  Sutton  be  considered  the  standard  for 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  145 

dividing  the  debts  and  property  belonging  to  the  towns  of 
Suttoii  and  Millbury. 

Hdly.  That  the  real  estate  given  or  purchased  for  the 
support  of  any  of  the  paupers  of  the  late  town  of  Sntton 
be  considered  as  the  property  of  that  town  to  which  such 
paupers  shall  fall  for  maintenance. 

4ly.  That  the  powder  house,  pound,  hearse-house  and 
hearse,  in  Sutton,  belong  to  that  town.  That  the  hearse- 
house  and  hearse  in  Millbury  shall  be  the  property  of  the 
town  of  Millbury.  That  the  town  of  Millbury,  however 
have  the  privilege  of  depositing  their  stock  in  the  powder- 
house  in  Sutton  as  long  as  is  convenient. 

othly.  That  the  money  raised  for  the  support  of  schools, 
the  poor  t&c.  by  the  late  town  of  Sutton  in  May  last,  be 
divided  before  it  is  assessed  and  each  town  be  at  liberty  to 
assess  its  share;,  but  the  State  and  County  taxes  must  be 
assessed  by  the  assessors  chosen  by  the  late  town  of  Sutton 
in  March  last  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  Sutton  and  Mill- 
bury  ;  each  town  however  to  pay  for  the  collecting  of  its 
own  inhabitants. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

1815. 

March  20th.  The  society  "  voted  to  choose  six  choris- 
ters, and  made  choice  of  Major  Thomas  Harback,  Mr.  John 
Carpenter,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Sibley,  Mr.  John  Morse,  Mrs. 
Lydia  Cummings,'and  Miss  M.  Whiting." 

April  5th.  The  town  "voted  to  choose  a  Committee  of 
tive  to  consider  the  propriety  of  building  a  house  for  the 
poor  who  are  to  report  the  same  to  the  town  at  their  next 
March  meeting." 

1816. 

March  4th.  The  above  committee  reported,  but  no  action 
was  taken  on  the  report. 

1817. 
May  5th.     We   copy  the  following  from  the  Worcester 

y  - 

Died  at  Suttoii  on  the  evening  of  the  5th  instant,  Ensign 
19 


146  ANNALS    OF  THE 

John  H.  Bartlett,  aged  3#. —  In  attempting  to  take  a  bag  of 
meal  from  the  fore-end  of  a  loaded  cart  while  the  team  was 
moving  along,  Mr.  Bartlett,  by  some  means  fell  directly 
before  the  wheels :  unable  immediately  to  extricate  himself, 
the  wheel  passed  over  the  lower  part  of  his  head  and  frac- 
tured his  skull  in  a  shocking  manner.  A  portion  of  the 
brain  was  forced  out  at  each  ear.  He  lived  about  two  hours 
after  the  accident. 

Also  at  Sutton  on  the  8th  instant  Lieut.  Jonathan  Burden, 
aged  56.  Mr.  Burden  brother  in  law  to  Mr.  Bartlet,  early 
on  Tuesday  morning,  the  6th  instant,  set  out  for  Upton  to 
give  information  of  the  death  of  the  latter.  Being  on  foot 
he  did  not  confine  himself  to  the  road,  but  took  the  nearest 
course  across  the  fields  and  lots.  In  attempting  to  get  over 
a  fence  he  fell  backwards  (as  was  supposed)  upon  his  head 
and  shoulders,  and  from  that  moment  was  unable  to  move 
from  the  spot  where  he  then  lay.  His  long  absence  excited 
much  alarm  among  his  friends  and  neighbors.  On  Wednes- 
day evening  a  number  of  the  inhabitants  assembled  and 
made  a  diligent  search  till  one  o'clock  that  night,  when  he 
was  found  nearly  exhausted  by  cold  and  the  effects  of  the 
injury  he  had  received.  He  had  been  lying  in  this  situation 
upwards  of  forty  hours.  After  being  removed  to  the  nearest 
house  he  died  in  about  ten  hours. 

Nov. Measures  were  taken  for  the  establishment  of  a 

line  of  stages  from  Boston  to  Hartford,  through  the  towns  of 
Framingham,  Grafton,  Sutton,  Oxford  and  Dudley  in  Massa- 
chusetts', and  Woodstock,  Ashford,  etc.,  in  Connecticut. 
Divisions  were  made  of  the  route,  and  companies  formed 
for  the  purpose  of  raising  the  necessary  funds  for  its  equip- 
ment. For  the  division  extending  from  Grafton  to  Ash- 
ford  the  sum  of  seventeen  hundred  ($1700.)  dollars  was 
required,  which  was  divided  into  shares  at  twenty-five  dol- 
lars each.  Subscriptions  were  solicited  from  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  towns  chiefly  benefited.  Among  the  subscribers 
names  we  find  from  Sutton  :  James  Freeland,  two  shares  ; 
Stephen  Monroe,  one  share ;  Moses  L.  Morse,  one  share ; 
Daniel  Hovey,  one  share. 


TOWN  OF  SUTTON.  147 

1818. 

May  4th.  The  town  "chose  a  Committee  of  five  to  look 
into  the  propriety  of  building  a  poor  house  and  make  report 
to  some  town-meeting  next  to  be  called." 

Dec.  14th.  The  above  Committee  reported  and  their 
report  was  recommitted  to  be  presented  at  the  next  annual 
meeting. 

1819. 

March  1st.  The  Committee  reported,  and  their  report 
was  accepted,  and  the  Selectmen  were  appointed  a  Commit- 
tee to  procure  a  suitable  house  to  accommodate  the  poor  of 
the  town. 

The  town  chose  Mr.  Samuel  Taylor  and  Sumner  Barstow 
and  Daniel  Tenuey  a  Committee  to  take  measures  to  obtain 
possession  of  the  donation  made  by  the  late  Mr.  John  Cole 
to  the  south  parish  in  Sutton  for  school  purposes,  if,  upon 
investigation,  it  shall  be  found  that  it  was  the  design  of  Mr. 
Cole  to  make  it  to  that  part  of  the  town  formerly  regarded 
as  the  first  or  South  Parish. 

1820. 

The  town  ' '  voted  that  a  suit  be  forthwith  commenced  in 
order  to  obtain  the  legacy  of  the  late  Mr.  John  Cole." 

1821. 

May  7th.  "Voted  that  Sumner  Barstow  be  directed  to 
endorse  a  writ  made  in  the  name  of  the  First  Parish  in 
Sutton  against  Hannah  Cole  and  the  town  will  pay  all  ex- 
pense." 

This  action  was  taken  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  posses- 
sion of  the  legacy  above  mentioned. 

1822. 

March  18th.  The  society  "voted  to  choose  a  Committee 
of  three  to  see  what  a  stove  for  the  meeting  house  will  cost 
and  report  to  the  next  Society  meeting,  and  made  choice  of 
Dea.  Jonathan  Leland,  Dea.  John  Morse,  and  Capt.  Enoch 
Stock  we  11." 


148  ANNALS    OF    THE 

1823. 

March  17th.  The  above  Committee  reported,  and  the 
society  "  voted  to  adjourn  the  matter  until  our  next  annual 
meeting." 

April  7th.  "Voted  to  purchase  a  farm  for  the  purpose 
of  support  hi":  the  town  poor  thereon." 

••  Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  of  five  to  examine  such 
farms  in  the  town  as  are  for  sale  and  ascertain  the  price  at 
which  each  may  be  purchased,  and  at  the  anniversary  meet- 
ing May  next,  report  to  the  town  which  in  their  opinion  it 
will  be  most  for  their  interest  to  purchase." 

May  oth.  The  committee  report  and  arc  authorized  "to 
purchase  for  and  in  behalf  of  the  town  a  farm  and  buildings 
such  as  they  shall  judge  suitable  and  most  convenient  for 
the  purpose  of  supporting  their  poor  thereon,  provided  that 
the  price  does  not  exceed  the  sum  of  three  thousand 
($3,000. )  dollars." 

This  proviso  was  afterwards  reconsidered  and  discretion- 
ary power  was  given  to  the  committee  "to  exceed  the  sum 
of  three  thousand  ($3,000.)  dollars  if  in  their  opinion  the 
interests  of  the  town  will  be  thereby  promoted." 

Aug.  16th.  In  society  meeting  the  following  votes  were 
passed : 

"Voted  to  repair  or  exchange  the  new  bell  and  to  raise 
the  money  by  subscription. 

"Chose  Dea.  Win.  Bond,  Jonas  L.  Sibley  Esq.,  Mr. 
Samuel  Taylor,  Major  Moses  L.  Morse,  and  Mr.  Elisha 
Hale  a  Committee  to  obtain  subscriptions  and  to  procure 
the  bell  and  have  it  placed  in  its  proper  place ;  the  bell  not 
to  exceed  seven  hundred  pounds  in  weight."  Also  "  Voted 
that  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that  money  ought  to  be 
raised  to  help  support  singing — but  as  we  are  not  going 
to  raise  any  money  at  present,  it  is  not  thought  best  to. raise 
any  at  this  time/' 

1X24. 

March  1st.  The  committee  chosen  to  purchase  a  farm  for 
the  town  for  the  use  of  the  poor  "  reported,  that  they  had  not 
purchased  any  and  asked  to  be  discharged  from  further  duty." 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  149 

March  15th.  The  society's  committee  to  procure  a  bell 
reported  as  follows : 

W eight  of  new  bell,  1084  Ibs. 

Cost  of  new  bell,     -  $374.00 

( 'artiug  and  raising.  -   $20.70 

Whole  cost  of  bell,  $394.70 

Received  for  the  old  bell.  -          -           $179.7") 

The  old  bell  had  upon  it  the  following  inscription  : 
••This  bell   is  a  present  made  by  Mr.  Ebenezer  Waters  to 
the  First  Society  in  Sutton  as  long  as  the  gospel  Ministry  is 
maintained  by  the  Congregatioiialest,   Presbyterian  —  Epis- 
copalian  and   Baptist  in  this  place,  if  all  the  above  fail  in 
this  place  then  to  some  other  preference  to  the  First  Parish." 
June    23d.      We   find  in  the  Mattsac.hn.Mttx  Spy  of  this 
date  the  following  notice  : 

UNION    CELEBRATION  t 

The  Forty-ninth  Anniversary  of  our  Xational  Indepen- 
dence will  be  celebrated  at  Sutton  on  the  5th  of  July  next, 
without  distinction  of  party.  An  address  will  be  delivered 
on  the  occasion  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hoadley  of  Worcester.  A 
dinner  and  other  accommodations,  both  for  gentlemen  and 
ladies,  will  be  provided  at  the  house  of  the  Rev.  Edmund 
Mills  by  two  citizens  of  the  town.  Tickets  fifty  cents  exclu- 
sive of  liquor,  which  will  be  furnished  to  those  who  call  for 
it  by  paying  for  the  same. 

Necessary  accommodations  for  horses  by  Edmund  J.  Mills. 

Services  to  commence  at  11  o'clock. 

CALEB  BUHBANK. 

Per  order  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements. 

1K25. 

March  21st.  In  a  meeting  this  date  the  society  "Voted 
that  the  singers  choose  their  own  leaders." 

May  2d.  "Voted  to  raise  forty  (40.00)  dollars  for  the 
support  of  singing,"  and  "chose  Benj.  Batcheller.  Daniel 
AVoodbury  and  Nathaniel  Sibley  a  Committee  to  lay  out  and 
spend  the  above  forty  dollars. 

Nov.  7th.      Rev.  Edmund  Mills  died. 


150  ANNALS    OF   THE 

1826. 

March  20th.  The  society  "Voted  that  the  Committee 
be  directed  to  procure  gravestones  to  the  Rev.  Edmund 
Mills'  grave,  said  stones  not  to  exceed  forty  (40.00)  dol- 
lars." 

May  4th.  The  society  "voted  unanimously  to  join  with 
the  Church  in  giving  Mr.  John  Maltby  an  invitation  to 
settle  with  them  in  the  ministry." 

Trouble  with  singing  and  singers  continues,  as  is  evident 
from  the  following  vote  : 

"  Voted  that  the  Society  disapprove  of  the  scandalous  let- 
ter addressed  to  Mr.  Vernon  Titus,  one  of  the  Choristers,  and 
chose  a  ( 'ommittee  of  three  to  inform  Mr.  Titus  of  this  vote 
and  request  him  to  resume  his  office  as  Chorister." 

1828. 

March  3d.  The  town  "  chose  Jonas  L.  Sibley,  Nathan- 
iel Woodbury  and  Thomas  Harback  a  Committee  to  inquire 
into  the  expediency  of  purchasing  a  farm  for  the  poor  of 
the  town,  and  see  if  one  can  be  procured,  and  make  their 
report  at  the  April  meeting." 

April  7th.  The  above  committee  reported  that  they  had 
examined  Dea.  Bond's  farm,  containing  about  ninety  acres, 
valued  at  three  thousand  dollars,  the  farm  of  Mr.  Elias 
Pratt,  being  about  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres,  and  valued 
at  thirty-eight  hundred  (3800.)  dollars. 

"  They  preferred  the  one  occupied  by  Mr.  Simon  Hutch- 
inson  to  either  of  the  others,  containing  about  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres,  and  recommend  that  the  town  purchase  the 
same.  But  the  question  being  put  whether  this  report 
should  be  accepted  ;  it  was  negatived." 

The  question  was  submitted  — ' '  shall  a  new  County  be 
formed  by  taking  from  the  County  of  Worcester  the  seven- 
teen following  towns  :  to  wit,  Royalston,  Winchendon,  Athol, 
Templeton,  Philipston,  Lancaster,  Bolton,  Harvard,  Gardner, 
Westminster,  Ashburnham,  Fitchburg,  Leorninster,  Lunen- 
burg,  Princeton  and  Hubbardstou." 

The  majority  voted  "  no." 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  151 

November  3d.  The  church  erected  in  1751  was  burned. 
A  town  meeting  had  been  held  in  it  during  the  day  to 
vote  for  representative  to  congress 'and  electors  of  presi- 
dent and  vice  president.  The  fire  occurred  at  night ;  its 
origin  was  never  ascertained,  and  by  many  it  was  supposed 
to  be  the  work  of  an  incendiary. 

Nov.  24th.  A  meeting  of  the  society  Avas  held  for  the 
purpose  of  taking  measures  to  erect  a  new  house  of  worship. 
At  this  meeting  it  was  "voted  that  the  Rev.  John  Maltby 
be  invited  to  open  the' meeting  by  prayer,  which  invitation 
was  given  and  complied  with.'' 

"Voted  that  it  is  the  ardent  desire  of  the  members  of 
this  Society  that  a  new  house  of  Public  and  Religious  wor- 
ship should  be  erected  near  the  site  of  the  old  meeting- 
house to  be  called  the  First  Congregational  Society's  Meet- 
ing-house in  Sutton,  and  the  Proprietors  thereof  to  form 
the  said  Society  and  be  entitled  to  the  funds  now  belonging 
to  said  Society,  and  all  the  powers  and  privileges  of  the  same, 
and  that  individually  we  will  use  our  utmost  endeavors  to 
accomplish  the  object." 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  raise  by  subscription  the 
necessary  funds. 

The  following  were  appointed  a  building  committee  : 

Amos  Armsby,  Jonas  L.  Sibley,  Daniel  Tenney,  Elisha 
Hale  and  Nathaniel  Woodbury. 

1829. 

June  15th.  The  corner  stone  of  the  new  meeting-house 
was  laid  with  appropriate  services. 

In  this  stone  was  deposited  a  silver  plate,  upon  which  is 
the  following  inscription  :  ' 4  Erected  by  the  first  Congrega- 
tional Society  in  Sutton  dedicated  to  God  —  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Ghost— A.  D.  1829." 

A  list  of  the  subscribers  for  building  the  house  was  also 
placed  in  the  corner  stone,  and  the  sums  specified  which 
each  contributed. 

The  contract  for  the  stone  work  of  the  church  was  $1,140, 
and  for  the  house  $4,800. 


152  ANNALS    OF  THE 

1830. 

The  new  meeting-house  seems  to  have  been  completed  in 
February  of  this  year.  It  \vas  dedicated  February  24th. 
Edmund  J.  Mills  was  marshal  on  the  occasion. 

1831. 

May  llth.  The  town  ''Voted  to  hold  its  meetings  in  the 
future  in  the  basement  of  the  Congregational  Meeting-house 
and  to  pay  the  Congregational  Society  the  sum  of  twenty- 
tive  dollars  per  year  for  the  use  of  said  room.'' 

June  15th.  The  society  finding  the  act  of  incorporation 
of  1794  in  some  respects  defective,  secured  an  amendatory 
act  as  follows : 

An   Act  in  addition  to   an   Act    to    incorporate    the    First 
Congregational  Society  in  Sutton. 

Section  1st.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House 
of  Representatives  in  General  Court  assembled  and  by  the 
authority  of  the  same  : 

That  the  First  Congregational  Society  in  Sutton,  be  and 
they  hereby  are  authorized  and  impowered  to  raise  by  tax  on 
the  pews  or  parts  of  pews  or  seats  in  the  Meeting  house  of 
said  Society,  or  on  such  portion  of  them  as  said  Society  at  a 
legal  Meeting  thereof  shall  vote  and  determine  to  be  taxed 

O  O 

and  assessed  such  sum  or  sums  of  money  as  they  shall  agree 
upon  and  Grant  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  and  support- 
ing a  public  Teacher  or  Teachers  of  morality,  for  repairs  and 
alterations  of  their  said  Meeting-house  and  for  all  other 
purposes  incident  to  and  connected  with  the  objects  of  said 
Society. 

Section  2nd.  Be  it  further  enacted :  That  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Collector  or  Collectors  of  said  Society  to  give 
notice  to  the  proprietor  or  proprietors  of  the  pews  or  parts 
of  pews  or  seats  in  said  Meeting  house,  by  posting  up  at  the 
entrance  thereof  and  at  some  other  Convenient  public  place 
in  said  town  of  Sutton,  a  notification  in  writing  of  the  time 
and  place  he  or  they  will  meet  the  said  Proprietor  or  Propri- 
etors, thirty  days  at  least  prior  to  the  time  of  such  meeting, 
together  with  a  Copy  of  the  Tax  Bill  committed  to  him  or 
them  to  Collect  to  receive  the  tax  or  assessment  made  upon 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  153 

his  or  their  respective  pew  or  pews  or  parts  thereof  or  seats 
for  the  purposes  aforesaid ;  and  if  any  proprietor  or  propri- 
etors as  aforesaid  shall  fail  to  meet  said  Collector  or  Collectors 
as  aforesaid,  and  pay  to  him  or  them  the  tax  or  assessment 
made  upon  his  or  their  pew  or  pews  or  parts  thereof  or  seats 
as  aforesaid,  and  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  pay  the  same  to 
said  Collector  or  Collectors  of  said  Society,  they  are  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  sell  at  public  vendu  such 
delinquent  proprietor  or  proprietors  pew  or  pews  or  interest 
therein  or  seat  or  seats  —  having  tirst  given  public  notice  of 
the  time  and  place  of  sale,  by  posting  up  notifications  thereof 
at  two  or  more  public  places  in  said  Town  of  Sutton  four 
days  at  least  before  the  time  appointed  for  said  sale  and 
make  and  execute  a  good  and  sufficient  deed  or  deeds  thereof 
to  the  purchaser  or  purchasers  of  the  same  :  provided  how- 
ever that  such  sale  or  sales  shall  not  be  valid  nor  the  Deed 
or  deeds  be  given  as  aforesaid,  unless  said  Collector  or 
Collectors  shall  have  tirst  obtained  the  consent  in  writing  of 
the  prudential  Committee  of  said  Society  to  make  such  sale 
or  sales  as  aforesaid,  and  in  case  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
such  delinquent  or  delinquents  pew  or  pews  or  parts  thereof 
or  seat  or  seats  made  as  aforesaid  shall  not  be  sufficient  to 
pay  the  whole  amount  of  the  sum  assessed  upon  them  as 
aforesaid  and  all  legal  charges,  such  Collector  or  Collectors 
are  authorized  and  empowered,  and  it  is  hereby  made  their 
duty  to  collect  such  deficiency  with  all  the  expense  attending 
the  same  out  of  other  property  of  such  delinquent  or  delin- 
quents in  the  same  manner  as  Town,  County  or  State  taxes 
are  collected. 

Sect.  3d.  Be  it  further  enacted  :  That  so  much  of  the 
Act  to  which  this  is  in  addition,  as  is  inconsistent  with  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  be  and  hereby  is  repealed. 

In  House  of  Representatives  June  15th  1831. 
Passed  to  be  enacted 

W.  B.  CALHOUN,  Speaker. 

In  Senate  June  15th  1831. 

Passed  to  be  enacted 

LEVEKETT  SALTONSTALL  President. 

June  15th  1831.  Approved  LEVI  LINCOLN. 

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154  ANNALS    OF   THE 

1833. 

March  4th.  Origen  Harback  and  others  petition  for  "  lib- 
erty to  erect  a  public  house  for  a  tavern  on  the  Common 
near  the  Congregational  Meeting-house  on  the  site  of  the 
old  meeting-house." 

A  committee  is  appointed  to  take  the  matter  under  con- 
sideration. At  an  adjourned  meeting  this  committee  report 
' '  that  it  is  the  opinion  of  the  Committee  that  the  Town  sell 
the  Town  Common  in  lots  at  public  auction  to  the  highest 
bidder  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  buildings  thereon,  as  may 
best  accommodate  purchasers,  the  town  giving  Quit-Claim 
Deeds  for  the  same."  Which  report  was  not  accepted. 

1835. 

March  2d.  The  warrant  for  a  town  meeting  contained  the 
following  article  : 

"  To  see  if  the  town  will  instruct  the  Selectmen  to  with- 
hold any  approbation  or  recommendation  for  any  person  as 
a  retailer  of  spirituous  liquors  in  said  town  for  the  ensuing 
year  and  to  see  what  other  directions  the  town  will  give 
their  Selectmen  in  relation  to  the  same  subject."  Upon 
which  the  town  ' '  Voted  not  to  instruct  the  Selectmen  not  to 
grant  licences." 

1836. 

May  9th.  The  town  "Voted  that  a  Committee  of  five  be 
nominated  by  the  Selectmen  for  a  Committee  to  purchase  a 
farm  for  the  Town  and  Edmund  J.  Mills,  Caleb  Chase, 
David  Putnam,  Joshua  Armsby  and  Samuel  Waters  were 
nominated  and  chosen  for  said  Committee  to  buy  a  farm." 

1837. 

Jan.  23d.  The  town  took  action  as  follows  upon  the  dis- 
position of  the  surplus  revenue  which  had  accumulated  in 
the  United  States  treasury  and  by  act  of  Congress  been 
divided  among  the  several  states. 

"Voted  to  adopt  the  following  Resolves  and  that  our 
Representatives  be  furnished  with  a  copy  of  the  same  and 
requested  to  Act  accordingly. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  155 

'  <  Resolved  that  while  we  feel  deeply  sensible  of  the 
importance  of  the  general  defusion  of  intelligence  and 
knowledge  throughout  the  community  at  large  as  inductive 
of  public  happiness  and  virtue  as  well  as  for  the  better 
understanding  of  the  principles  of  our  government,  and  the 
preservation  of  our  liberties,  and  of  Public  schools  as  pro- 
motive  of  this  end — as  also  of  the  great  and  general  benefit 
resulting  from  a  liberal  and  well  regulated  system  of  Internal 
improvements  within  the  State  —  and  while  we  would  rec- 
ommend those  as  well  as  the  general  interests  of  education 
to  the  guardian  care  and  fostering  hand  of  government  — 
yet  as  the  revenues  of  the  Country  are  collected  from  the 
people  through  the  Custom-houses  or  by  the  sale  of  the 
public  lands  which  are  the  property  of  the  people,  therefore 

"Resolved,  That  the  objects  of  Congress  in  disposing  of 
the  surplus  revenues  of  the  different  States  of  the  Union 
would  be  better  obtained  and  more  justly  effected  by  distrib- 
uting the  share  to  be  deposited  with  this  State  among  the 
several  towns  and  districts  of  this  Commonwealth  in  pro- 
portion to  their  respective  population  to  be  by  them  appro- 
priated as  they  shall  deem  most  fit  and  proper." 

April  3d.  The  town  "voted  to  receive  from  the  Treasurer 
and  Receiver  General  of  the  Commonwealth  its  proportion 
of  the  surplus  revenue  of  the  United  States  in  deposit  and 
will  comply  with  the  terms  and  provisions  of  the  several 
Acts  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  said  Commonwealth  con- 
cerning the  deposit  of  the  surplus  revenue." 

The  town  records  contain  no  reference  to  the  purchase  of 
a  farm  by  the  committee  appointed  May  9th,  1836,  but  at 
the  meeting  held  as  above,  it  was  "Voted  that  the  Over- 
seers of  the  Poor  stock  and  furnish  the  Town  Farm."  * 

1843. 

Aug.  6th.  Much  interest  began  to  be  manifested  by 
many  in  the  town  in  the  cause  of  temperance,  as  is  evident 
from  the  following  article  in  the  warrant  for  a  town  meeting 
upon  this  date,  "To  see  if  the  town  by  vote  will  instruct  the 

*  The  farm  now  known  as  the  "Town  Farm,"  was  purchased  of  David 
Tourtelott,  March  15,  1837. 


156  ANNALS    OF    THE 

Selectmen  not  to  approbate  any  person  to  be  licensed  as  an 
inn-holder  with  a  license  to  retail  or  sell  wine,  or  spirituous, 
or  fermented   liquors,   or  any  other  person  as  a  retailer  of 
wine,  or  spirituous,  or  fermented  liquors." 
This  article  was  not  acted  upon. 

1844. 

Jan.  29th.  The  society  "voted  that  the  meeting-house 
be  not  opened  for  any  political  or  secular  purpose,  and  that 
the  basement  of  said  house  be  not  opened  for  any  purposes 
excepting  the  concerns  of  the  town,  Society,  or  Church, 
without  the  express  leave  of  the  Prudential  Committee,  and 
then  only  at  the  full  expense  of  the  persons  applying  for 
permission." 

1846. 

March  2d.  Warren  Hunt  and  others  have  petitioned 
the  legislature  to  be  incorporated  in  connection  with  East 
Douglas  as  a  new  town.  Upon  which  petition  the  town 
took  action  as  follows  : 

"Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  meeting  the  peti- 
tion of  Warren  Hunt  and  others  now  pending  before  the 
Legislature  of  this  Commonwealth  for  an  Act  of  Incorpora- 
tion for  a  new  town  out  of  territory  of  the  towns  of  Doug- 
las and  Sutton  by  which  said  towns  will  be  deprived  of  a 
portion  of  their  respective  territory  ought  not  to  pass.  That 
if  said  petition  for  said  Act  of  Incorporation  was  to  pass,  it 
would  do  great  injustice  to  both  of  said  towns  of  Douglas 
and  Sutton. 

"Resolved,  That  this  town  will  take  all  lawful  and  proper 
measures  to  oppose  the  passage  of  any  Act  of  Incorporation 
of  a  new  town  under  said  petition  by  which  this  town  shall 
be  deprived  of  any  part  of  its  territory." 

1847. 

March  1st.  The  legacy  left  by  Mr.  John  Cole  for  school 
purposes,  to  which  reference  was  made  in  these  annals  under 
the  dates  of  1819,  '20-21,  was  awarded  by  the  court  in  which 
the  town  had  brought  suit  for  its  possession  to  the  keeping 


TOWN    OF   RUTTON.  157 

of  the  South  Parish  (what  was  the  South  Parish  when  the 
legacy  was  made).  The  parish  make  a  proposition  to  the 
town  to  take  this  money  as  a  permanent  loan.  Upon  which 
proposition  the  town  "voted  to  borrow  of  the  South  Parish 
in  Sutton  the  amount  of  the  school-fund  belonging  to  said 
parish,  at  six  per  cent,  interest  per  annum,  payable  on  the 
1st  day  of  January  annually,  and  that  their  Treasurer  be 
authorized  under  the  superintendence  of  their  Selectmen  to 
give  security  for  the  same." 

1853. 

Nov.  14.  Certain  persons  interested  in  the  formation  of 
a  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  have  asked  the  town  for  a  lot 
of  land  ' '  on  the  west  side  of  the  Common  or  in  the  South- 
west corner  of  the  burying-ground  upon  which  to  erect  a 
meeting  house."  Upon  which  request  the  following  motion 
was  made:  "That  the  town  grant  the  M.  E.  Church  the 
use  of  a  portion  of  the  common  as  asked  for,  on  condition 
that  a  Committee  of  three,  one  of  whom  shall  be  a  member 
of  said  Society,  shall  investigate  the  matter  immediately,  and 
decide  that  it  can  be  done  legally." 

The  above  motion  was  adopted,  and  Messrs.  G.  W.  Put- 
nam, Samuel  Taylor  and  Horace  Leland  were  chosen  a 
committee  "to  locate  and  fix  the  spot  for  said  house,  if 
they  shall  find  they  have  a  legal  right." 

1854. 

March  6th.  The  town  chose  "  Sylvanus  Putnam,  as 
Agent  to  give  a  lease  of  the  lot  of  land  granted  by  the 
town  to  the  M.  E.  Church  and  located  by  the  Committee 
chosen  for  that  purpose."  It  was  also  "voted  that  when- 
ever the  M.  E.  Church  shall  cease  to  worship  in  their  house 
the  land  shall  revert  back  to  the  town  and  the  house  shall 
l>e  moved." 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  Society  was  duly  organized  — 
officers  were  chosen  and  a  code  of  by-laws  adopted,  and 
measures  taken  to  secure  a  lease  from  the  town  of  a  lot  of 
land  for  their  meeting  house. 


158  ANNALS   OF  THE 

April  1st.  A  lease  of  a  lot  upon  the  west  side  of  the  com- 
mon, a  little  south  of  the  school-house  was  given  by  the 
agent  appointed  for  the  purpose,  the  condition  of  which 
was,  "that  a  House  of  worship  should  be  built  upon  said 
premises  on  or  before  the  expiration  of  three  years  from  the 
14th  day  of  November  last,  and  that  whenever  the  said  M. 
E.  Church  shall  cease  to  worship  in  their  House  for  the  time 
of  one  year,  the  land  shall  revert  back  to  the  Town  of  Sut- 
ton,  and  the  Lessees  shall  remove  their  House  of  Worship 
from  the  said  premises  and  clear  them  of  all  iucumbrances."  * 

1856. 

Feb.  23.  Several  petitions  are  pending  before  the  Gen- 
eral Court  for  a  dismemberment  of  the  town.  "Horace 
Leland,  Le  Baron  Putnam,  Putnam  King,  Pliny  Slocumb 
and  Simon  J.  Woodbury  are  appointed  a  Committee  to 
oppose  these  petitions." 

Dec.  6.  The  above  named  committee  are  instructed  "to 
oppose  all  petitions  of  a  like  nature  which  may  come  before 
the  next  General  Court." 

1857. 

April  6.  "Voted  to  instruct  our  Representative  in  Gen- 
eral Court  to  use  the  extent  of  his  ability  and  influence  to 
oppose  and  vote  against  any  proposition  for  a  dismember- 
ment of  the  Town  before  the  present  Legislature." 

1861. 

April  11.  Fort  Sumter  was  fired  upon  and  the  war  of 
the  Rebellion  inaugurated. 

April  15.  The  President  issues  his  Proclamation  calling 
for  75,000  of  the  militia  of  the  several  states  to  "repossess 
the  forts,  places  and  property,"  which  had  been  seized,  "  to 
maintain  the  perpetuity  of  popular  Government  and  to 
redress  wrongs  long  enough  endured." 

These  men  were  called  for  three  mouths'  service. 

April  29.  An  impromtu  meeting  of  citizens  of  the 
town  was  held  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  situation, 


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TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  159 

and  a  committee  appointed  to  draught  a  series  of  resolutions 
for  the  action  of  a  meeting  of  the  town  called  for  the  day 
following. 

April  30.  At  the  meeting  of  this  date  the  feeling  of 
indignation  at  the  atrocity  of  the  act  of  tiring  on  the  national 
flag ;  of  patriotic  devotion,  and  of  determined  purpose  to 
crush  rebellion,  was  in  full  harmony  with  that  which  pre- 
vailed throughout  all  the  loyal  states.  In  view  of  the  peril 
of  the  hour,  and  the  necessity  of  wise  action,  it  was  pro- 
posed that  the  proceedings  be  opened  with  prayer ;  and  it 
is  recorded  that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hawkins  being  called  upon 
"to  address  the  Throne  of  Grace,  responded  in  a  fervent 
and  appropriate  prayer." 

On  motion  of  E.  J.  Mills,  it  was  "  voted  that  a  Commit- 
tee chosen  at  a  meeting  held  last  evening  to  present  the  sub- 
ject for  action  to-day  be  invited  to  do  so  now,  and  the  Hon. 
J.  D.  McCrate,  Chairman  of  said  Committee,  responded  in 


the  following 


RESOLUTIONS. 


Resolved,  That  in  this  most  unnatural  contest,  waged 
against  our  Country  by  a  band  of  traitors  in  the  Southern 
States,  we,  the  inhabitants  of  Sutton,  believing  that  the 
whole  strength  of  the  country  should  be  exerted  in  an  official 
manner  to  put  down  rebellion,  call  upon  the  Government  of 
the  United  States  to  make  no  terms  or  compromises  with 
traitors,  but  to  carry  on  the  war  in  such  a  manner,  and  with 
such  force  as  will  strengthen  the  union  sentiment  which  we 
believe  still  exists  in  portions  of  the  rebellious  States,  and 
intimidate  and  overwhelm  those,  who,  regardless  of  all  obli- 
gations, seek  a  division  of  our  beloved  Country. 

Resolved.  That  we  are  neither  advocates  of,  nor  believers 
in  the  right  of  Secession,  That  we  regard  the  course  taken 
by  the  self-styled  Seceding  States  as  Revolution  without 
justifiable  cause,  and  that  the  Government  of  the  Country  is 
therefore  bound  to  put  it  down  by  the  strong  arm  of  force. 

Resolved.  That  we  appropriate  the  sum  of  six  thousand 
($6,000)  dollars  for  the  specific  object  of  taking  care  of  the 


1HO  ANNALS    OF   THE 

families,  and  of  uniforming  such  of  the  inhabitants  of  this 
Town  as  shall  enlist  either  for  the  war  or  for  three  years  or 
more,  and  shall  be  called  out  to  serve  for  that  period  and  be 
accepted  by  the  regularly  constituted  authorities  of  the 
Country. 

Resolved.  •  That  the  above  sum  or  whatever  portion  thereof 
be  necessary  shall  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  a 
Committee  of  three  to  be  chosen  at  this  meeting. 

Resolved.  That  Col.  John  D.  McCrate,  A.  Dudley  Chase 
and  James  Taylor  be  a  Committee  for  the  purpose  above 
mentioned. 

"Voted  to  pay  such  persons  as  may  volunteer  one  dollar 
per  day  for  the  time  necessary  to  be  expended  in  drilling." 

June  4th.  The  town  give  instructions  as  follows,  with 
reference  to  the  pay  of  Volunteers  and  aid  to  their  families : 

"The  Committee  elected,  at  a  previous  meeting,  for  the 
purpose  of  disbursing  certain  moneys  to  Volunteer  Soldiers 
and  their  families  are  instructed  to  pay  all  persons  who  have 
volunteered  belonging  to  Sutton  the  sum  of  one  dollar  per 
day  for  actual  drilling  and  to  pay  the  families  of  the  same 
such  sums  per  week  as  the  late  State  Act  has  authorized. 
The  said  Committee  are  farther  instructed  to  pay  the  Towns 
of  Oxford,  and  Grafton,  or  other  Towns,  such  sums  of 
money  as  they  have  paid  or  shall  pay  our  men  for  drilling, 
or  for  uniforms." 

June  8th.  The  Committee  chosen  April  30th  to  attend  to 
the  disbursement  of  certain  sums  of  money  report : 

"That  they  believe  the  legal  duties  incumbent  upon  them 
can  be  as  well  transacted  by  the  Selectmen,  and  they  would 
therefore  respectfully  resign." 

Their  resignation  was  accepted,  and  the  selectmen  were 
instructed  to  discharge  the  duties  of  this  committee  and  to 
render  such  aid  to  the  families  of  volunteers  as  in  their 
judgment  they  may  require. 

The  town  also  authorized  the  treasurer,  "by  the  advice  of 
the  Selectmen  to  borrow  from  time  to  time  such  sum  or 
sums  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  purposes  above 
mentioned." 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  1H1 

1862. 

July  22(1.  The  town  "  voted  to  pay  to  each  Volunteer 
who  shall  enlist  into  the  Army  of  the  United  States  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars." 

August  2d.  The  town  "Voted  to  offer  a  bounty  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  ($150.00)  dollars  to  any  person  who,  on, 
or  before,  the  eighteenth  day  of  August,  will  enlist  as  a 
Volunteer  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  as  one  of  quota 
of  twenty-eight  men  from  Sutton,  the  same  to  be  paid  as 
soon  as  such  person  shall  have  been  accepted  and  mustered." 

August  23d.  The  call  for  nine  months  men  was  promptly 
responded  to  by  the  town,  which  "voted  to  take  measures 
to  procure  by  enlistment  our  quota  of  troops,  and  to  pay  to 
each  person  enlisting  as  one  of  said  quota  a  bounty  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  ($150.00)  dollars." 

At  this  meeting  "the  following  Resolutions,  presented  by 
Jason  Waters,  Esq.  were  unanimously  adopted  and  the 
Clerk  instructed  to  furnish  a  Copy  for  the  press,  and  also  to 
forward  a  Copy  to  the  President." 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas,  The  President  having  called  upon  this  town  to 
raise  a  second  quota  of  men,  in  addition  to  those  who,  with 
patriotic  zeal  previously  volunteered  for  the  service,  to  put 
down  the  iniquitous,  Southern  Rebellion,  therefore, 

Resolved:  —  That  we  heartily  respond  to  this  and  any  call 
the  President  may  make,  to  crush  treason  and  save  our 
Country  from  its  withering  curse,  upon  the  great  principles 
set  forth  in  the  Declaration  of  Human  Rights  made  by  the 
Fathers  of  the  Republic  —  by  the  powers  conferred  upon 
the  Government  by  the  Constitution  and  laws,  and  by  the 
rights  which  the  laws  of  the  Civilized  Nations  of  the  World 
declare  to  be  just ;  and  to  this  end  alone  do  we  hereby 
pledge  ourselves,  our  lives  and  property,  all  that  we  are, 
and  all  that  we  can  be,  to  the  prompt  deliverance  of  our 
Country  from  the  baneful  curse  of  malignant  traitors  and 
unscrupulous  assassins. 

Resolved  :  —  That  it  is  with  the  deepest  humiliation  and 
most  poignant  regret,  that  we  have  witnessed  the  great 
21 


162  ANNALS    OF   THE 

sacrifice  of  human  life,  in  the  persons  of  our  brave  soldiers 
and  the  union  loving  people  of  the  Southern  States,  together 
with  millions  of  public  and  private  property,  which  sacrifice, 
in  our  belief,  was  made  in  the  efforts  of  the  Government  to 
placate  and  flatter  rebels,  secessionists,  or  semi-secessionists, 
by  exempting  from  seizure  and  confiscation  a  portion  of  the 
property  of  rebels  on  which  they  relied  for  success  in  their 
hellish  raid,  and  without  which  a  successful  resistance  to  the 
laws  and  armies  of  the  United  States  could  not  be  of  long 
duration. 

Resolved  :  —  That  we  earnestly  urge  the  President  to  adopt 
a  policy,  that  shall  make  these  contumacious  scoundrels  feel 
the  horrors  of  a  war  of  their  own  inauguration,  believing  it 
to  be  but  justice  to  humanity  that  the  authors  of  this  most 
atrocious  rebellion  should  be  made  to  feel  in  some  degree, 
commensurate  with  their  crimes,  the  evils  and  woes  which 
they  with  blackhearted  villainy  have  thrust  upon  humanity 
which  they  have  cursed,  —  in  the  name  of  freemen  who  stand 
firm  and  unconditionally  by  their  Country,  its  Constitution, 
and  Laws  —  in  the  name  of  the  brave  heroes  who  have  died 
that  their  Country  might  live  —  in  the  name  of  a  just  God 
who  ruleth  all  nations  with  the  sceptre  of  Perfect  justice,  to 
take  a  position  on  the  great  principles  of  Truth,  Liberty  and 
Justice,  and  adopt  a  policy  that  has  for  its  purpose  the 
sudden  and  utter  destruction  of  every  root  and  branch  of 
this  diabolical  rebellion,  and  let  it  be  universally  proclaimed 
to  the  army,  the  navy,  the  country  and  the  world,  so  that 
there  may  be  no  longer  any  conflict  of  opinion  among  the 
people  of  the  country  or  the  world,  nor  further  conflict  of 
action  among  subordinate  officials  ;  and  that  any  obstacle  to 
so  grand  a  consummation,  whether  it  be  officials  in  the  army 
or  navy  —  ministers  in  the  cabinet  or  foreign  courts  ;  whether 
it  be  from  States  at  home  or  nations  abroad,  acting  under 
the  specious  pretext  of  neutrality,  let  them  be  speedily 
removed ;  and  the  Nation  will  then  arise  from  the  dust  of 
her  humiliation,  with  her  noble  principles  tried  and  purified 
to  elevate  mankind  and  bless  the  world." 

August  30th.  "The  Rev.  Mr.  Richardson,  of  Worcester, 
by  previous  invitation,  was  present,  and  favored  the  people 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  163 

with  an  Address  upon  the  condition,  and  prospects  of  the 
Country,  and  our  present  crisis.  Many  Ladies,  to  whom  an 
invitation  had  been  extended  to  do  so,  were  present,  to 
listen  to  the  Address  and  encourage  us  by  their  presence."  * 

1863. 

Massachusetts,  under  the  guidance  of  her  noble  Governor, 
John  A.  Andrew,  was  the  first  state  to  respond  to  the  call  of 
President  Lincoln  for  troops  for  the  defense  of  the  national 
capital,  after  the  bombardment  and  surrender  of  Fort 
Sumter.  As  early  as  1860  she  had  made  a  tender  to  the 
government  of  her  military  forces,  and  had  put  five  thousand 
men  under  drill,  for  whom  she  had  provided  clothing  and 
accoutrements  ;  but  of  these  only  three  thousand  were  armed 
with  the  Springfield  rifle-musket. 

The  first  call  for  troops  was  received  on  the  fifteenth  of 
April,  1861 ,  and  on  the  sixteenth  two  regiments,  mustered  with 
all  necessary  equipments  ready  to  move  ;  and  within  six  days 
from  the  date  of  the  President's  call,  Massachusetts  had  six 
regiments  on  the  way  to  the  scene  of  danger.  Many  of  these 
troops  were  poorly  armed,  and  left  the  state  relying  upon 
the  ability  of  the  national  government  to  supply  the  defect 
when  they  should  arrive  at  their  destination.  But  the  gov- 
ernment was  sadly  deficient  in  arms,  owing  to  the  depletion 
of  the  northern  armories  by  John  B.  Floyd,  secretary  of 
war  —  the  seizure  of  the  United  States  armory  at  Harper's 
Ferry  by  the  militia  of  Virginia,  which  contained  fifteen 
thousand  stand  of  arms — and  the  destruction  of  Gosport 
Navy  Yard  at  Norfolk,  Va. ,  by  order  of  the  government, 
which  was  the  largest  depot  of  arms  in  the  United  States. 

Good  arms  were  the  great  need  of  the  hour,  but  this  need 
was  not  supplied  during  the  first  two  years  of  the  war. 
Massachusetts  sent  an  agent  to  Europe  to  procure  arms,  but 
those  purchased  were  of  such  inferior  quality  that  they  were 
of  no  service,  and  whole  regiments,  more  than  a  year  after 
the  bombardment  of  Fort  Sumter,  were  detained  from  the 
field.  The  disaster  of  Ball's  Bluff,  in  which  the  fifteenth 

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184  ANNALS    OF    THE 

Massachusetts  suffered  so  severely,  was  due  largely  to  their 
being  armed  with  muzzle  loading,  smooth  bore  muskets,  while 
contending  against  the  superior  weapons  in  the  hands  of  the 
Mississippi  riflemen.  Strange  as  it  may  seem,  there  were 
private  armories  in  our  own  state  that  were  furnishing,  prior 
to  the  war,  the  British  and  Russian  governments  with  breech- 
loading  rifles,  and  it  was  no  secret  that  the  armory  at  Chico- 
pee  Falls  completed  a  contract  for  the  manufacture  of  such 
rifles  for  the  state  of  Mississippi ;  yet  the  opinion  of  the 
military  martinets  ruled  such  arms  out  of  the  hands  of  the 
infantry  soldiers  of  the  Union. 

In  the  first  session  of  the  Massachusetts  legislature  in 
1863,  the  military  committee  (unanimously  on  the  part  of 
the  House)  reported  a  bill  for  the  purchase  of  small  arms 
and  ordnance,  and  upon  recommendation  of  the  finance 
committee,  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  were  appropri- 
ated for  that  purpose.  The  bill  restricted  the  purchases 
to  be  made  by  the  governor  to  the  Springfield  musket 
pattern.  Mr.  Jason  Waters,  our  townsman,  who  repre- 
sented this  district  in  the  legislature  of  1863  and  1864, 
moved  to  amend  by  striking  out  ' '  Springfield  musket 
pattern"  and  insert  "of  such  pattern  as  the  Governor  and 
Council  shall  deem  best  adapted  to  the  service  to  which 
it  is  to  be  applied."  The  amendment  was  lost,  and  the  bill 
went  to  the  Senate.  Mr.  Waters  called  the  attention  of 
some  of  the  most  influential  members  of  the  Senate  to  the 
importance  of  the  amendment,  and  it  was  introduced  and 
adopted.  The  bill  was  returned  to  the  House  for  concur- 
rence, and  a  special  assignment  made  for  its  consideration. 
The  time  was  short,  and  much  must  be  done  to  convince  the 
majority,  who  had  voted  against  the  amendment,  that  they 
had  done  so  from  misapprehension.  Speaker  Bullock  ruled 
that  the  member  from  Sutton  might  bring  guns  upon  the 
floor  of  the  House  for  the  purpose  of  exhibiting  a  principle 
pertinent  to  the  question  under  discussion,  that  could  not 
otherwise  be  clearly  illustrated.  Accordingly  every  kind  of 
breech-loading  rifle  that  could  be  obtained  was  from  time  to 
time  stored  in  the  lobbies  of  the  House. 

Valuable  information  and  aid  were  given  by  Messrs.  J. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  105 

Ashcroft,  E.  T.  Steere,  Palmer  &  Batcheller,  Wm.  Reed  & 
Son,  and  others.  Correspondence  was  also  had  with  Gen. 
A.  C.  Mjiggi,  Gen.  W.  S.  Rosecranz,  Maj.  Gens.  B.  F. 
Butler,  A.  Pleasanton,  Geo.  H.  Thomas,  A.  E.  Burnside, 
and  J.  Hooker,  and  Lt.  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant.  When  the  time 
for  the  consideration  of  the  question  came,  and  it  was 
announced  as  the  order  of  the  day,  the  messengers  brought 
forth  the  arms  from  the  lobbies,  and  stacked  them  in  the 
area  in  front  of  the  speaker's  desk. 

The  member  from  Button  moved  to  concur  in  the  Senate's 
amendment,  and  proceeded  to  show  the  great  superiority  of 
the  breech- loading  rifle  over  the  muzzle-loading  arm,  and 
contrasted  it,  gun  in  hand,  with  the  arm  recommended  by 
the  military  committee. 

Extracts  from  the  letters  of  the  distinguished  generals 
above  named  —  men  who  had  had  proof  on  the  battle  field 
of  the  efficiency  of  the  breech-loader — were  also  read, 
and  so  convincing  was  the  argument  as  thus  enforced,  that 
the  House  by  a  large  majority  repudiated  its  former  vote, 
and  concurred  in  the  amendment  of  the  Senate. 

Governor  Andrew  appointed  a  commission  to  examine, 
test,  and  select  the  best  breech-loading  rifle. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  a  thorough  trial  at  Readville, 
in  which  all  inventors  and  manufacturers  of  breech-loaders 
were  invited  to  participate. 

The  trial  convinced  the  commission  that,  all  things  consid- 
ered, the  Spencer  repeating  rifle  was  the  best  for  military 
service,  and  they  accordingly  recommended  its  adoption. 
Governor  Andrew  immediately  contracted  for  the  construc- 
tion of  a  supply  for  the  state.  Soon  after  the  first  few 
thousand  were  delivered,  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  occurred, 
in  which  two  thousand  Spencer  rifles  in  the  hands  of  Gen- 
eral Wilder' s  Michigan  Brigade,  that,  by  the  permission  of 
General  Thomas,  they  themselves  had  been  allowed  to  pur- 
chase, turned  the  tide  of  that  desperate  battle  in  favor  of 
the  union  forces  under  General  Rosecranz. 

The  secretary  of  war,  learning  that  Massachusetts  had 
adopted  the  Spencer  repeating  rifle,  and  then  had  a  supply 
of  several  thousand  ready  for  her  troops  as  they  might  be 


166  ANNALS    OF  THE 

called  for,  requested  the  governor  to  turn  them  over  to  the 
United  States  government,  that  they  might  be  immediately 
placed  in  the  hands  of  men  in  the  field. 

Governor  Andrew  at  once  complied  with  the  request, 
and  the  government  forthwith  ordered  the  construction  of  a 
large  number  on  its  own  account.  Thus,  in  spite  of  the 
cautious  conservatives,  and  the  objections  of  those  military 
men  who  condemn  any  change  which  has  not  commended 
itself  to  popular  favor,  Massachusetts  enjoys  the  honor  of 
first  placing  in  the  hands  of  infantry,  by  authority  of  gov- 
ernment., a  weapon  which  is  more  destructive  than  any  here- 
tofore in  use ;  and,  as  such,  will  do  much  to  shorten  wars. 
And  with  just  pride  do  we  record  the  fact,  that  the  member 
from  Sutton  initiated  the  change  by  his  amendment  to  the 
bill  for  the  purchase  of  arms,  and  when  his  amendment  was 
lost,  used  such  influence  with  the  senators  as  to  secure  its 
adoption  by  the  senate,  and  when  the  amended  bill  was 
returned  to  the  House  for  concurrence,  single-handed  and 
alone,  confronted  the  opposition  of  the  military  committee, 
and  by  his  convincing  arguments,  enforced  by  practical 
illustration,  brought  the  majority  most  enthusiastically  to 
the  support  of  his  measure. 

Nov.  3d.  To  the  requisition  for  300, 000  men,  made  by 
the  president,  October  17th,  the  town  took  the  following 
action  for  raising  its  quota  : 

"Voted  that  the  town  take  measures  to  procure  the  men 
called  for  from  Sutton,  by  enlistment." 

"  Voted  that  the  town  pay  a  bounty  of  seven  hundred 
(700.00)  dollars  to  each  person  that  will  enlist  as  one  of 
said  quota. 

1864. 

April  13.  Under  the  call  of  the  president  dated  February 
1,1864,  for  additional  troops,  the  town  "voted  to  pay  a 
bounty  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  ($125.00)  to  each 
volunteer  to  fill  Sutton's  quota." 

June  18.  In  anticipation  of  a  call  for  more  troops  the 
town  "voted  unanimously  to  raise  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  ($125.00)  dollars  for  each  person  that  the 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  167 

selectmen  may  recruit  to  fill  the  quota  of  this  town  under 
any  call  of  the  president  prior  to  the  1st  of  March,  1865." 
The  selectmen  "recommend  the  purchase  of  a  lot  of  land 
upon  the  farm  of  Mr.  Emory  Howard  for  a  new  Cemetery ; 
whereupon  "Voted  to  accept  the  report,  and  that  the  chair 
appoint  two  persons  as  Commissioners  to  act  with  the  Select- 
men in  the  purchase  of  the  Emory  Howard  lot,  take  the 
Deed  in  favor  of  the  town,  lay  the  same  out  in  suitable 
bury  ing-lots,  sell  the  same,  and  give  deeds  as  Agents  of  the 
town." 

1865. 

June  12.  Messrs.  B.  L.  Batcheller,  George  Hastings 
and  John  Putnam  Stockwell  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
ascertain  what  amount  of  money  individuals  may  have  con- 
tributed for  the  purpose  of  filling  the  quota  of  the  town  or 
furnishing  men  for  the  war  during  the  year  1864.  This 
committee  report  a  total  of  $6,711.00. 

The  town  ' '  Voted  to  accept  the  report  and  raise  the  sum 
of  seven  thousand  (7,000.00)  dollars  for  the  purpose  above 
specified." 

The  town  furnished  two  hundred  and  twenty-three  men 
for  the  war,  which  was  a  surplus  of  eight  over  and  above  all 
demands. 

Two  were  commissioned  officers.  The  whole  amount  of 
money  appropriated  and  expended  on  account  of  the  war, 
exclusive  of  state  aid,  was  twenty-five  thousand  one  hundred 
and  eighty  dollars  and  fourteen  cents  ($25,180.14.)  The 
amount  of  money  paid  by  the  town  for  state  aid  to  soldiers' 
families  during  the  war,  and  afterward  repaid  by  the  state 
was  as  follows  :  In  1861,  $501.91 ;  1862,  $2,410.71 ;  1863, 
$3,212.70;  1864,  $1,725.76;  1865,  $1,901.26.  Total 
amount,  $9,752.34. 

The  ladies  of  Sutton  furnished  a  great  many  articles  for 
the  soldiers  during  the  war,  to  the  money  value  of  about 
one  thousand  dollars.  Among  the  articles  were  shirts, 
drawers,  socks,  lint,  bandages  and  other  useful  stores. 
They  were  forwarded  to  the  front  generally  through  the 
Sanitary  and  Christian  Commissions.* 


*  See  Gen.  Schouler's  History  of  the  War. 


168  ANNALS   OF  THE 

1866. 

Jan.  6th.  The  town  again  vote  to  refund  the  money 
which  has  been  paid  by  individuals  for  furnishing  men  for 
the  war ;  and  to  the  same  effect,  substantially,  at  a  special 
meeting  held  January  20th  ;  only  at  the  latter  date  the  sum 
specified  is  five  thousand  three  hundred  and  seventeen  dol- 
lars, sixty-nine  cents  ($5,317.69). 

To  the  above  action  of  the  town  several  entered  their 
protest,  on  the  ground  of  illegality. 

March  19th.  The  Methodist  church  is  offered  to  the 
town  for  a  town-house.  The  town  take  no  action  upon  the 
matter. 

1868. 

March  16.  E.  J.  Mills,  James  Taylor,  Solomon  Severy, 
I.  A.  Dodge,  and  M.  M.  Hovey  were  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  report  at  the  next  meeting  upon  the  advisability  of 
purchasing,  for  the  use  of  the  town,  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

1869. 

April  9.  A  committee  of  thirteen  was  appointed  to 
appraise  the  school-houses,  land  and  apparatus  belonging  to 
the  several  school  districts  in  town,  as  preliminary  to  the 
taking  possession  of  the  property  in  accordance  with  an  act 
of  the  legislature  passed  at  the  last  session. 

April  20th.  The  school  property  was  appraised  by  the 
above  committee  as  worth  seven  thousand  nine  hundred 
fifty-eight  (7,958.33)  dollars  thirty-three  cents. 

Sept.  4.  The  town  refused  to  take  any  action  with  refer- 
ence to  building  or  repairing  school-houses. 

1870. 

Jan.  15th.  William  R.  Hill,  Putnam  King,  A.  W.  Put- 
nam, L.  H.  Cunliff,  and  Gardner  Gibson  were  appointed  a 
committee  ' '  to  examine  into  the  location  of  the  several 
school-houses  in  town  with  the  view  to  ascertain  whether 
any  reduction  can  be  made  in  the  number,  and  if  so  to  decide 
upon  their  location ;  also  to  make  estimates  of  the  cost  of 
repairing  such  houses  as  need,  and  are  worth  repairing,  and 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  169 

the  cost  of  building  new  ones  where  it  is  found  necessary  to 
build  and  report  the  result  of  their  investigation  at  the  next , 
annual  Town  meeting." 

.March  21.  The  above  committee  report  the  estimated 
cost  of  repairing  the  school-houses  and  building  two  new 
ones  to  be  $5,900.00. 

The  town  vote  to  raise  three  thousand  dollars  for  repairs. 

Aug.  ().  The  town  vote,  by  ballot,  upon  the  re-establish- 
ment of  the  district  system.  The  vote  is  five  to  0110  in 
favor  of  such  re-establishment. 

Dec.  21.  The  town  again  voted  upon  the  matter  of  re- 
establishing the  school  district  system,  with  district  limits  as 
fixed  in  1850  and  1851.  The  measure  did  not  have  a  two- 
thirds  vote  and  was  declared  not  carried. 

1871. 

March  20.  Yet  again  the  town  voted  upon  the  re-estab- 
lishment of  the  school  districts  in  accordance  with  the  survey 
of  1850  and  1851,  and  failed  of  a  two-thirds  vote.  It  was 
also  "  voted  that  the  treasurer  be  authorized  to  convey  to 
the  several  school  districts  upon  the  payment  of  the  appraised 
value  and  insurance  any  rights  that  the  town  now  have  in 
said  school-houses." 

The  school-houses  had  all  been  paid  for  by  the  town  at 
the  appraised  value  as  made  by  the  committee  in  their  report 
of  April  20,  1869.  "Voted  to  rescind  the  vote  of  March 
2d,  1870,  appropriating  $3,000,00  for  the  repair  of  school 
houses." 

All  the  districts  paid  back  to  the  town  the  appraised  value 
of  their  school  property,  and  returned  to  their  old  way  of 
employing  teachers  through  their  prudential  committees. 

May  2d.  The  town  "voted  that  no  person  shall  be  allowed 
to  sell  ale,  porter,  strong  beer  or  lager  beer  in  said  town 
for  the  year  ensuing." 


1873. 

i  17th.     "The    to 
school." 


March  17th.     "The    town    voted    to    maintain    a   high 


22 


170  ANNALS  OF  SUTTON. 

1874. 

March  16.  "Voted  to  maintain  a  high  school  and  the 
same  be  held  during  the  year  at  Sutton  Centre."  ' 

1876. 

March  20.  The  town  made  an  appropriation  for  a  cen- 
tennial celebration. 

There  was,  upon  July  4th,  a  large  and  enthusiastic  gath- 
ering of  the  citizens  of  the  town  in  the  grove  a  little  east  of 
the  house  of  Mr.  F.  H.  Marble. 

A  procession  of  Sunday-school  children  and  citizens  was 
formed  at  the  Congre'gational  church,  under  the  direction  of 
Messrs.  Edmund  J.  Mills,  Amos  Batcheller,  H.  S.  Stock- 
well  and  Charles  H.  Chase,  marshals;  and,  escorted  by  the 
Oxford  brass  band,  marched  to  the  grove,  where  appropriate 
services  were  held  under  the  direction  of  E.  J.  Mills,  presi- 
dent of  the  day.  Prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Bene- 
dict, the  Declaration  of  Independence  read  by  Miss  Hattie 
A.  Holbrook,  and  patriotic  speeches  were  made  by  Rev.  H. 
A.  Tracy,  Messrs.  I.  B.  Hart  well,  Reuben  R.  Dodge,  J.  W. 
Stockwell  and  Rev.  W.  A.  Benedict. 

Old  time  and  modern  songs  were  sung,  and  stirring  music 
was  given  by  the  band.  As  the  day  wore  on  to  its  close, 
the  crowd  slowly  and  reluctantly  dispersed,  some,  at  least, 
praying  that  they  who  shall  upon  the  same  ground  celebrate 
the  nation's  bi-centennial ,  may  look  upon  our  flag  studded 
with  many  new  stars,  still  proudly  waving  over  an  undivided 
people,  who  have  maintained  their  civil  and  religious  institu- 
tions in  their  integrity,  strengthened  their  government  by 
the  promotion  of  virtue  and  intelligence,  and  made  as  rapid 
progress  in  the  second  as  in  the  first  century  of  the  nation's 
life,  in  all  that  constitutes  true  national  greatness. 


*  See  History  of  High  School,  Part  III. 


HISTORY  OF  SUTTON 

Part   II. 


THE   HOMES  OF  SUTTON. 

We  now,  gentle  reader,  introduce  you  to  the  homes  of 
Sutton.  A  history  of  these  is  really  the  history  of  the  town  ; 
for  in  these  homes  the  influences,  both  secret  and  silent, 
direct  and  open,  conscious  and  unconscious,  have  been  in 
operation,  that  have  molded  the  characters  of  the  men  and 
women  of  the  day,  and  established  them  in  those  principles 
which  they  have  exemplified  in  every  line  of  action. 

Of  these  homes,  we  can,  in  the  space  allotted,  give  you 
but  a  passing  glance,  sometimes  making  only  mention  of 
those  who  have  passed  in  and  out,  and  sometimes  pausing 
a  little  to  afford  you  opportunity  to  become  somewhat 
acquainted  with  such  as  have  acted  a  more  prominent  part 
in  public  affairs. 

Among  the  early  occupants  of  these  homes,  there  was  no 
aristocracy  of  blood  or  of  wealth.  Of  those  boasting  hon- 
ored titles  there  were  none  ;  of  those  impoverished,  who 
came  fortune-hunting,  there  were  none. 

All  seem  to  have  been  from  what  is  termed  the  middle 
class — men  of  moderate  means,  well  to  do,  who  would  have 
obtained  a  good  living  in  any  place  where  there  was  work 
for  hands  inured  to  toil.  They  were  men  who  knew  what  it 
was  to  go  out  into  the  wilderness  and  fell  the  trees,  build 


172  HOMES    OF   THE 

houses,  subdue  the  soil,  found  churches  and  schools,  estab- 
lish civil  government  and  put  in  operation  the  various  forces 
by  which  social  order  is  maintained  and  social  progress  made. 

And  they  were  equal  to  the  work.  They  were  not  what 
may  be  called  educated  men,  and  yet  they  were  not  ignorant. 
They  had  good  common  sense,  sound  judgment  and  strong- 
purpose.  They  knew  what  the  rights  of  men  are,  and 
possessed  the  independence  to  assert  and  the  will  to  maintain 
them. 

Iii  their  records,  they  made  mistakes  in  spelling  and  in 
grammar,  as  our  "  Annals  "  show,  but  in  action  they  evinced 
wisdom  certainly  as  far-seeing  as  their  more  boastful  descend- 
ants. 

The  houses  which  they  at  first  built  were  for  the  most  part 
small  and  rude  —  in  many  instances  log  cabins  —  but  they 
were  the  abode  of  contentment  and  happiness  as  great  as  is 
enjoyed  in  the  more  luxurious  homes  of  the  present  day. 

A  few  years  sufficed  for  the  clearing  away  of  large  portions 
of  forest,  and  the  fencing  in  of  fields  for  cultivation. 
Orchards  were  planted,  and  soon  nearly  every  thing  was 
produced  at  home  that  was  needed  for  convenience  and 
comfort.  Grist-mills  were  erected  as  soon  as  there  Mas 
grain  to  be  ground,  saw-mills  for  producing  lumber,  and 
carding  and  fulling  mills  for  making  rolls  and  fulling  cloth, 
and,  in  a  few  of  the  mills,  conveniences  for  dyeing  and 
machinery  for  finishing  woolen  cloth  were  added. 

And  now,  after  fifteen  or  twenty  years  from  the  first  settle- 
ment have  passed  away,  look  in  upon  these  homes. 

It  is  in  summer  time.  The  fathers  and  sons  go  out  to  their 
labor  in  the  fields  and  woods  —  the  mothers  and  daughters 
are  busily  employed  in  domestic  labor  within.  Xot  a  small 
part  of  the  house  industry  of  these  days  was  the  spinning  of 
the  wool,  which  had  been  carded  into  rolls  —  at  first  by 
hand  and  afterward  by  the  carding-machines,  when  such 
machines  had  been  introduced  —  and  its  manufacture  into 
cloth  for  family  use. 

The  girl  who  could  spin  her  run  or  run  and  a  half  a  day. 
right  through  the  season,  was  considered  quite  an  accom- 
plished lass. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  173 

And  the  weaving  was  all  done  at  home  on  a  hand  loom. 
On  the  beam  of  this  loom  the  warp  was  wound,  and  run 
through  the  harnesses  and  reed,  and  properly  attached  so  as 
to  be  drawn  over  the  cylinder  around  which  the  cloth  was  to 
be  wound  as  woven.  The  quill-wheel,  by  which  the  shuttle- 
spools  were  wound  with  tilling,  stood  conveniently  near. 
The  weaver,  seated  for  her  work,  springs  the  warp  by  foot- 
treadles,  to  which  the  harnesses  are  attached,  then  with  one 
hand  throws  the  shuttle  through  the  warp,  catching  it  with 
the  other  and  holding  it,  while  with  the  hand  at  liberty  she 
brings  the  reed  forcibly  against  the  thread,  thus  pressing  it 
closely  up  against  the  cloth,  which  each  additional  thread 
slowly  increases.  From  three  to  live  yards  were  all  that 
could  be  woven  in  a  day.  Every  farmer  kept  a  few  sheep 
for  the  wool,  and  also  raised  flax  to  make  cloth  for  summer 
wear.  Few  were  the  homes  in  which,  in  the  winter  or  early 
spring,  a  piece  of  linen  and  a  piece  of  tow-cloth  were  not 
also  manufactured.  Of  linen  cloth,  both  the  warp  and 
tilling  were  spun  upon  the  small  wheel.  Of  the  tow-cloth, 
only  the  warp  was  thus  spun ;  the  filling  was  of  tow,  carded 
by  hand  and  spun  upon  the  large  wheel.  The  tow  was  the 
coarser  part  of  the  flax,  which  was  separated  from  it  by  the 
hatchel. 

It  was  also  quite  common  to  manufacture  a  piece  of  linsey- 
woolsey,  which  was  cloth  made  of  linen  and  wool.  Portions 
of  the  woolen  yarn  were  also  colored,  and  striped  and  plaid 
cloths  were  made  for  the  wear  of  the  female  members  of  the 
family. 

These  homes  all  had  huge  tire-places,  in  which,  during  the 
long  winter  evenings,  there  was  kept  up  a  blazing  fire  that 
threw  a  ruddy  glow  over  the  healthful  countenances  of  the 
happy  group  seated  around.  There  were  fire-sides  then,  and 
influences  going  out  from  them  which  are  lost  since  the 
gloomy  stove  has  taken  their  place. 

There  may  be  centers  of  attraction  in  our  homes  now,  but 
there  are  none  equal  to  the  "tire  upon  the  hearth."  "The 
tire  upon  the  hearth  is  the  centre  and  symbol  of  the  family 
life.  When  the  fire  in  a  house  goes  out,  it  is  because  the 
life  has  gone  out.  Somewhere  in  every  house  it  burns,  and 


174  HOMES    OF   THE 

bums  in  constant  service ;  and  every  chimney  that  sends  its 
incense  heavenward  speaks  of  an  altar  inscribed  to  Love  and 
Home."  *  The  social  gatherings  during  the  winter  evenings 

o  o  o  o 

iii  these  homes,  in  which  the  young  men  and  maidens,  clad 
in  their  home-spun  attire,  engaged  in  their  innocent  sports, 
were  seasons  of  enjoyment  and  mutual  interest  in  each 
other,  not  less  true  and  pure  than  like  gatherings  now,  in 
which  there  is  more  display,  more  tyranny  of  fashion,  and, 
perhaps,  more  artificial  refinement. 

Many  of  these  homes  were  Christian  homes,  and  all  that 
were  not  professedly  so  were  occupied  by  those  who  sincerely 
respected  religion,  and  contributed,  by  a  cheerful  payment 
of  the  "ministry  tax,"  to  the  support  of  the  institutions  of 
the  gospel.  All  had  seats  in  the  house  of  God,  and  few 
were  the  families  that  did  not  make  their  arrangements  to  be 
represented  there  upon  the  Sabbath. 

Look  upon  the  inmates  of  these  homes  as  they  wend  their 
way  to  the  sanctuary,  many  on  foot,  some  on  horse-back, 
riding  singly,  double,  quadruple  even,  for  it  was  not  rare  at 
this  time  to  see  the  father  on  the  saddle,  carrying  before  him 
a  child  too  young  to  walk,  and  the  mother  seated  on  a  pillion 
behind,  carrying  a  little  one  in  her  arms.  Some  in  rude 
conveyances  on  two  or  four  wheels,  and  some  in  carts  drawn 
by  oxen.  In  the  winter,  jumpers  and  sleds,  extemporized 
for  the  occasion,  took  the  place  of  conveyances  on  wheels. 
As  we  have  intimated,  nearly  everything  used  was  manu- 
factured at  home,  and  would  now  undoubtedly  be  called  veiy 
rough.  But  it  answered  the  necessities  of  the  day,  and  there 
was  little  of  false  pride  in  exercise  on  the  part  of  those 
who  felt  themselves  peers  among  peers.  We  would  not  be 
understood  to  convey  the  impression  that  our  ancestors,  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  years  ago,  were  entirely  free  from 
the  dictates  of  fashion.  Some  customs  prevailed  that  wr. 
who  are  the  slaves  of  fashion,  would  consider  as  ridiculous 
as  they  who  conformed  to  them  would  certain  ones  of  the 
present  day. 


*  Holland,  in  "Arthur  Bonnicastle.' 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  175 

For  instance  —  according  to  Dea.  Leland  —  all  men  as  old 
as  twenty-five  or  thirty-five  years  had  two  wigs ;  one  for 
week-days  and  one  for  Sunday.  The  Sunday  wig  was  very 
showy  and  expensive.  The  hair  was  shaved  closely,  that 
the  wig  might  set  well.  All  old  people  who  wore  wigs 
usually  took  them  off  in  the  meeting-house  and  put  upon 
the  head  a  knit  cap,  made  of  linen  or  cotton  yarn  for  summer 
use,  and  of  woolen  for  winter.  There  was  a  small  knot  or 
tassel  on  the  top  of  this  cap.  The  practice  of  wearing  wigs 
began  to  be  unfashionable  as  early  as  1780  or  1785.  All 
old  people  wore  them  until  1800.  Dr.  Hall  wore  his  wig 
and  cocked  hat  to  the  last.  The  last  wig  worn  in  town 
was  that  of  Col.  Tim.  Sibley. 

Simplicity  in  dress,  manners  and  equipage,  continued  to 
be  a  characteristic  of  these  homes  until  quite  a  number  of 
years  after  the  Revolutionary  war.  As  wealth  increased, 
broad-cloth  and  silk  began  to  take  the  place  of  home-spun, 
and  the  rude  vehicles  to  which  reference  has  been  made 
were  displaced  by  carriages.  "The  first  family  to  ride  in 
a  chaise  was  that  of  Perez  Rice,  the  second  that  of  Dr. 
David  Hall,  and  the  third  that  of  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam."  * 

We  give  the  history  of  the  homes  by  districts,  commencing 
with 

WEST  SUTTON,  DISTRICT  No.   1. 

The  house  where  widow  Persia  Putnam  now  lives  was 
probably  built  by  Dea.  Cornelius  Putnam,  and  all  of  his 
children  were  born  there.  A  part  of  the  house  was  moved 
from  a  site  in  what  is  known  as  the  Dresser  pasture,  just 
north  of  the  Capt.  Hall  site,  farm  now  owned  by  Peter  H. 
Putnam.  Cornelius  Putnam  joined  the  First  Congregational 
Church  in  1729,  as  did  Sarah,  his  wife.  He  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  Nathaniel.  It  was  next  owned  by  Dea.  Moses 
Putnam,  who,  after  his  father's  death,  sold  a  part  of  the 
farm  to  Peter  Putnam,  who  traded  it  to  John  Putnam  for 
the  place  where  Asa  Dodge  now  lives.  John  came  in  pos- 
session about  1817,  and  soon  after  built  a  large  barn,  a  part 


*  Leland  Papers. 


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* 

of  which  is  now  standing,  and  is  owned  by  John  Perry  Put- 
nam. John  Putnam  prided  himself  on  his  tine  stock  of  neat 
cattle,  which  were  noted  far  and  near,  stock  raisers  coming 
long  distances  to  secure  the  John  Putnam  breed  of  cattle. 
They  were  raised  by  most  of  his  neighbors.  He  also  had  a 
line  flock  of  sheep.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Silvanus 
Putnam,  who  also  kept  the  farm  under  high  cultivation,  and 
well  stocked  with  cattle,  sheep  and  swine.  "  And  now,*' 
says  Mr.  G.  Hall,  "as  sheep  are  becoming  nearly  extinct, 
and  bid  fair  to  be  sought  after  by  the  future  Barnums  as 
curiosities,  let  me  tell  you  a  little  sheep  story  of  my  own." 
In  the  spring  of  1827  we  turned  our  sheep  into  a  pasture 
adjoining  this  farm,  known  as  the  woods  pasture.  We  "soon 
after  missed  one  of  the  lambs,  and  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  it  had  been  killed  by  the  dogs  or  foxes.  Its  dam  was 
constantly  moaning  her  loss,  and  like  Rachel  would  not  be 
comforted  ;  she  would  come  to  the  bars  and  call  for  help,  as 
well  as  a  poor  old  sheep  could  call,  but  no  one  could  under- 
stand her  language  until  my  little  dog,  Tray,  no  sheep- 
killer,  went  to  her  assistance  and  returned  to  me  for  aid. 
He  actually  took  hold  of  my  clothes  and  led  me  to  the  pas- 
ture. I  knew  by  his  actions  that  he  meant  business,  so  I 
followed  him  to  the  lost  lamb,  still  alive,  but  nearly  dead  ; 
cast  in  the  fissure  of  a  rock,  and  so  imbedded  there  I  had  to 
get  my  grandfather  to  help  me  before  I  could  extricate  her. 
Poor  thing  !  she  could  not  stand  nor  hold  her  head  up.  We 
carried  her  home  and  faithfully  nursed  her,  the  faithful  dog 
meanwhile  watching  over  her  and  licking  her  sores  until 
they  were  healed.  It  was  several  days  before  she  could 
stand.  As  soon  as  she  could  walk  I  used  to  take  a  handful 
of  oats  in  my  hand  a.nd  let  her  eat  them  therefrom.  So  if  I 
said  "oats,"  she  would  come  for  them;  and,  in  tine,  that 
became  her  name.  From  sympathy  she  became  the  pet  of 
the  household,  and  was  allowed  to  run  in  the  house-lot  until 
fall,  when  the  oats  and  the  choice  feed  had  made  her  so  fat 
that  my  grandfather,  thinking  her  better  for  mutton  than 
for  wool,  proposed  to  kill  her ;  he  even  got  his  knife  for  the 
slaughter,  when  the  confiding  creature  came  and  licked  his 
hand.  I  asked  him  how  he  could  take  her  life,  when  we  had 


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TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  179 

taken  so  much  pains  to  save  it.  I  said,  see  how  she  loves 
you  !  I  would  as  soon  eat  one  of  my  own  brothers  !  Just 
then  "Uncle  Salva,"  as  we  all  called  him,  came  up,  and  I 
asked  him  to  buy  the  lamb  to  keep.  He  said  he  would  give 
two  dollars  for  her,  and  so  she  was  sold  to  him,  for  the 
knife  had  already  fallen  from  the  Captain's  hand,  and  the 
tears  were  dropping  from  his  hooked  nose.  Ten  years  after, 
while  engaged  in  the  store,  I  rode  up  to  the  old  Baptist  church 
place,  and  walked  across  to  my  father's.  On  my  way  I 
started  up  a  small  flock  of  sheep ;  they  seemed  scared  at 
first,  ran  a  little  way,  then  stopped  and  looked  at  me.  I 
thought  one  of  them  looked  like  "Oats,"  so  I  held  out  my 
hand  and  said  "Oats,"  when  she  came  forward  and  licked 
my  hand  as  if  in  gratitude  for  her  life.  A  little  further  on 
I  found  "Uncle  Salva,"  and  asked  him  if  Oats  was  alive. 
He  said  yes,  and  she  and  her  descendants  formed  his  entire 
flock.  She  had  been  the  most  profitable  sheep  he  had  ever 
owned.  This  farm  had  much  fruit  on  it,  and  a  cider-mill. 
It  was,  and  is,  a  very  desirable  place.  It  is  and  always  has 
been  the  home  of  real  worth.  One  old  lady,  once  a  devoted 
Christian — Eunice,  the  widow  of  Fuller  Putnam — became 
demented,  and  while  so  was  profane  and  at  times  abusive, 
even  to  her  twin  sister,  Lydia  Howard,  who  came  to  care 
for  and  pity  her. 

Mrs.  David  Putnam,  maiden  name  Elizabeth  Woodbury, 
said  to  have  been  one  of  the  best  of  Christian  women,  died 
here  December  27,  1831,  aged  eighty-seven.  John  Putnam 
died  here  February  24,  1827,  aged  sixty-seven.  He  had 
fourteen  children,  seven  by  first  wife,  five  by  second  and 
two  by  third.  One  daughter  married  Rufus  Sibley,  who  was 
master  of  inspection  at  the  armory  in  Millbury  for  several 
years.  One  married  Charles  Rich  and  went  to  the  State  of 
New  York,  where  they  raised  a  family. 

Mrs.  Persia  Putnam,  widow  of  Silvanus,  and  Mrs.  Joseph 
Putnam  live  in  this  house ;  also  John  W.  Putnam,  son  of 
John  P.,  son  of  John,  jr.,  son  of  John,  son  of  Fuller,  son 
of  Jepthah. 

In  a  house  on  the  site  where  John  Perry  Putnam  now 
lives,  once  lived  Deacon  Moses  Putnam ;  he  owned  a  large 


180  HOMES    OF   THE 

farm  and  was  a  rope-maker  by  trade.  The  rope-walk  stood 
near  the  house ;  the  wheels  were  turned  by  hand.  The  last 
boy  that  turned  the  crank  for  him,  I  think,  was  Nathan 
Hewett.  I  used  to  see  the  old  man,  fat  and  fair,  walk 
backward  with  flax  or  hemp  in  his  arms,  spinning  his  cords, 
crying  ho,  or  go,  as  he  desired  the  wheels  to  stop  or  move. 
His  cords  were  considered  the  best  in  the  market.  He  was 
a  large,  fleshy  man,  was  troubled  with  a  bad  cough,  and 
died  here  of  apoplexy,  April  3d,  1826,  aged  sixty-eight. 
He  was  acting  deacon  of  the  first  Baptist  church  for  thirty- 
eight  years.  He  married  Mary  Allen,  who  had  a  sort  of 
shaking  palsy,  brought  on,  some  thought,  by  drinking  strong 
tea.  She  died  December  20,  1846,  aged  ninety-one. 

John  Perry  Putnam,  who  built  the  new  house  in  1862, 
has  a  farm  of  about  forty-seven  acres,  and  is  a  first-rate 
farmer.  His  daughter,  Emma  Jane,  is  a  school-teacher  and 
a  graduate  of  Worcester  academy. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Prescott  Putnam 
was  built  by  Deacon  Stephen  Putnam,  son  of  Deacon  Moses, 
in  1818  ;  he  too  was  a  rope-maker,  and  had  a  walk  just  west 
of  the  house ;  he  lived  here  until  his  death,  Nov.  28,  1836. 
His  wife  died  Dec.  25,  1857,  aged  seventy-five  years  and 
two  months.  He  married  Mrs.  Betsey  Goddard,  widow  of 
John  Goddard,  and  mother  of  Tamar  and  Almira  Goddard. 
Almira  married  Samuel  Newton.  Stephen  and  Betsey  Put- 
nam had  six  children  —  all  dead.  Mrs.  Putnam  was  noted 
for  her  kindness  to  the  sick  and  devotion  to  the  church. 

Prescott  Putnam  bought  the  place  in  1842.  He,  the  son 
of  Charles,  son  of  Colonel  John,  son  of  Edward,  was  born 
April  13,  1804.  He  married  Mary  Eliza  Marble,  daughter 
of  Ezra,  son  of  Malachi,  son  of  Freegrace,  son  of  Samuel. 
She  was  born  April  7,  1810.  His  farm  belonged  to  the 
Nathaniel  Putnam  place. 

On  the  site  where  Lawson  Putnam  now  lives,  there  once 
stood  a  house  in  which  Mr.  Eli  Stockwell,  father  of  Captain 
Chandler,  was  born.  He  said  that  many  years  ago  there 
was  a  great  drought,  so  that  they  had  to  drive  their  cattle  to 
Manchaug  Pond  for  water,  and  that  the  well  at  this  place 
was  the  only  one  near  that  was  not  dry. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  181 

The  present  house  was  built  by  Joseph  Putnam,  son  of 
David,  son  of  Cornelius,  in  1840.  He  died  here,  and  was  one 
of  the  very  best  of  men.  His  family  are  all  very  respect- 
able. Alex,  and  Charles  are  merchants  in  Worcester. 
George  lives  in  Anoka,  Minn.,  where  he  has  held  many 
offices  of  honor.  Lawson,  the  present  owner,  bought  the 
place  in  1865  ;  his  farm  contains  about  forty  acres,  and  was 
a  part  of  the  farm  of  his  great-grandfather,  Dea.  Cornelius. 

Simon  Putnam,  son  of  Joseph,  was  a  Methodist  minister ; 
died,  I  think,  in  Minnesota. 

The  house  where  Mrs.  Quinn  now  lives  was  first  owned 
by  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam.  Abraham  Brown,  who  married  his 
daughter,  lived  there  many  years.  Alanson  Titus,  brother 
of  Hon.  Jonah  Titus,  who  was  for  some  years  of  the  Provi- 
dence bar,  lived  on  this  place  many  years,  and  several  of 
his  children  were  born  here. 

Nathaniel  Putnam,  son  of  Dea.  Moses,  lived  here  several 
years  and  finally  bought  the  place.  He  married  for  his  first 
wife  Charlotte  Morse,  and  for  his  second  the  widow  of  John 
Putnam.  After  his  death  the  place  was  sold  to  Mr.  Quinn, 
and  is  now  owned  by  the  town.  Many  other  families  have 
lived  in  this  house  ;  among  the  more  prominent  were  Major 
Rufus  Bacon  and  Capt.  Warren.  Members  of  each  of  these 
families  became  quite  distinguished. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  Rachel  Rich, 
widow  of  John  Rich,  jr.,  was  built  by  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam ; 
some  of  his  children  were  born  here.  He  was  admitted  to 
membership  in  the  first  Congregational  church  in  Sutton  by 
letter  from  church  in  Danvers,  in  1847,  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
two.  He  owned  a  large  tract,  embracing  this  place,  the  poor 
farm  and  the  farm  now  owned  by  Henry  Brigham,  etc.  In 
the  days  of  the  revolution  the  renowned  Gen.  Israel  Putnam, 
on  his  way  to  Bunker  Hill,  halted  at  this  house  and  dined 
with  him.  When  he  left,  he  mounted  his  horse  from  the  flag 
at  the  end  of  the  bank-wall  near  the  south-east  corner  of  the 
house,  where  the  loving  friends  and  cousins  embraced  each 
other  and  wept.  His  son  Tarrant  died  Dec.  17,  1770. 

One  of  his  sons,  Elijah,  went  from  here  to  Brown  Univer- 
sity, where  he  graduated.  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam  died  here 


182  HOMES    OF   THE 

August  27,  1794,  aged  seventy-nine.  His  widow  died 
March  16,  1812,  aged  eighty-nine. 

His  son,  Capt.  Israel  Putnam,  was  born  here  and  was  the 
next  owner.  He  kept  store  here  for  several  years  ;  sold  dry 
goods,  groceries  and  all  kinds  of  liquors.  Mrs.  Putnam 
frequently  tended  the  store,  and  the  greatest  decorum  always 
prevailed  on  the  premises.  After  Capt.  Putnam  moved  into 
town  the  store  was  moved  whole,  by  a  team  of  Sutton  cattle, 
to  Millbury,  where  it  was  occupied  by  his  son-in-law,  Jabez 
Hull ;  it  is  now  kept  by  Mr.  Sweetzer. 

The  Captain  was  proud  of  his  cattle  and  sheep.  He  had 
the  largest  sheep  and  the  fattest  oxen.  He  would  feed  his 
large  oxen  two  years  to  make  them  superior  to  any  in  the 
market.  He  used  to  drive  a  great  many  cattle  to  market, 
riding  a  gray  horse  that  he  kept  twenty  years  or  more  ;  he 
was  a  fine  horseman.  He  built  the  large  barn  on  the  place, 
which  he  used  to  fill  with  hay,  besides  having  several  stacks 
outside. 

Capt.  Putnam  married  Hannah  LeBaron,  and  had  a  large 
and  very  respectable  family.  His  daughter  Hannah  married 
Jabez  Hull,  and  had  one  daughter,  who  died  single.  Widow 
Hull  died  some  two  years  ago,  leaving  a  handsome  estate. 

Le  Baron  was  a  merchant  and  manufacturer ;  he  once 
owned  Queechy  Village  in  Vermont.  He  manufactured 
carpets  at  Holden,  several  years.  He  married  Ann  Braman, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Amasa  Braman,  an  estimable  lady,  by  whom 
he  had  three  or  four  sons ;  one,  Frank,  a  wealthy  merchant, 
now  lives  in  New  York.  Tarrant  was  a  merchant  in  New 
York,  where  he  died  almost  a  millionaire.  Israel  graduated 
at  Brown  University,  and  was  an  eminent  physician  at  Bath, 
Maine.  He  was  at  one  time  mayor  of  the  city.  He  left  a 
very  intelligent  family.  One  of  his  sons  has  been  mayor  of 
Portland,  and  is  an  eminent  lawyer. 

Mary  married  Dr.  Leonard  Pierce  and  had  two  daughters, 
Mary  Frances  and  Ellen  Douglass.  Ellen  married  M.  M. 
Hovey  and  has  two  children,  John  Wm.  and  Marius  M.,  jr. 

Mrs.  Pierce  is  one  of  the  best  read  and  most  intelligent 
ladies  of  the  laud.  She  inherits  the  Le  Baron  estate,  and 
lives  there  with  her  daughter,  Mary  Frances. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  183 

Edwin  was  a  merchant  in  New  York  City,  where  he  died 
single,  much  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him.  Frederick  is 
a  physician  of  some  note  in  New  York. 

Theodore  was  a  merchant  in  New  York,  but  being  out  of 
health,  has  retired  on  the  farm  with  his  sister. 

Caroline  married  Dr.  N.  C.  Sibley,  and  had  one  son  who 
died  young.  She  married  for  her  second  husband  Stephen 
Merihew,  Esq.,  a  New  York  lawyer,  by  whom  she  has  a 
son  and  two  daughters.  George  is  in  a  store  in  New  York. 

Since  Capt.  Putnam  left  the  place  several  different  families 
have  lived  there.  Silas  Brown,  since  a  lawyer  in  the  West, 
had  charge  of  the  farm  two  or  three  years.  Dea.  Solomon 
Marble  and  his  son  Joel,  the  father  of  the  celebrated  editor, 
Manton  Marble  of  New  York,  lived  here  and  carried  on  the 
farm.  Joel's  wife  died  here.  *  *  *  * 

John  Rich,  jr. ,  owned  the  farm  several  years  and  died  here. 
He  left  a  wife  and  one  daughter,  Mary. 

The  house  where  F.  F.  Sibley  lives  it  is  not  known  who 
built.  Samuel  Goddard  lived  there  and  carried  on  the 
tanning  business  ;  next,  Caleb  Torrey  followed  in  the  same 
business.  Major  Holmau  owned  it.  Christopher  Nason 
tanned  there.  Reuben  McKnight  owned  it  and  lived  there. 
Simon  Sibley  owned  it  and  lived  there  many  years.  His 
sons  were  Freeman,  now  Dr.  Sibley  of  Warren,  Simon 
Harrison,  the  manufacturer  of  Warren,  once  worth  four  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars,  but  who  has  now  retired  from  business 
on  account  of  heavy  losses  by  the  Boston  fire,  etc.  George 
was  a  blacksmith.  His  daughter  Sophronia  married  Anthony 
Mason,  and  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  Mary  married  a 
Cummings  and  died.  Nancy  married  a  McKnight  and  died. 
Mr.  Sibley  died  at  Warren,  about  ninety-seven  years  of  age. 

Rev.  Mr.  Walker  lived  here  a  year  or  two.  Anthony 
Mason  carried  on  the  farm  several  years  and  died  there.  F. 
F.  Sibley  was  the  next  and  is  present  owner.  He  was  born 
in  Oxford,  October  22,  1827. 

Samuel  Goddard  married  a  King  for  his  first  wife  ;  for  his 
second  Widow  Park.  He  went  to  Royalston  and  had  a  very 
large  family ;  among  them  Deacon  Nathaniel  Goddard  of 
Millbury.  • 


184  HOMES    OF   THE 

The  next  house  was  the  old  school-house,  made  into  a 
dwelling  house  by  Col.  Jason  Waters ;  many  families,  too 
numerous  to  mention,  have  lived  in  it.  Mr.  Amos  Waters 
once  owned  it  and  lived  there.  It  is  now  occupied  by  Mr. 
Isaac  Waters,  son  of  Stephen,  son  of  Richard,  son  of  Richard ; 
he  married  a  daughter  of  Salem  J.  Shaw. 

The  present  school-house  was  built 'in  1818. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Salem  J.  Shaw 
was  built  by  Oliver  Bullard  and  sold  to  the  present  owner. 
Mr  Shaw  was  born  in  Wales,  Mass.,  February  13,  1821; 
married  Susan  Ann  Putnam,  daughter  of  Harvey,  son  of 
Abner,  son  of  David,  son  of  Deacon  Cornelius.  Mr.  Shaw 
has  run  the  mill  several  years  and  is  a  wheelwright  by  trade. 

The  first  framed  building  raised  in  West  Sutton  was  a 
saw  mill  on  the  site  where  Shaw's  mill  now  stands.  The 
house  where  Daniel  Chase  died,  now  belonging  to  his  heirs, 
was  originally  a  store  and  stood  where  the  Widow  Gibson's 
house  now  stands.  The  store  was  kept  by  Captain  Thomas 
Smith,  then  by  Bastow  and  Hovey,  then  by  Dr.  Amasa 
Braman,  next  by  Colonel  Jason  Waters,  then  by  Jabez 
Hull,  then  Samuel  Putnam,  last  Le  Baron  Putnam.  It  was 
moved  to  present  site  by  Captain  Cornelius  Putnam,  next 
owned  by  Adolphus  Draper,  who  was  a  blacksmith  and 
owned  and  occupied  the  trip-hammer  shop.  Chase  was  a 
carpenter  and  a  good  workman.  He  left  a  wife  and  two 
daughters. 

The  house  where  Loren  Kenney  lives  was  built  by  Amos 
Waters,  son  of  Amos  and  Abigail,  about  1816  —  was  sold 
to  Stephen  Hutchinson  with  a  farm  of  about  seventy-five 
acres :  by  him  sold  to  James  Phelps ;  he  sold  to  Levins 
Sibley,  Lewis  Stockwell  owned  it,  Calvin  Eager  bought  it, 
and  Nathan  Heath  bought  of  him  for  Mrs.  Grossman ;  jit  is 
now  owned  by  Loren  Kenney. 

Stephen  Hutchinson  came  from  Rhode  Island  and  had  a 
large  family.  He  moved  to  Oxford,  where  he  died. 

There  used  to  be  an  old  house  on  the  corner.  Mrs. 
Putnam  says  it  was  an  old  house  seventy  years  ago.  No 
one  seems  to  know  who  built  it.  Mr.  Amos  Waters  lived  in 
it  many  years.  He  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  most 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  185 

exemplary  of  men,  and  was  known  as  "Deacon  Amos," 
although  he  never  held  that  office.  He  married  for  second 
wife  a  daughter  of  Elder  Samuel  Waters,  and  had  a  large 
family  of  the  best  of  children,  all  quiet,  intelligent,  peace- 
ful and  good.  He  was  a  hoe-maker  by  trade  and  made  the 
best  hoes  of  his  time.  They  were  plated  hoes  with  an  eye 
for  the  handle  ;  the  upper  side  was  steel,  the  under  side 
iron.  The  theory  was  that  the  iron  would  keep  the  steel 
from  breaking,  and  being  soft  would  wear  off  at  the  bottom 
and  keep  the  hoes  sharp.  He  used  to  manufacture  them  in 
a  trip-hammer  shop  which  he  built,  near  where  the  Hooker 
shop  now  stands.  The  scythe  business  was  also  carried 
on  there.  Captain  Cornelius  Putnam  made  axes  there.  It 
Avas  quite  a  business  shop,  owned  and  operated  by  several 
different  men  and  linns.  Janes  and  Shumway  were  here, 
borrowed  money,  bought  horses  and  ran  off.  They  went  to 
Wisconsin  and  started  business.  The  place  was  named 
Janesville  after  Mr.  Janes,  and  is  now  an  important  town. 
They  were  here  in  1836. 

On  the  opposite  corner  stood  a  long,  low  house  known  a  s 
the  "Tom  Smith  House."  Thomas  Smith,  son  of  Robert 
Smith,  lived  here  many  years.  He  married  for  his  second 
wife  a  daughter  of  Elder  Samuel  Waters.  He  was  born  in 
Douglas.  The  Sutton  high  school,  kept  by  Rev.  George 
A.  Willard,  was  located  at  one  time  in  this  house.  The 
house  was  owned  at  one  time  by  Captain  Reuben  Waters ; 
his  mother  died  here  in  her  one  hundreth  year.  She,  once 
so  active  and  intelligent,  in  the  last  year  or  two  of  her  life 
became  a  mere  child,  so  that  Mrs.  Waters  gave  her  toys 
and  made  her  rag-babies  to  play  with.  The  house  was 
owned  several  years  by  Daniel  Hovey.  V.  C.  Hooker  owned 
it  and  took  it  down. 

The  next  house  above  was  built  by  V.  C.  Hooker,  and 
sold  to  Samuel  Newton,  and  by  him  to  Mr.  Ethan  Brown. 
Mr.  Brown  was  born  in  Oxford,  married  Mary  Ann  Sibley, 
daughter  of  Almon.  They  have  one  daughter,  Delia,  who 
graduated  at  Mount  Holyoke.  She  married  Rev.  Mr.  Law- 
rence. 

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186  HOMES    OF    THE 

The  house  now  occupied  by  Franklin  Sibley  was  built  by 
Veranus  C.  Hooker,  who  bought  the  site  of  James  Phelps 
about  1840.  It  has  been  owned  by  Henry  Batcheller,  John 
Rich  and  Sibley.  Rev.  Alvan  Abbott  once  lived  in  this 
house.  Sibley  has  been  mail-carrier  from  West  Sutton  to 
Millbury  for  several  years. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Elder  Fuller  was  built  by 
Elder  Samuel  Waters ;  he  kept  tavern,  had  an  ashery  and 
distillery  back  of  the  house  ;  also  two  blacksmith  shops,  one 
for  the  manufacture  of  scythes  and  one  for  hoes.  One 
was  operated  by  water-power,  near  where  Phelps'  mill  now 
stands. 

He  took  stock  in  the  "village  factory,"  which  brought 
failure  to  so  many,  and  was  sent  to  jail,  where  he  wrote  a 
sermon  entitled  "The  Spirits  of  the  Prison,"  which  was 
published.  He  preached  in  the  first  Baptist  church  several 
years.  After  he  gave  up  preaching  he  had  a  paint  shop 
near  his  house,  where  he  painted  carriages. 

The  other  part  of  the  house,  now  owned  by  Olive  Tucker, 
was  built  by  his  son  Joshua  and  sold  to  Amos  Waters. 
"  Deacon  Amos "  occupied  it  several  years  and  died  there. 

The  old  part  was  owned  by  Esq.  Bastow.  His  father,  Job 
Bastow,  died  there  March  28,  1827  ;  his  widow  died  October 
31,  1830. 

Samuel  Waters,  Jr.,  bought  it ;  he  was  deacon  of  the  first 
Baptist  church.  He  finally  moved  to  Worcester,  where  he 
died.  Captain  Willard  Putnam,  son  of  Aaron,  son  of 
Archelaus,  son  of  Edward,  owned  it.  James  Phelps  bought 
it  and  sold  to  Willard  Hall,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  Deacon 
Willis.  On  the  settlement  of  Widow  Hall's  estate,  sold  to 
the  present  owner. 

Ebenezer  Cad  well  once  lived  in  the  west  part  of  this 
house,  and  carried  on  the  tailoring  business.  He  was  after- 
ward depot  master  at  Northbridge. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  Mind  well  H. 
Phelps  was  built  by  Sumner  Bastow,  Esq.,  in  1817  ;  John 
Hathaway  and  Darius  Sibley  worked  on  the  house;  they 
slept  in  it  before  the  plastering  was  dry,  and  having  a  char- 
coal fire  Hathaway  was  suffocated  by  the  gas.  Sibley  but 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  187 

just  escaped.  Esq.  Bastow  was  a  lawyer  in  the  old  grab-law 
time.  His  kind  feelings  rendered  this  profession  distasteful 
to  him,  so  he  gave  it  up,  and  accepted  the  position  of  cash- 
ier of  the  Oxford  bank,  which  he  kept  until  his  last  sick- 
ness. He  died  December  29,  1845,  aged  sixty-eight.  He 
was  an  affable,  gentlemanly,  kind-hearted  man.  His  wife,  a 
daughter  of  Elder  Samuel  Waters,  died  March  22,  1871, 
aged  eighty-four.  Their  son  Julius  S.  was  born  here ;  he 
went  to  Brown  university,  was  a  physician,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 24,  1839.  Esq.  Bastow,  while  listening  on  a  certain 
occasion  to  a  sermon  by  Rev.  Mr.  Mills,  took  out  his  pen- 
knife and  cleaned  and  scraped  his  finger-nails,  which  appa- 
rent inattention  somewhat  annoyed  his  reverence,  drawing 
from  him  a  mild  rebuke.  So  the  next  day  Mr.  Bastow  sent 
a  handsome  apology,  accompanied  with  the  entire  sermon 
nicely  written  out.  It  was  a  peculiarity  of  his  to  busy  his 
hands  in  some  such  way  while  listening  intently  to  an  argu- 
ment or  discourse.  It  taxed  the  very  suave  Mr.  Mills  to 
his  uttermost  to  rejoin  with  due  politeness  to  this  unexpec- 
ted apology,  yet  he  did  it  with  such  grace  and  dignity  as 
few  men  could  command ;  regretting,  no  doubt,  that  he  had 
not  more  nail-scraping  and  less  giddy  hearers  in  his  congre- 
gation. 

He  sold  the  place  to  James  Phelps  in  1827.  Mr.  Phelps 
enlarged  the  house  very  much  and  built  the  beautiful  barn  in 
1839  :  the  carpenter  work  was  done  under  the  direction  of 
Jabez  Ellis.  He  built  the  mills  now  owned  by  S.  J.  Shaw  in 
1830  :  the  mill  work  being  done  by  Ezra  Davis  and  others. 
This  saw  and  grist-mill  with  30  acres  of  laud,  including  the 
orchard  now  owned  by  Stockwell,  was  sold  to  Lewis  Stock- 
well  in  1841 ;  he  bought  also  the  Hutchinson  house.  Stock- 
well  sold  the  mill  to  Oliver  Bullard,  who  built  the  house 
where  Shaw  lives  and  sold  to  Shaw.  He  built  a  shop  for 
making  washers,  just  above  the  saw  mill  now  owned  by 
Henry,  in  1847.  It  has  since  been  moved,  and  stands  where 
Amos  Waters'  hoe  shop  used  to  stand.  It  belongs  to  the 
heirs  of  V.  C.  Hooker.  He  built  Henry's  saw  mill  and  sawed 
the  first  log  there  Dec.  18,  1856.  He  bought  the  upper 
reservoir  and  built  the  dam  in  1858.  He  built  the  new 


188  HOMES    OF   THE 

grist-mill  in  1858.  After  his  death  the  mills  were  sold  to 
Henry  Batcheller  and  by  him  to  Sumner  Kenney,  by  him  to 
Henry  Phelps.  He  built  a  blacksmith  and  wheelwright  shop 
where  Hooker's  shop  now  stands,  in  1861.  It  was  burned  in 
1866. 

He  was  a  millwright  by  trade,  and  doing  the  mill  work 
where  they  were  putting  in  a  new  machine  for  making  paper, 
he  conceived  the  idea  of  making  those  machines ;  so  he 
employed  a  draughtsman  who  took  dimensions  and  drawings 
of  all  parts  of  the  machine,  and  he  and  Gen.  Spofford  com- 
menced manufacturing  the  famous  Fourdrinier  paper  machines 
in  1826.  They  made  their  first  pattern  in  the  machine  shop 
at  Manchaug. 

The  business  was  continued  on  under  the  name  and  firm  of 
Phelps  and  Spofford  until  1841.  Their  machine  shop  was 
located  at  Spoffordsville  in  the  town  of  Windham,  Ct. 

They  sold  the  machines  for  about  $3,000  apiece,  and  when 
the  purchasers  were  not  able  to  pay  for  them,  they  took  mort- 
gages for  their  security  ;  nevertheless,  this  precaution  proved 
their  ruin,  for  they  soon  had  more  paper  mills  on  their  hands 
than  they  knew  what  to  do  with. 

So,  to  bolster  up  their  broken  customers,  they  stocked 
several  of  these  mills  and  run  them  with  bad  partners,  until 
they  were  obliged  to  fail  in  1841.  After  going  through  bank- 
ruptcy, Mr.  Phelps  invented  and  had  patented  in  1843,  what 
is  known  as  "  Phelps'  Patent  Rag  Washer."  He  sold  of  these 
washers  one  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars  worth ;  a 
little  more  than  one  half  of  the  amount  being  profit.  Mr. 
Phelps  was  son  of  Henry  Phelps  ;  his  mother  was  daughter 
of  Edward  Putnam,  who  originally  bought  five  hundred  acres 
of  laud  on  Putnam  Hill,  for  five  hundred  dollars. 

James  Phelps  was  a  fine  looking  man,  weighing  over  two 
hundred  pounds.  His  twin  brother,  Sim.,  looked  much 
like  him,  but  was  not  quite  as  fleshy.  James,  for  several  years 
before  he  died,  was  troubled  with  the  gout,  and  almost 
lost  the  use  of  his  lower  limbs.  Yet  he  had  wheels  on  his 
chair  and  trundled  himself  about  the  house,  would  crawl  into 
his  wagon  and  ride  to  his  shop  and  about  his  farm,  directing 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  189 

all  his  men,  and  actually  doing  more  business  than  any  other 
man  in  West  Button,  although  a  cripple,  and  frequently 
exercised  with  the  most  excruciating  pain. 

Of  his  family  only  his  wife  and  two  children  survive. 
Mrs.  Phelps  is  now  in  her  eightieth  year.  The  children  are 
Henry,  who  married  Julia  Waters,  and  Sarah,  the  widow  of 
Horace  De  Witt.  She  has  one  son,  Alexander,  a  promising- 
young  man,  now  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  in  Worces- 
ter. 

Judge  Barton  wrote  the  following  obituary,  which  was 
published  in  the  Worcester  Aegis,  in  June,  1863  : 

"  The  death  of  James  Phelps,  Esq.,  of  Sutton,  noticed  in  the  last  Aegis  and 
Transcript,  will  attract  wide  attention  among  the  elder  members  of  the  busi- 
ness community.  He  was  formerly  a  large  manufacturer  of  paper  machinery. 
The  disastrous  period  for  all  manufacturers,  previous  to  the  passage  of  the 
bankrupt  law  of  1841,  compelled  Mr.  Phelps  to  take  the  benefit  of  that  act, 
and  at  the  age  of  fifty  years  he  was  left  entirely  destitute  of  property.  With 
most  men  at  that  age  and  under  such  circumstances,  further  enterprise  would 
have  been  wholly  paralyzed.  But  possessing  great  hopefulness  and  mechanical 
talent,  he  put  forth  new  efforts  to  retrieve  his  fortunes ;  invented  what  is  well 
known  as  "Phelps'  Patent  Rag  Washer,"  and  by  the  manufacture  of  that 
useful  machine,  he  supported  himself  under  great  bodily  infirmities,  gave 
remunerative  employment  to  many  laborers,  paid  debts  from  which  he  had  been 
legally  discharged,  and  saved  a  moderate  competency  for  his  family.  Few 
men  have  left  a  purer  name  for  integrity  and  enterprise,  and  his  loss  will  be 
deeply  felt  by  his  family  and  by  the  community  where  he  has  so  long  resided." 

His  funeral  was  largely  attended  by  his  friends  and  neigh- 
bors, at  the  Baptist  church  in  West  Sutton  on  the  third  inst. 
The  services  were  appropriately  performed  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Lyman  of  Sutton  Centre,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Avery 
and  Becker,  the  Baptist  clergyman  of  West  Sutton. 

He  bought  originally  but  little  land  of  Esquire  Bastow,  but 
has  bought  on  of  different  ones,  so  that  the  present  farm 
contains  about  ninety  acres. 

The  house  where  widow  Gibson  now  lives  was  built  by 
Jonathan  Dudley,  jr.,  in  1826.  Sold  to  Col.  Reuben  Waters 
who  lived  here  several  years ;  some  of  his  children  were 
born  here.  It  was  afterward  owned  by  James  Phelps,  sold 
by  him  to  Gardner  Gibson,  a  carpenter,  who  died  there  in 
1876. 

The  house  where  Henry  Phelps  now  lives  was  built  by 
James  Gleason  in  1833.  He  married  Eliza  Dodge,  daughter 


190  HOMES    OF    THE 

of  Josiali  Dodge.  He  sold  to  Samuel  Eich  and  moved  to 
Southbridge,  where  his  wife  Eliza  died.  He  married  for 
second  wife  a  daughter  of  John  Dodge,  with  whom  he  now 
lives  in  Southbridge. 

Samuel  Rich  married  Nancy  Stockwell,  but  had  no  chil- 
dren. He  adopted  a  daughter  who  married  a  Presby,  and 
to  her  and  her  heirs  Mr.  Rich  gave  this  house.  They  are  the 
present  owners.  He  also  gave  a  handsome  donation  to  the 
First  Baptist  church. 

The  house  where  widow  Earle  now  lives  was  originally  a 
wheelwright  shop,  occupied  by  Reuben  Chase  and  Origen 
Harback.  It  was  made  into  a  dwelling  house  by  Col.  Jason 
Waters,  sold  to  Daniel  Tourtellott,  Esq.  Mrs.  Perry  bought 
it,  and  it  was  inherited  from  her  by  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Geo. 
C.  Earle,  the  present  owner.  Many  families  have  lived  in 
this  house,  among  them  Capt.  Charles  Harback,  Charles 
Warren,  Capt.  Parley  Howard,  a  Mr.  Hastings,  who  went 
to  Connecticut,  Moses  Sibley  and  others. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Parley  Waters 
was  built  by  Col.  Daniel  C.  Tourtellott  about  1830.  He 
married  for  first  wife  Sarah  Sibley,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Sarah ;  a  part  of  his  children  were  born  here  and  his  wife 
died  here.  He  married  for  second  wife  H.  Serepta  Stock- 
well.  He  now  has  a  third  wife  and  lives  in  Worcester.  He 
was  Colonel  of  the  Regiment  that  used  to  muster  at  West 
Suttou,  and  was  a  splendid  officer.  He  sold  to  present 
owner.  Ensign  Parley  Waters,  now  eighty  years  of  age,  is 
active  and  intelligent  as  most  middle-aged  men.  When 
quite  young  he  had  a  fever,  and  after  that  his  hair  came  out 
white,  giving  him  then  quite  a  venerable  appearance.  His 
wife  is  now  nearly  77.  Their  children  are  all  dead.  Sarah, 
their  grand-daughter,  is  their  only  surviving  descendant,  and 
one  of  the  first  graduates  of  the  Sutton  High  School. 

The  house  and  store  now  owned  and  kept  by  Henry  B. 
Bullard,  was  built  by  Samuel  Davis  for  Lyman  Parsons,  who 
first  kept  the  store.  It  was  next  kept  by  Gibbs  Lilley, 
Luther  Woodbury  acting  as  attendant ;  next  owned  and  kept 
by  Amos  R.  Holman,  who  sold  to  Rufus  C.  Hall,  who  kept 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  191 

it  several  years.  He  sold  to  Samuel  Waters,  who  soon  sold 
to  Bullard,  the  present  owner. 

The  old  tavern  house  which  stood  where  the  tavern  now 
stands,  was  moved  across  the  road,  and  afterwards  occupied 
by  Nathan  Arnold  and  others.  It  was  built  by  Amos 
Waters,  one  of  the  first  settlers.  He  married  widow  Daniel 
Carrie! ;  her  maiden  name  was  Abigail  Cobb.  She  had  one 
son,  Daniel,  by  her  first  husband,  and  four  sons  and  three 
daughters  by  her  second.  After  his  death  she  married  Robert 
Smith  and  had  one  son  and  one  daughter.  Miner  married  a 
Marble,  the  daughter  married  a  Whipple. 

The  children  of  Amos  and  Abigail  were  all  born  in  this 
house.  Their  names  were  Amos,  Jude,  Reuben,  Simeon, 
Patty,  Huldah,  and  Abigail.  Patty  married  Capt.  David 
Putnam,  Huldah  married  John  Putnam  and  Abigail  Capt. 
Abner  Putnam,  son  of  Esq.  Nathan.  He  moved  to  Ludlow, 
Mass.,  and  died  there.  After  the  death  of  Amos  Waters  his 
widow  rented  her  thirds  to  Aaron  Sibley  and  a  Mr.  White, 
and  went  to  live  with  her  third  husband  down  at  the  Aldrich 
mill  place. 

In  the  days  of  the  Revolution  a  train  of  powder  wagons  accompanied  by  a 
military  escort,  on  its  way  from  Philadelphia  to  Boston,  passed  this  house. 
One  of  White's  boys,  full  of  mischief,  stuck  pitch  pine  slivers  into  an  apple, 
and  as  the  train  passed,  lighted  his  torch  and  threw  it  at  the  last  powder  cart, 
which  act  so  enraged  the  guard,  that  they  came  back  to  the  house,  broke  out 
all  the  windows  and  threatened  the  lives  of  the  inmates,  thinking  them  tories. 
One  woman  with  a  child  in  her  arms  was  obliged  to  run  for  her  life,  the  guard 
threatening  to  pierce  her  with  his  sword  if  she  did  not  leave.  She  ran  to  the 
Elder  Waters'  house,  and  the  boy  to  save  his  life  went  and  hid  under  the 
flume  at  the  mill.  After  hunting  a  long  time  for  the  boy  they  went  to  Le 
Baron's  tavern,  where  they  spent  the  night;  and  when  they  threatened  to  go 
back,  and  burn  the  house,  feeling  sure  that  tories  lived  there,  Mr.  Le  Baron's 
assurance  that  they  were  good  Union  people,  and  that  it  was  only  the  foolish 
act  of  a  mischievous  boy,  was  all  that  saved  the  house.  White  was  so  alarmed 
for  his  safety,  that  he  left  the  place. 

The  house  was  afterward  occupied  by  Capt.  Reuben 
Waters,  who  kept  the  first  tavern  here.  All  of  his  children 
were  born  here.  He  built  the  Masonic  Hall  and  store 
adjoining  in  1815. 

It  was  next  kept  by  Col.  Jason  Waters,  who  also  kept  the 
store.  He  was  the  son  of  Jude,  the  son  of  Amos.  Col. 
Jason  was  quite  an  enterprising  man.  He  married  a  Phillips 


192  HOMES    OF   THE 

and   moved  to  Philadelphia,  where    he    died.     One    of  his 
daughters  married  a  distinguished  and  wealthy  physician,  and 

o  ^ 

now  lives  in  Philadelphia. 

The  store  was  next  kept  by  Morgan  Phillips,  then  by 
Dudley  and  Torry,  next  by  Col.  Eeuben  Waters  and  Harvey 
Lombard.  Estes  Davis  bought  out  Lombard,  and  Lyman 
Parsons  went  in  with  Davis,  then  moved  to  the  new  store. 
The  store  has  since  been  made  into  a  tenement. 

Geo.  C.  Earle  next  kept  the  hotel,  and  as  a  landlord  he  so 
served  his  customers  as  to  command  their  respect  and  esteem. 
He  married  Miss  Martha  Rich,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Patty 
Rich. 

At  the  time  when  he  kept  this  house  military  trainings 
were  very  popular,  and  the  different  towns  tried  to  see  which 
could  produce  the  best  uniformed,  armed,  equipped  and 
drilled  companies.  The  annual  regimental  musters  were 
generally  celebrated  in  the  beautiful  fields  in  front  of  this 
house,  it  being  made  the  headquarters  of  the  inspectors. 

Four  very  popular  Colonels  were  produced  in  this  little 
village  :  Col.  Jason  Waters,  Col.  Reuben  Waters,  Col.  Geo. 
C.  Earle,  Col.  Daniel  C.  Tourtellott. 

Paris  and  Geo.  A.  Tourtellott  moved  the  old  house  and 
built  the  brick  one,  making  their  own  bricks,  for  there  was 
a  brick-yard  on  this  place  just  back  of  the  barn,  where  the 
brick-making  business  was  carried  on  many  years.  They 
succeeded  Earle  in  the  hotel,  and  the  Tourtellotts  kept  the 
house  several  years,  Charles  A.  succeeding  George.  Geo.  A. 
afterwards  kept  a  hotel  in  Templeton,  where  he  died.  Charles 
went  to  Millbury,  where  he  kept  a  popular  house  until  he 
died. 

After  the  central  turnpike  was  built,  this  house  was  a  noted  stage  tavern, 
two  stages  a  day  stopping  here  on  their  way  from  Boston  to  Hartford  and  vice 
versa.  Two  drivers  boarded  here,  Silas  Freeman  and  Joseph  Perkins,  one 
driving  east  and  the  other  west:  they  changed  horses  and  coaches  at  this  place. 
Many  travellers  stopped  here,  and  the  house  was  well  patronized.  In  the  olden 
time,  before  daily  papers  and  mails  were  established,  the  neighbors  used  to 
congregate  here  to  learn  the  news  from  travellers,  and  find  out  about  the 
markets  by  teamsters  from  Boston. 

This  house  used  to  be  noted  for  its  dancing  schools,  singing  schools,  balls, 
etc.,  which  were  held  in  the  beautiful  hall  built  by  Capt.  Waters  for  the  use  of 
the  Masons.  Those  beautiful  figures,  Faith,  Hope  and  Charity,  which  adorned 
the  walls,  were  designed  and  painted  by  the  noted  artist,  Jeremiah  Styles. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  193 

Since  Tourtellott  left,  several  men  have  kept  the  house, 
but  there  is  not  much  demand  for  such  a  house,  now  that 
most  of  the  travel  is  by  railroad. 

Tourtellott  sustained  the  house  by  entertaining  parties  and 
getting  up  bird  suppers  as  long  as  he  could,  but  finally  left. 

Waldo  Putnam  bought  it  and  kept  it  one  year  or  so,  then 
sold  to  an  Irishman  by  the  name  of  Quirk,  who  still  owns  it. 
Mr.  Wallis  kept  it  last  year.  A  Mr.  Whiting  lives  there 
now.  A  Mr.  Presby  once  bought  it  and  built  a  barn  there, 
then  it  went  back  to  Paris  Tourtellott,  whose  heirs  sold  to 
Waldo. 

There  used  to  be  great  amusement  in  those  general  trainings,  and  their 
dress  parade  was  a  fine  sight.  Their  sham  fights  were  bloodless,  and  conse- 
quently real  fun,  although  they  did  on  one  occasion  scare  all  the  rats  out  of  the 
place ;  they  left  in  the  night  after  the  battle.  Their  tracks  were  seen  a  mile 
distant  the  next  morning  in  a  sandy  place  in  the  road.  They  were  so  numerous 
that  a  finger  could  scarcely  be  put  on  a  spot  without  touching  one.  They 
halted  on  Putnam  and  Pigeon  hills,  and  those  places  were  overrun  by  them. 

The  next  house  was  originally  Willard  Putnam's  wheel- 
wright shop.  It  was  made  into  a  dwelling  house  by  Mrs. 
Patty  Perry,  formerly  Mrs.  Amos  Rich  ;  she  died  there.  Mr. 
Perry  married  Cynthia  Bastow  and  died  there.  Mrs.  Earle 
sold  it  to  Frank  Sibley,  he  sold  to  Mrs.  McKnight,  she  to 
Bowers  Davis,  who  is  now  repairing,  enlarging  and  improv- 
ing it  very  much. 

The  next  house  was  Esq.  Bastow's  office.  It  was  first 
moved  across  the  road  and  used  as  a  tailor's  shop  by  Ebenezer 
Cad  well,  then  removed  to  its  present  site,  and  enlarged  for 
a  shoe  shop  by  Capt.  Parley  Howard.  It  was  altered  into  a 
dwelling  house  by  Rufus  Bacon.  His  daughter,  who  married 
a  Fairbanks  and  died  in  Worcester,  was  born  here.  Several 
families  have  lived  in  it,  and  it  now  belongs  to  Nathan 
Waters.  The  next  house  was  built  by  Capt.  Reuben  Waters 
for  Dorrance  Sibley,  who  first  occupied  it  in  1813.  Capt. 
Parley  Howard  owned  it  and  lived  in  it  several  years.  He 
was  a  shoemaker,  and  carried  on  quite  a  business.  His  first 
wife  died  here.  He  married  for  second  wife  a  Miss  Parker, 
and  had  two  or  three  children;  she  died,  and  he  married  a 
third  wife.  He  died  in  the  north  part  of  the  county.  Mrs. 

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194  HOMES    OF   THE 

Stephen  Putnam  died  in  this  house.  Mrs.  Stephen  Waters 
lived  in  it.  It  has  been  owned  for  several  years  by  Xathan 
Waters,  and  by  him  rented  to  various  families. 

The  next  house  was  built  of  brick  by  Paris  Tourtellott  in 
1830.  He  lived  here  several  years,  married  Mary  Ann 
Stevens,  who  died  here.  Deacon  Dana  bought  the  place  and 
sold  to  Thomas  Tucker.  Warren  Johnson  bought  and  sold 
to  Rev.  Mr.  Snow,  whose  only  son  was  killed  by  lightning 
soon  after,  at  this  place,  which  rendered  the  house  so  desolate 
that  he  sold  to  Deacon  Lamb,  the  present  owner. 

Opposite  this  house  once  stood  "  The  West  Sutton  Lite- 
rary Institute,"  established  by  the  effort  of  that  popular 
teacher,  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Willard,  under  whose  management 
it  was  well  patronized,  but  whose  successors  failed  to  keep 
up  the  prestige  it  had  possessed.  Consequently,  for  lack  of 
patronage  the  school  was  discontinued,  and  the  building  sold 
and  converted  into  a  dwelling  house  by  P.  H.  Putnam,  as 
mentioned  in  District  No.  2.  Mr.  Willard  went  from  here 
to  Southbridge,  and  established  the  Southbridge  High  School. 

The  builder  of  the  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
Samuel  Newton,  cannot  be  ascertained.  It  is  a  very7  ancient 
house,  among  the  oldest  in  the  place.  Paul  Sibley  kept 
tavern  there  many  years  ago.  Gideon  Sibley  once  lived 
there.  Gen.  Davis  owned  the  farm ;  Charles  Putnam  hired 
it  of  him  and  lived  there  ten  years  ;  four  of  his  children  were 
born  there.  Prescott  was  born  there  in  1804.  After  Putnam 
left,  Amasa  Roberts,  Esq.,  lived  there,  next  Sumner  Bastow, 
Esq.  Gen.  Davis  gave  the  farm  to  his  son  Sumner  Barton, 
when  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age.  He  shot  himself  on  the 
place,  in  one  of  the  fields  south  of  the  house,  July  13,  1821, 
aged  twenty-two.  It  was  next  owned  by  Samuel  and  Elijah 
Rich.  Paris  Tourtellott  bought  Elijah's  part.  Sumner  Kenney 
bought  Samuel  out,  as  far  as  the  farm  was  concerned. 

Liberty  Bigelow  bought  the  house  for  his  father,  Amos 
Bigelow,  who  lived  here  many  years.  Bowers  Davis  bought 
it  and  sold  to  present  owner. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Edward  Putnam  in  1832. 
Sold  to  Reuben  Davis  in  1835.  He  sold  to  Sumner  Kenney 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  195 

in  1838,  who  has  built  a  large  barn,  bought  on  land,  and  now 
owns  a  large  farm.  Sumner  Kenney  is  son  of  Jesse  Kenney, 
whose  wife  was  daughter  of  Abel  Sibley. 

The  next  house  was  built  soon  after  by  Emory  Putnam, 
son  of  Rufus,  son  of  David,  son  of  Fuller,  son  of  Jepthah. 
It  was  next  owned  by  Jason  Bigelow,  now  by  John  Gibson, 
who  married  Bigelow's  daughter. 

Daniel  C.  Tourtellott  had  a  wheelwright-shop  a  little  north 
of  the  tavern,  operated  by  water-power ;  it  has  been  down 
several  years.  It  did  quite  an  extensive  business  at  one 
time. 

The  house  where  Charles  Johnson  now  lives  was  built 
by  Arnos  R.  Holman,  about  1845,  and  sold  to  Mr.  Soule, 
and  by  him  to  the  Baptist  society.  It  was  occupied  by  Rev. 
Mr.  Lovell,  one  of  the  most  brilliant  preachers  that  ever 
preached  in  this  town.  Mr.  Lovell  was  for  a  time  deranged 
and  sent  to  the  lunatic  asylum,  where  he  remained  some 
time  ;  afterward  went  west,  recovered,  and  is  himself  again. 

The  society  sold  to  Thomas  Tucker,  he  to  Mrs.  Marcy, 
widow  of  Larned  Marcy  and  mother  of  Mrs.  Johnson. 

The  new  house  beyond  was  built  in  1876,  by  Henry  M. 
Brigham,  born  in  Westborough,  October  29,  1833,  married 
Hannah  Jane  Sherman,  Nov.  28,  1855,  born  May  19,  1839. 
They  have  one  daughter,  Ella,  born  in  Sutton,  June  16, 
1859.  She  has  just  graduated  from  the  Sutton  high  school. 
This  is  one  of  the  best  houses  in  town,  large,  commodious 
and  well  finished . 

The  next  house,  also  owned  by  Mr.  Brigham,  was  built 
by  Timothy  Davis.  The  farm  originally  belonged  to  Deacon 
Tarrant  Putnam.  Davis  sold  to  Benjamin  Wallis,  who  sold 
to  Smith  Taft,  who  built  the  barn.  He  lived  there  a  few 
years,  then  traded  farms  with  Hon.  John  Spurr  of  Charlton, 
and  went  to  Charlton  to  live.  Mr.  Wallis  also  moved  to 
Charlton.  Mr.  Spurr  let  the  farm  to  several  different  ones, 
Jonathan  Dudley,  jr.,  Larned  Marcy  and  others.  Marcy 
died  there.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Spurr  it  was  sold  to 
Mrs.  Adams  Carpenter.  After  Adams  died  it  was  sold  to 
present  owner.  It  is  a  large  farm. 


196  HOMES    OF    THE 

The  house  on  the  town  farm  was  built  about  seventy-five 
years  ago  by  Deacon  Daniel  Harwood,  sold  by  him  to  Elkanah 
Spring,  by  him  to  Captain  Rufus  Knapp.  Brigham,  his  son, 
was  born  there.  He  sold  to  Captain  Daniel  Tourtellott. 
Mrs.  Putnam  thinks  he  was  there  in  1806.  Daniel  Tourtel- 
lott sold  to  the  town  of  Sutton,  March  15,  1837. 

Captain  Tourtellott  was  a  very  prominent  man  in  town,  was  deputy  sheriff 
several  years,  was  also  a  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  born  in  Mendon, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  at  the  tavern  in  West  Sutton,  August  17,  1844,  aged 
seventy-two  years,  eight  months.  He  married  Freelove  Angell,  born  in 
Smithfield,  Rhode  Island,  February  28,  1779,  and  died  at  Millbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  16,  1869.  They  had  eight  children,  six  sons  and  two 
daughters.  Paris,  George  A.,  Daniel  C.,  Samuel,  Charles  A.,  Stephen  C., 
Maria  and  Ruth  —  all  dead  but  Daniel  C.  and  Mrs.  Maria,  widow  of  John 
Gleason.  They  both  live  in  Worcester. 

This  farm  has  been  the  home  of  the  poor  since  the  town 
bought  it.  The  wardens  have  been  as  follows :  Nathan 
Keith,  1838,  three  years;  Simon  Tainter,  1843-4;  Alfred 
Morse,  1845 ;  S.  D.  King,  1846-7  ;  Joseph  Wilcox,  1847 
to  1854 ;  T.  D.  Gould,  1857  ;  A.  H.  Blake,  '58  and  '59  ;  S. 
Farnum,  I860,  four  years ;  Joseph  Wilcox,  1864-5  ;  H.  M. 
Brigham,  '66  and  '67  and  '70  to  '75  ;  Samuel  Fairbanks, 
1869  ;  C.  S.  Wheeler,  1876. 

There  once  stood  a  house  beyond  this  one,  owned  and 
occupied  by  Ebenezer  Rich.  His  sons  were  Ebenezer, 
Jacob,  Elisha  and  John.  Elisha  kept  school  at  the  Street ; 
was  collector  of  the  town. 

Samuel  Rich,  one  of  the  first  settlers,  who  OAvned  a  very 
large  tract  of  land,  embracing  several  farms  in  the  vicinity, 
built  the  house  where  Chandler  Stockwell  now  lives.  His 
son  Amos  was  born  there  and  succeeded  his  father  as  owner. 
Amos  married  Patty  Pratt,  enlarged  and  improved  the  house, 
and  kept  tavern  there  several  years.  All  of  his  children  were 
born  there.  After  his  death,  his  son,  Amos,  jr.,  kept  the 
house,  and  after  he  died  his  brother-in-law,  Colonel  George 
C.  Earle,  kept  it.  It  was  sold  to  Captain  Chandler  Stock- 
well  in  1835.  He  has  occupied  it  ever  since.  He  is  son  of 
Eli  Stockwell  already  mentioned.  This  house  is  located  on 
what  was  known  as  the  Douglas  turnpike ;  it  being  the  main 
road  to  Providence  was  formerly  much  travelled,  affording 


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TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  199 

fair  patronage  to  this,  then  popular  tavern.  Geo.  R.  Earle, 
the  popular  proprietor  of  the  Mansion  House,  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  is  his  son. 

Samuel  Rich,  jr.,  built  the  next  house  in  1791.  His 
father  owned  the  Elijah  Rich  place,  the  Kenney  place,  and 
the  Blandon  place  in  Oxford,  as  well  as  the  Eli  Stockwell 
place  in  Douglas.  Samuel,  jr.,  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
John,  who  enlarged  and  repaired  the  house,  built  a  large 
barn,  etc.  His  sons  were  John,  jr.,  and  George,  who  suc- 
ceeded his  father  on  the  place  and  died  here.  One  of  his 
daughters  married  Warren  Humes,  Esq.,  of  Douglas.  She 
has  been  dead  several  years.  Esq.  Humes  died  a  few  weeks 
since.  He  was  once  considered  one  of  the  most  capable 
men  in  the  south  part  of  Worcester  county.  He  was  a  sur- 
veyor, and  did  much  probate  business.  His  son,  John  R. 
Humes,  is  now  one  of  our  assessors. 

Another  of  John  Rich's  daughters  married  Stephen  Marsh, 
one  of  our  most  wealthy  citizens. 

Samuel,  John  and  George's  children  were  all  born  on  this 
place.  George  Rich  married  a  daughter  of  Chandler  Stock- 
well,  and  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  The  Stockwells, 
Henry  and  James,  bought  this  place  after  the  death  of 
George.  They  sold  to  Erastus  W.  Whiting,  he  to  Aaron 
H.  Read,  the  present  owner. 

Ebenezer  Waters  built  a  house  between  the  Amos  Rich 
house  and  his  own  for  his  sister  Hannah,  who  married  a 
Marsh.  It  was  afterward  occupied  as  a  tenement-house  by 
many  different  families.  It  has  been  down  several  years. 

Richard  Waters,  one  of  the  original  settlers,  lived  at  the 
Bullard  place.  He  was  admitted  to  the  first  Congregational 

•*•  O        O 

church  in  Sutton,  by  letter  from  church  in  Salem,  between 
1724  and  1728.  Mrs.  M.  DeW.  Freeland  has  sent  me  one 
little  incident,  which  is  as  follows  : 

The  time  and  manner  of  traveling  and  sending  communications  from  Boston 
to' Sutton  in  1746,  as  contrasted  with  the  same  in  1876. — From  Records 
of  Siyourney  Family. 

Anthony  Sigourney  of  Boston,  was  married  to  Mary  Waters  of  Salem,  11 
April,  1740.  Mrs.  Sigourney  was  an  invalid  from  consumption,  her  physician 
named  change  of  place,  hoping  for  her  recovery.  Mrs.  Sigourney  left  Boston 
for  Sutton,  where  then  resided  her  brother,  Richard  Waters.  She  soon 


200  HOMES    OF    THE 

became  too  ill  to  venture  a  return  to  Boston.  She  survived  until  winter, 
1746;  previously  to  her  decease  a  message  was  despatched  to  Boston  to 
acquaint  Mr.  Sigourney  with  the  circumstances.  No  answer  was  received. 
The  roads  were  impassable  from  the  deep,  heavy  snows.  The  funeral  services 
were  postponed  for  some  two  weeks  or  more,  until  it  was  decided  there  could 
be  no  longer  any  delay  from  the  absence  of  Mr.  Sigourney ;  during  the 
services  Mr.  Sigourney  arrived.  Having  been  unable  to  proceed  from  saddle- 
horses  furnished  him,  he  had  walked  most  of  the  distance  from  Boston  to 
Sutton,  by  the  aid  of  snow-shoes  or  rackets.  Mrs.  Sigourney  was  buried  in 
the  burying  grounds  belonging  to  the  Waters,  Goffe  and  Putnam  families  in 
Sutton.  No  head-stones  —  only  stone  marks. 

Richard  Waters  settled  the  Billiard  place  on  his  son 
Ebenezer,  who  built  the  present  house  in  17(>7.  "Miss 
Ruth  Waters  married  Thomas  Kendall,  a  preacher ;  he  had 
a  pair  of  twins,  and  made  a  cradle  with  the  rockers  length- 
wise ;  so,  placing  their  heads  toward  the  ends  of  the  cradle, 
the  babies  would  kick  and  rock  each  other."  His  son, 
Thomas,  jr.,  was  a  very  ingenious  man.  He  had  five  fingers 
on  each  hand,  and  used  to  make  thermometers,  surveyors' 

instruments,  etc. 

• 
Ebenezer  Waters  was  a  surveyor,  civil  engineer,  conveyancer,  etc.     He  was 

very  particular  and  scrupulously  nice  in  all  his  acts.  It  was  said  that  expect- 
ing a  visit  from  his  minister  he  had  a  back-log  hewed  and  scribed  into  his 
fireplace,  that  his  fireside  might  be  worthy  of  his  guest.  He  sold  this  place  to 
a  Mr.  Hunt  and  went  to  Boston,  where  he  died  Feb.  2d,  1808.  One  of  his 
daughters  married  Dr.  Bullard  and  one  married  Eev.  Joseph  Goff.  He  and 
his  wives  and  daughters  now  sleep  in  a  tomb  which  he  built  Sept.  18.  1773,  in 
the  old  burying-place  on  the  west  side  of  the  road  leading  from  West  Sutton 
to  the  town  farm. 

Dr.  Bullard  bought  the  place  of  Hunt  about  1805.  He 
had  a  large  family ;  was  a  physician  and  surgeon.  He  used 
to  tell  how  he  amputated  a  sore  finger  for  a  young  man.  He 
put  a  block  on  the  top  of  a  bed-post,  ground  a  chisel  very 
sharp,  laid  the  boy's  hand  on  the  block,  and  with  one  stroke 
of  the  mallet  the  operation  was  performed. 

Nearly  in  front  of  this  house  stands  a  large  elm  tree  which 
Mr.  Joseph  Bullard,  the  next  owner,  said  the  Rev.  H.  W. 
Beecher  had  in  his  mind  when  he  described  the  big  tree  in 
"  Norwood."  The  place  now  belongs  to  Mr.  Henry  B.  Bul- 
lard, and  lovers  of  beautiful  scenery  would  do  well  to  visit 
him  in  summer,  and  rusticate  under  the  great  romantic  tree 
of  "  Norwood  "  notoriety.  Rev.  H.  W.  Beecher  was  married 
in  this  house,  and  several  went  from  here  to  college. 


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TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  203 

A  part  of  the  Richard  Waters'  estate  he  settled  upon  his  son 
Stephen,  who  built  the  house  where  Nathan  now  lives,  about 
1757.  He  lived  there  seventy  years.  His  son  John  was 
born  there  in  1766,  and  died  there  1847.  He  was  succeeded 
by  his  sons,  Nathan  and  Richard.  The  farm  was  divided. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Peter  Wake  was  built  by  John 
Waters  for  his  son  Richard  in  1839.  He  died  there  in  1876, 
aged  74.  He  was  away  from  the  farm  but  six  weeks  during 
his  life. 

His  father  was  not  away  as  much  as  his  son.  All  of  John's 
children  were  born  here.  He  and  his  three  wives  all  died 
here.  Nathan's  children  were  all  born  in  the  house  where  he 
lives.  This  was  a  very  large  farm,  extending  to  the  shore1 
of  Manchaug  Pond,  near  which  he  had  a  saw  mill,  now  stand- 
ing, but  not  in  operation  at  present.  Near  this  mill  Joseph 
Severy  with  his  children,  Benjamin,  Lydia  and  Libra,  lived 
in  a  shanty  several  years. 

Mr.  Stephen  Waters  gave  much  of  his  attention  to  raising 
fruit ;  he  had  the  largest  apple  orchard  in  the  region,  and 
the  best  fruit  of  his  time.  His  successors  have  continued  to 
cultivate  and  improve  the  orchards.  John  Waters  enlarged 
and  repaired  the  house ;  it  is  large  and  commodious,  and  was 
painted  red.  It  remains  the  same  color.  Nathan's  farm 
contains  about  200  acres.  He  has  been  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  settled  many  estates,  and  done  much  for  the  support 
of  the  gospel ;  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  church. 

Peter  Wake  now  owns  the  farm  vacated  by  the  death  of 
Richard  Waters.  It  contains  112  acres,  and  has  on  it  one 
thousand  apple  trees.  Richard's  children  were  all  born 
there. 

Who  first  built  the  mill  where  Aldrich  grinds  cannot  be 
ascertained.  Robert  Smith  lived  there  in  the  days  of  the 
revolution.  Benajah  Putnam,  the  father  of  Abijah,  lived 
there  and  run  the  saw  and  grist-mills  several  years.  He  left 
and  went  to  Montpelier,  Vt.,  in  1805.  John  Putnam  owned 
and  occupied  them  soon  after ;  he  also  owned  quite  a  farm, 
and  had  a  brick  yard,  and  made  brick  up  a  little  west  of  the 
mills.  He  lived  in  an  old  house  that  stood  near  where  the 
barn  now  stands.  He  sold  to  James  Sibley,  who  built  the 


204  HOMES    OF    THE 

present  house.  John  Putnam  had  the  place  back  and  sold 
to  Rufus  Putnam ;  he  tended  the  mills  several  years,  and 
John  bought  them  again  for  John,  jr.  Rufus  went  to  the 
house  where  Fairbanks  now  lives.  He  was  a  consumptive 
and  came  back  here  to  die  with  his  cousin,  John,  jr.  He 
and  his  wife  both  died  here ;  but  a  short  time  intervening 
between  the  events. 

John  Putnam,  jr.,  sold  the  place  to  John  Waters,  who  took 
pains  to  stock  the  pond  with  fish  and  then  forbid  fishing 
there.  One  David  Lilley  thought  he  had  a  right  to  fish 
where  he  pleased,  and  continued  to  angle  there.  Mr.  Waters 
to  test  his  right  prosecuted  him  and  gained  his  cause. 
Stephen  Waters,  sou  of  John,  had  the  place  from  his  father, 
and  lived  here  until  his  death.  All  of  his  children  were  born 
here.  Among  them  Jason  Waters,  who  has  been  a  popular 
singing  master,  an  efficient  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
legislature,  an  editor  of  a  public  journal,  a  traveling  agent 
for  several  different  firms,  an  inventor,  and  has  secured 
several  patents,  a  public  lecturer  and  is  one  of  our  most 
fluent  speakers. 

The  mills  were  burnt  in  1841,  and  rebuilt  by  John  Waters. 
After  the  death  of  Stephen  Waters  the  place  was  sold  to  F. 
F.  Sibley,  and  by  him  to  Charles  Whiting.  Xathan  Waters 
bought  of  Whiting  for  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Aldrich.  She  is 
the  renowned  ' '  Carrie  Carlton  "  of  Boston  Cultivator  noto- 
riety. Her  productions  have  been  read  and  admired  by 
thousands. 

There  used  to  be  a  house  down  by  the  bridge  beyond  the 
mills,  but  who  built  it  cannot  be  ascertained.  Benj,  Carlton 
once  lived  there ;  he  was  the  father  of  Silas  Carlton,  father 
of  Silas  G.  Carlton,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Charles  Barton.  One 
of  Benjamin's  sisters  married  Capt.  Moody  Morse.  Phebe 
married  B.  Barton,  and  was  grandmother  to  Ann  H.  Judson, 
foreign  missionary  and  wife  of  Dr.  Adoniram  Judson.  Unre- 
quited love  for  her  is  said  to  have  been  the  cause  of  the 
derangement  of  John  White,  who  used  to  wander  about 
singing  verses,  "  All  for  the  sake  of  sweet  Phebe,  my  dear." 
The  place  was  afterwards  owned  by  Peter  H.  Putnam. 


TOWX    OF    SUTTON.  205 

The  house  where  George  Fairbanks  now  lives   was   built 
by  Edward  Putnam  and  Daniel  Hathaway.     Edward  was  son 
of  Bartholomew,  son  of  Cornelius.    Daniel  married  Edward's 
.sister,   and  Edward  and  his  sister  both  died  here  of  con- 
sumption. 

Daniel  Hathaway  married  for  second  wife  a  Harwood, 
sister  to  Mrs.  David  Putnam.  He  afterward  moved  to 
Charlton.  His  son,  Joseph  Hall  Hathaway,  HOAV  a  promi- 
nent man  in  Charlton,  was  born  in  the  house  with  his  uncle, 
David  Putnam,  where  Peter  H.  Putnam  now  lives.  Rufus 
Putnam  owned  it  and  John  built  the  barn  for  him.  Rufus 
Fuller  owned  it  several  years,  and  had  a  comb  shop  there. 
Aaron  Darling  once  lived  here.  Simeon  Larned  once  owned 
it  and  lived  here ;  then  Tyler  Sibley ;  now  his  son  Palmer 
Sibley  owns  it.  He  married  Fairbanks'  daughter. 

There  used  to  be  a  house  down  by  Sand  Beach,  owned  by 
Solomon  and  Peter  Stockwell,  who  let  it  to  many  families. 
William  Metcalf  lived  there  several  years,  and  some  of  his 
children  were  born  there.  Jasper  Eager,  Mr.  Bolster  and 
several  others  lived  there. 

The  first  house  this  side  of  the  mill,  now  owned  by  Daniel 
Dorr,  was  originally  built  twelve  feet  square,  by  Almon 
Sibley,  who  lived  there  several  years ;  he  was  a  saddler  by 
trade,  and  used  to  work  for  Deacon  Marble.  He  went  to 
the  State  of  Xew  York  to  live,  lost  most  of  his  property, 
came  back  and  built  this  house,  and  some  of  his  children 
were  born  here.  He  sold  this  place  to  James  Phelps,  and 
bought  a  larger  place  near  Ramshorn  Pond.  From  there  he 
moved  just  over  the  line  into  Douglas,  where  his  widow  now 
lives.  Mrs.  Keziah  Holbrook  has  since  owned  it.  One  of 
its  inmates  was  drowned  in  Aldrich's  pond.  It  was  next 
conveyed  to  its  present  owner.  A  very  valuable  spring  of 
water  near  the  house  was  Mr.  Sibley's  principal  inducement 
to  build  here. 

Asa  Thayer  built  the  next  house  in  1866.  He  married  a 
daughter  of  Bethuel  Leonard,  and  died  here  of  cancer.  The 
house  now  belongs  to  his  heirs. 

There  used  to  be  a  house  up  in  the  lot,  southeast  from 
this  house,  owned  and  occupied  by  Widow  Wakefield  and 


206  HOMES    OF   THE 

her  son  Joseph ;  her  maiden  name  was  Harwood ;  she  was 
noted  for  her  eccentricities. 

She  kept  many  cats,  and  to  feed  them  caught  fish.  While  angling  one  day 
she  drew  a  large  pickerel  out  of  the  water,  when  by  a  sudden  flop  it  broke 
from  the  hook  and  left,  when  she  exclaimed:  "O  the  laws!  how  desputly  it 
makes  a  body  feel  to  lose  what  they  never  had!"  She  wore  a  large  pocket 
and  would  fill  it  with  fish,  then  come  home  and  feed  her  score  of  cats,  calling 
each  by  name  and  giving  it  a  fish  as  it  came  forth.  One  young  man  killed 
seventeen  of  her  cats  one  night,  laying  them  all  in  a  row  on  a  large  stone. 
The  old  lady  finding  them  there  the  next  morning  called  on  God  to  curse  the 
killer.  So  he  having  bad  luck  in  after  life  laid  it  to  the  widow's  curse. 
Some  one  stole  some  of  Joe's  chickens,  so  he  took  the  rest  in  to  roost  on  the 
head-board  of  his  bed,  instructing  them  to  sit  with  their  beaks  toward  him. 
He  once  went  out  in  a  boat  on  Manchaug  Pond,  and  caught  a  pickerel  that 
weighed  five  and  a  half  pounds ;  it  so  surprised  him  that  his  shouts  were 
heard  on  Putnam  Hill  and  at  the  Water's  place;  the  people,  thinking  him  in 
the  pond,  ran  to  his  assistance,  when  he  said:  "O  the  goddies!  who  can 
beat  that? "  The  site  where  the  house  stood  now  belongs  to  Calvin  Eager. 

There  was  once  a  house  on  the  other  side  of  the  road, 
where  a  Dr.  Burnet  lived.  Nothing  farther  can  be  learned 
of  the  place  or  the  doctor. 

The  next,  owned  and  occupied  by  Bethuel  Leonard,  was 
owned  by  John  Putnam  and  settled  by  him  upon  his  wife 
Ann,  known  in  this  neighborhood  for  several  years  as 
"Widow  Ann."  It  was  sold  by  her  heirs  to  present  owner. 
The  farm  contains  about  twenty  acres.  There  is  a  private 
bury  ing-place  on  it  containing  five  graves. 

Darius  Leonard  built  his  house  in  1854 ;  his  five  children 
were  born  in  it,  and  his  wife  died  there. 

Jacob  Eager's  house  was  bought  from  the  Gideon  Sibley 
place,  in  Oxford,  1845.  Four  of  his  children  were  born 
there. 

George  Gibson  built  the  next  house  about  1855.  Sold  to 
Hollis  Sherman  in  1867. 

There  once  stood  a  house  directly  opposite,  owned  and 
occupied  by  Samuel  Putnam. 

It  is  said  he  was  one  of  the  five  who  drank  a  barrel  of  cider  in  one  night, 
and  some  locate  the  feat  in  this  house.  Deacon  Putnam  offered  to  give  him 
apples,  the  use  of  his  horse  and  cider-mill  if  he  would  make  his  own 
cider.  He  thanked  him  and  said  he  could  get  it  cheaper. 

Between  Sherman's  and  the  new  road  to  Manchaug  stood 
an  old  gambrel-roofed  house,  owned  and  occupied  by  John 
Carriel. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  207 

He  was  a  very  eccentric  man,  who  used  to  go  to  Boston  with  his  team.  It 
sometimes  consisted  of  a  steer  and  a  cow  yoked  together.  He  became  quite 
lame,  and  used  to  ride  on  the  neap  of  his  wagon.  On  his  way  home  one 
night  he  lost  off  one  of  the  hind  wheels  and  the  end  of  the  axle-tree  dragged 
on  the  ground  the  rest  of  the  way.  He  became  so  lame  that  he  had  to  do 
most  of  his  work  sitting.  He  would  hoe  in  the  fields,  and  thresh  in  the  barn, 
sitting  in  a  chair.  He  went  from  here  to  Putnam  Hill,  as  noticed  in  district 
number  two. 

He  was  succeeded  by  Levins  Sibley,  who  built  a  good 
barn  and  new  house  on  the  place.  He  had  two  children, 
twins,  Levins  and  Eliza.  Levins  married  Captain  Hume's 
daughter  and  died  in  Douglas.  Eliza  married  Olney  Bolster. 
The  house  that  Mr.  Sibley  built  was  bought  by  S.  J.  Wood- 
bury,  and  moved  to  Sutton  Centre,  where  it  is  known  as 
the  "  Ocean  House."  The  barn  was  also  moved,  and  now 
belongs  to  liev.  H.  A.  Tracy. 

Opposite  stood  two  small,  curb-roofed  houses,  once  owned 
by  Joseph  Sibley,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  sons  Abel  and 
Hezekiah.  Abel  had  two  sons  and  a  daughter;  Levins,  and 
Isaac,  who  moved  to  Millbury,  and  was  the  father  of  Boyden 
Sibley,  once  cashier  of  Millbury  bank.  The  daughter  mar- 
ried Jesse  Kenney,  father  of  Sumner.  Hezekiah  never 
married,  but  was  bed-ridden  in  one  of  these  houses  sixteen 
years ;  he  lay  in  the  upper  part  of  the  house,  and  his  poor 
mother  attended  his  wants  by  climbing  a  ladder  to  his  perch 
all  these  years.  He  did  not  see  the  sun  for  fourteen  years  ; 
at  last  the  roof  got  leaky,  so  that  the  water  would  run  on 
his  bed ;  then  his  friends  thought  it  necessary  to  shingle  the 
house.  So,  to  make  him  more  comfortable  they  commenced 
the  job.  The  noise  annoyed  him  very  much,  so  he  exclaimed  : 
"  O  dear  !  stop  that  noise  ;  it  will  kill  me  ;  I  am  dying  now  ! 
If  I  live  a  half  an  hour,  I  shall  live  as  long  as  God  lives." 
But  they  kept  driving  the  nails,  and  "  Kiah"  became  so  mad 
that  he  got  up  and  went  down  the  ladder,  and  soon  com- 
menced strolling  about  the  neighborhood.  The  spell  was 
broken,  and  so  was  "Kiah."  He  was  good  for  nothing  but 
to  sling  invectives.  He  could  not  govern  his  temper,  and 
when  excited  was  gifted  in  abuse.  He  once  got  provoked  at 
Elder  Waters,  on  whom  he  discharged  his  battery  ;  when  he 
had  fired  the  last  shot  in  his  locker,  and  the  bow  of  his 


208  HOMES    OF   THE 

excited  brain  was  strained  on  the  last  arrow  in  the  quiver  of 
his  futile  and  exasperated  imagination,  he  fell  upon  his 
knees  and  prayed  God  to  give  him  utterance,  saying  "I 
have  the  root  of  the  matter  in  me,  but  lack  the  power  of 
utterance  to  express  my  feelings." 

He  lived  a  miserable  life,  and  died  at  last  at  the  house  of 
Malachi  Marble,  where  he  was  boarding  at  the  expense  of 
the  town.  "Kiery"  became  the  local  for  sick,  discouraged, 
fearful,  mad,  lazy  and  nearly  all  ills  and  short-comings  in 
the  neighborhood.  After  the  Sibleys  left  the  place  it  was 
owned  by  Peter  Putnam,  then  by  Charles  Putnam,  was  sold 
to  John  Rich,  then  John  Rich,  jr.  Paris  Tourtellott  owned 
it  and  took  down  the  house.  The  site  is  now  owned  by 
Parley  Waters. 

Just  below  this  place  stood  a  trip-hammer  shop,  owned 
and  operated  by  Esq.  Nathan  Putnam.  It  has  been  down 
more  than  forty  years. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Calvin  Eager  was 
built  by  his  brother  Stephen  in  1845,  and  occupied  by  him 
one  year,  then  bought  and  since  owned  and  occupied  by  the 
present  owner.  Calvin  Eager  married  Dorothy  Titus. 

Fisher  D.  Thayer  built  the  next  and  last  house  to  notice 
in  this  district,  in  1844.  It  now  belongs  to  William  Clark 
or  William  Abbott. 

PUTNAM  HILL,  DISTRICT  No.  2. 

At  the  place  where  J.  W.  Paine  now  lives  there  once 
stood  two  small  houses  owned  by  Elijah  Sibley  ;  one  occupied 
by  himself,  the  other  by  his  son  Daniel.  Who  built  these 
houses  cannot  be  ascertained  with  certainty.  It  is  presumed, 
however,  that  one  was  built  by  his  father,  William,  and  the 
other  by  himself.  Elijah  Sibley  was  a  man  very  much 
respected.  He  had  two  sons  and  several  daughters  ;  one  of 
his  daughters  married  a  Wheelock,  father  of  Reuben,  one  a 
Coes  of  Worcester,  one  Timothy  Leland,  one  married  Daniel 
Batcheller.  The  sons  names  were  Daniel  and  Elijah.  Daniel 

married  a  Prince.     Her  father  became  insane  working  in  the 
•i 
silver  mine  at  Eight-Lots.     She  was  insane  for  many  years, 

and  was  a  great  trial  to  her  family. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  209 

Daniel  Sibley  was  a  man  of  medium  size,  but  noted  as  an 
expert  with  the  scythe  and  cradle.  Elijah  married  a  Bartlett 
and  had  Almon  and  Lowell. 

Elijah  Sibley,  sen.,  settled  his  estate  upon  his  grandson, 
Daniel,  jr.,  on  condition  that  he  should  support  his  grand- 
father, grand-mother,  his  father  and  mother  through  life, 
which  he  did.  He  built  a  new  house,  and  brought  up  a  good 
and  virtuous  family  of  eleven  children.  One  of  his  sons, 
Emory,  lived  in  Webster,-  where  he  held  many  town  offices, 
and  represented  the  town  in  the  state  legislature.  Daniel 
Sibley,  jr.,  was  a  man  of  great  industry  and  cheerful  temper. 
He  never  held  many  town  offices,  for  the  reason  that  he 
belonged  to  a  party  in  the  minority.  He  is  spoken  of  as 
among  those  of  each  of  whom  it  may  be  said,  he  was  "•  The 
noblest  work  of  God,  an  honest  man." 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Sibley,  his  son  Alden  sold  the 
place  to  Mrs.  Lucina  Paine.  She  has  held  it  since  1854,  the 
date  of  her  deed. 

The  house  where  Joseph  S.  Jones  now  lives  was  built  (one 
room)  by  James  T.  Elliot  in  1815  ;  rebuilt  soon  after  by 
John  Parsons.  John  Burdon,  an  early  settler  who  came 
from  Salem,  lived  on  same  site  or  near  there.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  a  Mr.  Rhodes.  It  was  known  as  the  Rhodes 
place  Avhen  Mr.  Parsons  bought  it  of  Capt.  Elliot.  John 
Parsons  married  Lucy  Hathaway  and  had  twelve  children, 
all  born  here  but  Daniel.  Lucy  Hathaway  is  daughter  of 
Simeon  Hathaway,  who  had  twrenty-one  children.  She,  the 
eleventh,  is  the  only  survivor;  born  January  5,  1793.  Mr. 
Parsons  deeded  this  estate,  containing  thirty-one  acres,  to 
Joseph  H.  Putnam  in  1847.  Mrs.  Nancy  A.  Jones,  the 
present  owner,  inherited  it  from  her  father.  Joseph  S.  and 
Xancy  A.  Jones  have  had  eleven  children,  most  of  them  born 
in  this  house. 

John  Burdon,  mentioned  above,  died  at  the  Phinehas 
Putnam  place  when  the  roads  were  so  blocked  with  snow 
that  they  had  to  draw  the  corpse  on  a  hand  sled  across  lots 
to  the  burial  place,  near  Alvan  Putnam's,  where  he  was 

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210  HOMES    OF    THE 

interred.  So  says  Mrs.  Parsons.  John  Parsons  claimed  to 
be  the  inventor  of  pegged  shoes,  and  as  there  is  no  proof  to 
the  contrar}*,  he  may  be  accorded  that  honor. 

The  next  house  was  first  owned,  so  far  as  can  be  ascer- 
tained, by  one  Carriel,  then  by  Charles  Putnam,  son  of  Col. 
John  Putnam,  next  by  Stephen  Sibley,  son  of  Tarrant,  son 
of  Jonathan,  son  of  Joseph.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Daniel 
Sibley,  and  most  of  his  children  were  born  in  this  house. 
He  afterwards  moved  to  West  Brookfield,  where  he  made 
gun-powder.  One  of  his  daughters  married  a  Gilbert,  and 
was  mother  of  Hon.  Lucien  Gilbert  of  Warren,  who  married 
Miss  Mary  L.  Bliss,  once  a  teacher  in  District  No.  4,  in 
Sutton.  The  place  was  next  owned  by  Jonathan  Larned,  who 
sold  it  to  Daniel  Marble  and  Nathan  Lombard.  They  took 
down  the  old  house.  The  site  now  belongs  to  Waldo  Put- 
nam. 

John  Burdon  owned  a  small  house  directly  opposite,  down 
long  ago.  Below  this,  on  Gravel  Brook,  stood  a  malt  and 
grist-mill,  built  by  Tarrant  Sibley.  It  has  been  down  many 
years.  The  site  is  now  owned  by  Waldo  Putnam. 

The  house  now  occupied  by  Alfred  Malhoit  and  owned  by 
Peter  H.  Putnam,  was  built  by  Abner  Sibley.  His  sons 
were  Abner,  Simeon,  Elihu  and  Clark.  Clark  married 
Hannah  Marble,  and  had  two  children  —  Edwin  and  Mary 
Ann.  Edwin  died  single.  Mary  Ann  married  Charles  P. 
Baldwin,  a  very  wealthy  man,  now  living  in  New  York. 
The  mother  died  in  Brooklyn,  aged  ninety-seven.  After  the 
death  of  Mr.  Sibley,  Nathan  Lombard  bought  the  place. 
Joseph  Wilcox  once  owned  it  and  lived  there. 

Abner  Sibley  was  the  father  of  Mrs.  David  Cole,  the 
mother  of  Hon.  Sumner  Cole. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Sullivan  Graves  and  Emory 
Putnam  was  built  by  Deacon  Daniel  Torrey,  who  lived  there 
several  years.  It  was  afterward  owned  by  Mr.  Lazarus  Le 
Baron,  then  by  Dr.  Leonard  Pierce,  by  Sumner  and  Parley 
Putnam.  Abijah  Putnam  lived  there  six  years  ;  two  of  his 
sons  were  born  there,  Jason  and% Lyman.  Elihu  Sibley  moved 
there  from  the  Cole  place  April  1,  1818,  and  lived  there 
several  years.  Abraham  Tourtellott  once  lived  there. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  211 

The  house  where  Waldo  Putnam  now  lives  was  first  built 
by  Joseph  Sibley.  He  willed  the  east  room  to  his  wife,  and 
the  rest  of  the  house  and  all  his  other  buildings  to  his  son, 
Jonathan.  The  will  was  proved  at  Probate  court,  Worces- 
ter, May  15,  1754.  First  deed  to  Joseph,  dated  1722. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  were  Joseph,  born  March 
6,  1709,  John,  born  August  2,  1711,  James,  bom  May  7, 
1714,  Jonathan,  born  September  11,  1718,  Hannah,  born 
June  27,  1721,  Susanna,  born  Aug.  24,  1723,  Mary,  born 
September  23,  1725.  Jonathan,  born  1718,  married  Hannah, 
born  June  17,  1721.  They  had  Jonathan,  jr.,  born  Feb. 

10,  1741,  Reuben,  born  February  20,   1743,  Huldah,  born 
September  13,  1745,  Paul,  born  April  26, 1748,  Gideon,  bom 
November  20,  1750,  Tarrant,  born  Sept.  1,  1754.     Tarrant 
married   Hannah  Putnam  born  May   11,  1761.     They  had 
Stephen,  bom  April  9,  1780,  Tarrant,  jr.,  born  October  22, 
1781,  Hannah,  born  May  22,  1784,  Francis,  born  January 
1,  1786,  Lot,  born  December  15,  1788,  Nathaniel,  born  Dec. 
29,  1791,  Tyler,  born  February  18,  1793,  Israel,  born  Feb. 

11,  1795,  Deborah,  August  5,  1797,  Nahum,  born  June  5, 
1800,  Polly,  born  May  4,   1802,  Sumner,  Dec.   20,   1806, 
died  young. 

Jonathan's  children  were  all  born  on  this  farm,  and  Tarrant's 
were  born  in  this  house.  Old  men  speak  of  Jonathan  Sibley 
as  a  large  man,  almost  a  giant. 

Tarrant  Sibley  was  a  very  large,  thick-set  man,  known  as 
a  maltster.  He  was  much  respected  by  all  acquainted  with 
him,  and  called  Uncle  Tarrant  by  many.  He  died  almost 
instantly  of  apoplexy,  July  26,  1823.  His  family,  like  their 
father,  were  all  full-chested  men,  and  all  successful  business 
men. 

The  house  was  enlarged  by  Jonathan,  aud^finished  in  its 
present  form  by  Tarrant.  His  sou  Nahum  succeeded  him, 
but  soon  sold  to  his  brother  Nathaniel,  who  married  Mary 
Brown,  and  had  Mary,  born  September  8, 1816,  who  married 
Waldo  Putnam,  the  present  owner  of  the  place.  Harriet  born 
July  9,  1821,  married  Bradford  Putnam,  and  had  Harriet, 
now  the  wife  of  Peter  H.  Putnam.  She  married  for  second 


212  HOMES    OF    THE 

husband  F.  F.  Sibley,  son  of  Francis  and  Mary.  This  farm 
has  been  productive  of  great  and  good  men.  Waldo  Putnam 
has  had  eleven  children,  only  two  of  whom  survive. 

There  used  to  be  a  house  on  the  south  part  of  this  farm, 
built  and  owned  by  the  Sibley's,  but  last  occupied  by  Elijah 
Stauntou. 

Staunton  was  an  eccentric  genius,  a  cordwainer  or  shoemaker  by  trade.  He 
used  to  go  round  "whipping  the  cat"  as  they  styled  it;  i.  e.,  making  boots 
and  shoes  for  the  families  in  their  own  houses.  He  was  noted  for  his  odd 
sayings.  His  last  sickness  was  in  the  winter.  He  was  not  quite  ready  to  go, 
so  he  said,  "If  God  will  spare  me  now.  I  will  make  Him  the  best  pair  of  boots 
that  He  ever  had ;  it  is  too  bad  to  have  to  die  after  living  through  such  a 
winter."  But  alas,  his  attempted  bribe  availed  him  not!  Poor  blasphemous 
Staunton  died. 

The  house  now  owned  by  William  Donaldson  was  built 
by  James  Sibley,  next  owned  by  his  son.  Captain  John  Sib- 
ley,  then  by  Archelaus  Putnam,  deeded  by  him  to  Nathan 
Lombard  in  1805.  He  sold  to  Moses  Holbrook  in  1827. 

Alanson  Lombard  bought  it  in  1831  and  sold  it  to  Joseph 
H.  Putnam  in  1836.  Sumner  Putnam  bought  it  of  his 
father  and  sold  it  to  the  present  owner. 

All  of  Nathan  Putnam's  children  were  born  in  this  house, 
except  Alanson,  who  was  born  in  the  north  parish,  near  the 
old  common.  Mr.  Lombard  was  a  cabinet-maker,  his  shop 
stood  where  Mr.  Mitchell's  new  house  stands.  He  employed 
journej^men  and  apprentices.  One  of  the  latter,  (lark 
Dalrimple,  married  Prudence  Putnam,  daughter  of  Aaron, 
and  went  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island *  where  he  became  a 
wealthy  broker.  The  body  of  this  house  was  covered  with 
shingles  and  painted  red.  It  has  been  recently  re-covered 
and  painted  by  Mr.  Donaldson. 

There  once  stood  in  front  of  this  house  four  large  sycamore  or  buttonwood 
trees,  the  most  noble  of  their  kind,  affording  the  most  grateful  shade  for 
man  and  beast ;  for  in  their  day,  before  railroads  and  iron  horses  came  into 
use,  loaded  teams  and  tired  droves  of  panting  cattle  passed  under  their 
extended  branches,  and  were  rested  and  refreshed.  Many  weary  droves  from 
beyond  the  Connecticut  have  halted  there  to  cool  their  parched  tongues. 
Even  the  droves  from  Kentucky  have  been  refreshed  by  their  shade. 

For  children  and  youth,  young  men  and  maidens,  it  was  a  favorite  resort. 
But  what  was  the  fate  of  those  noble  trees  ? 

One  who  bought  the  place  saw  yoke  timber  in  their  trunks,  so  he  cut  them 
down  and  left  the  spot  desolate.  The  beautiful  trees  were  widely  known 
and  much  missed  and  lamented  by  their  numerous  admirers. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  213 

Mr.  Lombard's  shop  was  made  into  a  dwelling  house,  and 
owned  by  the  Misses  Richard.  It  was  occupied  by  S. 
Augustus  Fuller,  Nathan  Bennett  and  others.  It  was  sold 
to  Mr.  Mitchel,  taken  down  and  rebuilt ;  but  before  com- 
pleted in  its  present  form,  was  burned  in  1875.  The 
present  house,  on  same  site,  was  commenced  by  Mr.  Mitchel 
in  1876.  He  married  the  widow  of  Andrew  J.  Putnam. 

Parley  Putnam  built  a  large  house,  on  the  opposite  corner, 
which  was  used  as  a  dwelling  house  and  store.  The  store 
was  kept,  at  one  time,  by  Marcus  M.  Putnam.  It  was  sold 
to  S.  J.  Woodbury,  and  moved  into  the  middle  of  the 
town ;  then  taken  down  by  him  and  carried  to  Worcester. 
It  had  a  tin  roof  and  was  known  as  "  Tin  Top." 

Opposite  this  house  and  the  school  house,  Nahum  Sibley 
built  a  store.  It  was  kept  first  by  himself,  then  by  William 
Grossman,  afterwards  by  Peter  H.  Putnam.  It  was  finished 
for  a  tenement,  and  occupied  by  Rufus  Bacon  and  others. 
It  was  finally  moved  off  by  Merritt  Cook.  The  present 
house,  on  the  same  site,  was  made  of  the  West  Sutton 
Literary  Institute,  brought  from  Sutton  street  by  P.  H. 
Putnam,  in  1849.  It  now  belongs  to  his  widow,  Mrs. 
Hannah  Putnam. 

On  the  site  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Sumner  Putnam,  Isaac 
Putnam  first  built.  He  was  there  in  1730.  He  came  from 
Danvers.  It  was  afterwards  known  as  the  Phineas  Putnam 
place  ;  next  owned  by  Esq.  Nathan  Putnam.  It  was  sold  by 
his  son,  Captain  Abner  Putnam,  to  Captain  Josiah  Hall 
about  1816.  The  house  was  gone  when  Captain  Hall  bought. 
Jonathan  Dudley,  jr.,  bought  the  strip  of  land  between  the 
two  roads  of  Captain  Hall,  and  built  the  house  now  owned 
by  his  sister,  Mrs.  Putnam.  It  is  said  to  have  been  built 
about  1838.  Sumner  Putnam  bought  the  place  of  the  heirs 
of  Jonathan  Dudley,  jr.  Jonathan  and  Sumner  both  died 
in  this  house. 

The  house  where  Oliver  Hall  now  lives,  owned  by  him 
and  Robert  Luther,  was  built  by  Nathan  Putnam,  Esq., 
in  1776,  and  was  then  considered  the  best  house  in  town. 
Esquire  Putnam  had  several  children.  One  daughter 


214  HOMES    OF   THE 

married  Stephen  Marble,  one  married  John  Waters,  one 
married  Amos  Waters  and  died  soon  after,  and  one  married 
John  King. 

Mrs.  Nathan  Putnam  came  from  Salem,  When  they  built  the  tombs  at 
West  Sutton  she  opposed  the  enterprise,  though  her  husband  was  engaged  in 
it  She  said  they  had  some  just  such  tombs  in  Salem,  and  that  they  were 
neglected  and  became  dilapidated,  and  that  she  had  seen  dogs  carrying  dead 
men's  bones  taken  therefrom  through  the  streets.  She  said  these  tombs 
would  fall  into  ruin  in  the  same  way.  The  tombs  were  built  and  for  a  time 
were  very  popular.  They  even  had  a  "Day  of  Resurrection,"  on  which 
many  already  buried  were  disinterred  and  placed  therein.  Time  passes  on, 
their  builders  are  dead,  their  friends  are  gone,  the  tomb-doors  fall  in,  and 
the  bones  of  the  builders  are  exposed  to  the  dogs  as  she  predicted.  The  old 
tombs  were  complained  of  as  a  nuisance,  and  the  court  ordered  the  nuisance 
abated ;  so  the  tombs  were  torn  down  and  the  bones  of  the  dead  reinterred. 

Esquire  Putnam  was  noted  for  the  great  number  of  mar- 
riages he  performed ;  many  couples  were  married  by  him  in 
this  house.  He  was  second  deacon  of  the  first  Congregational 
church.  He  earned  on  the  scythe  making  business,  and  had 
a  trip-hammer  shop  just  east  of  the  house,  said  to  have  been 
the  first  in  the  state.  It  was  operated  by  horse-power. 

Capt.  Josiah  Hall  (son  of  Willis,  son  of  Percival,  son  of 
John,  sou  of  widow  Mary,  who  came  from  Coventry,  Eng- 
land, about  1630),  bought  this  farm,  containing  about  117 
acres,  with  forty  acres  of  woodland,  of  Capt.  Abner  Putnam, 
son  of  Nathan,  in  1816.  Capt.  Hall  resided  here  until  his 
death.  He  died  October  20,  1839,  aged  80  years.  He  was 
a  soldier  of  the  revolution  and  a  member  of  the  first  Con- 
gregational church.  He  retained  all  his  faculties  wonderfully 
to  the  end.  He  married  Mary  Marble  (daughter  of  Malachi, 
son  of  Freegrace,  son  of  Samuel)  born  in  Sutton,  February 
24,  1763  ;  died  in  this  house,  June  6,  1859.  They  had  one 
sou  and  several  daughters.  Their  children  were  Oliver,  born 
December  1,  1785.  He  married  Cimene  Carter,  born  in  the 
north  parish,  October  19,  1789.  She  died  in  this  house  of 
cancer,  June  14,  1851.  She  was  daughter  of  Joshua  Carter 
and  his  wife,  Rachel  Putnam,  daughter  of  Isaac  Putnam,  jr., 
son  of  Isaac,  who  built  the  first  house  on  this  farm.  Joshua 
Carter  was  son  of  Joshua  Carter  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth 
Lovell.  Polly,  born  April  7,  1788,  married  Alpheus  Marble, 
and  died  in  Millbury  in  her  eighty-seventh  year. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  215 

Almira,  born  June  4,  1790,  died  September  12,  1795  ; 
Deborah,  born  June  18,  1793,  died  September  12,  1795. 
These  children  both  died  of  canker-rash.  Hannah,  born  Dec. 
13,  1795,  married  Rufus  Carter,  and  for  second  husband, 
Cyrus  Falkner. 

Mindwell,  born  February  8,  1798,  married  James  Phelps. 
Anna,  born  June  17,  1800,  died  in  Millbury,  aged  seventy. 

Sarah,  born  May  7,  1804,  died  at  Mr.  Phelps',  May  11, 
1837,  of  canker-rash. 

All  of  Captain  Hall's  children,  as  well  as  himself  and  his 
brothers  and  sisters,  were  born  where  John  P.  Stockwell 
now  lives.  Gardner,  son  of  Oliver,  was  also  born  there, 
the  place  being  deeded  out  of  the  Hall  family  the  day  of  his 
birth,  April  6,  1813,  ninety-three  years  after  its  settlement 
by  Deacon  Percival  Hall. 

Oliver  Hall  has  lived  on  this  place  more  than  sixty  years. 
All  his  children  but  two  were  born  here.  Julia  Ann,  now 
Mrs.  S.  D.  King,  was  born  at  her  grandfather  Carter's 
in  Millbury.  Willis,  now  living  in  New  York,  was  born 
here  April  28,  1818.  Josiah  C.,  bom  September  11,  1820, 
married  Jane  E.  Congdon,  January  1,  1851  ;  died  in  this 
house,  July  4,  1861.  Mary  M.,  bora  March  8,  1822,  mar- 
ried John  F.  Hinds;  died  in  Webster,  October  13,  1853. 
Susan  M.,  born  June  3,  1824,  married  Robert  Luther,  May 
10,  1848  ;  died  in  this  house  October  21,  1876.  Rufus  C., 
born  July  7,  1827,  married  Ann  E.  Dudley,  May  2.5,  1853. 

Frances  A.,  born  April  30,  1836,  married  Rev.  Nicholas 
Medbery,  Nov.  3,  1869.  They  now  live  in  Dover,  Mass. 

Oliver  Hall  came  in  possession  of  this  place  by  virtue  of 
his  fathers  will. 

He  has  been  a  mail  of  great  ingenuity.  He  helped  make  the  first  pin- 
making  machine  that  was  ever  made  in  this  country.  The  inventor  was 
Moses  L.  Morse.  He  was  also  a  dye  sinker,  making  stamps  for  parties  in 
various  parts  of  New  England.  He  made  also  many  surgical  instruments,  to 
order  only.  His  pen-knives  were  very  superior  and  much  sought  after  when 
people  used  to  make  quill-pens.  He  was  a  dentist,  too,  and  when  pivot  teeth 
were  used,  his  were  among  the  best. 

He  was  town  clerk  of  Suttori  for  fifteen  years  in  succession,  and  an  exam- 
ination of  the  town  books  would  give  sufficient  evidence  of  his  success  in 
that  capacity.  He  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  by  Governor  Boutwell 
in  1852.  He  is  now  in  the  ninety-second  year  of  his  age,  yet  ab'e  to  give 
much  valuable  information  for  this  history. 


21  fi  HOME8    OF    THE 

Many  little  incidents  of  interest  are  connected  Avith  this 

place. 

On  Sunday,  September  10,  1826,  there  was  a  wonderful  shower  of  rain,  the 
heaviest  part  of  which  fell  in  this  school  district.  Although  it  lasted  but 
little  over  an  hour,  it  made  quite  a  flood.  The  rain  poured  in  such  torrents 
as  to  overflow  the  walls  on  the  slope  from  Leonard  Dodge's  to  the  meadows 
now  owned  by  Asa  Dodge.  Stones,  larger  than  four  oxen  could  draw,  were 
moved  fifteen  or  twenty  feet.  The  roads  were  badly  gullied  and  much  dam- 
age was  done.  Dr.  Smith  came  along,  soon  after  the  shower,  and  his  horse 
had  to  wade  in  the  water  knee-deep  on  the  flat,  in  front  of  this  house,  where 
water  has  not  been  seen  to  stand  since. 

In  June,  1831,  a  tornado,  commencing  on  Mancbaug  Pond,  passed  through 
Asa  Putnam's  woods  and  across  the  lots  1o  Perley  Waters'.  In  its  passage,  it 
spared  nothing  that  came  in  its  way.  It  tore  up  trees  by  the  roots,  break- 
ing off  branches  eight  inches  in  diameter,  carrying  them  one  hundred  feet 
into  the  air,  and  scattering  them  all  about.  It  struck  an  old  cider-mill  — 
located  near  where  Asa  Dodge's  hog-house  now  stands  —  filled  with  lumber 
which  Rufus  Bacon  had  been  accumulating  to  build  him  a  house,  entirely 
demolishing  the  whole  thing.  The  building,  lumber  and  all  —  the  lumber 
principally  boards — was  split  into  slivers  and  scattered  broadcast  over  acres 
of  land.  Even  the  mowing  lots  of  Captain  Hall  were  covered  with  the 
debris;  the  slivers  sticking  upon  the  grass  like  the  teeth  of  many  inverted  har- 
rows. 

Just  as  the  wind  struck  the  cider-mill,  Paris  Tourtellott  opened  the  west 
barn  doors,  in  order  to  drive  in  out  of  the  rain.  His  wagon  was  loaded  with 
pike-poles,  for  it  was  the  day  he  raised  his  house  at  West  Sutton.  When  he 
opened  the  doors  on  the  west  end,  the  wind  made  a  larger  opening  on  the 
north  side,  taking  out  about  thirty  feet,  leaving  him  outside  in  a  literal  shower 
of  pitch-forks  and  pike-poles.  "  When  I  reached  him,"  says  one  who  went  to 
his  aid,  "he  was  the  palest  live  man  I  ever  saw;  his  hat  was  gone,  his  face 
was  speckled  with  Hnall  pieces  of  green  leaves,  as  nicely  adjusted  as  so  many 
patches  of  court-plaster.  The  hind  part  of  his  wagon  was  down  in  the  pasture 
below  the  barn,  and  the  pike-poles  were  scattered  hither  and  thither.  The 
seat  of  his  wagon  was  found  some  forty  rods  away  in  Capt.  Hall's  orchard." 

When  Esquire  Putnam  built  his  house,  he  hired  Abner  Sibley  to  set  some 
elm  trees  around  his  yard.  Six  of  them  now  stand  in  front  of  the  house. 
When  the  tornado  struck  these  trees,  raising  their  branches  high  and  almost 
transforming  them  into  the  shape  of  Lombardy  poplars,  it  found  its  match. 
They  were  too  strong  even  for  a  whirlwind.  They  severed  it  in  twain,  its  feeble 
branches  passing  one  each  side  of  the  house.  The  salvation  of  the  house  and 
perhaps  of  its  inmates,  is  due  to  these  noble  centennial  trees.  There  they 
have  stood  one  hundred  years,  a  living  monument  to  the  enterprise  of  Nathan 
Putnam  and  his  faithful  employe,  Abner  Sibley.  Though  Putnam  and  Sibley 
are  both  dead,  these  beautiful  trees  still  live,  coeval  with  our  national  inde- 
pendence. There  let  them  stand,  never  to  shed  their  dew-drop  tears  over  the 
death  of  our  great  republic. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  217 

When  Susan  Hall  married  and  went  to  live  among 
strangers  in  West  Brooktield  in  1848,  her  eldest  brother 
addressed  to  her  the  following  lines  on  the  old  homestead  : 

"1  much  revere  the  rural  place, 
That  gave  thee  life  and  growth  and  grace. 
Six  tow' ring  elms  majestic  stand 
To  mark  the  spot,  where  hand  in  hand, 
We  spent  our  happy  childhood  hours, 
In  happy  mirth  beneath  their  bowers. 
Those  verdant  fields  with  harvest  shocks, 
I  love  them  all,  their  very  rocks ! 
If  there's  a  hallowed  spot  on  earth 
'Tis  that  which  gave  us  all  our  birth." 
He  adds  : 

"  Although  two  of  us  were  not  born  here,  we  came  here  when  too  young  to 
remember  an  earlier  home,  consequently  it  seems  the  birth-place  of  us  all." 

There  have  been  four  deaths  in  the  house  since  1816. 

The  estate  now  owned  by  Asa  P.  Dodge  was  lirst  owned 
by  Jephthah  Putnam,  next  by  his  son,  Fuller  Putnam,  then 
by  his  son  John,  who  sold  to  Peter,  sou  of  Edward.  Peter 
Putnam  gave  it  to  his  daughters,  Fanny  and  Persis.  Fanny 
married  Parley  Waters.  Persis  married  Rufus  Bacon,  jr. 
Parley  Waters  tore  down  the  old  long-roofed  house  and  built 
a  new  one  about  1830.  They  sold  to  Waldo  Putnam ;  he 
was  succeeded  by  his  sons,  Marcus  M.  and  Elijah ;  they  by 
the  present  owner. 

John  Putnam,  sou  of  Fuller,  had  three  wives  and  many 
children,  several  of  whom  died  young. 

Among  the  first  wife's  children  were  John,  jr.  (who  mar- 
ried Nancy  Cummiugs,  and  had  iive  children  ;  of  those  John 
Perry  and  Jane  only  survive)  and  Sylvanus.  One  daughter 
married  Otis  Morse ;  one  married  Joseph  Putnam :  one 
married  Peter  Stockwell.  John  Putnam's  first  wife  was  a 
Waters,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Abigail.  His  second  wife 
was  widow  Ann  Cox,  maiden  name  Powers.  She  was  a  large, 
resolute  woman,  with  whom  he  did  not  well  agree ;  so  he 
gave  her  the  little  farm  Avhere  Bethuel  Leonard  now  lives, 
and  married  widow  Dorcas  Collar,  daughter  of  Peter  Sibley. 
He  had  one  son  by  his  second  wife,  Harry,  a  fine,  promising 
young  man,  who  took  a  sudden  cold  from  washing  sheep  — 
had  rheumatic  fever  and  died,  much  lamented  by  all  who 
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knew  him.  He  had  by  his  third  wife  two  daughters,  Ruth 
and  Esther.  Ruth  married  Freeman  F.  Sibley  ;  Esther  died 
single. 

John  Putnam  lived  in  Ward,  now  Auburn,  at  one  time ; 
his  son  Sylvanus  was  born  there,  January  24,  1791.  He 
married  Betsey  Elliot  (daughter  of  Aaron,  son  of  Aaron,  son 
of  Joseph),  October  15,  1826.  They  had  four  children. 
Mary  died  young ;  Ira  was  noted  for  his  great  strength  ;  he 
died  single.  Julia  married  Rev.  Mr.  Barber.  Sarah  Maria 
married  Franklin  F.  Sibley.  Two  of  their  daughters  have 
recently  given  the  valedictory  on  graduating  at  the  Sutton 
high  school. 

Sylvanus  Putnam  held  many  town  offices  and  represented 
the  town  in  the  legislature. 

John  Putnam  and  Sylvanus  carried  on  a  brick-yard  in 
Cumberland,  R.  I.,  several  seasons.  After  he  sold  to  Peter 
he  bought  the  Nathaniel  Putnam  place,  where  John  Perry 
Putnam  now  lives ;  two  of  his  daughters  were  born  there. 
Sylvanus'  children  were  all  born  there,  and  there  he  and  his 
wife  both  died.  John  Putnam  died  there,  and  from  there 
both  wives  followed  him  as  mourners,  in  the  same  carriage, 
to  his  grave.  Dorcas  afterward  married  Nathaniel  Putnam. 

Sylvanus  Putnam  married  Persis  Harback  for  his  second 
wife.  After  Peter  Putnam  bought  this  place  it  was  occupied 
by  many  different  families. 

Simeon  Hathaway  lived  here.  Hon.  James  O.  Eaton, 
now  of  Lodi,  Wisconsin,  was  born  in  this  house  in  1818. 
His  mother  was  Alice,  daughter  of  Simeon  Hathaway  ;  she 
married  Samuel  Eaton.  Captain  Reuben  Waters  lived  here 
several  years.  He  was  son  of  Amos  and  Abigail,  born 
February  1,  1768,  died  September  12,  1842;  he  married 
Tamar  Sibley,  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Tamar,  June  28, 
1795;  born  in  Sutton,  April  9,  1776;  died  December  25, 
1803.  Their  sons  were  Colonel  Reuben,  Ensign  Parley 
and  Russell,  all  scythe-makers  by  trade.  Colonel  Reuben 
held  many  civil  and  military  offices.  He  now  lives  in  Web- 
ster. Captain  Waters  married  for  second  wife  Widow  Molly 
Cummings,  daughter  of  Timothy  Sibley.  They  had  three 
children,  Abner,  Mary  and  Linus.  Capt.  Waters  was  a 


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blacksmith  and  worked  in  Capt.  Hall's  shop.  Arthur  Sibley, 
Christopher  Ambler,  Joseph  Severy  and  Ltewis  Putnam  also 
lived  in  this  house. 

When  the  central  turnpike  was  built  in  1827,  Capt.  Luke  Wel\s,  of  Whately, 
and  Harry  Anderson,  of  Hatfield,  contracted  to  build  the  mile  east  from  Sutton 
Street ;  so  they  hired  this  house  and  boarded  their  own  help,  which  consisted 
of  respectable  young  men  hired  from  among  their  neighbors.  Their  engineer 
was  Ozias  Norcross,  a  good  mathematician. 

Waldo  Putnam  lived  here  several  years,  and  some  of  his 
children  were  born  here.  Julius  E.  Bacon,  master  of  trans- 
portation on  the  Providence  and  Worcester  railroad  was 
born  here. 

There  once  stood  a  house  on  the  site  a  little  south  of 
where  Newell  Sherman  now  lives ;  it  was  owned,  and  prob- 
ably built,  by  one  Gould. 

A  great  feat  in  cider-drinking  is  spoken  of  as  having  occurred  there.  Four 
men  visited  him  for  a  social  chat.  He  tapped  a  fresh  barrel  of  pleasant  cider, 
and  they  commenced  drinking  early  in  the  evening,  and  kept  at  it  all  night. 
In  the  morning,  one  of  them  went  for  another  mug,  but  found  the  barrel 
empty.  So  the  five  men  had  the  credit  of  drinking  a  barrel  of  cider  in  one 
night.  Probably  they  became  careless  of  the  tap  and  gave  the  cellar-bottom 
"a  single  drop." 

The  estate  was  bought  of  Gould  by  Peter  Putnam,  who 
built  an  addition  to  the  house  or  a  new  one  near  it.  The 
new  house  has  been  moved,  and  is  the  one  now  owned  by 
Newell  Sherman. 

This  house  was  occupied  by  Captain  Peter  Putnam,  jr. 
He  had  three  wives  and  twelve  children,  all  born  in  this 
house  except  Sarah. 

His  first  wife  was  Patty  Putnam,  daughter  of  David,  son 
of  Fuller.  Her  oldest  son,  Marble,  distinguished  himself 
as  a  popular  tavern-keeper.  He  kept  in  various  places, 
among  them  the  Farns worth  House,  in  Millbury,  the  Brom- 
field  House,  in  Boston,  and  two  of  the  most  popular  houses 
in  Keene,  New  Hampshire.  He  left  a  handsome  estate. 

The  second  son,  Waldo,  is  now  living  in  Sutton. 

The  third  child  was  a  daughter,  Patty  Waters  Putnam,  a 
most  beautiful  girl,  and  a  great  favorite. 

She  married  Deacon  Ansel  Holman,  and  lived  near 
Slaters ville,  Rhode  Island.  She  had  three  beautiful  children, 
two  daughters  and  a  son.  She,  like  her  mother,  died  of 


220  HOMES    OF   THE 

consumption,  and  all  her  children  soon  followed  her  by  the 
.same  disease.  She  is  spoken  of  by  those  who  knew  her  as 
being  quite  as  eminent  in  virtue  and  piety  as  in  beauty. 

The  fourth,  Peter  Holland,  married  Hannah  Putnam  and 
had  two  children;  the  present  Peter  Holland,  and  Abbie, 
who  married  Abiel  Newton  and  died  soon  after. 

The  fifth,  Waters  Putnam,  jr.,  married  Jane  Putnam, 
daughter  of  John,  jr.,  and  Nancy,  third  wife  of  his  father. 
The  sixth,  Andrew  Jackson,  kept  tavern  with  his  brother 
Marble  and  by  himself.  He  died  at  Hopkinton.  His  widow 
married  Mr.  Mitchell,  who  has  just  built  the  new  house 
near  the  school  house. 

"Captain  Peter"  married  for  his  second  wife  Ruth  E. 
Waters  from  New  Braintree.  She  had  four  children.  Ruth 
died  young.  Edwin  kept  tavern  several  years ;  is  now 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  organs  at  Brattleborough, 
Vermont.  He  has  quite  a  family.  His  wife  had  three  pairs 
of  twins  in  succession.  Solon  went  to  California ;  returned 
and  died  single.  Elizabeth  married  George  Gibson  and  now 
lives  in  Oxford. 

For  his  third  wife  he  married  Nancy,  widow  of  John 
Putnam,  jr.  They  had  two  daughters.  Frances  married 
Asa  P.  Dodge.  Sarah  married  John  R.  Humes. 

Captain  Peter  Putnam  held  many  town  offices  and  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  legislature.  After  his  death,  the 
Gould  place  was  bought  by  Newell  Sherman,  a  local 
preacher  and  shoemaker. 

The  house  where  John  R.  Humes  now  lives  was  originally 
owned  by  a  man  by  the  name  of  Prince,  who  is  supposed  to 
have  built  it.  But  little  is  known  of  him. 

His  wife  was  an  invalid.  Elder  Lamson  called  to  see  her  and  proposed 
prayers,  asking  what  he  should  pray  for.  She  answered,  "  I  don't  know ;  ask 
Prince."  So  he  said:  "Mr.  Prince,  what  shall  I  pray  for?"  Prince  answered, 
"Her  death,  to  be  sure."  She  took  courage  and  recovered,  but  you  can  ima- 
gine the  embarrassment  of  Brother  Lamson  at  the  strange  request 

Peter  Putnam,  son  of  Edward,  born  May  16,  1757, 
bought  the  farm  of  Prince ;  and,  after  repairing  and  enlarg- 
ing the  house,  lived  here  many  years.  He  married  Sarah 
Marble,  born  in  Sutton,  January  31,  1760.  Their  children 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  221 

were  Sarah,  who  married  Moses  Sibley,  born  where  Staun- 
ton  died,  and  had  Sarah,  Moses,  Ellen  and  Huldah.  She 
married  for  second  husband  Joseph  Richardson  of  Auburn. 
Peter,  jr.,  Fanny  and  Persis,  already  mentioned.  Peter 
Putnam,  sen.,  died  November  22,  1827,  very  suddenly, 
while  dining  at  Sherman's  tavern. 

Captain  Peter  Putnam  lived  here  after  his  father's  death, 
and  his  mother  died  here  October  14,  1842.  He  and  his 
second  wife  both  died  here.  His  widow,  Nancy,  now  lives 
in  this  house. 

After  moving  he  used  the  old  Gould  house  as  a  store-house,  granary,  etc.  Two 
old  men,  Daniel  Leonard  and  Wm.  Cannon  took  lodgings  in  one  of  the  lower 
rooms,  while  the  garret  was  stored  with  all  the  usual  garret  accumulations, 
such  as  empty  barrels,  boxes,  etc.,  besides  some  two  hundred  and  fifty  or 
three  hundred  bushels  of  corn  on  the  ear,  which  was  spread  on  the  floor  to 
dry. 

In  the  dead  of  night,  when  these  old  men  were  fast  asleep  in  the  lower 
rooms  of  this  old  two-story  house,  the  door  at  the  head  of  the  stairs,  as  well  as 
the  cellar  door  in  the  entry  below,  both  standing  open,  the  garret  floor  gave  way, 
spilling  its  entire  contents  on  the  single  floor  directly  over  their  heads,  while 
the  crawling  corn  went  rattling  down  both  flights  of  stairs  to  the  very  cellar, 
giving  the  poor  old  sleepers  such  a  scare  as  is  more  easily  imagined  than 
described. 

Leonard,  who  was  a  little,  spry  old  man,  caught  his  pants  and  went  for 
Captain  Putnam,  crying,  "Come!  come!  Captain!  The  devil  to  pay  at  the 
old  house !  I  guess,  but  I  don't  know,  I  kinder  calculate,  I  don't  know,  but 
the  devil  got  Cannon.  Come  quick,  Captain!  come  as  quick  as  you  can!" 
"Captain  Peter"  aroused,  lighted  his  lantern,  and  started  for  the  old  house. 
On  his  way  they  met  Cannon,  who,  as  he  was  trying  to  adjust  his  pants, 
which,  in  his  trepidation,  he  had  got  on  wrong  side  foremost,  said,  "I 
come  tu,  Captain;  I  thought  the  devil  got  Leonard,  I  couldn't  find  him  no- 
where." When  the  Captain  arrived  and  saw  the  work  he  thought  it  a  wonder 
that  the  old  fellow  did  not  get  them  both.  Cannon  was  a  little  deaf.  One 
working  in  the  field  with  him,  on  a  cloudy  day,  said  to  him:  "Mr.  Cannon, 
do  you  think  it  is  going  to  rain?"  He  answered:  "I  don't  care  if  I  do,  a 
drop."  But  it  was  not  eleven,  and  the  grog  was  not  there.  He  hurt  one  of 
his  thumbs,  so  that  the  bone  rotted  out  and  made  him  sick  for  several  weeks. 
For  a  year  or  more  after  it  got  well  he  wore  a  cot  on  it,  and  to  the  salutation 
of  Good  morning,  Mr.  Cannon,  would  invariably  stick  up  his  thumb  and 
say:  "  Jes  as  tender  as  ye  eye." 

The  house  now  owned  by  Nathan  Tucker  was  built  by 
Nathaniel  Sibley  for  Dennis  Murphy,  about  1853.  Sold  by 
Murphy  to  Tucker  in  1873. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Miss  Bennett  was  owned,  and 
perhaps  built,  by  James  Sibley ;  then  by  John  Carriel,  a 


222  HOMES    OF  THE 

teamster  between  Sutton  and  Boston.  He  becane  lame  and 
is  remembered  as  walking  with  a  wooden  shovel  for  a  staff; 
he  died  here. 

After  his  death  Deacon  Aaron  Elliot  bought  the  place, 
and  married  the  widow  for  his  second  wife.  His  son  Aaron 
lived  here,  after  marrying  the  widow  Spade  for  his  second 
wife,  several  years.  He  died  here.  Luther  Goddard  was 
the  next  owner ;  he  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  and  had  a  shop 
opposite  the  house,  where  he  carried  on  quite  an  extensive 
business.  He  had  two  children,  Francis,  and  Jane,  who 
married  a  Winter,  and  is  a  widow  now. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Parley  Putnam  was  built  by  Asa 
Putnam  for  Asa,  jr.,  in  1816.  It  was  next  owned  by  Darius 
Putnam,  then  by  Sumner,  then  by  Joseph  H.  Putnam,  now 
1  by  Parley,  who  built  the  new  barn. 

Phineas  Lovett  once  lived  in  this  house ;  his  brother 
Moses  died  here.  Moses  was  the  father  of  Samuel  Lovett 
of  Lovettville,  East  Douglas. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Joseph  Hall  Putnam,  was  built 
by  Asa  Putnam  for  his  brother  Col.  John  Putnam,  who  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D.  His  son, 
Joseph  Hall  Putnam,  was  the  next  owner.  He  married  for 
his  first  wife  Nancy  Blandon,  and  had  Sullivan,  Sumner  and 
Parley.  For  his  second  wife  he  married  Waitey  Blackman, 
born  in  Scituate,  R.  I.,  March  22,  1798,  died  here  November 
26,  1842.  She  had  Nancy  Ann,  and  Emeline,  who  married 
Joshua  Lackey.  Joseph  Hall  Putnam,  sen.,  was  born  in  the 
house  opposite,  and  died  here  January  6,  1870,  aged  eighty- 
nine  years,  nine  months.  He  was  peculiar  in  his  salutations. 
No  matter  what  the  time  of  day,  he  said,  "  Good  morning, 
sir.  Where  ye  goin' ?  What  ye  goin' there  for?"  He  left 
a  large  estate. 

When  his  son  Sumner  was  about  eighteen,  he  sent  him  to  Oxford  to  learn  to 
make  sale  shoes ;  after  remaining  there  three  months  he  returned.  His  father 
built  him  a  little  shop  and  told  him  to  go  in  and  work  at  his  trade ;  he  would 
give  him  his  board  and  clothes,  and  he  might  have  all  he  could  earn.  So 
Sumner  worked  early  and  late,  putting  his  earnings  at  interest.  Consequently 
when  he  died  he  left  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  honestly  earned  in  this 
school-district. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON. 

He  married  Susan  Dudley  and  had  two  children,  Edwin 
and  Louise.  Edwin  was  drowned.  Louise  married  E.  E. 
Burdon,  and  lived  but  a  short  time.  Sumner  Putnam  was  a 
man  much  respected.  He  was  one  of  the  selectmen  several 
years,  and  a  member  of  the  first  Congregational  church. 

The  farm,  containing  about  sixty  acres,  was  next  inherited 
by  Sullivan  Putnam,  and  now  by  his  son,  Joseph  Hall  Put- 
nam. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Peter  H.  Putnam  was  the  old 
homestead  of  his  and  his  wife's  ancestors.  It  was  built  by 
Edward  Putnam,  whose  twelve  children  were  born  here. 
His  son  Asa  was  next  owner,  then  Asa's  son  David,  who  had 
but  one  son,  Bradford,  born  here  August  11,  1817,  married 
Harriet  Sibley,  born  in  Oxford,  July  9,  1821.  They  had 


RESIDENCE    OF    PETER    PUTNAM. 


224  HOMES    OF   THE 

one  daughter,  Harriet  Augusta,  born  April  18,  1841.  She 
married  Peter  Holland  Putnam  (son  of  Peter  H.,  son  of 
Peter,  son  of  Peter,  son  of  Edward),  July  6,  1862. 

Bradford  died  September  16, 1856.  His  daughter  inherited 
this  place  on  the  death  of  her  grandfather,  David  Putnam. 
He  was  a  Justice  of  Peace,  and  remarkable  for  his  calmness. 
He  held  his  share  of  toAvn  offices  and  represented  the  toAvn 
in  the  legislature.  The  beautiful  new- barn  on  the  place  was 
built  by  Peter  H.  Putnam  in  1876.  The  farm  contains  about 
100  acres.  All  of  Col.  John  Putnam's  children  were  born  in 
this  house. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Leonard  Dodge  is  supposed  to 
have  been  built  by  Enos  Buxton.  Asa  Putnam  bought  it  of 
Enos  Buxton,  jr.,  in  1805.  It  was  then  an  old-fashioned, 
long-roofed  house.  He  immediately  made  it  upright  and 
put  it  in  its  present  form.  Asa  Putnam  had  a  large  family, 
all  respectable.  His  son  Asa  now  lives  in  Connecticut.  His 
son  Darius  married  Sally  Putnam,  and  had  two  sons.  One 
of  his  daughters,  Delia,  married  Capt.  Parley  Howard,  and 
died  without  issue.  Rachel  married  John  Rich,  jr.,  and  had 
two  daughters.  Rebecca  married  Maynard  Dodge,  and  had 
one  son;  she  died  soon  after.  Julia  married  Leonard  Dodge, 
and  had  three  children.  Julia,  born  October  14,  1832,  mar- 
ried Andrew  J.  Morse,  died  January  25,  1854.  Richard 
Leonard,  born  Oct.  22,  1834,  married  Sarah  Ann  Fairbanks  ; 
now  lives  in  Oxford.  Asa  Putnam  Dodge,  born  Sept.  13, 
1836,  married  Frances  A.  Putnam. 

The  commodious  new  barn  on  the  place  was  built  by 
Leonard  Dodge  in  1862.  He  came  in  possession  of  the  farm, 
containing  ninety  acres,  in  1845. 

The  estate  now  owned  by  Newell  Lackey  was  originally 
owned  by  Stephen  Harwood.  It  was  next  owned  by  Solo- 
mon Stockwell,  who  lived  in  the  old  Harwood  house  which 
has  been  taken  down. 

The  oldest  house,  now  standing  on  the  place,  was  built  by 
Solomon  Stockwell  for  his  sou  Peter,  who  occupied  it  many 
years  until  his  death.  Peter  Stockwell  married  Huldah 
Putnam,  daughter  of  John.  They  had  nine  children,  all 
dead  but  John  P.  and  Sylvanus,  who  lives  at  Anoka,  Minn. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  22.5 

A  daughter  of  Solomon  Stockwell  married  Amos  Bigelow  ; 
lie  was  sixteen  and  she  fourteen  years  of  age  when  married. 

The  new  house  where  Mr.  Lackey  now  lives  was  built  by 
Peter  Stockwell  for  his  son  Sylvanus,  in  1850.  It  was  sold 
to  Asa  Dodge  and  by  him  to  Lackey. 

On  the  road  from  Lackey's  to  Le  Beau's  there  stood  a 
small  house  owned  and  occupied  by  Oliver  Sibley. 

On  the  same  road  stands  an  old  house  owned  by  Mr. 
Bolster.  Charles  Putnam,  son  of  Aaron,  once  lived  there. 
Christopher  Ambler  lived  there,  then  Abner  Putnam,  son  of 
David,  son  of  Deacon  ( Cornelius  ;  he  married  a  daughter  of 
Archelaus,  son  of  Edward,  and  had  a  large  family.  Among 
them  were  Sally,  Amy,  Harvey,  Ruth,  Archelaus,  Dexter 
and  Lawson.  His  daughter,  Mrs.  Newton,  afterwards 
owned  it.  Then  Thomas  Hill,  now  Bolster. 

On  the  place  where  Mr.  Le  Beau  now  lives,  Levi  Fuller 
first  settled  ;  he  came  from  Attleboro.  It  was  next  owned 
by  his  son  Amos,  then  by  Amos'  son,  Rufus  Fuller ;  then 
by  his  brother,  Elisha  Fuller ;  then  by  William  Dudley ; 
next  by  Parley  Putnam ;  then  by  Patrick  Roach  and  now  by 
Mr.  Le  Beau.  The  old  house  was  taken  down  and  the 
present  new  cottage  built  by  Mr.  Le  Beau.  The  farm  con- 
tains about  fifty  acres.  On  it  is  located  the  Fuller  burying 
place. 

The  house  where  Joseph  Wilcox  now  lives  was  built  b}r 
Elder  Turner  Fuller ;  after  his  death  the  estate  was  sold  to 
Leonard  Logee,  and  by  him  to  Zebina  Day ;  after  his 
death  Joseph  Wilcox  bought  it.  He  married  Huldah, 
daughter  of  Elder  Turner  Fuller.  The  Rev.  Willard  Fuller 
was  born  in  the  part  of  this  house  which  was  moved  from 
the  Levi  Fuller  place  prior  to  its  removal. 

Elder  Turner  Fuller  was  a  Free-will  Baptist,  and  held  meetings  regularly 
in  this  house  for  years.  He  was  quite  a  revivalist,  and  many  persons  were 
converted  here,  among  them  his  son  Willard,  afterwards  an  elder.  Willard 
built  a  church,  almost  with  his  own  hands,  near  Manchaug  Pond,  where  he 
preached  for  years,  and  where  many  were  converted. 

There  was  at  one  time  a  little  controversy  among  the  brethren  concerning 
the  paying  for  the  lime  with  which  the  church  was  plastered.  As  the  discus- 
sion began  to  wax  warm,  the  Elder,  with  tears  in  his  eyes,  arose  and  rebuked 
them  in  this  wise:  "Friends  and  brethren,  I  am  led  to  believe  we  are  getting 

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226  HOMES    OF    THE 

the  Christianity  pretty  much  all  out  of  our  religion  in  these  days.    Will  some 
one  lead  in  prayer?"  They  all  prayed  and  the  lime  matter  was  soon  amicably 

settled. 

Elder  Turner  Fuller  was  a  comb-maker  by  trade,  yet  he  worked  on  his  farm 
and  preached  the  Gospel.     His  first  wife  was  a  Buxton,  his  second  a  Ford. 

Joseph  Wilcox  was  born  in  Whitingham,  Vermont,  July 
27,  1803.  He  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  One  of 
his  daughters  married  Henry  B.  Bullard. 

Ransom  Bolster's  house  was  built  by  Lewis  Putnam  near 
his  father's  house  ;  sold  to  John  Rich,  jr.,  by  him  to  Ausou 
Nicholas,  moved  by  him  to  present  site.  Titus  Robbins 
lived  there  several  years.  Bolster  bought  of  Nicholas. 

Ransom  C.  Bolster  was  born  in  Burrillville,  Rhode  Island, 
Sept.  2,  1826,  married  Eliza  Ann  Donaldson,  born  in  Bos- 
ton, Feb.  12,  1841.  They  have  one  son,  William  Robert, 
born  in  Sutton,  Dec.  25,  1859. 

The  place  where  John  Bennett  now  resides  was  first 
settled  by  Deacon  Cornelius  Putnam.  His  son  Bartholomew 
lived  in  the  large  old  house  recently  torn  down  by  Mr. 
Bennett,  supposed  to  have  been  built  by  his  father.  Bar- 
tholomew married  a  daughter  of  Edward  Putnam.  Their 
son  Lewis,  and  Asa  Stearns  were  the  next  owners  ;  they  sold 
to  John  Rich,  jr.,  he  to  Leonard  Logee  ;  after  his  death  the 
estate  was  bought  by  John  Bennett,  the  present  owner,  who 
has  just  built  a  new  house  and  barn. 

Dr.  H.  P.  Stearns,  son  of  Asa  and  Mary  (Putnam) 
Stearns,  a  distinguished  physician  and  surgeon,  was  born  in 
the  old  house  on  this  place,  April  18,  1828.  When  six 
years  of  age,  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Shrewsbury ; 
entered  Yale  College  in  1849,  graduated  in  1853,  studied 
medicine  one  year  in  Harvard  University,  then  returned  to 
Yale  and  graduated  from  the  medical  department  of  that 
college  in  1855.  He  immediately  went  abroad  and  spent 
between  one  and  two  years,  mostly  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
in  the  prosecution  of  medical  studies ;  returned  to  this 
country  and  settled  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1859  ;  was 
commissioned  as  surgeon  of  the  first  regiment  Connecticut 
volunteers,  April  18,  1861.  After  three  months'  service  he 
was  commissioned  surgeon  of  the  United  States  volunteers, 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  227 

and  ordered  to  report  to  General  U.S.  Grant,  then  in  com- 
mand of  the  southwestern  district  of  Missouri,  with  head- 
quarters at  Cairo,  Illinois.  He  remained  on  his  staff  during 
the  winter  of  1861  and  1862,  and  afterwards  was  constantly 
in  the  service,  as  medical  director  in  the  field,  or  of  the 
United  States  general  hospitals.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
was  medical  director  of  all  the  United  States  general  hos- 
pitals at  Nashville,  Tennessee  and  vicinity ;  was  in  the 
service  four  years  and  four  months  in  all,  and  retired  with 
rank  of  Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel.  He  was  in  general 
practice  of  medicine  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  from  1866  to 
1873  ;  was  then  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Retreat 
for  the  Insane  at  Hartford,  which  position  he  still  fills  with 
distinguished  ability. 

The  house  now  occupied  by  George  Bennett  was  first 
owned  by  Archelaus  Putnam,  then  by  his  son  Aaron,  then 
by  Samuel  Waters,  who  married  Aaron's  daughter  Rebecca; 
then  by  Archelaus  Putnam,  son  of  Abner;  then  by  Charles 
Walker,  who  built  a  new  house  about  1837  ;  then  by  Brad- 
ford Putnam,  who  died  there  ;  then  by  Joseph  H.  Putnam, 
now  by  George  Bennett. 

On  the  site  where  George  Ray  now  resides,  Leonard  Dodge 
built  a  house  in  1834,  where  he  lived  until  1840.  All  his 
children  were  born  here.  He  sold  the  place  to  his  brother 
Willard,  who  lived  here  till  his  death.  The  house  built  by 
Leonard  was  burned  1862.  The  present  house  was  built  by 
Willard  in  1863,  bought  by  George  Ray  in  1869.  Mr. 
Dodge  had  three  wives ;  first  Huldah  Sibley,  second  Fanny 
Bigelow,  who  had  one  beautiful  daughter  who  lived  to 
womanhood,  married  and  died  soon  after  of  consumption. 
He  married  for  third  wife  Widow  Cadwell. 

A  young  man,  son  of  John  Dodge,  committed  suicide  by 
hanging  in  Willard.' s  barn.  He  was  a  fine  young  man,  and 
his  death  caused  great  excitement  and  sorrow  in  the  family 
and  neighborhood. 

The  house  where  George  Keith  now  lives  was  built  by 
Josiah  Dodge  for  his  daughter  Nancy,  born  Sept.  5,  1799. 
She  married  Simeon  Keith,  born  in  Uxbridge,  July  7,  1797. 
They  had  two  sons  and  several  daughters.  The  estate  now 


228  HOMES    OF   THE 

belongs  to  his  son  George.    Simeon  Keith  has  been  treasurer 

<5  *-' 

and  collector  of  this  town,  and  was  constable  for  several 
years.  Mrs.  Keith  left  his  bed  while  he  was  asleep,  went 
down  and  fell  into  the  well,  where  she  was  drowned,  August 
5,  18(30.  Her  fall  awoke  her  husband,  who  went  to  her 
assistance,  but  she  died  before  he  could  get  her  out  of  the 
water.  Whether  she  was  asleep  or  awake  when  the  accident 
happened,  no  one  knows.  Charity  would  suggest  somnam- 
bulism. She  was  a  good  wife  and  a  kind  mother. 

The  place  where  George  Putnam  now  lives  was  built  by 
Jonathan  Carriel.  It  was  afterward  occupied  by  Dr.  Free- 
land  ;  then  bought  by  Daniel  Marble  ;  after  Mr.  Marble's 
death  it  was  owned  by  Darius  Putnam.  It  now  belongs  to 
his  heirs :  he  died  here.  His  widow  married  Tourtellott 
Inman,  Esq.,  who  lived  here  several  years,  and  now  lives  with 
his  son  in  Medford.  He  voted  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler  last 
fall,  being  in  his  one  hundredth  year. 

Daniel  Marble  married  for  his  first  wife  Ruth  Woodbury. 
They  had  three  sons,  diaries  lived  and  died  in  Hartland, 
Vt.,  where  he  raised  a  family. 

For  his  second  wife  he  married  Polly  Harback  and  had 
four  children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

Daniel  Marble  was  one  of  the  best  farmers  in  town.  He  was  rather  noted 
for  raising  fine  stock.  His  farm  was  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  His 
fences  were  well  cared  for,  and  no  bush  or  noxious  weed  allowed  to  fringe  his 
mowing  lots  or  fields.  He  was  for  many  years  a  drover.  He  and  his  son 
Daniel  bought  many  droves  of  cattle  for  the  Brighton  market,  and  were  for  a 
time  very  prosperous,  but  at  last  they  met  with  heavy  losses,  which  so  embar- 
rassed them  as  to  cause  a  failure.  Just  as  the  crash  came,  his  beautiful  twin 
daughters,  Ruth  and  Polly,  the  pride  and  idol  of  his  heart,  were  taken  sick  and 
died.  The  property  gone,  the  daughters  dead,  the  family  hope  seemed  crushed 
forever.  The  wife  and  sons  sought  solace  in  the  intoxicating  cup,  thereby 
adding  the  last  killing  weight  to  the  bending  back  of  the  poor  overloaded 
father.  Until  then  he  had  been  scrupulously  nice  to  shave  and  keep  himself 
in  trim.  But  now  his  razor  is  laid  aside,  his  personal  appearance  neglected, 
and  he  goes  a  mourning  pilgrim  to  his  grave.  One  of  his  neighbors  asked  him 
why  he  did  not  shave.  His  answer  was,  "  I've  been  shaved  too  much  already." 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Marble,  the  Rev.  John  Walker 
lived  in  this  house.  He  was  a  truly  good  man.  His  six 
children  went  to  school  in  this  district  and  were  among  the 
best  scholars.  One  of  his  sons,  Harvey  D.,  graduated  at 
college,  and  is  now  president  of  a  college  in  Pennsylvania. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  229 

The  estate  containing  ninety-three  acres  now  owned  by 
Herman  A.  Kimmel,  was  originally  owned  by  Nathaniel 
Carriel,  who  built  the  old  long-roofed  house  taken  down  by 
his  successor,  Josiah  Dodge,  who  bought  the  place  of  the 
Carriel  heirs  in  1818.  Mr.  Dodge  built  a  new  house  in  1822. 
He  also  built  the  present  beautiful  house  in  1832.  But  little 
can  be  learned  of  Mr.  Carriel.  He  was  father  of  Mrs.  Huldah 
Dodge,  who  was  born  here.  She  married  Josiah  Dodge 
May  ^4,  179<i,  and  died  May  24,  1858,  aged  eighty-two  years 
three  months.  Her  mother  committed  suicide  by  hanging 
in  the  old  house.  She  hung  herself  with  a  knot  of  yarn  of 
her  own  spinning  ;  it  was  fastened  to  a  shingle  nail  so  slightly 
driven  that  it  fell  to  the  floor  when  she  was  taken  down. 
She  was  a  Prime.  Several  of  her  descendants  have  seemed 
to  inherit  her  morbid  state  of  mind,  and  put  an  end  to  their 
own  life. 

Mr.  Dodge  had  property  by  inheritance,  and  added  to  it 
by  his  industry.  He  used  to  say  to  his  boys,  "  We  must 
keep  striking  at  it,  or  we  shan't  earn  anything/'  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  Congregational  church.  He  died  here 
Sept.  22,  1848,  aged  seventy-nine.  Israel  Adams  Dodge 
succeeded  his  father,  and  sold  the  estate  to  Herman  A.  Kim- 
mel  in  1874.  1.  A.  Dodge  has  held  many  town  offices,  and 
is  much  respected  by  the  people.  His  last  office  was  town 
clerk. 

The  Elliot  Place  was  first  settled  by  Joseph  Elliot. 

When  he  first  came  to  take  possession,  he  was  accompanied  by  two  or  three 
young  men  who  came  to  see  the  place.  After  they  left,  finding  himself  all  alone 
iu  the  dense  wood,  he  sat  down  on  a  large  stone  up  towards  where  the  barn 
now  stands,  and  wept  like  a  child.  After  relieving  himself  in  this  way,  he 
aroused  his  manhood,  seized  his  axe,  and  commenced  felling  the  trees.  He 
soon  had  a  respectable  opening;  after  which  he  cultivated  the  land,  built  him 
a  house,  married  Jerusha  Fuller,  and  raised  an  honorable  family.  The  old 
house,  now  down,  stood  near  the  stone  on  which  he  wept. 

The  present  house  was  built  by  Deacon  Aaron  Elliot, 
next  owned  by  his  son,  Capt.  James  T.  Elliot,  then  by  his 
sons,  Gustavus  and  Joseph  Fuller  Elliot;  sold  by  them  out 
of  the  Elliot  family.  Joseph  Wilcox,  jr.,  owned  the  part 
now  belonging  to  Salem  Shaw.  The  main  farm  was  sold  to 
A  Ivan  Putnam  in  1876.  Deacon  Aaron  Elliot  married  a 


230  HOMES    OF   THE 

Taylor,  daughter  of  James  Taylor.    His  sons  were  Aaron,  jr. 
and  James  Taylor.     One  daughter  married  Zelek  Darling. 

Aaron  Elliot,  jr.,  was  a  scythe  maker,  and  his  scythes  were  genuine,  of  the 
best  of  temper.  He  could  not  only  make  a  scythe,  but  he  knew  how  to  use 
one.  He  swung  a  scythe  four  feet  long,  and  no  one  attempted  to  out-mow 
him.  He  mowed  an  acre,  on  a  wager,  quicker  than  an  expert  could  rake  it. 
He  was  athletic.  He  said  that  when  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  the  water  being 
hard  at  the  house,  they  had  to  bring  water  for  washing  from  a  well  some 
thirty  rods  away.  So  he  took  a  common  cider  barrel,  of  thirty-two  gallons 
capacity,  down  to  the  well,  filled  it  with  water,  drove  in  the  bung,  shouldered 
the  barrel,  took  the  wooden  tunnel  in  one  hand,  and  carried  them  both  to  the 
house. 

Aaron  Elliot,  jr.,  had  two  wives  and  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren. He  was  born  here  Dec.  1,  1768,  and  died  on  Putnam 
Hill.  He  married  Bettey  Putnam,  born  April  14,  1783.  His 
son  Aaron,  born  March  5,  1801,  was  killed  by  the  bursting 
of  a  grindstone  in  Oxford,  March  27,  1833.  He  married 
Maria  Putnam,  daughter,  of  Capt.  Francis  Putnam,  born  in 
Button,  June  28,  1796.  They  had  six  children. 

Deacon  Elliot  was  one  of  the  largest  land-holders  in  Sutton. 
He  sold  the  water  power  to  Mr.  Congdon  who  built  the  first 
factory  at  Manchaug.  Aaron,  jr.,  had  a  scythe  shop  there 
before  the  factory  was  built.  Capt.  James  T.  Elliot  married 
Submit  Baylies,  daughter  of  Deacon  Baylies  of  Uxbridge  ; 
they  had  seven  children,  all  born  on  this  place.  He  built 
the  large  barn  now  standing  there. 

EIGHT  LOTS,  DISTRICT  No.  3. 

The  Dike  farm  was  first  settled  by  Daniel  Dike,  who  had 
several  sons  living  at  his  decease ;  one  of  his  sons,  Anthony 
Dike,  succeeded  him  on  the  farm. 

He  was  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  after  obtaining  leave  of  absence  to 
come  home  and  attend  to  his  business  on  the  farm  for  a  few  weeks,  he  went 
to  Vermont  to  purchase  a  drove  of  sheep ;  and  upon  his  return  with  them 
learned  that  government  was  in  pressing  need  of  more  troops.  So  he  left  his 
sheep,  and  started  at  once  for  the  army,  and  arrived  in  season  to  join  his 
regiment  and  take  part  in  the  engagements  which  resulted  in  the  capture  of 
Burgoyne. 

He  lived  and  died  on  his  farm,  leaving  it  to  his  three  sons 
who  survived  him;  they  all  lived  to  a  good  old  age,  but 
none  of  them  left  any  issue.  After  the  death  of  the  three 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  231 

sons  the  place  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  heirs-at-law, 
who  sold  it  to  Benjamin  Barnes,  who  sold  it  to  S.  H.  Stock- 
well  ;  then  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Michael  Cullina,  the 
present  owner. 

This  farm  is  situated  at  the  southerly  end  of  Ramshorn 
Pond.  Tradition  has  preserved  the  following  incident,  as 
narrated  by  Mr.  Daniel  Dike  : 

When  the  first  settlement  was  made  in  this  vicinity,  the  Indians  used  to  shoot 
around  the  pond,  and  showed  considerable  hostility  to  the  early  settlers,  who 
came  to  the  conclusion  that  they  must  take  some  measures  to  rid  themselves 
of  them.  They  accordingly  collected  on  a  high  hill,  east  of  the  pond,  called 
Potter  Hill ;  the  Indians  collected  on  a  small  island  at  the  south  end  of  said 
pond,  situated  a  little  north  of  the  Dike  house. 

The  parties  commenced  firing  upon  each  other ;  after  exchanging  a  few 
shots  the  Indians  withdrew,  leaving  one  of  their  number  dead,  and  started  as 
though  they  were  going  to  Graf  ton.  The  inhabitants  started  after  them, 
going  between  Ramshorn  and  Crooked  (Singletary  Lake)  ponds,  expecting  to 
cut  them  off  at  the  lower  end  of  the  latter,  and  capture  them.  But  instead 
of  going  to  Grafton,  as  the  first  appearance  seemed  to  indicate,  they  turned 
their  course  to  Dudley,  where  there  was  an  encampment  of  the  tribe.  Ever 
after  they  kept  away ;  or  if  any  of  them  came  around  they  behaved  peace- 
fully. But  the  settlers  not  feeling  quite  safe,  fearing  the  Indians  might 
engage  in  farther  hostilities,  built  a  block-house  of  logs  to  which  they  could 
flee  in  case  of  sudden  attack.  This  fort  was  situated  about  half  a  mile  from 
the  place  where  the  skirmish  above  mentioned  occurred,  on  the  farm  then 
belonging  to  Theophilus  Kenney,  who  was  the  first  settler. 

The  farm  adjoining  the  Dike  place  on  the  west  was  first 
settled  by  one  Abel  Chase ;  then  occupied  by  Lieutenant 
Nathaniel  Whitmore  and  his  sous  ;  then  by  Deacon  Luther 
Hall;  then  by  Lewis  Griggs,  who  is  the  present  owner. 
Mr.  Chase  erected  on  this  place  a  shop  with  a  trip-hammer, 
for  the  purpose  of  making  scythes  and  hoes.  This  was  one 
of  the  first  trip-hammers  in  town. 

The  business  was  carried  on  for  some  years  by  the  Whit- 
mores.  But  the  shop  was  burned  and  never  rebuilt.  There 
is  a  private  burying  ground  on  this  place. 

The  farm  adjoining  the  Dike  farm  on  the  east  was  first 
settled  by  John  Stockwell,  a  son  of  John  Stock  well  at 
whose  house  the  first  town  meeting  was  held.  He  sold  it  to 
Deacon  John  Haven,  who  with  his  son  John  occupied  it 
many  years.  After  their  death  it  was  sold  to  Jeremiah 
Brown,  by  him  to Taylor,  and  by  him  to  Daniel  Bug- 
bee,  by  him  to  Aaron  Stockwell,  and  by  him  to  David 


232 


HOMES    OF    THE 


Walsh,  the  present  owner.  The  barn  on  this  place  was 
struck  by  lightning  and  burned  when  owned  by  Deacon 
Haven.  Both  house  and  barn  have  been  burned  since  its 
purchase  by  Walsh. 

The  Hutchinson  farm  was  first  settled  by  Joseph  Severy. 
who  lived  on  it  about  two  years,  and  then  sold  to  Nathaniel 
Hutchinson,  in  1729  or  1730.  Since  that  time  there  have 
been  added  forty  acres  on  the  north  end.  This  forty  acres 
was  first  settled  by  David  Harwood,  Avho  was  followed  by 
his  son,  who  died  young,  leaving  it  to  his  widow,  who  sold 
it  to  Bartholotn&w  Hutchinson. 


RESIDENCE     OF     DBA.    E.    H.    HI  TCHINSt  )\ . 

The  southwesterly  part  was  first  settled  by Bootman, 

who  sold  it  to  the  Hutchinsons.  Bartholomew  sold  it  to  his 
son  Simon,  who  conveyed  it  to  his  son  Edwin  H.  Hutchin- 
son, who  now  owns  and  occupies  it.  Lieutenant  Bartholo- 
mew Hutchinson  served  in  the  revolutionary  war. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  233 

The  Jonathan  Stockwcll  farm  is  situated  on  the  west  side 
of  Singletary  pond,  and  was  first  settled  by  the  above 
named  Stock  well.  He  was  one  of  the  five  brothers  who 
first  came  to  Sutton.  He  lived  and  died  on  this  farm  and 
left  several  children.  His  son  Stephen  lived  and  died  on 
the  same  farm.  His  son  Stephen  succeeded  him,  and  he 
also  lived  and  died  on  it ;  at  his  death  it  passed  into  the 
hands  of  his  two  sous,  Jonas  E.  and  Stephen,  who  now 
own  it.  This  farm  has  been  in  the  hands  of  the  first  settler 
and  his  descendants  since  the  settlement  of  the  town. 

The  place  west  of  the  Jonathan  Stockwell  farm,  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  Benj.  A.  DeWitt,  is  known  as  the 
Severy  place.  It  was  settled  by  Joseph  Severy,  the  first  of 
the  Severys  in  Sutton.  He  died  €upon  the  place,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  Jacob,  who  is  spoken  of  as  one  who 
was  often  employed  in  the  settlement  of  estates,  and  as 
having  been  very  active  during  the  revolutionary  war  in 
securing  recruits  for  the  army,  and  providing  for  the  families 
of  the  soldiers.  He  was  also  for  a  long  time  a  collector  of 
taxes.  He  was  succeeded  on  the  farm  by  his  son  Moody, 
who  died  Dec.  28,  1840,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Solomon,  who  lived  upon  the  place  till  1864,  when  he  sold 
it  to  William  H.  Wheeler,  and  removed  to  the  place  where 
he  now  lives.  The  place  was  in  the  possession  of  the  Sev- 
erys one  hundred  thirty-four  years.  Mr.  Wheeler  sold 
to  Isaac  H.  Redding,  and  he  to  Beuj.  A.  DeWitt,  the  present 
occupant. 

Captain  John  Stockwell  was  the  first  settler  upon  the 
farm  now  known  by  his  name.  He  was  one  of  the  five 
Stockwell  brothers.  The  first  town  meeting  was  held  at  his 
house.*  He  lived  and  died  upon  this  place,  and  his  son 
Noah  Stockwell  succeeded  him.  He  sold  it  to  Stephen  Hoi- 
brook,  who  lived  and  died  upon  the  farm.  Mr.  Holbrook 
had  several  children.  Two  of  his  sons  were  graduates  of 
college.  The  oldest  studied  theology  at  Andover,  and  was 
settled  over  a  church  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts.  The  other 
son  was  preparing  to  go  as  a  missionary  to  a  foreign  field, 
but  was  drowned  while  bathing.  After  the  death  of  the 

*  See  Annals,  1718.  30 


234  HOMES    OF    THE 

father  the  place  passed  into  the  hands  of  Simeon  Stockwell, 
who  married  a  daughter  of  the  above  named  S.  Holbrook, 
and  is  the  occupant  at  the  present  time.  The  barn  was 
struck  by  lightning  and  burned  about  the  time  Mr.  Stock- 
well  entered  into  possession  of  the  place. 

The  next  place  west  of  that  occupied  by  Mr.  Solomon 
Severy,  now  in  possession  of  Charles  Woodbury,  was  first 
settled  by  Captain  Jonathan  Sibley,  then  occupied  by  his 
son,  Colonel  Timothy  Sibley,  then  by  Lot  Woodbury,  then 

by ,  then  by  Nathan  Woodbury,  who  sold  to  Ensign 

John  Woodbury,  who  conveyed  it  to  his  son  Nathaniel,  and 
at  his  death  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  his  son  Charles 
Woodbury,  who  is  the  present  owner.  This  place  is  the 
second  of  the  original  eight  lots,  reckoning  from  the  east ; 
that  of  Mr.  Solomon  Severy  being  the  first. 

The  farm  on  which  Daniel  Bugbee  now  lives  was  first  set- 
tled by  John  King,  and  the  successive  owners  to  the  present 
time  have  been  as  follows :  Lot  Simpson,  Elijah  Brown, 
John  Kenney,  Dexter  Wood,  Amos  R.  Holman,  Mary  Knapp, 
and  Daniel  Bugbee,  who  is  the  present  owner. 

John  Kenney  had  four  sons.  The  eldest  was  a  scythe 
manufacturer,  and  killed  by  the  bursting  of  a  grindstone  in 
the  shop.  The  second  son  was  a  Baptist  minister.  The  third 
an  extensive  manufacturer  of  machinery.  The  fourth  was  a 
Baptist  minister  for  a  few  years,  but  at  the  present  time  is 
engaged  in  the  book  trade. 

There  was  a  small  farm  near  the  school-house,  owned  by 
William  Simpson,  who  was  among  the  first  settlers.  He  had 
three  sons  who  lived  and  died  in  Sutton.  He  and  one  of  his 
sons  served  in  the  revolutionary  war.  His  son  William  was 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  After  their  decease  it  was 
sold  to  Job  Darling,  who  also  served  in  the  revolutionary 
war.  After  his  death  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Jonathan 
Pike,  who  was  wounded  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  After 
the  war  government  gave  him  a  pension. 

The  farm  on  which  David  Welsh  now  lives  was  first  settled 
by  Ebenezer  Cutler,  who  had  three  sons,  all  of  whom  lived 
on  the  farm  with  their  father,  each  one  having  a  separate 
house. 


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237 


On  this  farm  was  built  one  of  the  first  saw-mills  in  town, 
if  not  the  first.  The  Cutlers  sold  to  Amos  Stockwell  — 
"Uncle  Amos,"  as  he  was  called.  Mr.  Stockwell  died  here, 
leaving  two  sons,  both  of  whom  graduated  at  Amherst  col- 
lege. Thomas  B.  Stockwell  studied  for  the  ministry,  and 
Amos  li.  for  the  bar  ;  both  died  young.  The  next  owner  of 
the  place  after  the  Stockwells  was  Amos  Merriam,  who  was 
succeeded  by  his  son,  Rufus  K.,  who  sold  it  to  Solomon 
Severy.  It  is  now  owned  by  David  Welsh.  The  first 
house  on  this  place  was  a  small  one,  to  which  additions 
were  made  from  time  to  time,  one  of  these  additions  being, 
as  already  stated,  the  house  in  which  the  first  town  meetino- 

f  .  O 

was  held.      It  was  kept  in  very  good  repair  until  destroyed 
by  fire,  November,  IS 72. 

The  farm  on  which  Solomon  Severy  now  lives  was  first 
settled  by  William  King,  and  we  find  in  the  plot  of  the 
thirty  lots  laid  out  in  the  four  thousand  acres  the  name  of 
Jonathan  Kino-  as  occupying  it  with  William.  Jonathan's 


RESIDENCE    OF    SOLOMON    SEVERY. 


238  HOMES    OF   THE 

son  Jonathan  seems  to  have  been  the  second  owner.  Then 
it  came  into  the  possession  of  Eliphalet  Rowel,  who  married 
a  daughter  of  Jonathan,  sen. 

The  farm  on  which  Orin  Johnson  now  lives,  near  the 
Ramshorn  pond,  is  the  one  on  which  the  first  settlers  built  a 
fort,  or  block-house,  as  a  protection  against  the  Indians. 

It  was  first  settled  by  Theophilus  Kenney,  who  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Ebenezer  Gould,  Stephen  Kenney,  his  son  Stephen, 
jr.,  Moses  Waters,  M.  M.  Waters,  Jonathan  T.  Waters, 
Freeman  Van  Ornum  and  Orin  Johnson,  the  ninth  occupant. 

MILL  PLACE. 

This  place  was  first  owned  and  occupied  by  Jonathan 
Putnam  and  Capt.  Fry.  One  of  the  first  grist  mills  in  town 
was  erected  at  this  place  by  the  said  Putnam.  His  son 
Francis  succeeded  him,  who  left  it  to  his  son  Silas,  who  sold 
it  to  his  brother  Pliny.  He  sold  it  to  Amos  Merriam,  when 
it  passed  into  the  hands  of  his  son  Rufus  K.  Merriam,  who 
conveyed  it  to  Henry  S.  Stockwell,  and  is  now  owned  by 
the  Sutton  Cranberry  Company,  who  are  engaged  in  the  cul- 
ture of  cranberries  and  expect  to  plant  the  whole  meadow 
with  vines.  Capt.  Francis  Putnam  and  his  son  Silas  lived 
and  died  in  Sutton.  Capt.  Francis  was  in  the  revolutionary 
war.  He  was  a  man  of  great  strength  and  agility.  While 
in  the  army  the  soldiers  were  in  the  habit  of  trying  to  see 
who  could  jump  a  rope  suspended  across  the  street  six  feet 
high.  After  various  trials  only  two  in  the  regiment  could 
clear  the  rope,  Capt.  Francis  Putnam  and  Jacob  Severy, 
both  of  Sutton.  Jacob  Severy  soon  after  died  in  the  army 
from  a  wound  received  in  battle. 

Mr.  James  W.  Stockwell  furnishes  the  following  with 
reference  to  the  Suttou  Cranberry  Company. 

In  the  fall  and  winter  of  1868,  Rev.  Fred.  N.  Knapp  and  H.  S.  and  J.  W. 
Stockwell,  as  equal  partners,  bought  the  so-called  Putnam  water  privilege,  and 
lands  adjoining,  for  the  culture  of  the  cranberry,  and  in  the  spring  following 
began  to  prepare  the  ground  for  that  purpose.  Subsequently,  Rev.  Thomas 
Hill,  president  of  Harvard  College,  and  Fred.  Law  Olmstead,  of  New  York 
city,  became  equal  partners.  In  November,  1870,  the  "  Sutton  Cranberry 
Company"  was  incorporated,  the  stockholders  being  the  above-mentioned 
persons.  Since  its  organization,  Dr.  B.  F.  D.  Adams  of  Waltham  has  become 
a  member  of  the  company  .  Mr.  Knapp  has  been  president,  Dr.  Hill  clerk, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON. 


239 


and  James  W.  Stockwell  treasurer  and  business  agent  of  the  company  since 
its  organization.  The  company  own  about  196  acres  of  land,  divided  into  three 
meadows  and  a  reservoir;  eighty  acres  suitable  for  cranberry  culture,  of  which 
about  twenty  acres  are  in  vines.  They  have  a  good  supply  of  water,  four  well 
constructed  dams,  and  a  sufficient  quantity  of  pure  sand.  The  cultivated  part 
has  been  thoroughly  prepared,  and  was  set  with  the  best  quality  of  vines.  The 
fruit  is  unrivaled  for  size,  beauty  and  flavor  (the  writer  has  picked  berries 
three  and  a  quarter  inches  in  circumference),  and  commands  the  highest  price 
in  market.  The  cultivated  part  is  not  yet  in  full  bearing.  In  1875  the  crop 
was  1,200  bushels.  The  meadows  are  pleasantly  located  in  the  western  part 
of  the  town,  on  the  line  of  the  county  road  from  West  Suttoii  to  Millbury. 

The  place  on  which  Waters  Putnam  now  lives  was  first 
owned  (as  far  as  can  be  traced)  by  one  John  Lilley,  the 
father-in-law  of  Jacob  Cummings,  who  conveyed  it  to  Isaac 
Dodge,  son-in-law  of  said  Cummings.  It  is  now  owned  and 
occupied  by  Waters  Putnam. 

The  Dodge  farm  was  first  owned  by  Samuel  Streeter  in 
1749,  when  he  sold  it  to  Isaac  Dodge  of  Boxford.  He  con- 
veyed it  to  his  son  Isaac  by  will,  who  left  it  to  his  family. 
It  is  now  owned  by  Benjamin  J.  Dodge,  of  Worcester,  and 
occupied  by  David  S.  Dodge,  son  of  Isaac  the  third. 

The  Arnold  place  was  first  settled  by  Benjamin  Woodbury, 
and  occupied  successively  by  Stephen  Keith,  David  Draper, 
Benjamin  Wallace  and  Nathan  Arnold. 

There  are  no  buildings  on  the  place  except  the  remains  of 
an  old  saw-mill.  Twelve  acres  of  the  place  are  cultivated 
with  the  cranberry  by  the  Sutton  Cranberry  Company,  who 
now  own  it.  There  is  a  private  burial  ground  on  the  place. 

The  place  owned  by  Marble  Putnam  was  first  owned  by 
Jonathan,  son  of  Jacob  Cummings,  who  built  the  house.  He 
sold  it  to  Samuel  Trumble,  who  sold  to  Solomon  King;  he 
conveyed  it  to  Amos  Merriam,  who  sold  to  James  Burnap, 
whose  widow  sold  to  Marble  Putnam. 

The  place  on  which  George  K.  Stockwell  now  lives  was 
at  the  first  settlement  of  the  town  in  possession  of  Joseph 
Fellows.  We  also  find  the  name  of  Samuel  Barton  as  an 
occupant  of  the  place.  It  was  also  owned  by  a  man  named 

Hoare,  then  by Lilley,  Ebenezer  Phelps,  Capt.  Enoch 

Stockwell,  a  grandson  of  Jonathan  Stockwell.  He  lived 
and  died  on  this  farm,  and  his  son,  George  F.  Stockwell, 
succeeded  him.  He  also  died  here,  leaving  it  to  his  son, 


240  HOMES    OF   THE 

George  K.  Stockwell,  the  owner  and  occupant  at  the  present 
time.  On  this  farm  several  years  ago,  there  was  supposed 
to  be  a  very  valuable  mine  of  silver  ore,  and  much  time  and 
money  were  expended  in  digging ;  but  none  of  the  precious 
metal  was  found.  The  immense  hole  that  was  made  is  not 
even  now  entirely  tilled. 

The  Marsh  farm,  situated  on  the  height  of  land  in  the 
Eight  Lots  district,  commanding  a  very  fine  view  of  the  sur- 
rounding country,  was  first  settled  by  Stephen  Marsh,  who 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  Stephen,  who  conveyed  it  to  his 
son  Stephen,  and  he  to  his  son  Stephen  F.  Marsh.  Acre 
to  acre  has  been"  added,  until  it  is  the  largest  farm  in  this 
part  of  the  town.  The  farm  has  always  been  noted  for  rais- 
ing fine  stock  for  market.  The  second  Stephen  was  in  the 
revolutionary  war. 

The  places  in  District  No.  3  which  lie  upon  the  Boston 
road  are  reported  by  Mr.  G.  Hall  as  follows : 

Going  east  from  Mr.  Prescott  Putnam's,  the  last  place 
reported  in  the  West  Sutton  district,  I  first  come  to  the  site 
where  once  stood  the  Baptist  church  (the  second  edifice 
erected  by  that  denomination  in  town),  without  steeple  or 
bell. 

I  remember  distinctly  my  first  visit  to  that  church.  I  went  in  company 
with  Waldo  Putnam ;  he  was  a  little  older  than  myself,  and  had  been  there 
before ;  so  he  led  me  up  into  the  gallery,  and  the  first  thing  that  struck  my 
wondering  vision  was  the  dusty,  conical  top  of  the  old  sounding-board,  which 
hung  over  the  quaint  old  pulpit,  in  which  stood  the  venerable  and  venerated 
Elder  Samuel  Waters,  leading  the  morning  devotions.  There  were  broad 
galleries  on  the  south,  east  and  west  sides  of  the  house.  Midway  between 
them  on  the  north  side  stood  the  pulpit.  The  front  seats  directly  opposite 
the  preacher  were  reserved  for  the  singers;  in  them,  on  that  occasion,  I 
remember  the  manly  forms  of  Capt.  Joseph  Griggs  and  Capt.  Thomas  Smith ; 
also  the  less  commanding  form  of  Deacon  Stephen  Putnam.  The  Waters 
brothers  and  sister,  with  Levins  Sibley,  jr.,  were  there  in  after  time,  if  not 
then. 

Directly  south  of  this  church  was  a  large  orchard,  belonging  to  Mr.  John 
Putnam ;  in  it,  in  apple  time,  many  of  the  congregation  who  worshipped  here 
used  to  spend  their  mornings  regaling  themselves  upon  the  luscious  fruit 
which  literally  covered  the  ground,  and  they  were  welcome  to  their  repast, 
for  Mr.  Putnam  had  more  apples  than  he  knew  what  to  do  with,  and  he  was 
no  niggard  with  his  neighbors.  I  think  the  trees  then  bore  fruit  every  year ; 
indeed  there  was  less  barrenness  then  than  now  in  every  direction ;  there  was 
more  grass,  there  were  more  cattle  on  the  hills  presented  to  view  from  this 
highly  favored  site ;  aye,  and  there  were  many  more  children  in  the  houses 
within  our  view  from  this  place  then  than  now. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  241 

Many  of  the  customs  of  society  have  changed  since  then ;  I  recollect  on  one 
occasion,  when  they  had  a  large  religious  gathering  in  this  church,  of  seeing 
shanties  erected  on  the  south  side  of  the  church-yard  for  the  sale  of  refresh- 
ments, including  choice  liquors.  Such  sale  would  not  be  tolerated  now. 

In  1817  Miss  Abigail  Thayer  opened  a  "  Boarding  School "  in  the  then  new 
and  elegant  Masonic  Hall  at  West  Sutton.  She  had  a  very  select  school  of 
over  sixty  scholars,  several  from  out  of  town,  some  from  Providence  and 
other  large  places.  Her  school  was  very  popular,  and  several  of  her  scholars 
became  teachers,  and  some  of  them  graduates  of  college.  She  went  from 
here  to  Westboro,  where  she  taught,  and  where  she  married  one  of  her  pupils, 
a  young  man  by  the  name  of  Davis.  At  the  close  of  her  school  here  she  had 
a  public  exhibition  in  this  house,  which  was  very  fully  attended,  and  was 
considered  a  great  affair. 

After  the  new  church  was  built  at  "the  street,"  this  house 
was  occupied  a  few  times  by  the  Methodists  ;  but,  drawing 
small  congregations,  that  enterprise  was  abandoned,  and  about 
183B  the  house  was  moved  to  Millbuiy,  where  it  is  now 
used  as  a  factory  boarding  house.  It  stands  near  the  junc- 
tion and  between  the  roads  leading  to  West  Millbury  and 
Sutton. 

Directly  opposite  this  church,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
road,  stood  a  long  row  of  sheds.  ' 

The  next  place  was  first  owned  by  Elder  Kathbone,  then 
by  Elder  Lamson,  next  by  Captain  Warren  Snow,  father  of 
Captain  Lawson  Snow,  now  of  Oxford  ;  then  Captain  Riifus 
Knapp,  whose  heirs  sold  to  Elder  Moses  Harrington,  who 
took  down  the  old  house  and  built  the  present  one  in  1826. 
It  has  since  been  owned  by  Albergense  Williams,  James 
Williams,  Smith  Baker,  Robert  Aldrich,  Fayette  Freeland 
and  Franklin  Freeland,  the  present  owner,  who  bought  it  in 
1852.  It  is  not  known  by  whom  the  old  house  was  built; 
it  was  quite  stylish  when  occupied  by  the  Knapps.  Capt. 
Knapp  was  a  trader  and  a  man  of  great  enterprise.  He 
prided  himself  on  his  penmanship,  and  used  to  try  titles  in 
that  art  with  his  friend  and  neighbor  James  Freeland.  They 
were  men  of  like  tastes.  One  of  his  sons  was  a  merchant. 
He  drew  ten  thousand  dollars  in  a  lottery.  He  died  in 
Dudley.  His  youngest  son  is  a  man  of  wealth  and  respect- 
ability, now  living  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  His  daughters 
were  accomplished  ladies.  Two  of  his  sons  were  devotees 
of  Bacchus  and  came  to  no  good  end. 

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242  HOMES  or  THE 

Mr.  Harrington  was  a  man  deserving  of  especial  mention 
in  this  history. 

He  carried  on  and  much  improved  his  farm,  built  a  new  house  thereon, 
preached  the  gospel  to  the  Baptist  church,  established  a  select  school  in  his 
own  house,  which  he  taught  several  terms.  He  also  taught  in  the  public 
schools,  and  made  himself  generally  useful  during  his  abode  in  town.  At 
last  he  displeased  one  of  his  chief  supporters  in  some  way,  who  discovered  that 
his  hair  stuck  up  in  front,  which  he  thought  very  unbecoming  to  a  follower 
of  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus.  So  Mr.  Harrington  gave  up  his  pulpit,  and  his 
successor  came  with  his  shining  black  and  sleek  hair,  all  stroked  down  close 
to  his  head.  So  some  of  the  admirers  of  Mr.  Harrington  called  him  "  old 
tallow  head;"  yet  he  deported  himself  with  such  Christian  propriety  as  to 
disarm  their  spite,  and  reconcile  them  to  the  change ;  but  of  his  successor  I 
have  already  spoken.  Mr.  Harrington  remained  a  while  on  his  farm,  then 
removed  to  Leicester,  where  he  preached  several  years,  then  went  to  Fram- 
ingham. 

He  had  quite  a  family  of  children,  lost  his  wife  ;  married 
for  second  wife  widow  of  Smith  Taft,  whose  first  husband 
was  a  Lilley,  by  whom  she  had  a  daughter,  who  is  the  wife 
of  ex-Mayor  Jillson  of  Worcester.  This  place  was  for  sev- 
eral years  a  sort  of  parsonage  for  the  Baptist  church,  and 
occupied  by  several  of  their  ministers. 

The  house  nearly  opposite  was  originally  an  ashery  on  the 
Freeland  farm,  then  converted  into  a  dwelling  house  on  the 
site  where  King  and  Thompson  have  since  built.  While 
standing  there  it  was  owned  first  by  Tarrant  King,  and  was 
the  birthplace  of  Deacon  Sumner  B.  King.  It  was  after- 
ward owned  by  Parley  Stockwell,  whose  widow  was  killed 
there  by  Peter  Sibley,  jr.,  who  was  proved  insane  and  died 
in  the  insane  asylum  many  years  after.  He  beat  her  to  death 
with  the  butt  end  of  his  gun.  It  was  next  owned  by  Erastus 
Bates  who  sold  it  to  Solomon  King ;  he  occupied  it  until  he 
and  his  wife  were  both  killed  by  the  same  stroke  of  lightning, 
July  5,  1835  ;  his  son,  Solomon  D.  King,  was  in  the  house 
at  the  time  and  the  electricity  passed  through  his  boots. 

Mrs.  Walter  Rosebrooks,  living  just  over  the  line  in  Oxford,  was  also  killed 
by  lightning  during  the  same  shower.  It  was  on  the  Sabbath.  Mr.  Rose- 
brooks  went  out  to  secure  some  hay ;  his  wife  asked  him  not  to  go ;  when  he 
came  back  she  was  dead.  His  anguish  was  most  agonizing.  He  could  not 
reconcile  himself  to  the  thought  that  he  left  her  against  her  wish.  Her  little 
child  lay  in  the  cradle,  nearly  covered  with  plastering  that  had  been  torn  off 
by  the  lightning.  Mrs.  Rosebrooks  was  a  beautiful  young  lady,  amiable, 
loving  and  lowly.  She  was  a  member  of  Rev.  Mr.  Clark's  church,  in  Sturbridge. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  243 

He  attended  her  funeral,  and  Mr.  Tracy  officiated  for  the  Kings.  They  were 
all  carried  into  the  Baptist  church,  and  their  obsequies  attended  at  the  same 
time.  It  was  a  solemn  day,  for  they  were  all  much  respected  in  life,  and  their 
sudden  death  struck  terror  into  many  hearts. 

Several  other  very  respectable  families  have  lived  in  this 
house,  among  them  Moses  L.  Morse,  the  great  inventor. 
His  daughter  Ruth,  now  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Allen,  was 
born  in  this  house.  Mrs.  Mary  T.  Nason  was  also  born 
here,  where  her  mother  soon  after  died.  A  Mr.  Alexander 
once  lived  here. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Linus  Thompson  and  his  half- 
brother,  S.  Dexter  King.  It  was  raised  the  5th  of  July, 
183G.  They  lived  there  and  worked  at  shoe-making  for 
several  years,  then  sold  to  Foster  Freelaud,  the  present 
owner.  Mr.  Thompson  was  a  very  worthy  man  ;  his  brother 
King  will  be  noticed  elsewhere. 

On  the  opposite  corner  there  formerly  stood  a  house  once 
owned  by  Ebenezer  Waters,  and  afterward  by  Towne  Put- 
nam and  Simeon  Stockwell.  East  of  this  house  stood  a  store 
where  Nathan  Woodbury  traded  for  a  while,  then  Capt. 
Rufus  Knapp,  and  in  1790  a  firm  by  the  name  of  Clark  and 
Freeland.  North  of  the  store  a  Mr.  Fuller  had  a  shop  where 
he  manufactured  horse-shoe  nails  and  other  varieties.  His 
brother  owned  the  Freeland  place.  The  building  used  as 
the  store  above  mentioned  was  originally  Lieut.  S.  Marble's 
shop  ;  it  was  afterward  used  for  various  purposes,  and  is  now 
the  shop  connected  with  the  King  and  Thompson  place.  This 
old,  red,  gambrel-roofed  house  was  occupied  by  many  dif- 
ferent families,  among  them  Dudley  Duston,  whose  twin  son 
and  daughter,  Joseph  and  Josephine,  are  well  remembered 
by  those  who  were  their  playmates.  Mr.  Nason  also  lived 
there. 

The  next  place  in  course  was  first  owned,  it  is  said,  by 
Deacon  Elisha  Putnam  about  1725.  His  house  stood  some 
fifty  rods  west  of  the  present  one.  The  cellar  is  not  quite 
filled.  It  is  presumed  that  there  the  renowned  Gen.  Rufus 
Putnam  was  born,  of  whom  we  are  happy  to  give  the  follow- 
ing admirable  sketch,  prepared  by  Dr.  Andrews,  president 
of  Marietta  college,  Ohio. 


244  HOMES    OF    THE 

General  Rufus  Putnam  was  the  descendant  of  John  Putnam,  who  came  from 
Buckinghamshire,  England,  and  settled  in  Salem  in  1634.  He  was  of  the  fifth 
generation,  being  the  son  of  Elisha,  grandson  of  Edward,  great-grandson  of 
Thomas,  who  was  one  of  the  three  sons  of  John. 

General  Israel  Putnam  was  the  son  of  Joseph,  and  grandson  of  Thomas. 
Thus  General  Israel  Putnam  was  the  cousin  of  Elisha,  who  was  the  father  of 
General  Rufus. 

Elisha  Putnam  was  born  Nov.  3,  1685.  He  married  Susanna  Fuller, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Fuller  of  Salem,  and  removed  to  Sutton  in  1725.  He 
was  a  useful  citizen,  having  been  town  clerk,  town  treasurer,  and  representa- 
tive in  the  general  court.  He  was  also  deacon  of  the  church. 

Rufus  Putnam  was  the  youngest  son  of  Elisha,  and  was  born  in  Sutton, 
April  9,  1738.  His  father  having  died  in  1745,  he  lived  two  years  with  his 
grandfather  at  Salem,  then  at  home  for  seven  years,  his  mother  having  mar- 
ried Captain  John  Sadler  of  Upton  in  1747.  His  step-father  died  in  1753, 
and  in  March,  1754,  he  was  bound  apprentice  to  Daniel  Matthews,  of  Brook- 
field,  to  learn  the  trade  of  millwright.  He  was  in  school  for  two  years  while 
with  his  grandfather,  but  his  step-father  gave  him  no  opportunities  of  learn- 
ing, and  all  that  he  obtained  in  the  way  of  education,  after  he  was  nine  years 
old,  was  by  his  own  unaided  efforts.  In  March,  1757,  he  enlisted  as  a  soldier 
in  the  provincial  service,  and  served  for  nearly  a  year  in  the  French  war.  In 
April,  1758,  he  entered  the  service  again,  as  also  the  two  following  years. 
With' the  exception  of  two  o*  three  months  in  the  several  winters,  he  was  four 
years  in  the  service,  returning  home  in  December,  1760.  For  seven  or  eight 
years  he  was  engaged  in  building  mills  and  farming,  and  then  for  nearly  as 
long  in  land-surveying,  which  he  had  acquired  of  Colonel  Timothy  Dwight 
of  Northampton,  father  of  President  Dwight.  In  April,  1761,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Elizabeth  Ayres,  daughter  of  William  Ayres,  Esq.,  of  Brook- 
field.  She  died  within  a  year,  and  in  January,  1765,  he  married  Miss  Persis 
Rice,  daughter  of  Zebulon  Rice  of  Westborough.  This  second  wife  became 
the  mother  of  a  large  family,  living  until  1820.  About  1765  he  went  to  the 
North  Parish  of  Brookfield  and  lived  on  a  small  farm.  After  the  revolution 
he  purchased  a  large  farm  with  a  spacious  house  in  Rutland.  It  had  been 
the  property  of  Colonel  Murray,  who  had  become  a  tory,  and  lost  his  property 
by  confiscation.  The  house  is  situated  about  half  a  mile  west  of  the  meeting 
house,  on  the  north  side  of  the  street. 

Mr.  Putnam  entered  the  service  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in  1775, 
and  remained  till  its  close.  He  was  at  first  a  lieutenant  colonel,  but  became 
a  brigadier  general.  When  in  the  French  war  he  had  been  employed  at  times 
on  fortifications  under  British  engineers ;  but,  as  he  says,  had  never  read  a 
word  on  the  subject  of  fortifications.  Immediately  after  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  his  regiment,  under  General  Thomas,  being  near  Roxbury,  it  was 
deemed  indispensable  that  some  lines  of  defense  should  be  commenced;  but 
there  was  no  engineer  to  lay  them  out.  On  account  of  his  service  in  the 
French  war,  the  general  requested  Colonel  Putnam  to  undertake  the  work. 
Though  he  frankly  declared  he  knew  nothing  of  engineering,  he  yielded, 
finally,  to  the  solicitations  of  the  commander,  and  attempted  the  work.  He 
was  fortunate  enough  to  receive  the  approbation  of  Generals  Washington  and 
Lee,  who  came  over  soon  after  to  examine  the  works  and  the  situation  of  the 
troops.  He  was  thus  continued  in  this  work,  constructing  lines  of  defense  at 
Dorchester  and  Brookline,  as  well  as  at  Roxbury;  and  late  in  the  fall  laying 
out  the  fort  on  Cobble  Hill. 


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In  the  following  winter  General  Washington  was  anxious  to  dislodge  the 
British  from  Boston.  Having  invited  Colonel  Putnam  to  dine  at  head- 
quarters, he  detained  him  after  dinner  to  discuss  plans  for  the  purpose,  and 
especially  to  ascertain  whether  any  plans  could  be  suggested  to  fortify  our 
troops  on  Dorchester  Heights,  thus  enabling  them  to  command  the  city.  The 
ground  was  deeply  frozen,  rendering  ordinary  earth-works  out  of  the  ques- 
tion. Most  providentially,  as  Colonel  P.  says,  that  very  night  he  found  a 
book  on  engineering,  from  looking  at  which  for  a  few  minutes  a  plan  sug- 
gested itself  to  him  for  the  work  in  question.  The  plan  was  reported  to  the 
commander  the  next  morning,  who  immediately  approved  it.  It  was  carried 
into  execution  on  the  night  of  March  4th,  and  the  British  were  compelled  to 
evacuate  Boston. 

From  this  time  he  was  largely  occupied  in  laying  out  works  of  defense, 
General  Washington  speaking  of  him  in  a  letter  to  Congress  of  July  10,  1776 , 
as  "our  chief  engineer."  Not  only  during  the  war,  but  during  his  life,  did 
General  Washington  treat  General  Putnam  with  marked  confidence  and 
respect.  After  the  declaration  of  peace  in  1783,  a  petition  was  forwarded  to 
Congress  by  two  hundred  and  eighty-three  officers  of  the  army,  asking  for  a 
grant  of  land  in  the  western  country,  and  General  Putnam  was  selected  to 
act  in  their  behalf.  He  wrote  to  General  Washington,  requesting  him  to  lay 
the  petition  before  Congress.  In  his  reply,  dated  June  2,  1784,  he  says: 
"  Surely  if  justice  and  gratitude  to  the  army,  and  general  policy  of  the  union 
were  to  govern  in  this  case,  there  would  not  be  the  smallest  interruption  in 
granting  its  request." 

General  Putnam  was  one  of  the  trustees  of  Leicester  academy,  which  was 
incorporated  in  1784,  giving  for  its  support  one  hundred  pounds.  He  was 
volunteer  aid  to  General  Lincoln  in  the  suppression  of  Shay's  insurrection. 
lu  1787,  he  was  chosen  to  represent  the  town  of  Rutland  in  the  general 
court. 

The  formation  of  the  "Ohio  Company  of  Associates,"  by  whom  the  settle- 
ment of  the  territory  northwest  of  the  river  Ohio  was  commenced  in  1788, 
was  chiefly  due  to  him.  In  January,  1786,  he  and  General  Benjamin  Tupper 
issued  a  call  for  a  meeting  at  Boston  of  delegates  from  the  several  counties 
to  form  such  an  association.  The  company  was  formed,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Manas- 
seh  Cutler,  of  Hamilton,  Mass.,  was  appointed  to  make  the  purchase  of  lands. 
This  was  done  in  the  summer  of  1787.  While  he  was  negotiating  for  the 
land  — 1,500,000  acres  —  the  celebrated  "Ordinance  for  the  government  of 
the  territory  of  the  United  States,  northwest  of  the  river  Ohio,"  was  passed 
by  Congress.  There  is  good  reason  to  believe  that  Dr.  Cutler  was  largely 
instrumental  in  the  formation  of  this  ordinance.  A  writer  in  the  North 
American  Review  for  April,  1876,  says:  "The  ordinance  of  1787  and  the 
Ohio  purchase  were  parts  of  one  and  the  same  transaction.  The  purchase 
would  not  have  been  made  without  the  ordinance,  and  the  ordinance  could 
not  have  been  enacted  except  as  an  essential  condition  of  the  purchase." 

Gen.  Putnam  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  company  from  the  beginning, 
and  was  appointed  the  general  superintendent  of  its  affairs.  The  first  settlers 
left  Massachusetts  late  in  the  fall  of  1787,  and  landed  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Muskingum,  where  Marietta  now  stands,  on  the  seventh  of  April,  1788.  Gen. 
Putnam  came  with  the  first  company,  and  immediately  commenced  the  work 
of  surveying  the  lands,  building  a  fort,  etc.  His  family  he  did  not  bring  out 
till  1790;  Marietta  continued  to  be  his  place  of  residence  till  his  death  in  1824. 
Though  there  were  many  men  of  liberal  education  among  the  early  settlers, 


246  HOMES    OF   THE 

he  was  the  leading  citizen.  Besides  subordinate  offices  which  he  filled  in  the 
west,  as  well  as  at  the  east,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  three  judges  of  the  terri- 
tory in  1790,  filling  the  place  made  vacant  by  the  death  of  Geii.  Samuel  H. 
Parsons.  According  to  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance,  the  governor  and 
judges  constituted  the  law-making  body  for  the  territory  till  1799,  when  the 
population  was  sufficient  for  the  election  of  a  territorial  legislature.  In  1792 
he  was  appointed  by  the  President  and  Senate  a  brigadier  general  in  the  regular 
army.  It  was  in  this  year  that  he  made  a  treaty  with  the  Indians  at  Port 
Vincent  (Vincennes,  Indiana). 

Four  years  later  he  was  made  surveyor-general  of  the  United  States,  the  first 
who  ever  held  that  office.  In  all  the  offices  he  held  he  acquitted  himself  with 
great  credit.  Perhaps  our  country  does  not  furnish  an  instance  of  one  with 
such  limited  opportunities  in  early  life  performing  with  more  uniform  accept- 
ance and  success  responsible  public  trusts.  When  Congress  authorized  a 
convention  in  1802  for  the  formation  of  a  state  constitution,  the  citizens  of 
Washington  County  elected  him  as  one  of  their  delegates. 

Gen.  Putnam  was  a  man  of  large  public  spirit,  ready  to  engage  in  any  enter- 
prise for  the  advancement  of  education  and  religion.  In  1797  he  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  "  Muskingum  Academy,"  the  first  edifice  of  the  kind  in  the 
north-west. 

From  1801  till  his  death  he  was  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  university  for 
which  the  Ohio  company  had  provided  two  townships  of  land  in  their  purchase. 
He  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  erection  of  the  Congregational  church  at 
Marietta  in  1808,  which  is  still  used  for  worship.  In  1812  a  Bible  society  was 
formed,  of  which  he  was  the  first  president. 

Gen.  Putnam  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the  most  eminent  men  of  his  time, 
both  civil  and  military.  Among  his  papers,  which  have  been  presented  to  the 
library  of  Marietta  college  by  his  grandson,  Hon.  William  Rufus  Putnam,  are 
autograph  letters  from  many  distinguished  men,  as  Washington,  Hamilton, 
Fisher  Ames,  Oliver  Wolcott,  Timothy  Pickering,  Jonathan  Trumbull,  Gens. 
Knox,  Wayne,  Howe  and  others. 

In  this  collection  are  also  a  large  number  of  commissions,  ranging  from  1760, 
when  he  was  made  an  ensign  in  the  Provincial  troops,  to  1796,  when  he 
received  the  appointment  of  surveyor-general.  Among  the  signers  are  Thomas 
Pownal  and  Thomas  Hutchinson,  governors  of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  before  the  revolution;  Joseph  Warren,  president  pro  tempore  of  the  Con- 
gress of  Massachusetts  Bay;  John  Hancock,  Samuel  Huntington  and  Elias 
Boudinot,  president  of  Congress ;  James  Bowdoin,  governor  of  Massachusetts ; 
Arthur  St.  Clair,  governor  of  the  north-west  territory,  and  George  Washington ; 
with  Thomas  Jefferson,  Timothy  Pickering  and  Henry  Knox  as  secretaries. 

In  Dr.  Hildreth's  "  Lives  of  the  Early  Settlers  of  Ohio,"  published  in  1852, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Ohio  Historical  Society,  the  leading  place  is  given  to 
Gen.  Rufus  Putnam.  And  Ohio  and  the  great  north-west  owe  him  a  high 
place  among  those  who  have  rendered  signal  service  to  the  whole  region. 

The  house  was  also  occupied  by  Deacon  Putnam's  descend- 
ants. Capt.  Francis  was  probably  the  last  who  lived  there. 
The  farm  was  afterward  owned  by  a  Mr.  Wilson,  then  by 
Mr.  Fuller,  then  by  Caleb  and  Tyler  Marsh ;  they  sold  to 
James  Freeland,  who  built  the  present  house  in  1818.  It  is 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  247 

of  brick  with  marble  trimmings,  cost  twenty  thousand  dollars, 
and  was,  when  built,  after  the  model  of  one  owned  by  an 
English  lord,  considered  and  intended  to  be  the  best  house 
in  Worcester  county.  Mr.  Freeland,  the  only  son  of  Dr. 
James  Freeland,  was  when  young  one  of  the  most  brilliant 
and  enterprising  men  in  all  the  region.  He  was  engaged  in 
the  "  Canada  trade,"  and  was  probably  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful men  that  ever  entered  into  that  hazardous  business. 
He  chartered  vessels  and  crews  to  assist  him  in  transportation, 
and  always  made  favorable  runs.  Like  Alababa,  he  could 
measure  his  gold  in  a  Winchester  measure,  but  had  no  Casinc 
or  Casine's  wife  to  tallow  its  bottom.  He  married  Miss 
Polly  Marble,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Stephen,  son  of  Samuel, 
son  of  Freegrace,  son  of  Samuel  of  Andover,  Mass.  His 
mother  was  "daughter  of  Esquire  Nathan  Putnam,  cousin  of 
the  renowned  Gen.  Israel,  also  Gen.  Rufus,  and  Col.  John,  and 
son  of  Isaac,  son  of  Deacon  Edward  of  Salem,  son  of  Thomas. 
Mrs.  Freeland  was  a  lady.  In  early  life  she  taught  school, 
and  was  a  devoted  and  successful  teacher.  She  had  two 
daughters  and  five  sons,  all  born  on  this  farm,  which  was 
next  owned  by  their  eldest  son,  Capt.  Freeman  Freeland, 
who,  like  his  father,  commenced  a  most  brilliant  career. 

When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  was  made  captain  of  a  military  company, 
and  when  dressed  in  his  new  uniform,  straight,  trim,  elegant  and  refined,  he 
was  the  envy  of  his  fellows.  For  general  intelligence,  personal  appearance 
and  gentlemanly  deportment,  he  had  few  equals ;  he  was  for  several  years  a  popu- 
lar teacher.  He  at  times  made  a  specialty  of  penmanship,  being  one  of  the  best 
penman  in  the  country.  He  left  home  atone  time  with  only  five  dollars  in  his 
pocket,  walked  until  he  was  able  to  establish  a  school,  then  taught  from  place 
to  place  until  he  reached  the  South,  where  he  established  a  store,  sent  for  one 
or  two  of  his  brothers,  and  carried  on  business  until  he  was  able  to  buy  the  old 
homestead  and  pour  a  pile  of  twelve  thousand  dollars  in  gold  upon  the  parlor 
carpet.  He  divided  his  fortune  with  his  brothers  and  sister  and  retired  on  this 
farm,  working  diligently  for  its  improvement,  raising  many  fine  horses  and 
clearing  the  fields  of  stones,  until  to-day  you  see  some  of  the  handsomest  fields 
to  be  found  in  Worcester  county  on  this  beautiful  place. 

He  lived  with  his  father  and  mother  until  both  died,  then 
married  Miss  Mary  De  Witt,  daughter  of  the  late  Capt. 
Stearns  De  Witt  of  Oxford,  one  of  the  most  deserving  and 
successful  men  of  Worcester  county.  Mrs.  Freeland  is  a  lady 
highly  educated,  of  great  intellectual  capacity,  and  writes 


248  HOMES    OF   THE 

for  the  press.  Mr.  Freeland  died  here,  and  his  funeral  \vns 
attended  February  25,  1875.  His  widow  now  occupies  this 
great  mansion. 

The  next  son,  Mr.  Franklin  Freeland,  worked  on  the  farm 
until  he  bought  the  place  he  now  owns,  already  described. 
He  married  Miss  Caroline  Adams  at  Bangor,  Maine,  Feb.. 
25,  1853.  They  have  had  six  children.  Their  oldest  son, 
James,  partakes  of  the  Freeland  enterprise,  and  is  a  perse- 
vering and  successful  business  man.  He  married  Miss  Mary 
L.  Shaw,  and  now  lives  on  his  father's  farm.  Mr.  Franklin 
Freeland  has  been  the  "  real  estate"  of  the  family,  and  is 
one  of  our  best  citizens. 

The  next  son,  Fred.,  was  an  intelligent  young  man,  and 
died  single. 

Fayette  remains  a  bachelor.  The  youngest  son,  Mr.  Foster 
Freeland,  at  one  time  the  preceptor  of  Millbury  Academy, 
married  Miss  Frances  Jane  Woodbury,  an  heiress  and  a  very 
intelligent  and  worthy  woman.  They  had  one  daughter,  at 
the  birth  of  whom  the  mother  died ;  that  daughter  is  Miss 
F.  J.  W.  Freeland,  a  recent  graduate  of  Sutton  high  school. 
The  house  which  stood  on  this  place  when  Mr.  Freeland 
bought  it  was  situated  just  in  the  bend  of  the  road,  some  forty 
rods  east  of  the  present  dwelling.  A  store  kept  by  Nathan 
Woodbury  at  one  time  was  connected  with  the  old  house. 
Mr.  Fuller  had  an  ashery  near  by,  where  he  made  potash. 
There  was  a  private  burial  place  on  this  farm,  containing 
several  graves.  One  stone  bears  the  name  of  Mary  Wilson. 
Military  musters  have  been  held  on  ^some  of  the  beautiful 
fields  of  this  farm.  In  the  large  and  commodious  hall  in  the 
Freeland  mansion,  Rev.  George  A.  Willard  established  a 
select  school  in]  1835,  which  continued  two  years  and  was 
very  popular;  it  was  known  as  the  Sutton  high  school. 

The  next  house  was  first  owned  by  Deacon  Benjamin 
Woodbury,  who  came  here  from  Beverly,  and  raised  a  large 
family.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Colonel  Bartholomew 
Woodbury,  who  kept  tavern"|here  for  several  years.  Then 
Eli  Rising  kept  the  house.  Jonathan  Fuller  owned  it,  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  Job  Darling  who  lived  here.  Then  Capt. 
Luther  Little  bought  it.  It  now  belongs  to  Solomon  Severy, 


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249 


Esq.  It  was  occupied  several  years  by  B.  L.  Batcheller, 
Esq.,  and  is  now  occupied  by  his  son,  Mr.  Frank  Batcheller, 
a  young  man  of  great  industry  and  enterprise.  The  present 
house  was  built  by  Captain  Little  about  1845  or  '46.  He 


RESIDENCE    OF    B.    L.    AND    B.   F.    BATCHELLER. 


came  from  New  Bedford,  where  he  had  been  engaged  in  the 
whale  fishery.  He  died  here  very  suddenly  while  driving 
his  team. 

The  house  and  barn  have  since  been  much  improved  by 
Batcheller  or  present  owner.  v 


32 


250  HOMES    OF    THE 

CENTRE  DISTRICT,  No.  4. 

The  next  place  was  first  settled  by  John  Burdon,  a  tailor, 
who  was  born  in  Durham,  England,  about  1685,  was  im- 
pressed on  board  a  man-of-war  and  sent  against  the  Spanish. 
He  was  at  the  taking  of  Gibralter  in  1704 ;  and  afterward 
went  to  sea  for  several  years.  He  went  to  Africa  after  slaves, 
and  brought  them  to  New  England.  He  came  to  Sutton  in 
1727  and  built  a  log  cabin  on  the  shore  of  Singletary  Pond, 
a  little  west  of  Kendrick's,  where  he  lived  a  few  years,  when 
he  built  a  house  where  Deacon  Marble  now  lives,  and 
planted  an  orchard.  He  left  Sutton  and  resided  at  Charlton 
a  few  years,  where  his  wife  died.  He  returned  to  Sutton, 
and  died  at  the  Phineas  -Putnam  place  in  February,  1763. 

It  was  next  owned  by  Deacon  John  Frye.  But  little  is 
known  of  him.  He  joined  the  first  Congregational  church 
in  1746,  was  eighth  deacon  in  1762.  He  removed  his  rela- 
tion to  Royalston.  It  was  next  owned  by  Deacon  Worcester, 
then  by  Deacon  Amariah  Preston,  who  deeded  it  to  Lieut. 
Stephen  Marble,  Oct.  22,  1776.  Lieut.  Marble  was  son  of 
Samuel,  son  of  Freegrace,  son  of  Samuel  and  Rebeckah  of 
Andover.  His  wife  was  daughter  of  Esq.  Nathan  Putnam, 
son  of  Isaac,  son  of  Deacon  Edward,  son  of  Thomas.  He 
carried  on  this  large  farm,  besides  doing  quite  a  business  as 
saddler  and  harness-maker.  He  built  the  present  large  and 
commodious  house  in  1806.  His  son,  Palmer,  born  here  Sept. 
24,  1784,  succeeded  him  in  like  employment  until  his  death, 
Sept.  12,  1865.  He  joined  the  church  in  1822,  was  chosen 
deacon  in  1826,  and  served  in  that  capacity  several  years. 
He  was  a  thick-set  man  of  good  figure  and  pleasant  counten- 
ance. He  married  Polly  Woodbury,  daughter  of  Lieut. 
John,  son  of  Captain  Jonathan,  son  of  Deacon  Benjamin. 
They  had  a  large  family  of  children,  most  of  whom  died  of 
consumption.  Deacon  John  W.,  the  present  owner,  is  the 
only  survivor  of  their  children,  and  is  a  man  of  true  worth, 
peaceable,  quiet,  intelligent  and  honest.  His  mother  still 
lives,  and  is  wonderfully  active  for  one  of  her  age. 

The  shop  which  Lieutenant  Marble  built  opposite  the 
house  was  moved  away,  converted  into  a  dwelling,  and  is 


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251 


now  the  home  of  the  Misses  Adams.  On  this  farm  once 
stood  a  school-house,  located  near  the  Gri^gs  house :  the 

OO  * 

old  doorstep  of  which  still  remains.     Mrs.  Marble  says  she 

«/ 

went  to  school  there  one  day  when  the  school  was  kept  by 
Captain  Simeon  Woodbury.  The  house  was  afterward 
moved  and  made  into  a  tenement ;  and  was  once  occupied 
by  Major  Holman,  who  was  a  noted  veterinarian.  Alpheus 


RESIDENCE    OF    DBA.  JOHN    MARBLE. 


Marble,  who  married  a  Butler,  lived  there ;  also  Mr. 
Brown,  who  played  the  violin  at  the  Baptist  church.  It  was 
again  moved,  and  is  now  the  carriage  house  at  the  Graves 
place. 

The  next  place,  owned  by  Mr.  White,  was  purchased  by 
Thomas  Griggs  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  a  young  man 
of  merit  and  mark.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min and  Mary  Goddard,  July  4,  1776.  She  was  a  descend- 
ant of  Edward  Goddard,  of  Norfolk  county,  England. 

They  had  three  children;  one  daughter,  who  died  in 
infancy,  and  two  sons,  John  and  Joseph,  both  born  in 


252  HOMES    OF    THE 

Sutton.  Lieutenant  John  Griggs,  the  eldest  son,  succeeded 
his  father  upon  the  estate.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  much 
public  spirit,  possessed  of  every  moral  excellence  of  charac- 
ter, and  identified  with  all  enterprises  designed  to  promote 
the  interests  of  the  community.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Nathan  Thurston,  Esq.,  of  Oxford,  Massachusetts,  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  David  Thurston*  of  Medway,  Massachu- 
setts, who  was  the  first  clergyman  of  the  second  church  in 
Medway,  1752. 

He  received  his  education  and  graduated  at  Princeton, 
New  Jersey.  On  the  maternal  side  Mary  Thurston  was  the 
granddaughter  of  Dr.  Alexander  Campbell  of  Oxford,  and  in 
this  line  of  ancestry  son  of  Rev.  John  Campbell,  a  native 
of  Scotland  and  the  clergyman  of  the  first  English  settle- 
ment in  Oxford. 

Rev.  John  Campbell  was  of  the  London  branch  of  Camp- 
bells. 

The  coat  of  arms  brought  by  him  from  Scotland,  at  the  time  of  the  Stuart 
rebellion,  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Julius  Y.  Dewey  of  Mont- 
pelier,  Vt.,  and  has  upon  it  the  following  record : 

CAMPBELL  OF  AKTEBUCHEL. 
He  beareth  Gerony  of  eight  D'Or  and  Sable. 

This  bearing  of  very  ancient  date  was  quartered  on  the  escutcheon  of  the 
royal  standard  of  the  kings  of  Scotland  from  the  time  of  Malcolm  III.  to  the 
death  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  who  was  beheaded  by  the  sanguinary  Eliza- 
beth, since  which  time  it  has  been  borne  by  Campbells,  Dukes  of  Argyle,  to 
which  they  are  entitled  by  being  lineally  descended  from  Duncan,  who  was 
murdered  by  his  kinsman  Macbeth. 

The  family  of  Lieutenant  John  Griggs  consisted  of  seven 
sons  and  four  daughters. 

Lewis,  the  eldest  son,  was  married  to  Maria  Hancock,  a 
lady  of  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  Jan.  26,  1842.  After  a 
short  residence  in  Grafton  he  became  engaged  in  business  in 
Boston,  and  subsequently  in  Cincinnati,  where  he  remained 
until  1865,  when  he  returned  to  Sutton  and  purchased  a 
landed  estate,  where  he  is  now  residing  in  quiet  retirement, 
a  much  esteemed  citizen.  His  family  consisted  of  two 
daughters ;  Anne,  born  in  Grafton ;  Mary  Louise,  born  in 
Boston,  married  to  Henry  Simeon  Stockwell  of  Sutton. 


*  The  ancestors  of  Rev.  David  Thurston  came  to  this  country  in  1631, 
having  sailed  in  the  ship  "Mary  Ann"  from  Bristol,  England. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON. 


253 


Salem,  the  second  son,  engaged  in  business  in  Grafton, 
married  Maria  Cleveland  of  G. ;  afterwards  removed  to 
Worcester,  where  he  is  now  a  resident,  and  has  a  large  and 
interesting  family. 

Thomas  Thurston,  the  third  son,  studied  medicine,  is  a 
physician  in  Grafton.  Married  Julia,  the  only  daughter  of 
Delano  Pierce,  M.  D.  He  has  represented  his  district  in  the 
state  legislature. 


RESIDENCE    OF    MRS.    JOHN    GRIGGS. 

The  fourth  son,  John,  engaged  in  mercantile  business,  a 
young  gentleman  of  much  promise,  and  died  in  middle  life. 

Joseph  Franklin,  fifth  son,  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1846,  studied  theology  at  Andover,  and  is  now  professor  of 
Greek  in  the  Western  University  of  Pennsylvania.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Buchanan,  daughter  of  Dr.  I.  Brooks  of 
Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania. 

George,  the  sixth  son,  went  at  a  very  early  age  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  now  resides.  He  sailed  in  the  ship 


254  HOMES    OF    THE 

"Edward  Everett,"  the  first  vessel  from  Boston  with  passen- 
gers for  California. 

Nathan,  the  youngest  sou,  is  a  resident  of  Australia. 

Susan  Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter,  was  first  married  to 
Gibbs  Lilley  of  Sutton,  in  her  second  marriage  to  Julius 
Y.  Dewey,  M.  D.,  of  Montpelier,  Vt.  Susan  Lilley,  her 
only  daughter,  married  Edward,  son  of  Dr.  Dewey  of  Mont- 
pelier, Vt. 

The  second  daughter,  Mary  Ann,  married  Capt.  William 
W.  Taylor,  United  States  Army.  She  died  soon  after  her 
marriage,  and  her  remains  and  those  of  her  infant  son  were 
sent  home  to  her  friends  for  burial  in  Sutton. 

The  third  daughter,  Frances  Helen,  married  Willard  F. 
Pond  of  Worcester;  died  in  early  life,  leaving  one  son  and 
two  daughters.  Margaret  Louise,  the  youngest  daughter, 
married  Henry  Simeon  Stockwell  of  Sutton,  died  June  6, 
1868,  much  loved  and  lamented. 

Lieutenant  John  Griggs  died  June  11,  1850.  Mary 
(Thurston)  Griggs  died  March  25,  1878. 

Captain  Joseph  Griggs,  second  son  of  Thomas  Griggs,  of 
Sutton  was  a  man  of  much  enterprise  of  character,  and  was 
extensively  engaged  in  business.  But  owing  to  the  pressure 
of  the  times  and  large  losses  through  other  parties,  he  was 
obliged  to  enter  bankruptcy,  and  his  property  was  equitably 
divided  among  his  creditors.  He  afterwards  engaged  in  busi- 
ness with  success,  and  paid  to  his  former  creditors  every 
indebtedness,  both  principal  and  interest,  though  he  had 
been  legally  discharged  from  every  obligation.  Such  an 
example  of  moral  honesty  in  character  is  as  worthy  of  note 
as  it  is  rare.  Capt.  Joseph  Griggs  had  a  large  family,  most 
of  whom  died  in  childhood.  His  son  Joseph  died  in  Florida 
at  the  early  age  of  seventeen  years.  His  two  daughters,  who 
survive  him  and  inherit  the  many  noble  qualities  of  their 
father,  reside  in  Worcester. 

The  next  place  was  owned  by  Mr.  White,  who  also  owned 
the  Griggs  place.  His  daughter  married  Thomas  Parker, 
who  was  next  owner  by  inheritance.  Then  her  three 
daughters,  Mary,  Roby  and  Falla,  came  into  possession,  whp 
lived  here  till  1824,  when  it  was  conveyed  to  Mr.  Amos 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  255 

Armsby,  next  owned  by  Mr.  Ira  Graves,  and  by  him  sold  to 
F.  A.  Stockwell,  the  present  owner.  There  was  formerly  a 
shoemaker's  shop  on  this  place.  Mr.  Armsby  was  a  carpenter 
and  machinist ;  he  built  him  a  large  shop  which  was  operated 
by  horse-power.  After  Mr.  Armsby  left,  it  was  sold  to 
Gibbs  Lilley,  moved  down  by  his  house  and  used  as  a  store. 
It  is  now  a  tenement  house. 

Amos  Armsby,  son  of  Joshua,  married  a  Fletcher,  sister 
to  Mrs.  Paul  Whiting,  and  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 
Horace  learned  his  father's  trade  and  went  to  Millbury,  where 
he  carried  on  the  sash  and  blind  business.  One  of  his  sons 
is  now  cashier  of  the  Millbury  National  Bank.  Edwin  lived 
at  Whitinsville.  Loren  graduated  at  Amherst  college  and  is 
a  Congregational  clergyman.  The  daughter  married  John 
Morse,  jr.  They  were  all  very  worthy  people.  Mr.  Graves, 
whose  wife  died  here,  went  to  Millbury  to  reside  with  his 
son,  Mr.  Parley  Graves,  and  died  there. 

The  next  place  was  settled  by  Elder  Benjamin  Marsh,  who 
came  from  Danvers  and  was  one  of  the  three  first  settlers  in 
town.  See  Annals,  1716-17. 

This  place  was  afterward  owned  by  his  son,  Benjamin 
Marsh,  to  whom  it  was  given  by  the  will  of  Elder  Benjamin 
Marsh,  made  Dec.  3,  1762,  and  approved  by  Jedediah 
Foster,  Judge  of  Probate,  Dec.  4,  1775.  Benjamin  Marsh 
deeded  it  to  his  son  Joshua,  March  10,  1795.  Joshua  deeded 
it  to  his  son  Warren,  June  2,  1810.  Joshua  and  Warren 
conveyed  it  by  deed  dated  Nov.  22,  1816,  to  Archelaus 
Putnam,  who  deeded  one-half  of  said  farm  to  his  son  Tyler, 
March  17,  1823.  Mr.  Archelaus  Putnam,  son  of  Archelaus, 
son  of  Edward,  son  of  Deacon  Edward,  son  of  Thomas,  lived 
on  this  place  from  1816  until  he  died,  February  9,  1854. 
He  was  a  man  of  wealth,  kind  feeling,  gentlemanly  deport- 
ment, rather  above  medium  size  and  very  active.  He  was 
a  farmer.  He  belonged  to  a  class  than  whom  there  is  none 
more  noble,  was  engaged  in  a  business  than  which  there  is 
none  more  honorable. 

When  our  young  men  look  at  things  in  the  true  light  they 
will  be  slow  to  renounce  the  certain  returns  of  honest  industry 


256  HOMES    OF  THE 

upon  the  farm,  for  the  uncertain  rewards  of  professional  life. 
His  wife  was  a  most  tidy  housekeeper,  and  one  of  the  best 
of  women. 

Their  son  Tyler  was  a  man  in  rather  delicate  health  for 
several  years  before  he  died,  yet  he  was  very  industrious 
and  raised  a  large  and  very  respectable  family,  all  born  on 
this  place.  He  died  here,  Sept.  9,  1849.  His  heirs  conveyed 
their  interest  in  the  place  to  A.  W.  Putnam,  by  deed  Nov. 
18,  1852.  Archelaus  Putnam  gave  his  interest  in  the  place 
to  him  by  will  on  certain  conditions,  which  having  been 
fulfilled,  make  him  the  present  owner. 

The  present  large  and  commodious  house  was  built  by 
Mr.  Archelaus  Putnam  about  1818,  and  has  been  recently 
improved  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Putnam.  The  house  on  the  place 
when  Mr.  Archelaus  Putnam  bought  it,  stood  near  the  same 
site ;  a  house  built  prior  to  that  stood  farther  north ,  both  of 
which  were  built  by  the  Marshes. 

During  the  gale  of  1815,  it  is  said  that  the  wind  started 
up  the  roof  of  the  house  on  this  place,  and  Mr.  Joshua  Marsh, 
who  was  a  large  heavy  man,  ran  into  the  attic  and  caught  hold 
of  one  of  the  rafters,  exclaiming  :  "  Burn  it  all,  Warren  !  I 
will  hold  the  roof  down ;  you  get  a  chain,  and  we  will  chain 
it." 

It  is  thought  by  some  that  the  first  white  child  born  in 
Button  was  born  on  this  place,  and  was  Abigail  Marsh, 
daughter  of  Elder  Benjamin  Marsh.  On  the  corner  of  the 
Hutchiuson  road  near  this  house,  stood  the  first  Baptist  meet- 
ing-house built  in  town.  Elder  Benjamin  Marsh  was  the 
first  preacher  of  that  order  in  town  and  preached  in  that 
house.  On  this  farm  is  a  burial  place  where  the  Marshes 
were  buried,  and  on  a  stone  of  granite  about  eighteen  inches 
high  and  the  same  width,  is  the  following  inscription, 
ELD.  M.,  with  some  other  inscriptions  which  cannot  be 
deciphered.  There  are  other  stones  bearing  the  names, 
Marsh,  Merriam,  King,  Arinsby,  Hutchinson,  Putnam,  etc. 

The  next  place  was  settled  by  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
about  1765 ;  he  was  son  of  Deacon  Benjamin  and  twin 
brother  of  Colonel  Bartholomew,  and  was  born  on  the  place 
where  Colonel  Bartholomew  kept  tavern,  Nov.  10,  1740, 


33 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  259 

and  died  at  this  place  March  2,  1828.  He  married  Hannah 
Dudley.  Their  three  sons,  John,  Nathan  and  Simeon  were 
born  here.  He  built  a  house  on  the  south  side  of  the  road, 
nearly  opposite  the  barn  as  it  now  stands.  He  was  a  car- 
penter, and  built  him  a  shop  just  east  of  his  house,  which 
was  afterward  enlarged  and  made  into  a  dwelling  house  for 
his  son,  Captain  Simeon  Woodbury,  born  Feb.  17,  1777  ; 
died  at  the  Freeland  house,  June  2,  1838.  He  married 
Sally  Chase,  born  June  9,  1780 ;  died  Dec.  1,  1831.  They 
had  two  sons  and  three  daughters  born  here.  One  daughter 

O  O 

married  Jonathan  Howard,  one  married  and  went  west,  one 
married  C.  A.  Tourtellott,  and  now  lives  in  Millbury. 
Captain  Simeon  Woodbury  was  for  several  years  deputy 
sheriff  and  constable,  and  was  quite  a  prominent  man  in 
town.  He  and  his  brother  John  were  pump-makers.  They 
used,  also,  to  bore  logs  for  aqueducts,  which  in  their  day 
were  much  used.  Nathan  Woodbury  was  a  school  teacher 
and  trader.  He  married  a  Prince' and  went  to  Maine,  where 
she  committed  suicide.  After  her  death  they  found  that  she 
had  prepared  a  mourning  suit  for  each  of  her  children. 
The  place  remained  in  possession  of  his  children  and  grand- 
children until  1835,  when  it  was  conveyed  from  Palmer 
Marble  and  Tyler  Putnam  with  their  wives,  grand-children 
of  Captain  Jonathan  Woodbury,  to  Colonel  Zadok  Wood- 
bury,  who  took  down  or  removed  the  old  houses  and  built 
the  house  now  standing.  Colonel  Zadok  Woodbury,  son  of 
Lot,  son  of  Deacon  Benjamin,  was  a  carriage  maker  by 
trade  and  a  good  workman.  He  was  a  man  of  great  indus- 
try, and  much  improved  this  farm.  He  had  no  children,  so 
he  willed  his  property  to  his  niece  and  adopted  daughter, 
Miss  Frances  Jane  Woodbury,  daughter  of  Luther,  son  of 
Lot,  etc.  She  married  Foster  Freeland  and  had  one  daugh- 
ter, born  here.  Mr.  Freeland  and  daughter,  the  present 
owners,  now  occupy  the  place.  It  is  one  of  the  best  farms 
in  town,  and  they  keep  it  well  stocked.  Captain  Woodbury 
had  a  cider-mill  on  the  place ;  it  stood  west  of  the  bam, 
now  stands  east  of  the  house.  Colonel  Woodbury  held 
many  offices  in  town.  See  Part  VI.  He  learned  his  trade, 
it  is  said,  of  Major  Tenney,  and  lived  and  worked  at  it 


260 


HOMES    OF   THE 


many  years  in  Charlton.  The  present  owners  have  already 
been  noticed.  Captain  Jonathan  Woodbury  was  spoken  of 
as  a  very  worthy  man  and  special  friend  of  Rev.  Edmund 
Mills,  who  boarded  with  him  when  he  first  came  into  town. 
On  this  farm,  down  the  lane  that  rims  north  from  the 
road,  stood  a  house,  first  owned  by  Peter  Marsh,  son  of 
Benjamin  Marsh.  It  was  conveyed  by  him  to  Benjamin 
Hovey,  and  by  him  to  Silas  Merriam,  who  sold  to  Colonel 
Woodbury ;  it  was  quite  a  little  farm,  and  now  forms  part 


RESIDENCE    OF    FOSTER    FREELAND. 

of  the  Woodbury-Freeland  farm.  Mr.  Merriam  had  three 
wives  and  two  very  worthy  sons.  His  last  wife  was  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Watson  of  Leicester.  He  died  at  Leicester. 
Mr.  Merriam  was  one  of  the  best  of  Christian  men. 

It  is  supposed  that  the  next  house  was  first  owned  by  a 
Mr.  Blanchard,  who,  it  is  said,  married  a  Miss  Carriel,  who 
served  his  mother  as  nurse  at  the  time  of  his  birth ;  but 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  261 

being  so  much  older  than  he,  he  finally  left  her  and. went  to 
Vermont.  He  sold  the  place  to  Mr.  John  Cole,  who  kept 
store  in  a  part  of  the  house  for  several  years.  He  gave  this 
place  by  will  to  the  south  parish  in  Sutton,  the  income  of 
which  was  to  be  expended  for  educational  purposes.  That 
noble  act  speaks  volumes  in  his  spraise.  This  history  shall 
perpetuate  the  name  of  this  worthy  benefactor.  The  place 
was  sold  by  leave  of  court,  at  public  auction,  about  1845,  to 
Paris  Tourtellott,  who  conveyed  it  by  lease  for  ninety-nine 
years  to  Daniel  T.  Stockwell,  the  present  owner  and  occu- 
pant, who  built  the  house  and  barn  on  the  place.  He  is 
son  of  Simeon,  son  of  Nathaniel,  son  of  Captain  John.  His 
mother,  too,  was  a  Stockwell,  and  he  married  her  niece,  also 
a  Stockwell.  They  have  had  three  daughters. 

The  place  now  owned  by  the  Cole  heirs  was  owned  by 
Mr.  Timoth}7  Holton,  who,  it  is  presumed,  built  the  upright 
part  of  the  present  house.  The  ell  part  was  built  by  Ben- 
jamin Woodbury  and  occupied  by  him,  and  now  by  his 
family.  Mr.  Holton  sold  the  place  to  Ezekiel  Cole,  who 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  David,  and  he  by  his  heirs,  the 
present  owners.  His  sou,  Hon.  Sumner  Cole,  was  born  and 
died  at'this  place.  He  was  a  man  much  respected,  and  hon- 
ored with  many  and  important  offices,  as  our  records  will 
show.  He  kept  store  near  the  Whiting  tavern  for  several 
years.  He  was  afterward  engaged  in  the  Boston  custom 
house,  then  again  in  trade  at  East  Douglas  with  William 
Crossman  ;  they  did  a  very  extensive  business.  He  finally 
retired  on  the  old  homestead,  and  carried  on  this  farm  in 
company  with  his  brother-in-law  Benjamin  Woodbury.  Mr. 
Ezekiel  Cole  had  a  store  which  stood  between  the  house  and 
the  main  road,  in  which,  he  traded  for  several  years.  He 
also  had  an  ashery  where  he  manufactured  potash.  It  stood 
in  the  southeast  corner  of  the  lot  east  of  the  house.  David 
Cole  married  a  daughter  of  Abner  Sibley,  and  had  one  son 
(already  mentioned)  and  three  daughters :  Mrs.  Eddy,  Mrs. 
Woodbury  and  Miss  Charlotte  Cole.  Mrs.  Woodbury  had 
four  daughters,  three  of  whom  are  still  living.  For  particu- 
lars of  the  Woodbury  family  see  genealogy. 


262 


HOMES    OF   THE 


On  the  south  part  of  this  farm  there  was  a  private  burial- 
place,  where  it  is  said  the  Holton  family  were  buried.  The 
graves  were  near  where  F.  H.  Marble's  house  now  stands. 

O 

Mr.  David  Cole  established  a  private  grave-yard  on  the  east 
part  of  his  farm,  on  the  stones  in  which  may  be  found  the 
names  of  Cole,  Woodbury,  Walker,  etc. 


RESIDENCE    OF    THE    HEIRS    OF    DAVID    COLE. 


The  house  now  owned  by  F.  H.  Marble,  son  of  Simon 
L.,  son  of  Andrew,  son  of  Malachi,  son  of  Freegrace,  son 
of  Samuel,  was  originally  a  part  of  the  house  now  owned 
and  occupied  by  M.  M.  Hovey.  It  was  moved  and  fitted 
up  by  Simon  L.  Marble.  It  has  since  been  enlarged  and 

•  ® 

improved  by  the  present  owner ;  he  has  also  much  improved 


TOWN  or  SUTTON.  263 

the  land.  Still  farther  south  on  this  farm  stood  a  house 
owned  by  one  Buxton  ;  the  bridge  near  it  was  known  as 
Buxton's  bridge.  The  Marbles  have  both  had  large  families, 
as  the  genealogy  will  show.  The  sons  were  both  shoe- 
makers. Simon  L.  made  very  fine  custom  work. 

The  next  place  on  the  great  road  was  owned  by  John 
Whipple,  who,  it  is  presumed,  built  the  upright  part  of  the 
house  ;  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son  John,  who  conveyed  it 
to  Rev.  Edmund  Mills  about  the  year  1803.  He  occupied  it 
something  like  fifteen  years  ;  his  son  Henry  was  born  here. 
It  was  next  owned  by  Hon.  Jonas  Sibley,  then  by  his  son 
Jonas  L.  Sibley,  Esq.,  and  now  by  Hon.  John  D.  McCrate. 
The  ell  was  built  was  built  by  the  Sibley s,  and  used  at  one 
time  as  an  office  by  Jonas  L.  John  Whipple,  jr.,  was  edu- 
cated at  Leicester  academy.  He  married  Anna  Hall,  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Willis  Hall,  and  went  to  Charlton,  where  he 
died  July  3,  1843,  aged  eighty-one.  He  left  a  large  estate. 
Jonas  Sibley  was  a  man  of  prominence  and  influence.  He 
represented  his  native  town  for  nineteen  years  in  the  state 
legislature,  and  was  also  a  state  senator.  He  also  repre- 
sented the  Worcester  congressional  district  in  Congress. 
He  was  a  man  of  gentlemanly  deportment,  candid,  unassum- 
ing, and  faithful  to  every  trust.  He  married  Lydia  Rice, 
and  had  three  children,  Susanna,  Jonas  Leonard  and  John 
Jay.  Susanna  married  Daniel  Hovey  and  had  Jonas  Augus- 
tus Hovey. 

Jonas  Leonard  graduated  at  Brown  University,  class  of 
1814,  studied  law  with  the  Hon.  Levi  Lincoln,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  commenced  practice  in  1817. 

He  also  represented  his  native  town  for  several  years  in 
the  state  legislature.  His  reputation  reached  President 
Jackson,  by  whom  he  was  highly  esteemed  and  appointed 
United  States  marshal  for  the  port  of  Boston.  He  married 
Margaret  N.  Monroe,  daughter  of  Dr.  Stephen  Monroe,  and 
had  eight  children,  only  four  of  whom  survive.  Susan, 
the  eldest  daughter,  married  Hon.  John  D.  McCrate,  the 
present  owner  of  the  place.  He  studied  law  with  Judge 
Bailey  of  Wiscasset,  Maine,  Joseph  E.  Smith,  Esq.,  of 
Boston,  and  Hon.  Peleg  Sprague  of  Hallo  well,  Maine.  He 


264  HOMKS  or  THE 

was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  commenced  practice  at  Xoble- 
boro',  Me.  He  represented  that  town  for  five  successive 
years  in  the  state  legislature,  was  appointed  commissioner  of 
insolvency  for  the  State  of  Maine  in  1829  or  1830 ;  collec- 
tor of  the  district  of  Wiscasset  in  1836  by  President  Jack- 
son, and  elected  to  Congress  from  the  Lincoln  and  Oxford 
district  in  1844.  He  is  a  man  of  rare  strength  of  mind  and 
memory ;  entered  college  at  thirteen,  graduated  at  seven- 
teen, and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  twenty 
years  of  age. 

The  second  daughter,  Joanna  Le  Baron,  married  Rev. 
John  Pierpont,  jr.,  and  died  in  Medford,  March  30,  1852. 

John  Monroe,  the  eldest  son,  married  Experience  C. 
Wheelock  of  Warwick,  Mass.  They  have  one  son,  John 
Pierpont  Sibley.  John  M.  graduated  at  Yale  College  and 
is  now  superintendent  of  schools  for'the  State  of  California. 

Henry  Jonas  was  for  a  time  a  broker  in  Chicago  ;  is  now 
engaged  in  a  mining  interest  in  California. 

Frances  Mary  married  James  W.  Stockwell,  Esq. 

In  his  profession  Jonas  L.  Sibley  had  to  a  large  extent  the 
confidence  of  the  community,  and  his  practice  was  that  of  a 
true  lawyer — the  settlement  of  difficulties  between  the  two 
parties  instead  of  carrying  them  before  the  courts,  yet  his 
practice  at  the  bar  was  extensive,  having  for  a  single  term 
of  court  eighty  cases  on  the  docket. 

He  was  a  man  of  fine  presence,  and  pre-eminently  a  public- 
spirited  man,  and  every  enterprise  having  for  its  object  the 
welfare  of  the  citizens,  or  the  beauty  of  the  town,  received 
his  ready  support  and  active  co-operation.  His  kindness  of 
heart  is  illustrated  by  the  following  incident : 

While  he  was  United  States  marshal,  a  merchant  vessel  running  into  the 
port  of  Salem  had  on  board  a  negro  boy,  supposed  to  be  held  as  a  slave  by  the 
captain.  This  boy  was  brought  before  Judge  Davis,  judge  for  the  district  of 
Massachusetts,  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus.  No  one  claiming  him,  Marshall 
Sibley,  moved  by  his  demonstrations  of  affection,  was  induced  to  take  him 
under  his  care.  He  brought  him  to  Sutton  and  placed  him  in  school.  He 
could  not  speak  the  English  language  at  all,  but  learned  rapidly.  He  ever 
retained  his  affection  for  the  man  who  had  befriended  him  and  was  a  faithful 
servant,  seeming  to  strive  to  the  utmost  to  repay  the  kindness  he  had  received. 
After  the  death  of  Mr.  Sibley  he  became  the  coachman  of  one  of  his  friends  hi 
Boston. 


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John  Jay,  youngest  son  of  Jonas,  graduated  at  Brown 
University,  class  of  1814;  he  died  March  10,  1815. 

Jonas  L.  died  February  1,  1852. 

The  next  house  was  moved  upon  its  present  site  and  made 
into  a  dwelling  by  Lewis  W.  Howard,  who  occupied  it 
several  years ;  then  rented  it  to  several  different  families. 
It  is  now  owned  by  Stephen  H.  Stockwell  and  occupied  by 
his  hired  man,  Mr.  John  Baker,  who  has  also  been  employed 
by  Mr.  McCrate. 

The  place  directly  opposite  was  owned  by  Samuel  Dwight, 
who  came  from  Dedham  in  1730  and  settled  here.  Nathaniel 
Carriel  married  his  daughter,  Jane  Dwight,  and  to  him  the 
place  was  conveyed.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Timothy, 
whose  heirs  sold  to  Mr.  Stephen  Cummings,  who  married 
Betty  Carriel,  daughter  of  Timothy ;  he  conveyed  the 
property  to  L.  W.  Howard,  who  sold  to  Abner  B.  Lane, 
the  present  proprietor.  The  house  on  the  place  was  built  by 
Nathaniel  Carriel.  Since  then  an  addition,  now  belonging  to 
L.  C.  Howard,  has  been  built  on  by  Jonathan  Howard,  who 
had  a  wheelwright  shop  here,  where  he  made  wheels,  did 
repairing,  etc.,  for  several  years.  He  was  a  very  worthy  man 
and  had  a  large  and  respectable  family,  as  the  genealogy 
shows. 

Mr.  Cuimping!s  was  the  first  ••  teetotaler"  in  town;  he 
could  never  drink  any  kind  of  intoxicating  drink,  yet  his  full 
temperament  and  florid  complexion  led  strangers  to  think 
that  he  might  indulge. 

There  was  a  blacksmith  shop  on  this  place  for  several 
years,  occupied  by  James  Inman,  F.  F.  Sibley,  M.  A.  New- 
ton and  others.  It  is  now  the  barn  of  James  Deviny. 

The  next  house  on  the  same  side  of  the  street  was  owned 
by  Major  Joseph  Elliot,  who  married  Anna  Dwight,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Dwight.  It  has  since  been  owned  by  Rev. 
Edmund  Mills,  Abel  Cole,  Dr.  Stephen  Monroe,  Jonas  L. 
Sibley,  Mrs.  John  M.  Sibley  and  L.  W.  Howard,  the  present 
owner.  Major  Elliot  kept  tavern  in  this  house  for  several 
years.  The  majestic  elms  standing  in  front  were  set  out  by 
him.  I  think  most  of  the  children  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mills 
were  born  here.  The  house  has  since  been  occupied  by 
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HOMKS    OF   THE 


many  different  families.  Silas  Carlton,  son  of  Benjamin  and 
father  of  Silas  G.  Carlton,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Charles  H. 
Barton,  once  lived  in  this  house  several  years.  He  died 
suddenly  by  sunstroke  while  on  fatigue  duty  in  haytime. 

The  house  now  occupied  by  George  E.  Hastings  was  built 
about  1844  by  William  E.  Cole.     It  has  since  been  owned 


RESIDENCE    OF    STEPHEN    H.    STOCKWELL. 


by  William  C.  Chase  and  Horace  Leland,  and  now  belongs 
to  Stephen  H.  Stockwell,  son  of  Simeon,  son  of  Israel,  son 
of  Abraham,  son  of  William,  and  brother  of  Capt.  John. 
Mr.  Cole  is  a  carpenter  and  has  been  noticed  elsewhere. 
Mr.  Hastings  has  been  much  in  office,  as  our  list  of  officers 
shows.  He  married  Lucy  Morse,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Sylvester,  son  of  Dr.  Nathaniel. 


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Just  east  of  the  above,  there  once  stood  an  old  red  house 
with  a  long  back  roof  and  back  basement.  It  was  owned 
by  Mr.  Daniel  Tenney,  then  by  Daniel  Hovey,  then  by  his 
brother,  Benjamin  Hovey,  then  by  widow  Sally  Marble, 
then  her  heirs  ;  now  the  site  is  owned  by  S.  H.  Stockwell, 
who  took  down  the  old  house. 

Polly  Harback,  sister  to  Mrs.  Marble,  owned  a  part  of  the 
house  with  her.  Daniel  Tenney,  who  died  here  October  23, 
1812,  aged  ninety-one,  and  his  wife  April  14,  1803,  aged 
eighty-five,  had  but  one  son,  Simon,  who  had  but  one  child, 
the  late  Daniel  Tenney,  Esq.  One  of  Daniel  Tenney's 
daughters  married  a  Hovey,  and  was  the  mother  of  Daniel, 
Benjamin,  William,  etc.  One  married  Samuel  Blanchard, 
and  was  the  mother  of  the  great  inventor,  Thomas  Blanchard, 
and  the  late  Stephen  Blanchard  of  West  Millbury,  one  of  the 
best  of  men.  One  married  Azor  Phelps,  a  man  of  some 
note. 

Jonas  Augustus  Hovey,  son  of  Daniel  and  Susanna,  was 
born  in  this  house  in  September  1809. 

He  was  a  fine  looking  man,  and  one  of  the  most  enterprising  and  successful 
of  our  manufacturers.  He  married  a  Miss  Waters,  and  lived  in  Millbury 
several  years,  then  went  to  Ballston,  New  York,  where  he  owned  several 
factories,  and  built  a  mansion  costing,  it  is  said,  when  finished  and  furnished, 
one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  After  which  he  had  an  unfortunate  litigation 
concerning  some  of  his  titles,  then  the  pressure  of  the  times  fell  heavily  upon 
him,  somewhat  reducing  his  wealth.  But  his  perseverance  was  truly  wonder- 
ful. His  business  took  him  frequently  to  New  York  and  other  cities,  so  he 
attended  to  his  business  in  such  places  in  the  day  time,  taking  his  chief  rest 
in  sleeping  cars  by  night,  until  he  became  insane  from  over  exertion  and  want 
of  sleep,  and  finally  died  in  an  asylum  where  he  had  been  under  treatment  for 
a  few  weeks. 

Sally  Marble  was  widow  of  Andrew,  son  of  Malachi,  son 
of  Freegrace,  son  of  Samuel.  They  had  four  sons  and  three 
daughters,  Simon  L.,  Capt.  Royal  T.,  John  and  Simeon 
Russell ;  the  daughters  were  Sally,  Polly  and  Hannah ;  the 
two  latter  were  drowned,  with  Adeline  M.  Lombard  and 
Nancy  Tenney,  by  the  upsetting  of  a  boat  in  Singletary  pond, 
May  29,  1822.  They  were  all  very  tine  young  ladies,  and 
much  lamented. 

Moses  L.  Morse  once  lived  in  this  house.  His  son,  Rev. 
Charles  Willard  Morse,  was  born  here.  He  is  one  of  the 


268  HOMES    OF   THE 

purest  of  men.  His  mother  was  Huldah  Sibley,  daughter  of 
Reuben  and  sister  o?  Judge  Solomon,  making  him  cousin  to 
Gov.  H.  H.  Sibley,  late  of  Minnesota. 

C.  Willard  Morse  is  a  very  effective  preacher.  He  came  here  on  a  visit 
after  he  had  been  gone  several  years,  and  preached  on  the  sabbath.  As  he 
rose  in  the  pulpit  he  said:  "This  is  a  sacred  place  to  me.  I  love  old  Sutton, 
for  it  is  the  place  of  my  birth ;  my  father  was  also  born  here,  and  it  was  here  that 
I  found  my  Saviour,  and  here  my  father  also  learned  to  love  the  Saviour.  I 
remember  the  dear  ones  who  assisted  us  while  under  conviction ;  who  prayed 
for  us,  but  they  are  not  here  now.  I  miss  many  familiar  faces  of  those  days, 
who  have  gone  to  their  reward.  I  love  old  Sutton !  I  love  her  hills  and  her 
valleys !  I  love  her  green  fields !  I  love  her  very  rocks !  I  love  her  inhabi- 
tants, too!  But  I  love  Jesus  more  than  them  all,  for  he  died  that  I  might 
live,  and  I  owe  him  a  debt  of  gratitude  greater  than  I  can  conceive.  He  died 
for  you,  too,  my  friends.  Let  us  pray."  As  he  prayed,  his  grateful  heart 
welled  up  and  run  over,  until  the  hardest  heart  in  church  was  touched  with 
sympathy.  Mr.  Morse  preached  in  the  forenoon,  afternoon,  and  at  five 
o'clock.  The  five  o'clock  meeting  was  the  largest  of  the  three.  The  week 
before  there  were  thirteen  out  at  the  five  o'clock  service.  Why  did  they  come 
now  ?  They  came  to  see  and  hear  the  man  that  loved  Jesus,  and  it  did  them 
good.  They  caught  the  spirit.  When  an  honest,  God-loving  Christian  preacher 
utters  the  sincere  feelings  of  a  grateful  heart,  he  reaches  the  hearts  of  his 
hearers.  A  magnet  lifts  a  piece  of  iron,  while  another  piece  of  iron  of  the 
same  shape  has  no  effect  upon  it.  Rub  the  magnet  upon  the  other  dead  iron, 
and  it  becomes  a  magnet  too,  while  itself  is  not  weaker  for  having  imparted 
its  power.  So  the  Christ-like  spirit  may  be  imparted  to  sinners  by  the  true 
magnetizing  power.  But  the  shape  of  the  iron  does  not  make  the  magnet, 
nor  does  profession  make  the  Christian.  The  man  himself  must  be  brought 
into  contact  with  the  life  —  must  have  the  inward  experience  —  then  will  he 
impart  the  power  he  has  received,  and  by  the  attraction  of  a  life  molded 
after  a  heavenly  standard  lead  others  into  the  better  way. 

Directly  east  of  the  above,  L.  C.  Howard  built  a  shoe 
shop  where  he  carried  on  the  shoe  business  for  several  years . 
He  sold  the  shop  to  John  C.  Woodbury,  who  moved  it,  and 
converted  it  into  a  dwelling,  where  Mrs.  Rich  now  lives. 
After  the  shop  was  moved,  Mr.  S.  J.  Woodbury  built  a  two- 
story  tenement  house  on  the  same  site.  It  was  occupied  by 
four  families.  George  B.  Nason  lived  there  when  it  was 
burned,  the  first  Monday  in  November  1859.  The  house 
already  mentioned  in  district  number  two  as  "  tintop,"  was 
afterward  erected  on  this  spot. 

A  little  farther  east,  Capt.  James  T.  Elliot  built  a  large 
barn,  intending  to  keep  tavern ;  but  the  railroad  taking  the 
travel,  he  gave  it  up,  and  Mr.  S.  J.  Woodbury  bought  the 
farm,  and  converted  the  barn  into  a  larg-e  boot  and  shoe 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  269 

manufactory,  where  he  did  an  extensive  business.  He  let 
this  shop  to  Twiss  and  Miller,  who  kept  the  business  until 
the  fire,  when  house  and  shop  were  both  burned,  as  above 
mentioned.  The  house  now  standing  on  this  place  was  built, 
it  is  presumed,  by  Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D.,  for  one  of  his 
sons.  It  has  since  been  owned  by  Dr.  Stephen  Monroe,  Dr. 
David  March,  Capt.  James  T.  Elliot,  Samuel  Taylor,  and  the 
Stock  wells,  who  are  the  present  owners.  John  Sherman 
once  kept  tavern  in  this  house. 

Dr.  Stephen  Monroe,  born  in  Bristol,  R.  I.,  1758,  died 
very  suddenly  in  the  house  where  Mr.  Bond  now  lives, 
Sept.  10,  1826.  He  married  Susanna  Le  Baron,  daughter  of 
Lazarus  and  Susanna.  Mrs.  Le  Baron  was  the  daughter  of 
Andrew  and  Susan  Johannot,  son  of  Daniel  and  Susan. 

Daniel  Johannot  was  born  in  France  about  1668,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
party  of  thirty  families  that  arrived  in  Boston  in  the  year  1686,  in  company 
with  his  uncle,  Andrew  Sigourney.  He  went  with  him  to  Oxford,  Mass.. 
remained  there  until  that  settlement  was  broken  up  by  the  incursion  of  the 
Indians,  August  25,  1696,  and  the  massacre  of  John  Johnson  and  his  three 
children.  Mrs.  Johnson  was  the  daughter  of  Andrew  Sigourney  and  was 
rescued  by  Mr.  Johannot,  to  whom  she  was  subsequently  married  and  had  six 
children.  He  lived  and  died  in  Boston ;  he  was  a  distiller  and  was  engaged  in 
mercantile  and  other  affairs. 

The  following  advertisement  was  in  the  Boston  News  Letter  of  that  day: 

"  A  likely  Negro  Man  20  years  of  age  fit  for  service  in  Town  or  Country  for 
sale.  Inquire  of  Daniel  Johannot,  Marlboro  st. 

May  26,  1756." 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Prince  of  the  old  South  church  advertised  a  likely  Negro 
woman  to  be  sold.  Her  age  was  twenty  and  the  advertisement  was  in  the 
same  paper. 

Dr.  Monroe  was  a  successful  practitioner  and  a  very 
worthy  man ;  he  had  four  daughters  and  one  son.  One 
daughter  married  Jonas  L.  Sibley ;  their  first  daughter  was 
born  in  this  house.  One  married  Jacob  March  ;  one  married 
Dr.  David  March;  one  married  first,  Charles  White,  Esq., 
and  second,  Edward  Clark,  Esq.  The  son  married  first, 
Louisa  Barber  of  Medway,  J^lass.,  second,  Miriam  Clarke. 
Probably  all  of  Dr.  Monroe's  children  were  born  in  this 
house. 

Dr.  David  March  died  in  this  house  in  1829,  aged  forty- 
four.  Since  then  the  house  has  been  used  as  a  tenement 


270  HOMES    OF  THE 

house  by  many  different  families,  too  numerous  for  personal 
mention.  Mrs.  Catharine  Laphlo  Malhoit  died  here  Dec.  30, 
1867,  aged  100  years,  seven  months,  fourteen  days. 

The  house  known  as  the  Wheelock  house  was  owned  by 
Gardner  Waters,  the  same  noticed  in  the  "  Annals  "  as  giving 
the  steeple  clock  to  the  first  Congregational  society.  He 
was  succeeded  by  Major  Josiah  Wheelock,  who  married  his 
widow. 

Major  Wheelock  was  a  clock  and  watchmaker  and  jeweller.  He  had  several 
apprentices,  among  them  Capt.  Josiah  Hall,  Simeon  Marble,  Clark  Sibley, 
Moses  L.  Morse,  Brigham  Smith  and  others.  He  invented  a  watch  known  as 
the  Wheelock  watch.  It  was  a  great  improvement  on  the  old  verge  watch, 
and  was  but  slightly  improved  by  the  introduction  of  the  "Patent  Lever."  It 
was  really  the  best  watch  of  his  time.  He  also  made  superior  clocks.  He 
gave  an  organ  to  the  church,  which  was  played  for  several  years  by  one  of  his 
apprentices,  Brigham  Smith,  son  of  Capt.  ^Thomas.  Major  Wheelock  owned 
a  factory  in  Fitchburg.  He  had  no  children. 

After  he  and  his  wife  were  both  dead,  Aaron  Small  sold 
some  part  of  the  farm  to  Gibbs  Lilley,  who  conveyed  it  to 
Abijah  H.  Pierce  of  Boston,  brother  of  Hon.  Samuel  Hoar. 
It  was  next  owned  by  Mr.  John  W.  Whipple,  who  sold  to 
Mrs.  David  Thurston ;  it  now  belongs  to  George  Moore. 
After  the  death  of  the  Wheelocks  the  place  was  occupied 
by  several  different  families.  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Le  Baron 
once  lived  here  and  that  his  daughter  Hannah  was  born  here 
January  22,  1776.  Samuel  Metcalf  has  lived  here  several 
years.  Prentice  Billings  lived  there  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  a  printer,  and  set  the  type  for  the  Bible  three  times  with 
his  own  hands,  and  read  the  proof.  He  was  quite  a  gentle- 
man when  sober,  but  would  occasionally  imbibe  too  freely. 
Sometimes  he  would  be  steady  for  a  year,  then  drink  to 
excess,  and  waste  himself  in  ill-timed  wit  and  bacchanalian 
humor. 

The  next  house,  once  a  shop,  then  a  store,  was  fitted  up  as 
a  tenement  about  1843  and  first  occupied  by  J.  C.  Woodbury 
and  Asahel  Newton.  It  has  since  been  occupied  by  too 
many  tenants  to  admit  of  enumeration.  It  is  now  owned  by 
George  Moore  as  a  part  of  the  Wheelock  place. 

Between  this  and  the  next  house  William  C.  Chase  built 
a  large  shoe  shop,  where  he  manufactured  shoes  for  several 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  271 

years.  He  had  for  a  partner  at  one  time  F.  F.  Sibley.  It 
was  also  occupied  at  one  time  by  Joseph  L.  Hall,  who  did 
quite  an  extensive  business. 

The  shop  was  finally  divided  and  moved  to  Millbury, 
where  it  was  made  into  two  fine  dwellings.  A  part  of  it  is 
now  owned  and  occupied  by  Osgood  H.  Waters,  and  the 
other  by  R.  C.  Thayer. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Gibbs  Lilley  of  the  choicest 
of  lumber  brought  from  Maine.  Mr.  Lilley  was  engaged  in 
trade,  first  with  Mr.  Chase  on  the  corner,  afterward  alone  in 
the  same  place  until  his  store  was  burned.  Then  he  started 
a  new  store  near  this  house  and  commenced  manufacturing: 

o 

ready-made  clothing,  employing  William  Mecorney,  now  of 
Worcester,  to  do  the  cutting.  He  sold  the  house  to  Mrs. 
Sarah  B.  Chase  and  went  to  Michigan  City,  Indiana.  Mr. 
Lilley  was  a  very  active  and  generally  successful  business 
man.  Mrs.  S.  B.  Chase,  widow  of  Nehemiah,  daughter  of 
Deacon  William  Bond  and  only  sister  of  Rev.  Alvan  Bond, 
D.  D.,  lived  here  several  years,  until  the  place  was  sold  at 
auction  to  Harrison  Bliss  of  Worcester.  It  was  next  con- 
veyed to  Mr.  Henry  C.  Batcheller,  the  present  owner.  Mrs. 
Chase  is  a  very  worthy  woman  and  was  left  quite  wealthy 
by  her  husband.  Mr.  Batcheller  is  a  boot  and  shoe  manu- 
facturer, and  doing  business  with  Mr.  A.  Newton  in  Fram- 
ingham.  He  married  Miss  Theresa  Little,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Luther  Little  ;  they  have  two  children. 

The  next  house  was  originally  owned  by  Gideon  Walker, 
and  conveyed  by  him  to  Darius  Russell,  and  has  since  been 
owned  by  Foster  Freeland,  Dr.  William  Terry,  Mrs.  Lin- 
coln, a  niece  of  Mrs.  Russell,  and  now  by  Mrs.  Miranda 
Sibley,  widow  of  Captain  Nathaniel,  son  of  Reuben,  son  of 
Jonathan,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  John.  Mr. 
Walker  and  Mr.  Russell  were  both  blacksmiths,  and 
had  a  shop  just  east  of  the  house.  Mr.  Russell  was  one  of 
the  best  workmen  in  the  state,  and  made  some  surgical 
instruments  and  fine  cutlery.  His  wife  was  a  Fetcham  and 
a  very  superior  woman.  They  had  no  children,  and  left  a 
large  estate  to  their  relatives.  Mr.  Russell  was  a  man  of 
ability,  and  held  many  offices,  as  our  list  will  show.  He  had 


272  HOMES    OF   THE 

for  several  years  a  noted  parade  horse,  which  he  let  to  dif- 
ferent officers  for  military  musters  in  diverse  parts  of  the 
state.  His  saddle  was  trimmed  with  silver  plating  and  the 
housing  was  leopard  skin.  The  horse  and  his  caparison  were 
quite  a  noted  institution  in  those  days  of  military  training 
and  pompous  emulation.  Mrs.  Russell  carried  on  millinery 
and  mantua-making.  Dr.  James  M.  Newell  and  Dr.  S.  O. 
Brown  also  occupied  this  place. 

Mrs.  Sibley,  the  present  owner,  is  some  eighty-five  years 
of  age,  but  quite  active,  and  furnishes  some  interesting 
items  for  this  history ;  she  is  one  of  the  best  of  women. 

Dr.  Newell  entered  the  union  service  as  a  surgeon,  and 
was  drowned  while  trying  to  save  the  life  of  a  young  lady. 
He  was  a  young  man  of  great  promise.  He  married  Miss 
Fannie  Bates,  but  had  no  children. 

The  next  house,  supposed  to  have  been  built  by  Gibbs 
Sibley,  was  owned  by  him  for  several  years,  next  by  Elisha 
Hale  and  now  by  Mrs.  Lavina  Burdon. 

Mr.  Sibley  married  a  Rice,  daughter  of  Asahel  Rice  and 
sister  to  the  wife  of  Hon.  Jonas  Sibley.  They  had  some  very 
beautiful  daughters.  Martha  married  Charles  Sabin.  Jane 
married  Sir  Curtis  Miranda  Lampson,  Bart.,  a  son  of  Mr. 
Wm.  Lampson  of  New  Haven,  Vermont,  born  in  1806.  They 
were  married  in  New  York  in  1827.  When  the  Atlantic 
cable  was  finished  in  1866,  he  was  offered  and  accepted  a 
baronetcy  in  acknowledgement  of  his  great  services  in  push- 
ing that  enterprise  through  to  completion.  Mr.  Peabody, 
his  partner,  declined  a  like  honor. 

Sir  Curtis  Lampson  has  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  One 
of  the  latter,  a  lady  of  marked  ability  and  culture,  was  mar- 
ried three  years  ago  to  a  Mr.  Frederick  Lockyer,  a  well 
known  British  man  of  letters  and  of  the  world,  whose 
"Vers  de  Societe"  have  been  republished  in  this  country. 
Mr.  Lockyer  has  made  his  mark  in  prose  as  well  as  in  verse, 
as  a  contributor  to  Blackwood's  and  other  leading  British 
magazines.  Sir  Curtis  and  Lady  Lampson  have  a  seat  at 
Rawfaut  in  Sussex,  England.  Some  of  these  items  are  from 
an  account  of  their  golden  wedding  as  published  in  the  New 
York  World.  He  is  now  a  naturalized  British  subject. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  273 

Elisha  Hale  was  one  of  the  best  boot  and  shoe  makers  in  the 
country.  He  did  custom  work  only,  and  many  of  his  cus- 
tomers have  made  one  pair  of  his  boots  serve  for  handsome 
ones  at  least  twenty  years.  His  wife  used  to  comb  the  flax 
and  spin  his  thread  and  bind  his  shoes  as  no  other  woman  in 
town  could  do.  Mr.  Oliver  Hall  made  him  a  hatchel  of 
darning  needles  set  in  brass  with  which  to  hatchel  his  flax. 
A  common  hatchel  was  made  of  spikes  set  in  wood.  He 
was  an  honest  man  and  held  many  offices.  They  had  no 
children. 

The  next  house  was  originally  the  Methodist  church,  built 
on  the  common  in  1854.  The  first  preacher  was  Rev.  John 
W.  Lee,  the  next  was  John  H.  Gay  lord,  the  next  Rodney 
Gage,  the  next  Newell  S.  Spaulding,  then  Mr.  Brown,  then 
William  A.  Clapp,  then  J.  J.  Woodbury,  Charles  S. 
McReading,  Horace  Moulton,  and  last  Dr.  S.  (.).  Brown. 
Many  persons  were  led  to  hope  in  redeeming  grace  through 
the  influence  of  this  church,  and  several  of  the  most  worthy 
members  of  the  Congregational  church  connect  their  con- 
viction and  conversion  with  its  influence.  Among  the  con- 
verts were  the  late  Sunnier  Putnam,  and  Deacon  John 
Marble,  both  of  whom  united  with  the  Congregational 
Church. 

When  the  war  broke  out  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Lee  enlisted, 
took  a  captain's  commission  and  served  three  years  ;  he  is 
now  engaged  in  the  custom  house  at  Boston. 

Rev.  Charles  S.  McReading  entered  the  United  States 
navy.  In  his  diary,  of  date  Saturday,  Dec.  28,  1861,  he 
writes  : 

"A  cold,  bleak  day  it  was.  An  ugly,  purchased  propeller  with  Uncle  Sam's 
guns  lay  at  the  Brooklyn  navy  yard  awaiting  her  commission  and  crew.  The 
crew  came  over  the  rail  with  hammocks  and  bags,  various  in  looks  and  grades, 
from  the  old  man-of-war's  man,  wrinkled  with  the  stern  duties  of  sea  life,  to 
the  boy  or  landsman,  who  were  now  to  enter  upon  active  duty.  The  crew 
and  officers  are  mustered  on  the  main  deck,  the  stars  and  stripes  are  run  up 
to  the  mizzen  peak,  the  pennant  to  the  main,  and  we  receive  the  crew  and  the 
ship.  We,  that  is  the  ship,  is  a  purchased  vessel,  nothing  more  of  war  about 
her  but  her  guns.  Stood  watch  that  night  for  the  first  time  in  six  years. 
Cold,  bitter  cold!" 

He  was  commissioned  acting  master's  mate  by  Secretary  Gideon  Wells,  Nov. 
16,  1861.  He  left  the  pulpit  here  to  fill  that  office.  Sunday,  January  19th,  he 

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274  HOMES    OF   THE 

writes  fifteen  miles  from  Savannah  a  long  account  of  preparations  for  conflict, 
closing  as  follows:  "War  brings  with  it  -as  necessary  evil  the  unavoidable 
breaking  over  of  rules  such  as  govern  moral  and  social  life.  With  an  enemy 
in  full  view  we  must  be  prepared.  So  the  closing  part  of  the  Sabbath  day, 
that  day  which  Beecher  says  should  be  a  golden  milestone  on  the  road  to 
heaven,  is  employed  in  preparing  muskets  and  swords  for  a  night  attack. 
The  night  was  glorious !  The  stars  in  heaven  sang  the  majesty  and  beauty 
of  God's  bounty."  The  name  of  the  vessel  on  which  he  served  was  the  Nor- 
wich. After  his  return  he  had  several  appointments.  He  preached  three  years 
at  Nantucket,  where  he  saved  several  persons  from  drowning  by  the  skillful 
management  of  his  sail-boat.  He  was  quite  a  genius  and  an  eloquent 
preacher.  But,  sad  to  say,  he  finally  became  discouraged  and  insane,  so  as 
to  commit  suicide  while  stationed  at  Middleborough,  Massachusetts. 

The  Rev.  N.  S.  Spauldiug,  son  of  Royal,  son  of  Benja- 
min, son  of  Benjamin,  son  of  Edward,  son  of  Benjamin, 
son  of  Edward,  was  born  in  Moretown,  Vermont,  Dec.  3, 
1799.  He  married  Laura  J.  McGinley;  they  have  had 
two  sons,  and  one  daughter,  who  married  Gardner  Hall, 
April  5,  1859,  at  Charlton.  Rev.  Mr.  Spaulding  has  held 
some  of  the  most  important  appointments  in  the  conference, 
and  was  quite  a  successful  preacher.  He  now  resides  in 
Ocean  Grove,  New  Jersey.  The  other  men  stationed  here 
were  all  very  good  men.  But  their  church  was  mortgaged, 
and  being  too  much  embarrassed  to  redeem  it,  it  was  sold 
at  auction  and  bought  by  Stephen  B.  Holbrook,  the  present 
owner,  who  fitted  it  up  for  a  dwelling  house  and  store.  It 
has  a  large  fountain  in  the  upper  part,  and  hot  and  cold 
water  is  distributed  all  over  the  house.  It  is  one  of  the 
most  desirable  residences  in  town,  and  is  occupied  by  Mr. 
Holbrook  and  his  son,  Lieutenant  Wilder  S.  Holbrook,  the 
present  postmaster.  The  post  office  is  kept  in  this  building. 
S.  B.  Holbrook  was  born  in  Smithfield,  Rhode  Island ;  he 
has  been  engaged  in  several  different  places  as  a  manufac- 
turer of  cotton  goods.  He  married  Hannah  Sutton ;  they 
have  had  one  son  and  two  daughters.  Lieutenant  Wilder  S. 
Holbrook  was  in  the  United  States  service  during  the  war ; 
he  was  badly  wounded,  and  is  a  pensioner.  He  married 
Jennie  M.  Paine  and  has  two  daughters.  "  Flora  married  D. 
M.  Daniels  and  left  one  son,  Walter  H.  Hattie  A.  gradu- 
ated at  the  Springfield  high  school,  where  she  gave  the 
valedictory.  She  is  now  an  assistant  and  popular  teacher  in 
the  Millbury  high  school. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  275 

Mr.  William  King,  one  of  the  first  settlers,  owned  the 
land  where  Philip  Chase  built  the  tavern,  a  history  of  which 
has  been  given  by  one  of  his  descendants,  who  furnishes  the 
plate. 

Fifty  years  ago  a  shed  ran  out  on  the  west  end  towards 
the  road;  on  it  was  a  large  martin-house,  filled  in  summer 
by  those  chattering  birds  now  almost  extinct ;  at  the  south 
end  of  the  sheds  stood  a  store  kept  by  various  parties  ;  among 
them  were  Daniel  Hovey,  Reuben  F.  Chase,  Sumner  Cole, 
Daniel  Aldrich,  Captain  John  Marble,  Jonas  A.  Hovey,  and 
last  of  all  S.  J.  Woodbury.  The  sheds  were  'taken  down 
and  the  store  was  moved  up  to  the  house,  where  it  served 
as  a  bar-room.  Luther  Whiting  moved  it  and  built  a  broad 
portico  on  the  south  side  and  east  end. 

Paul  Whiting,  familiarly  called  "Pa  Whiting,"  kept  tav- 
ern here  several  years ;  after  his  death  his  brother,  known 
as  Uncle  Joe,  continued  the  business.  Widow  P.  Whiting 
and  her  son  succeeded  him. 

Mrs.  Whiting  was  one  of  the  best  of  women,  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church  and  one  of  its  most  constant 
attendants.  After  she  left  the  tavern,  she  lived  with  her 
son-in-law,  Dea.  Sumner  B.  King ; 

In  stormy  weather  she  would  put  on  a  pair  of  his  boots  and  wade  in  the 
snow  to  church,  perhaps  to  be  the  only  lady  there.  No  weather  kept  her 
from  what  she  considered  to  be  her  duty.  On  the  night  of  Nov.  27,  1853,  she 
was  left  alone  in  the  house  now  owned  by  Capt.  Luther  Little,  while  the 
deacon  and  his  wife  went  to  meeting.  She,  as  was  her  custom  on  sabbath 
evening,  commenced  reading  her  bible,  when  she  fell  asleep,  and  her  cap 
coming  in  contact  with  the  light  took  fire,  and  she  was  burned  to  death.  She 
was  found  dead  when  the  deacon  and  his  wife  reached  home.  She  evidently 
went  to  the  pump  in  the  kitchen  to  put  out  the  fire,  where  she  fell  and  set  the 
floor  on  fire,  on  which  she  literally  roasted.  Mr.  Lyman  said  in  his  funeral 
discourse  that  the  aged  saint  "had  been  translated  to  heaven  in  a  chariot  of 
fire." 

She  was  kind  to  every  one  and  especially  forgiving  to  her 
impetuous  son.  She  had  one  son  and  three  daughters.  One 
daughter  married  Nathaniel  Woodbury ;  the  other  two  were 
the  wives  of  Deacon  Sumner  B.  King.  Mrs.  Whiting  was 
eighty-three  years  old  when  she  died. 

Luther  married  Miss  Abigail  Mellen  and  had  two  sons  and 
one  daughter.  Joseph  was  a  newspaper  correspondent  and 


276  HOMES    OF   THE 

reporter.  He  was  born  in  this  house  and  left  one  son. 
Samuel,  born  in  the  house  where  S.  Dexter  King  now  lives, 
graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  studied  theology  at 
Newton,  and  was  for  several  years  a  missionary  at  Assam. 
He  has  returned  and  is  now  a  Baptist  clergyman  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  He  has  no  children,  but  adopted  the 
son  of  his  brother.  He  is  a  scholar  and  a  very  worthy  man.* 
The  daughter,  Miss  Abbie  Whiting,  married  a  Mr.  Hervey 
and  went  to  Providence.  She  has  had  five  daughters  and  a 
son.  Her  husband  is  dead,  and  she  has  been  a  popular 
teacher  there.  One  of  her  daughters  is  also  a  teacher.  This 
house  has  been  kept  by  many  different  persons.  Capt.  Peter 
Putnam  kept  it  in  1839  and  one  of  his  daughters,  Sarah,  was 
born  here.  It  was  kept  as  a  temperance  house  in  1842  by 
John  C.  Woodbury,  and  on  the  fourth  of  July  of  that  year 
there  was  a  celebration  here  for  his  benefit,  he  providing  the 
dinner ;  a  booth  was  built  on  the  common  and  an  oration  was 
delivered  by  the  great  poet  and  orator,  Rev.  John  Pierpont. 

THE  OLD  SUTTON  TAVERN. 

This  building,  one  of  the  most  ancient  landmarks  of  Sutton, 
known  in  early  times  as  the  "Plank  Tavern,"  and  in  later 
years  as  the  old  Sutton  Tavern,  was  built  about  the  year 
1727,  by  Philip  Chase,  whose  grandfather,  Aquila  Chase, 
born  Aug.  14,  1580,  in  Hendrich,  Chesham  Parish,  England, 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  or  grantees  of  Hampton,  1639-40 
(see  Genealogy).  Philip  Chase,  shortly  after  his  marriage, 
moved  to  Worcester,  where  he  purchased  land  upon  which 
a  portion  of  the  city  now  stands.  From  thence  in  1724  he 
moved  into  Sutton.  After  his  death  his  son  Follansbee 
came  into  possession  of  the  tavern,  paying  the  other  heirs 
their  portion. 

At  the  decease  of  Follansbee  it  came  into  possession 
of  Thomas  Follansbee  Chase,  who  occupied  it  as  a  residence 
until  the  year  1800,  when  he  removed  to  Paris,  Maine.  The 
tavern  in  its  construction  differed  from  the  ordinary  buildings 
of  the  period. 


*  Since  died.     See  sketch  from  the  Watchman  and  Reflector,  a  few  pages 
in  advance. 


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TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  279 

As  will  be  seen  by  the  engraving,  that  represents  it  as 
it  originally  appeared,  the  siding  consists  of  thick  oak 
planks  nailed  perpendicularly  to  the  frame,  and  at  each  of 
the  upper  corners  the  planking  is  placed  diagonally,  for  the 
purpose  of  giving  additional  strength  in  bracing  the  building. 
The  clapboards  were  not  added  until  a  later  period.  They 
were  cloven  by  hand  and  fastened  by  hand-made  nails,*  cut 
nails  being  then  unknown. 

The  chimney  was  massive  in  size,  and  the  fire-places 
throughout  the  building  were  of  ample  dimensions.  The 
foundation  of  the  chimney,  laid  with  huge  stones,  occupied 
nearly  one-third  of  the  cellar.  The  interior  was  double- 
lathed  and  plastered,  rendering  it  a  remarkably  warm  house 
in  coldest  weather. 

The  windows  had  glass  6x8  inches,  and  the  sash  were  of 
unequal  size,  the  upper  ones  containing  eight  lights  and  the 
lower  ones  twelve.  The  building  was  owned  by  different 
members  of  the  Chase  family  upward  of  three-quarters  of  a 


Thomas  Follansbee  Chase, 


*  About  the  time  of  the  close  of  the  revolutionary  war  two  brothers  of  the 
name  of  Wilkinson,  who  had  iron  works  in  Cumberland,  R.  I.,  cut  a  lot  of 
nails  from  some  old  barrel  hoops,  "  Spanish  hoops,"  as  they  were  called,  and 
these  are  supposed  to  have  been  the  first  cut  nails  ever  made. 


280  HOMES    OF    THE 

century.  The  portrait  is  from  a  silhouette  likeness  of  Thomas 
Follansbee  Chase,  the  last  one  of  the  family  to  whom  it 
belonged.  He  sold  it  to  Paul  and  Luther  Whiting,  from 
whom  it  passed  into  the  possession  of  M.  M.  Hovey,  and 
from  him  was  purchased  by  the  present  owner,  Mr.  S.  B. 
Holbrook,  who  has  recently  removed  the  building  a  short 
distance  to  the  rear  of  its  original  location.  Tradition  tells 
us  that  the  old  tavern  was  a  noted  gathering  place  previous 
to  and  during  the  war  for  independence,  but  history  supplies 
little  information  respecting  the  scenes  and  incidents  that 
transpired  there.* 

The  next  building  opposite  is  the  brick  block.  It  was 
built  in  1839  by  Simon  Tenney,  and  perhaps  his  brother, 
B.  F.  Tenney.  It  was  opened  as  a  store  by  S.  Teuney  & 
Co.  in  September  of  that  year;  the  members  of  the  firm 
were  Simon  Tenney  and  Joseph  A.  Veazie. 

The  latter  made  the  first  trade  when  the  store  was  opened ;  it  was  a  stick  of 
candy  sold  to  Willis  Hall.  While  he  was  putting  up  the  candy  a  lady  came  in 
and  bought  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  worth  of  goods.  This  was  the  small 
beginning  of  a  large  and  successful  business.  Mr.  Veazie  was  a  large  man, 
weighing  some  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  He  had  been  an  apothecary 
in  Boston.  His  father  was  quite  wealthy,  and  his  sister  had  married  B.  F. 
Tenney,  then  a  merchant  in  Boston ;  so  making  the  acquaintance  of  Simon,  he 
conceived  the  idea  of  leaving  Boston  and  coming  here,  which  he  did,  and 
bought  in  with  Mr.  Tenney,  who  was  trading  in  the  store  built  by  S.  J.  Wood- 
bury. 

Being  left  alone  in  the  store  he  made  his  first  sale,  of  which  he  gave  his 
partner  the  following  account:  "Sim,  I  have  made  my  debut!  Soon  after 
you  left,  there  came  in  the  greenest  looking  chap  that  I  ever  saw ;  his  coat 
sleeves  reached  about  half  way  from  his  elbow  to  his  hand,  and,  after  looking 
me  over  as  he  would  an  elephant,  run  his  arm  down  his  pantaloons  pocket  and 
pulled  out  a  hen's  egg,  saying, '  I  want  to  get  that  are's  worth  of  terbacker ; ' 
then  he  went  for  another  egg  in  the  same  place,  saying  as  he  brought  it  forth, 
'  I  want  that  are's  worth  of  yarler  snuff;'  so  I  gave  him  his  tobacco  and  snuff 
and  he  left."  Veazie  was  too  large  for  country  trade,  so  he  sold  to  Mr.  Gard- 
ner Hall  and  returned  to  Boston,  where  he  became  a  real  estate  broker  and 
failed  for  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  under  the  pressreu  of  the  times. 

He  died  there  soon  after ;  he  married  a  Miss  Rogers,  a  beau- 
tiful woman  and  had  children ;  his  first  son  was  born  in  the 
house  where  Mr.  Mills  now  lives.  After  Veazie  left,  in  con- 
nection with  the  store  the  shoe  business  was  carried  on  by 


*  From  data  furnished  by  Theodore  L.  Chase  of  Philadelphia. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  281 

Messrs.  Tenney  and  Hall.  They  manufactured  mostly  kip 
brogans,  and  had  one  or  two  custom  boot  and  shoe  makers 
working  in  the  building.  D.  A.  Tenney  was  foreman  in  the 
cutting-room.  The  business  was  quite  extensive.  Cassi- 
meres  were  taken  of  Mills  and  Hunting,  then  running  the 
Singletary  factory,  in  exchange  for  goods,  they  sending  their 
workmen  up  with  orders  very  frequently ;  they  also  bought 
wood  and  other  articles  of  the  farmers  and  paid  for  them  in 
orders  on  this  store.  The  firm  also  exchanged  their  goods  for 
other  goods  in  Boston.  Tailors  were  likewise  employed  to 
make  clothing  to  order.  There  was  no  ready-made  clothing 
in  the  market  then.  Arrangements  similar  to  those  entered 
into  with  Mills  and  Hunting  were  made  with  the  Sutton 
Woolen  Mills  for  their  broadcloths,  and  their  help  brought 
orders  for  goods.  Capt.  Asa  Woodbury,  or  Woodbury  and 
Boyden  made  nice  jeans,  which  were  bought  and  paid  for  in 
goods  upon  their  orders.  >,'.  G.  King  and  ('apt.  Amasa 
Wood,  shoe  manufacturers,  also  sent  in  their  orders.  The 
farmers  then  made  cheese  and  sold  much  of  it  at  this  store. 
The  Sutton  Flour  Mill  was  running  then,  and  their  "  family 
flour,"  put  up  in  half  and  quarter  barrel  bags,  made  of  drill- 
ing, was  here  sold  in  large  quantities.  The  manufacture  of 
bags  was  also  quite  a  business. 

After  a  partnership  of  two  years  Mr.  Hall  disposed  of  his 
interest  to  Mr.  Teimey.  Gibbs  Lilley  then  went  into  com- 
pany with  him,  moving  his  stock  from  the  other  store  into 
the  brick  building,  making  one  of  the  largest  stocks  to  be 
found  in  a  country  store.  Mr.  Lilley  soon  bought  out  the 
entire  stock,  taking  it  to  Michigan  City,  Indiana,  where  he 
carried  on  trade  some  time.  After  he  left,  Messrs.  Tenney 
and  Veazie  manufactured  brogans  awhile.  Since  then  B. 
L.  Batcheller  has  manufactured  in  the  building.  John  Allen, 
Mr.  Greenwood,  Baker  and  Putnam,  Baker  and  Howard, 
Chase  and  Sibley,  N.  G.  King,  Loren  C.  Howard,  Wilder 
S.  Holbrook,  Mr.  Aldrich,  L.  W.  Howard  and  others  have 
kept  the  store.  John  P.  Putnam  and  D.  A.  Tenney  made 
harnesses  in  the  lower  part  of  the  building  for  some  time. 
That  shop  is  now  occupied  by  Hoyle,  Barton  and  others, 
who  are  shoemakers.  The  tenement  was  first  occupied  by 
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282  HOMES    OF   THE 

Mr.  G.  Hall.  He  was  married  there  by  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy, 
to  Catharine  B.  Woodbury,  Sept.  19,  1841.  It  was  next 
occupied  by  Mr.  Simon  Tenney.  His  son  Daniel  died  here. 
It  has  since  been  occupied  as  a  tenement  by  many  different 
families  ;  among  them  were  Salem  Chamberlain,  then  town 
clerk,  Rev.  Dr.  John  R.  Smith,  one  of  whose  children  was 
born  here.  It  is  now  occupied  by  Charles  H.  Barton,  son  of 
Hudson,  son  of  Capt.  Reuben.  His  mother  was  Lucy  B. 
Marble,  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel,  son  of  Major  Alpheus, 
son  of  Enoch,  son  of  Freegrace,  son  of  Samuel.  He  married 
Catherine  H.  Carlton,  daughter  of  Deacon  Silas  G.,  son  of 
Silas,  son  of  Benjamin.  They  have  two  children — William 
Herbert  and  Nellie  Agnes. 

The  room  now  occupied  by  the  selectmen  was  first  used  as 
a  lawyer's  office  by  Edward  Clarke,  Esq.  The  room  used 
for  the  Sutton  Library  was  the  office  of  Dr.  Nehemiah  C. 
Sibley,  a  skillful  physician.  He  was  cousin  to  the  late  Gov. 
H.  H.  Sibley  of  Minnesota,  and  son  of  Capt.  Nathaniel,  son 
of  Reuben,  son  of  Jonathan,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  Joseph, 
son  of  John.  The  front  room  of  the  second  story  has  been 
used  as  a  tailors  shop  by  different  parties.  Dr.  Shurtleff 
occupied  it  at  the  time  of  Dr.  D.  E.  Hall's  death.  He  soon 
after  left  town,  and  now  practices  in  Sterling,  Mass. 

In  the  upper  part  of  the  building  is  a  hall  known  as 
Washington  Hall.  The  Methodists  held  their  meeting  there 
one  year  before  they  built  their  church.  It  has  been  used 
for  lyceums,  exhibitions,  etc.  The  Walden  brothers  started 
the  boot  business  here,  but  the  great  Boston  fire  failed  them 
and  they  left. 

On  the  site  where  the  brick  block  now  stands,  once  stood 
an  old  wooden  building,  which  was  burned  in  1837.  We 
can  not  learn  who  built  it.  Elijah  Putnam,  it  is  said,  traded 
there,  and  his  brother-in-law,  Abner  Brown,  lived  there. 
Elijah  died  single  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Captain 
Israel  Putnam,  who  lived  in  the  house.  Some  of  his  chil- 
dren were  born  here.  The  business  was  continued  by  Put- 
nam and  March  —  Jacob  March,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Tracy - 
then  by  March  and  Chase,  then  by  Chase  and  Lilley,  and 
after  the  death  of  Nehemiah  Chase,  by  Gibbs  Lilley,  until 
.  the  store  was  burned. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  283 

The  trade  in  that  old  store  was  very  different  from  the 
trade  of  the  present  time,  and  the  traders  there  all  became 
rich.  They  took  in  farmers'  produce,  and  sent  a  team  to 
Boston  every  week.  It  was  no  unusual  sight  to  see  several 
whole  hogs  on  the  counter  at  a  time.  They  bought  beef, 
pork,  butter,  cheese,  grain,  poultry,  eggs,  wool,  feathers, flax, 
and  in  fine  any  thing  that  the  farmers  then  raised.  Farming 
was  a  business.  The  farmers  of  New  England  then  sup- 
plied the  Boston  market,  and  Sutton  did  her  part.  The 
railroads  had  not  then  injured  farming  interests  in  the  eastern 
states.  There  were  three  taverns  then  in  this  district,  filled 
every  night  with  lodgers,  and  their  stables  with  horses.  The 
old  church  stood  nearly  opposite  this  store.  It  had  no  fire- 
place—  it  was  before  the  day  of  stoves — yet  the  people 
attended  church  more  then  than  now.  The  women  used  to 
carry  foot-stoves,  filled  with  coals  in  the  forenoon  from  their 
own  fire-places ;  then  at  noon-time  they  would  replenish 
them  from  the  friendly  hearths  around  the  church,  and  no 
one  suffered  from  cold.  The  male  members  used  to  come 
into  the  old  store,  and  get  their  "flip"  or  "gin  slings,"  and 
then  return  to  the  afternoon  service.  March  and  Chase  kept 
all  kinds  of  liquors.  The  farmers  used  rum  freely  in  hay- 
time,  and  in  fact  it  seemed  to  be  regarded  as  the  inspirer  of 
power  to  swing  the  scythe,  that  then  cut  their  grass,  which 
is  now  principally  mowed  by  horse-power.  At  the  com- 
mencement of  haying  most  of  the  farmers  had  their  fifteen 
gallon  kegs  tilled,  and  it  was  nothing  strange  for  March  and 
Chase  to  draw  off  a  pipe  of  New  England  rum  in  one  week. 
It  was  sold  then  for  less  than  the  tax  on  it  now.  In  some 
of  the  customs  of  that  day  there  has  been  great  improvement. 

Where  Mrs.  Nancy  P.  Hall  now  lives  there  once  stood  a 
large,  old-fashioned  house,  with  a  long  roof  on  the  back 
side.  It  is  not  known  who  built  the  house ;  but  a  Mr. 
Houghton,  who  came  from  Boston,  lived  there  several  years ; 
he  was  a  tall,  slim,  straight,  gentlemanly-looking  man,  and 
kept  a  small  store  of  Yankee  notions  in  the  house.  He  had 
a  son,  John,  who  went  to  New  Orleans ;  he  had  also  several 
daughters.  His  wife  died  here,  and  while  they  were  arrang- 
ing for  some  one  to  watch  with  the  corpse,  the  oldest 


284  HOMES    OF    THE 

daughter  made  the  remark  that  she  did  not  think  mother 
would  run  away  if  they  did  not  have  a  watcher.  Afterward 
Mr.  Houo-hton  returned  to  Boston.  It  has  since  been  owned 

r"5 

and  occupied  by  Gibbs  Sibley,  Moses  L.  Morse,  Dr.  David 
March,  Xehemiah  Chase,  Edward  Clark,  Esq.,  Simon 
Tenney  and  Silence  Putnam,  who  took  down  the  old  house 
and  built  the  present^beautiful  one  in  1855.  She  leased  it 
to  Dr.  David  E.  Hall  and  wife  during  their  lives.  She 
occupied  it  with  them  until  her  death  in  1862.  She  gave 
the  place  then  by  will  to  the  first  Congregational  society  in 
Sutton.  She  left  some  ten  thousand  to  various  religious 
charities.  John  Allen  lived  in  the  old  house  while  engaged 
in  the  store.  It  then  belonged  to  Simon  Tenney.  Mr. 
Allen  was  a  very  worthy  man.  He  married  a  Miss  Maynard, 
a  popular  teacher.  One  or  two  of  their  children  were  born 
here,  and  little  Johnnie  died  here.  Mr.  A.  now  lives  in 
Gardner,  Massachusetts. 

Mr.  Philander  Derby,  now  one  of  the  richest  men  in 
Gardner,  was  once  the  hired  man  of  James  Phelps,  and 
worked  on  his  beautiful  farm  at  West  Sutton.  He  gave  five 
thousand  dollars  a  few  weeks  since  towards  building  a  new 
church.  He  made  his  money  there  by  manufacturing  chairs. 

We  orive  a  brief  sketch  of  Dr.  David  March,  furnished  bv 

O  «* 

Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy,  and  also  of  his  distinguished  brother 
Alden.  David  had  three  lovely  daughters.  One,  Catherine 
M.,  married  a  Mr.  Clarke,  a  wealthy  merchant,  and  now  lives 
in  Framiiigham.  Emily  married  Mr.  Estey,  a  late  member 
of  Congress.  Augusta  remained  single. 

DAVID  MARCH,  M.  D. 

David  March,  M.  D.,  born  in  Sutton,  Jan.  29,  1785,  was 
the  son  of  Jacob  March  and  Eleanor  Moore,  daughter 
of  David  Moore. 

He  spent  his  childhood  and  youth  upon  his  father's  farm,  afterwards  called 
the  Samuel  March  farm.  Being  of  a  delicate  constitution,  the  family  decided 
that  he  must  be  educated,  and  through  the  aid  of  his  father  and  brothers  he 
obtained  a  classical  and  medical  education  at  Brown  University,  and  received 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1812. 

He  immediately  entered  the  army  as  assistant  surgeon,  and  was  commis- 
sioned surgeon's  mate,  March  1,  1813,  and  stationed  at  Sackett's  Harbor  and 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  285 

Watertown,  New  York.  Here  he  spent,  chiefly  in  the  hospitals  connected 
with  the  army,  some  two  years  or  more,  distinguishing  himself  in  several 
surgical  operations.  Thus  early  in  his  career  he  gave  promise  of  what 
he  might  have  become  if  opportunity  had  favored  him  as  subsequently  it 
favored  his  younger  brother,  Alden.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine in  Sutton,  in  1815,  in  connection  with  Dr.  Stephen  Monroe,  whose 
youngest  daughter  Catherine  he  married  the  same  year.  Here  he  continued 
to  reside  and  practice  his  profession  till  his  death,  May  13,  1829. 

In  his  professional  character  he  stood  high,  and  was  frequently  called  into 
neighboring  towns  in  consultation,  especially  in  surgical  cases.  Through  his 
advice  and  assistance  his  brother,  Alden  March,  the  eminent  surgeon  of 
Albany,  New  York,  was  introduced  to  that  career  which  subsequently  so 
much  distinguished  the  name.  Dr.  David  March  was  a  devoted  and  earnest 
Christian  man,  and  his  professional  and  domestic  character  was  most  thor- 
oughly imbued  with  the  spirit  of  religion.  He  died  as  he  lived,  a  man  of  God. 

Alden  March  was  born  1795,  on  the  farm  known  as  the 
Samuel  March  place.  This  place  is  situated  on  the  road 
from  Millbury  to  New  England  Village,  and  was  in  Sutton 
until  1813,  when  the  north  parish  became  the  town  of  Mill- 
bury. 

Mr.  March  enjoyed  only  the  limited  advantages  for  education  afforded  by 
the  common  schools  of  the  time.  As  he  approached  manhood  he  taught 
school  for  quite  a  number  of  terms,  and  at  the  same  time  studied  medicine 
with  Dr.  David  March,  an  elder  brother,  a  physician  and  surgeon  in  Sutton 
of  eminence. 

He  attended  medical  lectures  first  in  Boston,  and  afterwards  Brown  Uni- 
versity (which  then  had  a  medical  department)  where  he  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  doctor  of  medicine. 

In  1820  he  removed  to  Albany,  New  York,  and  commenced  practice;  at  the 
same  time  lecturing  to  small  classes  of  students  upon  anatomy.  His  teaching 
and  practice  in  the  departments  of  both  medicine  and  surgery  were  altogether 
in  advance  of  the  age,  and  excited  much  opposition  on  the  part  of  the  pro- 
fession and  the  people. 

But  believing  himself  in  the  right,  he  steadily  pursued  his  course,  expect- 
ing, in  the  end,  success  and  approval. 

In  1824  he  was  appointed  professor  of  Anatomy  and  physiology  in  the  Ver- 
mont academy  of  medicine,  at  Castleton,  which  position  he  held  for  ten  years, 
during  which  time  he  continued  his  general  practice  and  his  private  lecture 
course  in  Albany. 

In  1830  he  delivered  a  public  lecture  in  Albany  on  "  the  propriety  of  estab- 
lishing a  medical  college  and  hospital"  there.  The  lecture  was  published 
and  much  interest  resulted.  An  effort  was  soon  made  to  secure  from  the 
legislature  an  act  of  incorporation  for  a  medical  college  in  that  city;  to  which 
great  opposition  was  made  by  the  various  medical  institutions  in  the  state. 
But  with  indomitable  energy  he  battled  with  the  opposition,  and  after  eight 
years  of  ceaseless  conflict,  arrangements  were  made  for  a  course  of  lectures 
which  was  commenced  Jan.  3,  1839,  with  a  class  of  fifty-seven  students.  Dur- 
ing this  course  a  charter  for  the  college  was  obtained  from  the  legislature ; 
and,  under  the  presidency  of  Dr.  March,  the  institution  at  once  took  a  stand 
second  to  none  in  the  country. 


286  HOMES    OF   THE 

"As  a  surgeon,  Dr.  March  stood  in  the  front  rank.  His  fame  not  only 
filled  his  own  land,  but  extended  to  medical  circles  throughout  Europe.  In- 
deed, competent  authorities  assert  that  he  was  unquestionably  the  foremost 
surgeon  of  the  world.  When  Dr.  Brainard,  himself  an  eminent  lecturer, 
returned  from  Europe,  he  expressed  the  general  judgment  in  his  exclamation  : 
'  Dr.  March  is  ahead  of  them  all.' "  * 

Dr.  James  L.  Babcock  in  speaking  of  his  professional  life  says :  "  There 
is  no  record  of  the  surgical  operations  performed  by  him  during  ten  years  of 
his  practice ;  yet  those  of  which  we  have  a  record  number  seven  thousand 
one  hundred  and  twenty-four."  Among  these  were  operations  never  before 
attempted,  requiring  skill,  daring  and  delicate  manipulation,  for  which  he 
was  pre-eminently  distinguished. 

He  contributed  many  valuable  papers  to  medical  and  surgical  science  — 
was  made  an  honorary  member  of  various  state  medical  societies,  and  elected 
to  the  highest  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  profession  to  which  he  belonged.  But 
Dr.  March  was  more  than  the  eminent  physician  and  surgeon.  After  speak- 
ing of  him  as  such,  Dr.  William  B.  Sprague  says  of  him  .in  an  address  deliv- 
ered at  his  funeral :  "That  which  constituted  the  crowning  glory  of  the  charac- 
ter of  our  friend  was  a  loving,  all-pervading  piety  —  and  for  that  he  was 
indebted  to  God's  gracious,  sanctifying  spirit.  *  *  *  And  not  only  did 
the  spirit  first  implant  in  his  soul  the  principle  of  the  new  life,  but  He  has 
preserved  and  quickened  and  finally  matured  it." 

He  was  a  member  of  the  first  Presbyterian  church  in  Albany,  and  it  is  said 
of  him,  "  He  never  absented  himself  from  the  sanctuary  on  the  Sabbath,  or 
from  the  weekly  prayer-meeting,  except  in  case  of  severe  illness  or  imperative 
necessity;  and  was  equally  anxious  that  his  entire  family  should  be  there." 
Prominent  mention  is  also  made  of  his  domestic  life.  Dr.  Sprague  speaks  of 
him  as  "the  life  and  joy  of  a  happy  home,"  and  adds:  "  Within  that  sacred 
enclosure  his  heart  always  seemed  full  of  blessing,  the  result  of  which  was,  that 
he  drew  all  the  members  of  his  household  around  him  by  a  cord  of  unwonted 
reverence  and  tenderness. 

"I  understand  that  he  was  a  model  both  in  the  conjugal  and  parental  rela- 
tions ;  that  his  presence  in  his  own  endeared  circle  was  always  welcomed  as  a 
benediction ;  that  his  discipline,  dictated  by  kindness  and  guided  by  calm  dis- 
cretion, seemed  only  as  the  legitimate  working  of  the  law  of  love." 

Dr.  March  was  evidently  what  can  be  said  of  few,  a  model  of  excellence 
in  all  the  relations  he  sustained ;  and  Sutton  may  well  feel  proud  in  claiming 
him  as  her  son. 

Dr.  March  died  in  Albany,  June  17,  1870. 

Moses  L.  Morse,  who  livedf   on  this  place,  was  a  great 
inventor. 

He  invented  the  first  pin-making  machine  ever  made  in  this  country.  Mr. 
Oliver  Hall  aided  him  in  its  construction.  The  pins  made  had  solid  heads, 
and  the  principle  involved  in  their  manufacture  was  the  same  as  that  intro- 
duced in  the  best  machines  now  iu  use,  which  make  two  barrels  a  day.  Some 
one  who  has  written  on  the  subject  gives  a  Mr.  Wright  credit  for  inventing 


*  Albany  Evening  Journal. 

t  See  Crossman's  report  of  the  place  where  the  Morse  family  lived,  150  years 
ago,  in  district  number  five. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  287 

the  first  machine  for  making  pins  with  solid  heads  in  1833,  but  it  is  a  mistake. 
Solid  head  pins  were  made  by  Morse's  machine  during  the  war  of  1812.  He 
also  invented  and  had  patented  scales  for  weighing  coins  and  other  substances 
hydrostatically.  Mr.  Hall  also  helped  make  the  scales.  He  says  a  gentleman 
came  into  the  shop  one  day,  and  having  his  attention  called  to  the  new  scales, 
took  out  a  new  Spanish  dollar  and  asked  Mr.  Morse  to  test  his  scales  on  that 
dollar ;  so  he  weighed  it  and  pronounced  it  a  rank  counterfeit.  The  man  was 
provoked  at  the  idea,  for  it  was  a  very  perfect  coin.  So  Mr.  Morse  gave  him 
another  dollar  that  he  might  test  the  one  in  dispute ;  then  he  took  his  drill  and 
bow  and  began  to  tap  the  dollar,  which  proved  to  be  made  of  copper,  slightly 
plated  with  silver.  Then  the  man  declared  the  scales  the  greatest  invention 
of  the  age,  and  ordered  one  immediately  for  his  own  use.  The  scales  had  a 
graduated  face  not  unlike  a  clock-face,  with  hands  to  point  out  the  result. 

Mr.  Morse  afterward  established  a  cutlery  manufactory  in  Worcester,  at 
what  was  known  as  the  red  mills.  Mr.  Hall  went  over  to  instruct  him  in 
the  art  of  polishing  steel  upon  a  wheel.  The  art  was  not  much  known  then. 
The  wheels  were  covered  with  buckskin  and  set  with  crocus  mastic. 

Mr.  Simon  Tenney,  son  of  Daniel,  son  of  Simon,  son  of 
Daniel,  died  in  this  house  June  11,  1856,  aged  fifty-six.  He 
married  Nancy  Putnam  and  had  tAvo  sons,  who  died  young. 
He  did  much  business,  and  was  a  quiet,  peaceable,  good- 
hearted  man.  She  married  for  her  second  husband  Dr. 
David  E.  Hall,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  David,  D.  D.,  son  of 
Joseph,  son  of  John,  who  came  from  Coventry,  England, 
about  1630.  Family  tradition  says  his  brother,  the  husband 
of  Mary,  the  father  of  John,  father  of  Deacon  Percival,  came 
with  him  and  settled  at  Mystic,  now  Medford.  Dr.  David 
E.  Hall  was  born  in  the  house  where  Esq.  Mills  now  lives, 
Nov.  14,  1791.  He  married  Mrs.  Nancy  P.  Tenney  Dec.  2, 
1857,  and  died  in  this  house  very  suddenly,  January  24, 
1872.  He  studied  the  languages  with  his  father,  Master 
Joseph  Hall,  entered  the  medical  department  of  Yale  college, 
and  received  his  diploma  and  recommendation  from  the  late 
renowned  professor,  Dr.  Nathan  Smith  of  that  institution. 
After  which  he  practiced  medicine  in  New  Boston,  Ct.,  then 
at  Westfield,  now  Danielsonville,  where  he  was  well  patron- 
ized and  much  respected.  He  married  a  Miss  Summer  and 
had  one  daughter,  Miss  Sarah  S.  Hall,  who  is  an  accomplished 
lady.  She  is  well  educated  and  a  very  fine  artist ;  is  con- 
stantly employed,  and  makes  portraits  a  specialty.  Dr. 
Hall  was  one  of  the  most  genial  and  companionable  of  men, 
scholarly,  gentlemanly,  a  good  story-teller,  and  always 
entertaining  and  instructive  in  conversation.  Many  of  his 


288  HOMES    OF    THE 

pithy  anecdotes  will  be  long  remembered.  Both  himself, 
wife  and  daughter  were  members  of  the  Congregational 
church. 

Between  these  two  houses  once  stood  the  law  office  of 
Jonas  L.  Sibley.  It  was  formerly  a  school-house  and  located 
where  the  school-house  now  stands.  It  has  since  been 
moved  and  made  into  a  dwelling-house,  now  owned  and 
occupied  by  Estes  Putnam. 

Esquire  Sibley  had  several  students  in  this  office,  among 
them  were  C.  C.  Baldwin,  C.  White,  a  Mr.  Livermore,  now 
of  Cambridge,  Esquire  F.  Botham,  now  of  Southbridge, 
Edward  Clarke  and  others.  Dr.  D.  March  had  an  office  in 
the  same  building,  containing  many 'anatomical  preparations. 

There  used  to  be  a  barn  connected  with  the  old  house,  in 
which  D.  A.  Tenney  and  J.  P.  Putnam  kept  a  livery  stable, 
which  was  well  patronized  when  one  could  stand  and  see 
fifty  or  more  young  shoemakers  playing  ball  on  the  common 
after  finishing  their  work  for  the  day. 

Here  are  the  old  sheds,  erected  long  ago  by  the  fathers  who  worshipped  in 
the  old  church.  They  have  been  cursed  and  threatened  with  destruction  by 
many,  yet  they  have  been  a  humane  institution,  inasmuch  as  they  have  given 
grateful  shelter  to  many  a  poor  tired  nag ;  keeping  him  dry  from  the  storm  or 
shading  him  from  the  burning  rays  of  the  sun.  Three  or  four  generations, 
now  sleeping  in  their  graves,  have  tied  their  horses  to  the  same  hooks ;  and 
many  of  the  pretty  girls  who  were  courted  by  our  forefathers  have  watched 
and  waited  before  them  for  the  horse,  the  beau  and  the  pillion  behind  him,  on 
which  she  was  to  ride  to  her  home ;  and,  even  now,  succeeding  belles  every 
Sunday  "  wait  for  the  wagon"  to  take  them  home.  On  these  same  sheds  on 
which  we  look,  our  grandmother  and  her  mother  looked,  who  will  never  look 
again.  Let  the  old  sheds  be  respected  for  their  antiquity  and  the  memories 
of  the  past  which  they  recall. 

The  next  house  east  of  the  sheds  was  built  by  Miss 
Lucena  Woodbury  in  1843.  Win.  E.  Cole  was  the  carpen- 
ter. Mr.  Gardner  Hall  lived  in  this  house  several  years.  A 
little  daughter  born  June  23,  1851,  died  there  in  his  arms, 
June  15,  1852.  Mr.  John  Woodbury,  a  most  conscientious 
and  kind-hearted  man,  died  very  suddenly  in  this  house  June 
22,  1847.  Miss  Woodbury  built  on  the  low  part  of  this 
house  in  1855.  Rev.  Daniel  Babcock,  who  married  a 
daughter  of  John  Parkman,  was  the  carpenter.  It  was  used 
as  a  parsonage  for  the  Methodist  church,  and  was  occupied 


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TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  291 

by  Revs.  Rodney  Gage,  N.  S.  Spanieling,  William  Clapp, 
J.  J.  Woodbury,  Brown,  and  C.  S.  Macreading — the  two 
latter  boarding  with  Miss  Woodbury.  Miss  W.  was  very 
liberal  and  gave  freely  to  the  church.  She  went  from  here 
to  live  with  her  nephew  in  Ohio. 

It  cannot  be  ascertained  who  built  the  first  house  opposite 
the  above.  Mrs.  Sibley  says  that  the  Hon.  Jonas  Sibley 
lived  there  when  he  was  first  married.  He  was  succeeded 
by  Dr.  Carter,  who  lived  there  and  kept  school.  He  after- 
ward went  to  Maine,  then  almost  an  unknown  wilderness,  his 
wife  remarking  as  they  left  that  ' '  It  was  better  to  be  the 
head  of  a  mouse  than  the  tail  of  a  lion."  Dr.  Carter  became 
quite  distinguished  there.  Russell  Buckman  lived  there 
several  years.  Estes  Howe,  Esq.,  then  bought  the  place, 
and  built  the  front  part  of  the  house  now  standing ;  he  also 
repaired  and  much  improved  the  old  part.  The  rooms  were 
made  high-studded  and  spacious  and  were  considered  very 
nice  at  the  time.  Simeon  Hathaway  was  the  carpenter,  and 
it  is  said  Esq.  Howe  paid  him  for  the  entire  job  in  legal 
services.  Howe  was  a  thick-set,  portly  gentleman,  and  a 
lawyer  of  more  than  ordinary  ability.  He  went  to  Worces- 
ter, thence  to  New  York,  where  he  became  a  judge. 

Jacob  March  and  his  brother  Dr.  David  owned  it,  and  kept 
tavern  there  some  time.  Dr.  Stephen  Monroe,  their  father- 
in-law,  was  found  dead,  sitting  in  one  chair  with  his  feet  in 
another,  on  the  morning  of  Sept.  10,  1826. 

Dr.  David  March  was  a  dark  complexioned,  sedate  man, 
of  sober,  quiet  mien,  quite  becoming  the  office  of  deacon 
which  he  held.  His  wife  was  one  of  the  best  of  women. 

The  next  owner  was  the  Rev.  John  Maltby,  a  man  of  fine 
personal  appearance,  and  a  most  eloquent  preacher.  The 
new  church  was  built  during  his  ministry,  and  he  filled  it  so 
that  new  side-galleries  were  proposed  to  accommodate  his 
hearers.  The  place  was  next  owned  by  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy, 
one  of  the  compilers  of  this  history,  a  man  much  beloved 
and  respected  by  the  people  of  his  church  and  the  town. 
His  wife  was  a  modest,  unassuming  Christian  lady  and 
greatly  beloved.  Mr.  Tracy  sold  the  place  to  Mr.  Elijah 


292  HOMES    OF    THE 

Billiard,  a  very  worthy  man,  who  died  here,  and  the  place 
now  belongs  to  his  heirs  and  assignees. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  M.  M.  Hovey  is 
said  to  have  been  built  for,  and  occupied  by,  the  Rev.  John 
McKinstry,  who  was  ordained  and  installed  first  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  church,  Nov.  9,  1720,  and  dismissed 
Sept.  2,  1728.  The  place  was  afterward  owned  by  Dr. 
Benjamin  Morse,  who  joined  the  same  church  in  1741,  and 
was  seventh  deacon  in  1761.  He  was  a  very  prominent  man 
in  town,  and  town  clerk  several  years,  as  our  list  of  officers 
shows.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  sons.  Ezekiel  Morse 
conveyed  it  to  Caleb  and  Tyler  Marsh,  March  2,  1799.  It 
was  conveyed  by  Mr.  Joseph  Hall,  son  of  Deacon  Willis 
Hall,  to  Daniel  Hovey,  May  27,  1811.  Mr.  H.  was  a  very 
enterprising  business  man.  He  married  for  second  wife, 
Nov.  10,  1813,  Miss  Susan  Jacobs,  one  of  the  most  worthy 
of  women.  He  was  born  Oct.  29,  1778,  and  died  here  Jan. 
10,  1839.  She  was  born  Dec.  15,  1793;  died  March  25, 
1850.  Their  children  were  all  born  in  this  house.  John  is 
now  a  wealthy  planter  and  merchant  in  Virginia.  Susan,  a 
fine  young  lady,  died  single.  Daniel  Tyler  went  to  college 
at  Amherst,  studied  medicine,  then  went  to  California  and 
returned  as  far  as  New  York,  where  he  died  unmarried. 
He  was  engaged  to  Miss  Lydia  Bishop,  sister  of  Dr.  Bishop 
now  of  Worcester.  She  taught  school  here  and  was  a  very 
fine  lady.  She  afterward  married  a  Lanman  and  died  at 
Norwich,  Connecticut.  M.  M.  Hovey,  the  present  owner,  is 
too  well  known  to  need  comment.  He  has  been  largely 
engaged  in  the  wood  and  lumber  business,  in  which  he  is 
presumed  to  have  accumulated  a  respectable  fortune.  He 
has  run  a  saw-mill  for  several  years,  principally  on  his  own 
lumber ;  he  has  cleared  much  woodland  and  is  now  a  large 
landholder.  He  has  one  of  the  best  cultivated  farms  in 
town,  and  some  of  the  best  stock.  He  has  also  a  store  in 
Greenville,  South  Carolina,  where  he  is  doing  an  extensive 
dry  goods  business  under  the  name  and  firm  of  Hovey  and 
Town.  He  has  been  our  representative  in  the  legislature, 
and  held  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  His  wife  is  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Leonard  Pierce. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  293 

His  brother  William  was  engaged  in  trade  in  South  Caro- 
lina for  several  years,  and  was  worth  more  than  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  before  the  war ;  but  lost  heavily  by  that 
unfortunate  aifair ;  so  to  regain  his  fortune  he  started  stores 
in  different  places,  over  did,  became  insane,  came  home  and 
soon  after  died  in  the  asylum  at  Worcester. 

Erastus  Franklin  went  into  the  flax  business  somewhere 
in  the  State  of  New  York ;  was  burnt  out  and  lost  every- 
thing. He  is  now  doing  business  in  Philadelphia.  Mary 
Elizabeth  was  born  Sept.  17,  1829.  She  married  Colonel 
Asa  H.  Waters,  June  27,  1849.  They  live  in  Millbury. 
He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  studied  law,  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Massachusetts  senate,  and  held  many  other  offices 
of  honor  and  trust.  He  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  guns,  also  in  manufacturing  cotton  and  woollen  goods. 
He  has  three  daughters,  Isabel  H.,  Lilian  H.,  and  Florence 
E.  Lilian  married  Professor  Grosvenor  of  Roberts  College 
in  Constantinople.  The  Colonel  with  his  wife  and  daughters 
have  visited  her  there,  remaining  some  two  years.  M.  M. 
Hovey's  first  wife  was  Louisa  L.  Sabin  of  Plainfield,  Conn. 
She  died  here  Sept.  24,  1860.  The  north  part  of  the  house 
was  built  by  the  present  owner,  wfyo  has  much  improved 
every^part  of  the  place,  and  bought  on  much  land. 

We  find  the  following  brief  biographical  sketch  of  Deacon 
Benjamin  Morse,  M.  D.,  in  the  Worcester  Spy,  May  10, 
1776.  It  is  dated  Sutton,  April  6th. 

Last  Thursday  died  Deacon  Benjamin  Morse,  M.  D.,  of  this  town,  in  the 
sixty-second  year  of  his  age.  Very  few  persons  have  passed  so  many  years 
with  more  reputation  to  himself  and  usefulness  to  others.  His  private  and 
public  conduct  in  life  merit  general  applause.  Sensible  of  the  particular  obli- 
gations resulting  from  private  connections,  he  was  led  to  show  himself  the 
kind  husband,  tender  parent,  obliging  neighbor,  social  and  sincere  friend.  He 
evinced  his  piety  toward  God  and  benevolence  to  men  in  action,  the  genuine 
offspring  of  those  noble  principles.  Well  esteemed  in  the  church  of  God  — 
as  a  physician,  eminent  and  -useful.  For  months  a  disorder  of  a  nervous 
kindj attended 'him;  which  he  was  convinced  would  close  the  scene  of  life. 
In  much  Christian  patience  and  submission  he  awaited  the  event.  His 
removal  is,  to  the  mourning  family,  town  and  church,  a  deep  felt  loss ;  though 
doubtless  gain  to  him. 

Among  God's  saints  he  sang  surprising  grace; 

Met  death  with  joy  and  closed  his  eyes  in  peace. 
The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed. — Solomon. 


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HOMES    OF   THE 


It  is  not  known  who  first  settled  on  the  place  opposite  the 
above.  The  tavern,  so  far  as  can  be  learned,  was  first  kept 
by  a  Mr.  Hale,  and  his  hostler  was  David  Dudley,  of  whom 
mention  has  been  made.  John  Safford,  who  married  a 
Hayden  and  afterward  lived  in  Newburyport,  boarded  there. 
It  is  said  that  some  returned  soldiers  called  at  Hale's  tavern 


RESIDENCE    OF    MRS.    MARY    L.    B.    PIERCE    AND    THEODORE    E. 

PUTNAM. 

and  paid  thirty  dollars  for  a  mug  of  "flip."  It  was  undoubt- 
edly known  as  Hale's  tavern  after  he  left.  It  is  also  said 
that  Lazarus  LeBaron  bought  the  place  of  Capt.  Nathaniel 
Sibley  (son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  John) ,  Jan. 
10,  1777,  and  paid  for  it  in  continental  money.  Mr.  LeBaron 
came  here  from  Boston  about  1774.  He  had  been  a  merchant 
there,  and  married  Susan  Johannot  and  had  one  daughter. 
His  first  wife  died  in  Boston.  He  was  thrice  married  after 
he  came  to  Sutton,  and  had  one  daughter,  Hannah,  who 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  295 

married  Capt.  Israel  Putnam.  The  place  descended  to  her, 
and  now  belongs  to  her  heirs,  the  present  owners  and  occu- 
pants. Capt.  Israel  Putnam  had  a  large  family,  of  whom 
mention  was  made  at  the  place  of  his  birth  in  district  number 
one. 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  B.  Pierce  is  the  present  owner  and  occu- 
pant. Her  brother,  Mr.  Theodore  Putnam,  now  has  charge 
of  the  farm  and  keeps  it  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation.  He 
has  a  fine  stock  of  cattle,  and  prepares  most  of  his  own 
fertilizers,  coating  his  pastures  and  mowing  lots  liberally 
with  plaster. 

Mr.  LeBaron  commenced  keeping  tavern  in  an  old  house 
which  was  standing  when  he  bought  the  place.  He  built  the 
present  large  and  commodious  house  about  1794.  His 
tavern  was  considered  the  most  popular  house  between 
Boston  and  Hartford,  and  was  constantly  thronged  by 
visitors.  He  used  to  mention  among  the  distinguished 
guests  he  had  entertained,  Gen.  LaFayette,  Gov.  John 
Hancock,  Major  Paul  Jones,  Gen.  Putnam  and  others.  He 
kept  a  store  and  did  quite  an  extensive  business.  He  also 
manufactured  potash.  The  ashery  stood  a  little  east  of  the 
store. 

Tradition  has  handed  down  the  following  amusing  anec- 
dote : 

He  closed  his  store  one  day  and  left,  taking  the  key  with  him.  Soon  after  a 
customer  came  for  something,  but  could  not  get  in ;  so  his  daughter,  a  heavy, 
buxom  girl,  said  she  could  get  in  and  get  what  he  wanted.  She  placed  a 
ladder  under  the  attic  window,  and  went  in.  From  the  attic  she  had  to 
descend  into  the  store  through  a  trap  door,  directly  under  which  stood  a  hogs- 
head of  molasses  on  one  end ;  so  she  jumped  through  the  scuttle  upon  the 
upper  head  of  the  hogshead,  when  it  gave  way,  and  let  her  into  a  pool  sweeter 
than  any  in  which  she  had  ever  before  been  immersed.  Whether  she  waited 
on  the  customer,  tradition  saith  not. 

Mr.  Le  Baron  was  aristocratic,  yet  cheerful,  jovial  and 
familiar  with  his  customers.  He  wore  his  small  clothes  a  la- 
the  regulation  suit  ordered  for  Queen  Victoria's  receptions  ; 
breeches  of  fine  cloth  with  silver  knee  buckles,  long  stock- 
ings and  silver  shoe  buckles.  He  also  wore  a  cocked  hat. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  wealth  and  high  standing.  He  and 
his  three  wives  died  here ;  also  Capt.  Putnam  and  his  good 


296  HOMES    OF  THE 

wife,  Dr.  N.  C.  Sibley  aiid  his  son,  Le  Baron  Putnam, 
Caroline  Gerrish,  Miss  Caroline  Hull  and  others.  Incidents 
enough  to  fill  the  history  might  be  gathered  in  connection 
with  this  place,  but  we  must  save  the  space  for  others. 

The  building  once  used  as  a  store  by  Mr.  Le  Baron  was 
moved  down  just  opposite  Mr.  Hovey's  farmer's  house 
and  used  many  years  as  a  tenement  house.  Three  or  four 
tailors  lived  in  it.  John  Shea  lived  there  several  years, 
Alanson  Titus,  who  worked  for  Capt  Putnam  more  than 
thirty  years  ;  besides  other  families.  It  was  taken  down  in 
1875.  ' 

The  house  belonging  to  M.  M.  Hovey,  standing  opposite, 
was  built  by  him  and  has  been  occupied  mostly  by  his  own 
workmen,  among  them  Palmer  Sibley,  Thomas  Marlboro, 
Obed  P.  Johnson  and  others. 

The  next  house  below  was  built  by  N.  G.  King  and  first 
occupied  by  F.  M.  Marble  and  George  Hastings.  It  has 
since  been  owned  by  Jason  Dudley,  and  is  now  owned  by 
L.  C.  Howard.  It  has  since  been  used  as  a  tenement  house 
by  many  different  families. 

The  small  house  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  was  originally  built 
by  Estes  Howe,  Esq.,  and  used  by  him  as  an  office.  N.  G. 
King  bought  it  of  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy,  moved  it  and  fitted  it 
up  as  a  tenement  for  his  mother,  who  died  there  January  20, 
1857.  She  was  daughter  of  Dr.  N.  F.  Morse,  and  a  very 
worthy  woman. 

The  house  has  since  been  occupied  by  several  of  Mr. 
King's  workmen.  It  is  now  used  by  him  as  a  store-house. 

The  next  place  was  first  owned  by  Deacon  John  Morse, 
who,  it  is  supposed,  built  the  house.  It  has  since  been 
owned  by  Christopher  Nason,  Jacob  March,  N.  G.  King  and 
George  S.  King,  the  present  owner.  Mr.  Nason  was  a  tanner 
and  currier,  and  carried  on  that  business  in  the  old  tannery 
near  this  place.  Deacon  Morse  was  son  of  Dr.  N.  F.  Morse, 
and  was  quite  a  prominent  man,  especially  in  the  church, 
but  he  went  west  and  somewhat  changed  his  views,  and 
published  some  severe  things  concerning  the  Andover  theo- 
logical seminary. 


TOWN  or  BUTTON.  297 

X.  G.  King  married  Eveline,  daughter  of  Samuel  Morse. 
She  had  three  daughters  and  one  son  born  here,  and  died  in 
this  house.  One  of  their  daughters,  now  Mrs.  Hastings,  is 
u  well  educated  lady,  and  was  at  one  time  assistant  teacher  in 
Leicester  academy.  She  was  the  third  wife  of  Mr.  Frederick 
H.  Hastings,  her  sister  Laviuia  having  been  his  second. 
Her  sister  Eveline  married  Fred.  A.  Stockwell,  and  now 
lives  in  Webster. 

Mr.  X.  G.  King  was  a  shoe  manufacturer  on  this  place 
for  some  time,  doing  quite  an  extensive  business,  giving 
employment  to  many  different  men,  and  as  already  stated, 
he  kept  store  awhile  in  the  brick  block,  and  was  at  one  time 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  friction  matches. 

George  S.  King,  the  present  owner  and  occupant,  enlisted 
during  the  war  and  was  a  good  soldier.  He  is  a  boot  and 
shoe  maker  by  trade,  but  has  given  much  attention  of  late  to 
growing  early  vegetables  for  the  market,  and  been  quite 
successful.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Emory  Howard  ; 
they  have  two  children. 

It  is  not  known  who  built  the  next  house.  Mr.  Putnam 
reports  as  owners,  first  a  Mr.  Towne.  It  was  afterward 
owned  by  Capt.  Moody  Morse,  who  held  a  commission  under 
the  English  crown.  He  came  from  Xewbury.  It  has  since 
been  owned  by  Dr.  Nathaniel  F.  Morse,  Deacon  John  Morse, 
Deacon  Sylvester  Morse,  Deacon  S.  B.  King  and  N.  G. 
King,  Jason  Dudley,  and  now  by  George  S.  King.  Many 
other  families  have  lived  in  this  house,  and  it  was  last  used 
by  X.  G.  King  as  a  shoe  shop,  when  it  was  burned,  contain- 
ing many  shoes,  stock  and  valuable  machinery  and  tools  for 
the  manufacture  of  shoes.  The  barn,  which  once  stood 
opposite,  was  struck  by  lightning  in  hay-time  and  burned. 
A  young  man  by  the  name  of  Rice,  who  was  at  work  on  the 
farm,  went  into  the  barn  for  shelter  from  the  rain,  and  was 
killed.  He  was  the  son  of  a  widow,  then  living  inMillbury. 
She  afterward  married  the  father  of  the  celebrated  John  B. 
Gough. 

Rice's  brother  was  at  one  time  the  partner  of  Deacon  N. 
Goddard,  shoe  manufacturer  at  Millbury ;  firm  name  God- 
dard  and  Rice. 

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298  HOMES    OF   THE 

Dr.  N.  F.  Morse  was  much  respected  as  a  man  and  a 
physician,  and  had  considerable  practice,  although  there 
were  three  or  four  other  doctors  in  this  school  district.  He 
used  the  by-word  "  by  guy"  so  frequently,  that  he  was  often 
called  "  Dr.  Guy  Morse." 

Deacon  Sylvester  Morse  was  a  very  fine  man ;  he  married 
a  sister  of  Deacon  Jonathan  Leland  and  had  two  sons,  and 
one  daughter,  who  is  the  wife  of  George  Hastings. 

He  was  born  here  and  probably  died  in  the  house  where 
George  King  now  lives.  His  sons  were  Sylvester,  now 
living  in  Whitinsville,  and  Edward,  a  physician  somewhere 
in  the  west.  Dr.  Morse's  son  Nathaniel  has  already  been 
referred  to  as  drowned  at  Wilkinsonville. 

The  old  tannery  since  used  as  a  shoe  shop  was  also  burned 
on  this  place.  The  date  of  these  fires  cannot  be  given.  The 
old  bark  mill  is  now  used  as  a  barn  by  Mr.  King. 

This  is  the  last  house  on  the  great  road  in  district  number 
four. 

The  first  house  north  of  the  brick  store  was  built  by 
E.  A.  Dudley,  ,son  of  Jonathan,  son  of  Jonathan,  son  of 
Jonathan,  son  of  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel.  He  went  to 
Minnesota,  where  he  lived  a  few  years.  He  now  resides  in 
Norwich,  Ct.  He  married  Elizabeth  Howard,  daughter  of 
Jonathan.  The  place  has  since  been  owned  by  Elijah  Sibley, 
son  of  Daniel,  son  of  Daniel,  son  of  Elijah,  son  of  William, 
son  of  Joseph,  son  of  John.  Mr.  Sibley  worked  at  cutting 
sole  leather  several  years  for  Mr.  Woodbury ;  he  now  lives 
on  Green  street  in  Worcester.  He  was  associated  with 
W.  F.  Pond  in  war  time,  and  kept  an  eating  house  at  Camp 
Nelson,  Ky.,  where  they  fed  sometimes  as  many  as  three 
thousand  soldiers,  employes,  etc.,  in  one  day. 

The  next  owner  was  Franklin  Sibley,  son  of  Almon,  son 
of  Elijah,  son  of  Elijah,  son  of  William.  He  now  lives  at 
West  Sutton  and  carries  the  mail.  He  traded  it  to  John 
Rich,  son  of  George,  son  of  John,  son  of  Samuel ;  he  now 
lives  in  Millbury.  He  sold  the  place  to  M.  M.  Hovey. 
Several  tenants  lived  in  it  before  he  sold  to  the  present 
owner,  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy,  who  has  so  enlarged  and  improved 
the  house  that  it  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  in  the  place. 


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Mr.  Tracy  married  for  his  second  wife  Miss  Harriet  March, 
daughter  of  Jacob,  jr.,  a  native  of  this  district.  Miss  March 
was  the  first  person  received  into  the  church  by  profession 
after  the  commencement  of  Mr.  Tracy's  ministry  in  1835. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  John  C.  Woodbury,  son  of 
John,  son  of  John,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  Deacon  Benjamin, 
about  1854.  He  soon  after  left  and  went  to  Minnesota, 
where  he  lived  several  years.  He  was  finally  gored  by  an 
enraged  bull  so  that  he  died  soon  after.  He  married  Maria 
Sibley,  daughter  of  Simeon,  son  of  Abner.  She  died  at 
Anoka,  Minnesota.  Mr.  Gardner  Hall  occupied  the  house 
in  1856.  In  1857  it  was  sold  to  Mrs.  Pomeroy  Peck,  who 
sold  to  Mrs.  Rich,  the  present  owner.  She  was  the  wife  of 
George  Rich  and  daughter  of  Capt.  Chandler  Stockwell,  the 
son  of  Eli.  She  now  occupies  it  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Marsh. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Capt.  Luther  Little  was  built  by 
Deacon  S.  B.  King  in  1835  ;  he  is  son  of  Tarrant,  son  of 
John,  son  of  Jonathan,  son  of  John,  son  of  William.  He 
has  held  the  office  of  deacon  of  the  first  Congregational 
church  for  thirty  years.  He  sold  the  place  to  Capt.  Luther 
Little,  son  of  Capt.  Little  already  mentioned  in  connection 
with  the  place  where  Frank  Batcheller  now  lives  ;  they  were 
both  sea-captains  commanding  whalers.  Capt.  Little  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  the  Congregational  church.  They 
have  one  daughter.  It  was  in  this  house  that  old  lady  Whit- 
ing was  burned.  The  land  belonging  to  the  place  was  taken 
from  the  Whiting  farm,  and  the  valuable  orchard  was  planted, 
grafted,  trimmed  and  cared  for  by  the  good  deacon. 

The  next  house  opposite  was  built  by  L.  C.  Howard  since 
1842  and  sold  to  I.  A.  Dodge  in  1876.  Mr.  Howard  had  a 
large  shop  and  store  in  connection  with  this  place,  where  he 
manufactured  boots  and  shoes  for  several  years,  and  kept  a 
country  store.  The  building  has  since  been  moved  and  fitted 
up  as  a  dwelling,  where  he  now  lives.  His  barn  at  the  new 
place  was  once  occupied  by  Elder  W.  Fuller,  or  in  other 
words,  was  the  Fuller  meeting-house.  He  married  Miss  E. 
Anthony,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Anthony,  late  of  Providence, 


300  HOMES    OF    THE 

R.  I.     She  is  a  fine  singer,  and  has  been  the  leading  soprano 
of  the  choir  in  the  Congregational  church  several  years. 

The  nice  cottage  opposite  to  Mr.  Dodge's  was  built  by  Mr. 
Joseph  H.  Nason,  who  sold  it  to  George  Miller,  who  occu- 
pied it  two  or  three  years,  and  sold  it  back  to  Mr.  Xasou, 
the  present  owner  and  occupant,  who  married  Miss  Mary  T. 
Fuller,  adopted  daughter  of  Deacon  S.  B.  King ;  they  have 
one  son,  Edward  Summer. 

The  next  house  is  the  parsonage  built  by  M.  M.  Hovey 
and  J.  C.  Woodbury  for  the  society.  It  was  first  occupied 
by  Rev.  George  Lyman,  then  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Fellows,  next 
Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy.  The  barn  was  built  for  him.  It  is  now 
occupied  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Benedict. 

Just  back  of  this  house  stands  what  is  known  as  the 
"  Ocean  House,"  brought  there  from  district  number  one  by 
Simon  J.  Woodbury,  as  already  explained.  It  is  now  the 
residence  of  William  E.  Cole,  who  has  recently  moved  there 
from  the  Cummings  place. 

The  next  house  beyond  the  parsonage  was  built  by  F.  F. 
Sibley,  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Peter,  and  by  him  left  to  his 
wife,  who  sold  to  Mr.  Reuben  Leland,  the  present  owner. 
Dr.  James  M.  Newell,  a  very  successful  physician,  lived 
here;  he  married  Miss  Fannie  Bates,  who  taught  school 
several  terms  in  town,  and  is  now  Mrs.  Pound,  living  in  the 
west. 

The  place  has  also  been  occupied  by  Dr.  Alonzo  L.  Stick- 
ney,  who  married  Lizzie  A.  Hill,  daughter  of  James  D. 
Hill,  Nov.  6,  1867  ;  and  is  now  practising  with  good  suc- 
cess at  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Major  Daniel  Tenney  for  his 
son  Simon,  about  1827.  It  was  made  of  eastern  lumber, 
and  Esq.  Tenney  ordered  the  carpenter  who  finished  up  the 
inside  not  to  put  a  board  into  it  that  had  a  knot  in  it.  It 
was,  when  first  built,  considered  a  very  fine  house.  Mr. 
Simon  Tenney  occupied  it  until  1842,  when  he  moved  into 
the  brick  house.  Both  of  his  children,  Daniel  and  George, 
were  born  here.  It  was  next  occupied  by  Mr.  Linus  Tenney, 
one  of  the  best  mechanics  of  his  age.  He  died  here  June  4, 
1854,  aged  forty-nine.  Mr.  G.  Hall  lived  in  a  part  of  this 


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house  with  him  in  1842,  and  here  his  son,  John  G.  Hall, 
who  now  lives  in  Miamiville,  Ohio,  was  born.  He  served  his 
country  three  years  to  help  put  down  the  rebellion.  He  is 
quite  a  musician,  teaches  music  and  is  styled  Professor  Hall. 

The  place  has  since  been  owned  by  D.  A.  Tenney,  whose 
father  came  to  live  with  him,  and  died  here  April  19,  1860, 
aged  eighty-six.  It  was  next  owned  by  Rev.  Fred.  Kuapp, 
who  taught  a  select  school  and  was  engaged  in  the  cranberry 
culture  with  President  Hill,  Fred.  L.  Olmstead  and  the 
Stockwells ;  he  now  resides  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts. 

It  was  next  owned  by  D.  T.  Thurston,  Esq.,  who  was 
town  clerk.  He  died  suddenly  in  his  barn,  Aug.  9,  1875, 
while  unharnessing  his  horse.  He  had  been  a  merchant  for 
several  years  in  various  places.  He  lived  for  a  time  in  Bal- 
timore, also  in  Southbridge,  Massachusetts.  He  served  as 
paymaster  in  the  United  States  service  during  the  rebellion. 
He  was  born  in  Oxford  and  was  buried  there.  He  had  two 
wives  but  no  children.  His  loss  was  much  lamented  by  the 
people  of  Silt-ton.  The  place  is  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  Lieutenant  Obed  P.  Johnson,  a  native  of  Sharon,  Mass. 
He  served  in  the  union  army  during  the  rebellion,  and  is  an 
intelligent  and  worthy  man.  He  has  three  children,  two 
sons  and  a  daughter,  Mary,  who  graduated  at  the  Sutton 
high  school,  and  is  now  the  wife  of  B.  F.  King. 

This  house  was  built  on  the  site  where  once  stood  a  house 
erected  by  Samuel  Dagget,  whose  daughters  Rebeckah  and 
Hannah  were  born  here.  All  the  houses  between  this  and 
the  brick  block  have  been  built  since  1802. 

The  next  house,  once  a  store  and  bar-room,  was  moved 
from  the  Whiting  place  and  made  into  a  tenement  by  Patrick 
Marlow.  It  now  belongs  to  James  Malhoit. 

The  next  house  was  known  as  the  Gould  house  :  old  Mr. 
Gould  lived  there.  It  was  owned  many  years  by  D.  Tenney, 
Esq.,  and  was  enlarged  by  S.  Tenney  &  Co.,  about  1840, 
for  D.  A.  Tenney,  who  lived  there  several  years;  some  of 
his  children  were  born  here.  He  married  a  Marcy. 

George  Fairbanks  bought  it  and  lived  there  awhile.  It 
now  belongs  to  Loren  Hoyle,  who  married  a  Mascroft,  and 


302  HOMES  or  THE 

has  several  daughters  and  one  sou.  He  enlisted  in  the  noted 
fifteenth  Massachusetts  regiment,  and  served  his  country 
faithfully  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 

The  place  opposite  was  owned  by  Ebenezer  Dagget,  after- 
ward by  Daniel  and  Simon  Tenney,  Major  Daniel  Tenney, 
then  by  Luther  Wheelock,  who  sold  the  house  and  a  part 
of  the  land  to  Asahel  Newton,  and  the  barn  and  the  rest  of 
the  land  to  William  Perry,  who  are  the  present  owners  of 
the  Tenney  farm.  Daniel  Tenuey,  sen.,  did  not  live  here; 
but  owned  the  place  with  his  only  son,  Simon,  who  occupied 
it  until  his  death.  He  died  here  Aug.  14,  1838,  aged  ninety- 
two.  Sarah,  his  wife,  died  here  Aug.  22,  1830,  aged  seventy- 
seven.  Daniel  Tenney,  Esq.,  their  only  child,  born  on  the 
Henry  Sibley  Stockwell  place  in  1774,  succeeded  his  father 
and  died  in  the  Simon  Tenney  house  April  19,  1860,  aged 
eighty-six.  He  married  Betsey  Waters,  who  died  here  Aug. 
16,  1851,  aged  seventy-five.  All  of  Esq.  Tenney's  children 
were  born  here ;  five  sons  and  two  daughters.  John  Tenney 
graduated  at  Brown  University  and  was  a  skilled  physician. 
He  practised  here,  and  afterward  at  Webster,  where  he  was 
greatly  respected  and  did  much  to  improve  their  schools. 
He  married  a  Miss  Fisher,  an  educated  lady  of  fine  personal 
appearance  and  Christian  deportment.  They  had  one  son, 
Edward,  who  now  resides  in  Iowa.  Simon  Tenney  was  a 
carriage-maker.  He  carried  on  the  business  here  with  his 
father  for  several  years,  then  went  into  trade,  built  the 
brick  store, 'and  died  in  the  house  where  his  wife,  now  Mrs. 
Dr.  Hall,  lives,  June  11,  1856,  aged  fifty-six.  He  married 
Nancy  Putnam,  daughter  of  Archelaus,  son  of  Archelaus, 
son  of  Edward,  son  of  Deacon  Edward,  son  of  Thomas. 
They  had  two  sons.  Linus  has  already  been  spoken  of  at  the 
place  of  his  last  residence.  He  married  Sally  Elwell, 
daughter  of  Mark  Elwell,  late  of  Dudley.  She  died  Sept. 
19,  1865,  aged  fifty-nine,  and  left  two  sons,  Charles  L.  and 
James.  Sarah  married  Edmund  J.  Mills  and  will  be  noticed 
in  connection  with  him. 

Daniel  Austin  was  a  natural  mechanic,  and  a  wit  whose 
sayings  would  make  a  book  to  entertain  a  dyspeptic  and 
drive  away  the  blues;  but,  alas!  they  were  not  recorded, 


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"so,"  says  Mr.  Hall,  "I  will  only  say  to  those  who  knew 
him,  revive  your  recollections,  and  laugh  anew  at  the  fun 
you  enjoyed  while  listening  to  his  entertaining  sallies." 

B.  F.  Tenney  was  for  several  years  a  merchant  in  Boston. 
His  store  was  at  the  corner  of  Hanover  and  Blackstone 
streets.  He  had  for  a  partner  there  Amos  Tenney,  one  of 
the  best  salesmen  in  the  city.  The  firm  name  was  B.  F.  & 
A.  Tenney.  They  sold  dry  goods  at  wholesale  and  retail. 
He  is  now  a  broker. 

Their  youngest  daughter,  Nancy,  was  one  of  the  four  young 
ladies  who  were  drowned  in  Singletary  pond,  May  29,  1826  ; 
their  names  and  ages  were  as  follows :  Mary  H.  Marble, 
aged  twenty-three ;  Hannah  G.  Marble,  twenty-two;  Ade- 
line M.  Lombard,  aged  seventeen  ;  Nancy  Tenney,  aged  four- 
teen. Their  untimely  end  caused  great  sorrow  in  town,  for 
they  were  young  ladies  well  connected,  and  much  beloved 
by  all  who  knew  them. 

Major  Daniel  Tenney  was  a  large,  fine  looking  man,  and 
did  a  large  amount  of  business.  Almost  everything  desired 
was  made  in  their  two  spacious,  shops  —  carriages,  from  a 
hack  to  a  baby-cart  or  wheel-barrow  ;  cider-mill  screws,  all 
kinds  of  household  furniture,  side-boards,  sofas,  lounges 
and  chairs  of  every  variety. 

They  employed  many  journeymen  and  apprentices  ;  among 
the  latter  were  Jonathan  Sibley,  Zadock  Woodbury,  Sylves- 
ter Morse,  John  Humphrey,  Aaron  Burdon,  Jonathan 
Howard,  Adams  Morse  and  others.  Charles  DeCoster,  a 
fine  cabinet-maker,  worked  here ;  he  came  from  Charles- 
town.  A  sculptor  by  the  name  of  Peck,  made  gravestones 
here  for  a  while.  S.  Putney  painted  carriages.  Major 
Tenney  was  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  did 
much  business  as  such.  He  was  trial  justice,  a  conveyancer, 
and  probably  wrote  more  deeds  than  any  other  man  in  town. 
He  was  also  a  civil  engineer,  and  did  much  business  as  a 
surveyor  both  in  and  out  of  town.  He  was  the  possessor  of 
much  real  estate,  and,  with  his  son  B.  F.  at  one  time  owned 
the  Singletary  factory,  now  Wheeler's  in  Millbury.  He  was 
a  freemason  of  the  highest  order  in  the  state  ;  was  town 
clerk  several  years,  and  quite  improved  the  method  of  keep- 


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ing  the  records.  He  was  very  methodical,  and  kept  all  his 
papers  tiled,  so  that  he  could  find  any  document  called  for 
directly.  He  even  left  a  file  of  the  Massachusetts  Spy  for 
some  seventy-five  years,  which  his  son,  D.  A.  Tenney,  after- 
ward sold  to  an  institution  in  Worcester. 

Mr.  Newton,  the  present  owner,  is  a  blacksmith  and  one 
of  our  most  industrious  and  worthy  men.  He  married 
Charlotte  H.,  daughter  of  Reuben  Wheelock,  whose  mother 
was  daughter  of  Elijah  Sibley,  son  of  William,  son  of 
Joseph,  son  of  John.  Mr.  Newton  has  one  son,  George, 
born  in  Baltimore,  now  living  in  Grafton. 

The  next  old  house,  now  down,  was  known  as  the  Gibbs 
house.  Old  Mr.  Gibbs  lived  there.  It  was  next  owned  by 
Thomas  Harris,  a  tailor.  He  had  one  son  and  three  daugfh- 

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ters,  one  of  whom  married  Caleb  Chase,  and  one  a  Buxton. 
The  son,  Ithran,  married  Arethusa  Morse,  daughter  of  Dr. 
N.  F.  Morse.  She  was  born  in  Button,  Aug.  30,  1797  ; 
died  June  6,  1839.  He  was  born  in  Northfield,  Massachu- 
setts, Oct.  8,  1790;  died  at  Millbury,  Feb.  14,  1870;  their 
daughter,  Martha  Ann,  married  Hon.  H.  L.  Bancroft.  Mr. 
Harris  was  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  a  pensioner.  The 
house  was  owned  for  many  years  by  Major  Tenuey.  Lowell 
Sibley  bought  it,  and  Washington  Hill  owned  it  a  while. 
It  was  occupied  by  several  different  families  while  owned  by 
Esq.  Tenney.  It  was  finally  taken  down  and  used  in  build- 
ing the  new  house  opposite  by  Mr.  William  Perry,  who  is 
one  of  our  successful  fanners.  He  married  Eunice  A., 
daughter  of  Reuben  Wheelock. 

The  small  house,  as  you  pass  up  the  old  road,  is  owned  by 
James  Deviny,  who  came  from  the  Emerald  Isle.  He  is  the 
father  of  twelve  children,  and  an  industrious  and  peaceable 
citizen. 

Passing  up  the  old  road  to  the  next  house,  the  first  owner 
known  to  us  was  Nathaniel  Stockwell,  the  next  John  Stock- 
well,  the  next  Simeon,  the  next  Horace,  and  it  is  now  owned 
by  Simon  W.  Stockwell.  It  is  not  known  by  whom  the  first 
house  was  built.  The  present  one  was  built  by  Nathaniel 
Stockwell,  who  carried  on  the  farm,  cabinet  making:,  sash 

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making,  etc.     His  son,  Simeon,  succeeded  him  and  carried 


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on  the  chair  making  business.  He  was  quite  a  trader,  and  a 
great  joker.  His  son  Horace  lived  there  with  his  mother, 
but  died  single.  Simon  married  a  Burnap  and  has  one  son. 

The  early  history  of  the  next  place  is  not  known.  Asa 
Walker  lived  there  with  his  mother,  a  widow.  Probably  his 
father  lived  there  before  him.  His  mother  married  for 
second  husband  a  Phipps.  She  believed  in  witches,  and  her 
boys  imposed  upon  her  by  wonderful  feats  in  the  black  art. 
Asa  Walker  was  succeeded  by  his  son-in-law,  Reuben  F. 
Chase,  who  sold  to  Reuben  Wheelock.  It  is  now  owned  by 
his  sons,  Luther  and  Calvin. 

Reuben  F.  Chase  was  a  miser  and  considered  a  man  of 
great  wealth,  but  did  not  prove  to  have  been  so  on  the  set- 
tlement of  his  estate.  He  left  two  children,  John  C.  and 
Mary  Ann.  Reuben  Wheelock  was  born  on  the  place  now 
owned  by  J.  Wales  Paine,  March  2H,  1782;  he  married 
Charlotte  H.  Baker,  daughter  of  Reuben  Baker.  She  was 
born  in  Shrewsbury  Dec.  2,  1786,  and  died  here  Nov.  21, 
1865.  Mr.  Wheelock  died  here,  January  16,  1876.  They 
had  six  children.  Luther,  born  April  1,  1810;  Calvin, 
Sept.  4,  1812  ;  Charlotte  H.,  June  20,  1815  ;  Maria  L.,  Oct. 
12,  1817  ;  Eunice  A.,  July  27,  1824;  Luke,  Sept.  12,  1828. 

The  first  four  were  born  in  Grafton  and  the  other  two  in 
Sutton.  Mr.  Wheelock  was  once  run  by  the  Whigs  for 
representative,  but  that  party  being  in  the  minority,  he  was 
not  elected.  His  sons  built  the  beautiful  new  house  now 
standing  on  the  place,  also  the  large  and  very  commodious 
barn.  They  have  a  fine  farm- on  which  are  many  excellent 
fruit-trees.  They  have  raised  many  fine  horses  and  cattle. 
Luther  was  once  a  shuttle-maker  ;  he  and  Calvin  both  remain 
unmarried. 

The  first  house  on  the  main  road  north  of  Deviny's  was 
owned  by  Peter  Sibley,  then  by  his  son  John,  who  died 
about  1822,  after  which  the  place  was  sold  to  John  Stock- 
well.  It  has  since  been  owned  by  Nathan  Lombard,  and  now 
by  his  son,  Mr.  Alanson  A.  Lombard.  The  present  house 
was  built  by  John  Stockwell  just  before  his  death. 

His  wife  was  a  Severy,  and  married  for  second  husband 
Mr.  Stephen  Blanchard,  late  of  West  Millbury.  She  was  a 


306  HOMES    OF   THE 

very  fine  woman.  Mr.  Lombard  was  spoken  of  in  connection 
with  his  former  residence  in  district  number  two.  Mr. 
A.  A.  Lombard  married  A.  Ann  Hutchinson,  daughter  of 
Simon  Hutchinson.  They  have  one  son,  Henry  F.,  who 
now  lives  in  this  house.  He  has  two  sons,  one,  Herbert  E., 
is  a  member  of  the  graduating  class  of  the  Sutton  high 
school,  1878.  Mr.  Nathan  Lombard  and  his  son,  besides 
improving  this  farm,  have  carried  on  the  cabinet-making 
business. 

B.  L.  Batcheller  carried  on  the  shoe  business  here  in  1847  ; 
built  a  new  shop  near  where  Mr.  Tracy  now  lives,  in  1849. 
It  is  now  the  house  occupied  by  Miss  Tamar  Goddard.  A 
part  of  the  old  house  that  stood  on  this  place  is  now  the 
house  of  James  Deviny,  it  having  been  moved. 

The  next  house  was  originally  built  as  a  shop  for  Edward 
Brigham  and  stood  near  Franklin  Freeland's.  It  was  moved 
here  by  the  widow  Lucinda  Elliot,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hall, 
son  of  Deacon  Willis.  It  now  belongs  to  a  Mr.  Varney. 

The  place  now  belonging  to  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kendrick  was 
owned  by  a  Mr.  Todd,  and  it  is  presumed  that  he  built  the 
house.  A  Mr.  Cord  well  lived  there.  It  has  since  been 
owned  by  Timothy  Walker,  Capt.  Samuel  Marble,  son  of 
Major  Alpheus,  son  of  Enoch,  son  of  Freegrace,  son  of 
Samuel,  by  Simeon  Stockwell,  John  W.  Whipple,  and  now 
by  his  daughter  Almira. 

Mr.  Walker  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He  had  three  sons 
born  here,  John,  Appleton  and  Emory. 

Appleton  was  in  the  store  at  the  Singletary  mills,  with 
Daniel  Armsby ;  he  afterward  went  to  New  York. 

Emory  married  a  daughter  of  Paul  Whitin,  and  died  at 
Whitinsville.  Mr.  Whipple  has  already  been  referred  to  as 
a  remarkably  successful  man.  Mr.  H.  A.  Kendrick,  the 
present  occupant,  was  born  in  Heath,  Mass.,  March  18, 
1825.  His  son  Ford  is  a  physician  now  practicing  in 
Saundersville,  Grafton. 

The  next  house  was  originally  built  by  Master  Hall,  moved 
and  fitted  up  on  the  present  site  by  Daniel  Waters,  who  was 
a  gardener ;  he  set  out  the  beautiful  fruit  trees  standing  on 
the  place.  It  now  belongs  to  Mr.  Cheatem. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  307 

The  next  house  and  barn  were  built  some  six  years  ago  by 
Richard  M.  Whipple,  son  of  John  W.,  son  of  John,  son  of 
John.  Mr.  Whipple  was  a  Union  soldier  in  the  days  of  the 
rebellion.  He  married  Ruth  M.  Streeter. 

The  next  and  last  house  in  town  on  this  road  is  the  cottage 
of  many  gables  and  zigzags.  It  was  built  at  divers  times  by 
Thomas  Robbins,  and  has  been  occupied  by  him  as  a  sort  of 
public  house.  He  has  been  accused  of  selling  liquor,  and 
there  is  probably  more  truth  than  fiction  in  the  accusation. 
The  time  is  past  when  rum-selling  is  considered  an  honorable 
business.  Mr.  Robbins  once  kept  a  tavern  on  Christian 
Hill,  in  Providence. 

Returning  to  the  common,  the  house  now  owned  by  James 
W.  Stockwell,  Esq.,  son  of  Simeon,  son  of  Israel,  son  of 
Absalom,  son  of  William,  the  brother  of  Capt.  John,  was 
built  by  Simon  J.  Woodbury,  about  1832. 

He  built  a  shoe  shop  and  store  between  the  house  and  the  road  about  the 
same  time.  He  took  in  a  partner  in  the  store  by  the  name  of  Foster;  the 
store  firm  was  "  Woodbury  and  Foster."  Then  he  sold  his  part  of  the  store 
to  Simon  Tenney,  who  continued  the  business  with  Mr.  Foster  under  the 
name  of  "Foster  and  Tenney"  for  one  year;  then  Mr.  Tenney  bought  out 
Foster  and  continued  the  business  alone  for  two  years.  Then  he  took  in  Jos. 
A.  Veazie  as  a  partner,  who  remained  one  year ;  the  firm  name  was  "  S.  Tenney 
&  Co."  Mr.  Woodbury  was  meanwhile  carrying  on  the  shoe  business  in  the 
upper  part  of  the  same  building,  Wm.  Harback  working  for  him  as  click- 
Soon  after  Mr.  Woodbury  was  kicked  by  a  horse  and  made  quite  lame.  During 
his  lameness  he  became  somewhat  involved  and  discouraged,  so  he  sold  his 
house  and  store  to  B.  F.  and  A.  Tenney  of  Boston,  taking  his  pay  in  jewelry 
from  the  store  of  one  Kimball,  then  trading  in  Boston.  The  jewelry  was 
consigned  to  Amos  Brown,  who  took  it  to  Florida.  Not  receiving  suitable 
returns  from  that  far-off  place,  he  took  a  case  of  brogans  and  left  for  Boston ; 
thence  by  sailing  vessel  he  went  to  Florida,  got  what  jewelry  remained  unsold, 
and  returned  fully  believing,  no  doubt,  that  "All  is  not  gold  that  glitters." 
He  hired  the  place  of  the  Tenneys  for  a  while  and  manufactured  shoes  with 
better  success,  so  that  he  bought  back  his  house,  after  which  he  re-opened  his 
store,  enlarged  his  business,  built  a  new  shop  south  of  the  first  one,  and  two 
other  houses  now  belonging  to  Mr.  Stockwell,  one  now  occupied  by  Mrs. 
Chase  and  Mrs.  Slocumb,  and  the  other  by  Miss  Tamar  Goddard  and  John  T. 
Mascroft.  His  brother  Leonard,  seeing  his  success,  came  and  built  a  large 
shop  just  south  of  Simon's,  and  started  business,  but  soon  sold  out  to  Simon 
J.,  who  finished  Leonard's  shop  into  a  house  for  his  help.  It  was  occupied 
some  time  by  Elijah  Sibley  and  others.  Mr.  Woodbury,  now  feeling  his 
strength,  extended  his  business  in  various  directions.  He  went  into  the  flax 
business  somewhere  in  the  state  of  New  York  with  E.  F.  Hovey  —  was  burned 
out  and  lost  heavily.  Then  he  built  a  saw-mill  at  Anoka,  Minnesota,  and 
went  into  the  lumber  business,  built  an  expensive  dam  and  booms  to  hold  his 


308  HOMES    OF   THE 

logs.  But  soon  a  great  freshet  carried  away  his  dam,  damaged  his  mill  and 
took  off  his  booms,  logs  and  all.  Then  he  resumed  his  legitimate  business  of 
making  shoes,  in  which  he  seemed  to  be  doing  well,  when,  for  reasons  that 
need  not  be  stated,  he  concluded  to  change  his  place  of  business.  He  moved 
several  of  his  houses  to  Worcester,  where  he  did  business  for  a  while  and  then 
went  to  Chicago,  111.,  where  he  now  resides,  and  where  his  wife  died.  Her 
remains  were  brought  here,  and  her  funeral  was  largely  attended  in  the  Con- 
gregational church.  She  was  interred  at  Grafton. 

Mr.  Woodbury  has  done  a  great  amount  of  business,  and 
is  one  of  the  most  public  spirited  men  of  his  age.  He  was 
born  where  Mr.  Ooogan  now  lives,  and  is  the  son  of  John 
and  Esther,  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Ruth.  He  married  Sabrina  Dodge  and  had  several 
children  ;  only  two  survive.  He  sold  this  place  to  N.  G. 
King,  who  carried  on  business  here  for  a  time*  and  sold  to 
the  present  owner,  Jas.  W.  Stockwell,  Esq.,  who,  with  his 
brother  Henry  S.,  has  been  dealing  largely  in  wood  and 
lumber.  They  are  also  partners  in  the  Sutton  cranberry 
enterprise.  Mr.  Stockwell  has  been  much  in  town  office ; 
was  postmaster  and  is  now  justice  of  the  peace,  librarian 
of  the  Sutton  free  library,  for  which  institution  no  one  has 
done  more.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Frances  Sibley,  daugh- 
ter of  J.  L.  Sibley,  Esq.  The  store  and  back  shop  have 
been  taken  down  and  removed  since  Mr.  Stockwell  bought 
the  place. 

The  house  east  of  Mr.  Stockwell's  has  been  occupied  by 
many  different  families.  George  W.  Putnam  and  John  P. 
Putnam  were  the  first.  Rev.  John  H.  Gay  lord  lived  there, 
also  Rev.  F.  E.  Fellows,  S.  D.  King  and  several  others. 
The  other  house  has  been  occupied  by  John  C.  Woodbury, 
Otis  Chamberlain,  a  very  worthy  man,  also  his  brother,  Mr. 
Salem  Chamberlain,  once  our  representative  and  town  clerk, 
since  for  several  years  mail  agent  on  the  Worcester  and 
Nashua  R.  R.,  who  furnished  the  one  vote  that  first  elected 
Charles  Sumner  to  the  United  States  senate,  and  S.  D.  King 
to  the  legislature,  while  he  was  town  clerk.  It  has  been 
occupied  several  years  by  John  T.  Mascroft,  and  Miss  Tamar 
Goddard. 

John  Hall  came  from  Coventry,  England,  about  1630  and  landed  at  Charles- 
town.  He  afterward  married  Miss  Bertha  Larnard  and  moved  to  Yarmouth, 
a  town  on  the  cape,  where  he  had  by  his  wife  twelve  sons.  John,  the  eldest 


Copied  from  old  photographs. 


Heliotype  Printing  Co.,  Boston. 


2          Elizabeth  Prescott  Hall. 


4          Abigail  Moore  Mills. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  309 

son  married  a  Bearse  from  Barnstable,  and  had  three  sons  and  many  daugh- 
ters ;  his  sons  were  named  Joseph,  John  and  Nathaniel ;  the  latter  moved  to 
Levitown,  near  Philadelphia.  Joseph,  his  eldest,  settled  upon  his  father's 
inheritance  in  Yarmouth,  and  married  Miss  Hannah  Miller,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Miller,  first  minister  of  the  gospel  in  the  same  town.  The  said  Joseph 
Hall  had  four  sons  by  her,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Josiah  and  David;  and  three 
daughters,  viz :  Hannah,  Priscilla  and  Margery,  at  which  time  his  wife  died 
in  the  year  1710.  Afterward  he  married  Mary  Morton,  a  widow,  of  Plymouth, 
by  whom  he  had  four  more  children,  viz :  Mary,  Peter,  John  and  Bathsheba. 
David,  the  fourth  son,  he  gave  a  collegiate  education.  He  was  born  Aug. 
5,  1704,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  1724,  and  received  the  honorary  degree 
of  doctor  of  divinity  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1777.  He  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  first  Congregational  church  in  Sutton  Oct.  15,  1729.  He  married 
Miss  Elizabeth  Prescott  of  Concord,  Mass.  —  daughter  of  Dr.  Jona.  Prescott 
and  his  wife,  Rebeckah  Buckley  —  June  24,  1731.  She  bore  him  a  son  May  5, 
1732,  and  named  him  David ;  Elizabeth,  born  Feb.  17,  1733 ;  Rebeckah,  born 
Sept.  1,  1736;  Mary,  born  December  1738;  Hannah,  born  August  1740; 
Sarah,  born  Dec.  17, 1742 ;  John,  born  March  1744 ;  Benjamin,  born  February 
1745;  Lucy,  born  March  1748;  Joseph,  born  Sept.  8,  1751;  Jonathan,  born 
1754;  Deborah,  born  March  5,  1756. 

Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D.,  it  is  supposed  built  the  house 
where  Esquire  Mills  now  lives,  and  that  he  had  thirteen 
children  born  here,  although  we  have  the  names  of  but 
twelve. 

"Master  Hall"  used  to  relate  an  anecdote  to  the  effect  that  his  father  made 
an  exchange  with  a  young  minister  who  had  just  been  settled  in  one  of  the 
neighboring  parishes,  and  who  knew  nothing  about  the  doctor's  family.  As 
he  came  and  was  ushered  into  the  parlor,  a  child  was  creeping  on  the  floor,  so, 
as  Mrs.  Hall  was  a  very  young  looking  woman,  he  asked  her  if  that  was  her 
first  child;  she  answered,  "Yes,  sir,  the  first  of  the  second  dozen." 

Many  distinguished  persons  have  descended  from  this 
highly  honored  family.  Their  son  Jonathan  was  a  physi- 
cian in  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  and  had  three  learned  and 
quite  distinguished  sons,  viz.  :  Prescott,  David  and  Charles. 
Prescott  was  a  lawyer  of  distinction  in  New  York,  and  had 
a  beautiful  summer  residence  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island ; 
David  also  had  an  elegant  villa  at  Newport ;  Dr.  David  E. 
visited  him  there,  and  complimented  him  for  having  the 
Atlantic  Ocean  in  his  door-yard.  Rev.  Dr.  Hall's  daughter, 
Rebecca,  married  Rev.  Aaron  Putnam  of  Pomfret,  Connect- 
icut. Sarah  married  General  Jonathan  Chase,  and  was  the 
mother  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Nathan  Smith,  whose  husband  was  the 
renowned  surgeon  and  professor  at  Yale.  So  his  distin- 
guished sons  descended  from  this  house.  Hannah  married 


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HOMES    OF   THE 


Rev.  Asa  Grosvenor  and  went  to  Pomfret,  Connecticut. 
Several  distinguished  preachers  of  that  name  also  descended 
from  Dr.  Hall ;  who  was  succeeded  on  this  place  by  his  son 
Joseph,  familiarity  known  as  "Master  Hall"  from  the  fact 
that  after  graduating  at  Harvard  College  he  adopted  teach- 
ing as  a  profession,  and  taught  grammar  and  the  learned 
languages  for  many  years,  fitting  many  men  for  college  and 
others  as  teachers.  He  also  served  the  town  faithfully  for 
nearly  thirty  years  as  their  town  clerk.  He  married  Miss 


Chloe  Grosvenor,  daughter  of  General  Grosvenor,  of  Pom- 
fret,  Connecticut.  They  had  four  sons  and  one  daughter, 
all  born  in  this  house,  viz.  :  John  H.,  Joseph  G.,  David  E., 
J.  Lemuel  and  Lucy.  The  first  was  a  jeweller  and  died  in 
the  north  part  of  Worcester  county,  June  16,  1815.  The 
second  was  a  surgeon  and  physician,  also  a  judge  of  pro- 
bate in  Tennessee,  where  he  died,  leaving  one  son,  also  a 
doctor,  and  one  daughter.  The  third ,  already  spoken  of,  was 
a  physician.  The  fourth  graduated  at  Brown  University, 
and  was  a  Congregational  clergyman  somewhere  in  the  west ; 
he  left  two  sons  —  Lemuel  R.  now  lives  in  Chicago,  Illinois. 
He  married  for  second  wife  Augusta  A.  Norton,  the  only 
child  of  very  wealthy  parents. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  311 

The  daughter  of  Master  Hall  married  a  noted  physician, 
Dr.  D.  S.  C.  H.  Smith,  who  lived  in  this  house  some  two 
years.  It  is  said  that  Dr.  Hall  owned  a  strip  of  land  run- 
ning from  the  great  Boston  road  to  the  Mendon  road.  He 
also  owned  woodland  taking  in  a  part  of  Purgatory.  It  is 
said  that  he  gave  the  common  and  burying-ground  to  the 
town.  Dr.  Hall  was  a  large,  fine  looking  man.  His  hand 
was  so  large  that  one  woman  said  that  it  was  big  enough  for 
Faxon's  glove  ;  another,  more  profane,  that  it  was  almost  as 
large  as  the  hand  of  Providence  —  Faxon's  glove  was  one 
hung  out  in  Boston  as  a  glover's  sign. 

The  following  obituary  of  ' '  Master  Hall "  was  copied 
from  the  Worcester  Spy : 

Died  in  Sutton,  April  6,  Mr.  Joseph  Hall,  aged  eighty-eight.  Mr.  Hall  was 
son  of  Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D.,  who  was  pastor  of  the  first  Congregational 
church  in  Sutton  for  the  space  of  sixty  years.  Of  thirteen  children  which 
composed  his  father's  family  he  outlived  them  all  but  one.  *  *  *  * 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  entered  into  the  freshman  class  at  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, and  maintained  a  respectable  standing  in  his  class.  He  obtained  the 
esteemed  approbation  of  the  faculty  of  the  university,  and  in  the  year  1774 
received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  Mr.  Hall  taught  a  grammar  school  in  his 
native  town  for  more  than  forty  years.  It  is  believed  that  he  assisted  more 
young  men  in  their  studies,  preparatory  to  entering  college,  than  almost 
any  other  person  that  has  lived  in  the  county  of  Worcester.  He  was  a 
man  of  uprightness  and  integrity,  in  whom  the  people  best  acquainted  with 
him  placed  implicit  confidence.  As  an  evidence  of  this  he  was  elected  town 
clerk  in  his  native  place  for  nearly  thirty  years  in  succession. 

When  he  was  eighty-four  years  of  age  he  commenced  the  study  of  the 
French  language,  and  acquired  so  much  knowledge  of  it  as  to  be  able  to  read 
it  with  ease ;  and  has  actually  read  through  the  New  Testament  in  French, 
several  times,  carefully  comparing  it  with  the  English.  *  *  *  * 
He  lived  with  his  bereaved  companion  fifty-four  years ;  she  is  now  left  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  a  kind  husband,  and  his  children  of  a  tender  parent.* 

Of  the  daughter  of  Dr.  David  Hall,  Rebeckah,  who  mar- 
ried Rev.  Aaron  Putnam,  we  give  the  following  obituary 
from  the  Massachusetts  /Spy  of  July  19,  1773  : 

On  Saturday  last  departed  this  life,  in  a  sudden  and  affecting  manner,  the 
very  amiable  consort  of  the  Rev.  Aaron  Putnam  of  Pomfret,  in  the  thirty- 
sixth  year  of  her  age.  She  had  been  unwell  for  some  years,  and  for  the 
promoting  of  health  had  been  riding  out  a  little  way,  and  now  returning 
back  she  desired  Mr.  Putnam  to  stop  the  chaise  and  pick  her  some  useful 
herbs  which  she  observed  as  they  were  passing.  Accordingly,  apprehending 


*  See  Massachusetts  Spy,  April  15,  1840. 


312  HOMES    OF    THE 

no  danger,  he  got  out  of  the  chaise  and  was  doing  as  she  proposed,  at 
which  time  the  horse  in  the  carriage  took  some  start,  and  running  with 
one  wheel  over  a  rock  she  was  thrown  out  of  the  chaise,  which  gave  her 
such  a  shock,  as  notwithstanding  the  utmost  endeavor  of  ph}Tsicians  (which 
providentially  were  nigh  at  hand),  proved  her  death  in  about  three  hours'  space. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  David  Hall  of  Sutton.  From  her  very 
early  years  a  professor  of  godliness,  and  of  a  very  serious  and  exemplary 
deportment,  a  person  of  distinguishing  endowment,  a  good  wife,  a  tender  and 
indulgent  mother,  one  beloved  by  her  acquaintances  abroad  and  by  the  people 
among  whom  she  lived. 

She  hath  left  her  husband  in  deep  affliction  and  sorrow  for  his  great  loss, 
attended  thus  with  peculiarly  affecting  circumstances ;  hath  also  left  three 
young  children.  On  the  next  (being  Lord's)  day,  her  remains  were  decently 
interred  a  little  before  sunset.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney  of  Brookline  delivered  at 
Pomfret  on  that  day  two  very  suitable  discourses,  that  in  the  afternoon  more 
particularly  adapted  to  the  mournful  occasion. 

O  "that  this,  so  solemn  warning  of  Providence,  might  be  suitably  regarded 
and  improved,  not  only  by  the  bereaved  and  greatly  afflicted  relatives,  but  by 
others.  "Boast  not  thyself  of  to-morrow,  for  thou  knowest  not  what  a  day 
or  an  hour  may  bring  forth." 

Dr.  Bond  of  Norwich,  Connecticut,  who  fitted  for  college 
under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Hall,  furnishes  the  following 
reminiscence  : 

There  was  in  Massachusetts  a  law  or  usage  in  compliance  with  which  towns 
of  a  given  number  of  inhabitants  provided  at  public  expense  a  teacher  quali- 
fied to  give  instruction  in  higher  branches  of  education  than  were  taught  in 
common  schools.  The  last  of  the  teachers  thus  employed  in  Sutton  was  Mr. 
Joseph  Hall — "Master  Hall" — as  he  was  generally  designated.  Though  a 
graduate  of  Cambridge  College,  he  never  studied  a  profession,  but  lived  with 
his  father,  Rev.  David  Hall,  and  was  a  farmer.  Young  men  who  wished  to 
qualify  themselves  as  teachers  of  common  schools,  or  who  wished  to  prepare  for 
college,  availed  themselves  of  the  opportunity  thus  provided.  The  instructions 
given  were  private,  as  usually  there  was  not  a  sufficient  number  to  form 
classes.  Times  for  recitation  were  managed  to  suit  the  convenience  of  the 
teacher,  and  not  interfere  with  his  occupation  as  a  farmer.  At  certain  sea- 
sons of  the  year,  there  would  sometimes  be  quite  a  number  of  pupils,  as 
academical  institutions  at  that  time  were  few  and  distant.  Young  men  of 
the  town  who  wished  to  qualify  themselves  as  teachers  or  to  enter  upon  a 
course  of  medical  or  other  professional  studies,  or  prepare  for  entering  some 
college,  usually  studied  at  home,  and  at  some  appointed  hour  went  to  the 
teacher's  house  for  the  purpose  of  recitation.  Most,  if  not  all  the  youth  in 
the  town  who  received  a  collegiate  education,  fitted  for  college  wholly  or  in 
part  with  the  teacher  appointed  by  the  town,  whose  tuition  was  paid  by  the 
town.  As  the  result  of  this  arrangement,  some  were  encouraged  to  seek  a 
collegiate  education  who  otherwise  would  not  have  attempted  it. 

The  place  was  next  owned  by  Rev.  Edmund  Mills  and  his 
son  Edmund  John,  in  1819.  The  ancestor  of  Rev.  Mr.  Mills 
was  Peter  Vander  Meulen,  born  in  Holland  ;  his  son,  Peter 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  313 

Mills,  was  born  in  Windsor,  Ct.,  in  1686,  married  Joanna 
Porter,  and  had  eight  sons  and  one  daughter.  Their  son 
John,  born  in  Kent,  Ct.,  1722,  was  a  farmer  and  was 
drowned  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  in  1761.  He  had  five  sons  and 
three  daughters.  His  son  Edmund,  born  in  Kent,  Ct.,  June 
1752,  died  at  Sutton,  Nov.  7,  1825.  He  graduated  at  Yale 
college  in  1775,  married  Mrs.  Abigail  Packard,  widow  of 
Rev.  Winslow  Packard,  who  was  born  in  Bridgewater,  Mass, 
in  1754,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college,  and  was  settled  at 
Wilmington,  Vt.,  in  1781;  was  married  to  Miss  Abigail 
Moore,  Feb.  18,  1782,  and  died  Oct.  12,  1784.  They  had 
two  children,  Origen  Packard,  born  Nov.  30,  1782  ;  Clarissa, 
born  August  23,  1784.  The  Rev.  Edmund  Mills  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  first  Congregational  church  in  Sutton, 
June  23,  1790.  He  brought  up  the  two  Packard  children, 
and  had  six  children  of  his  own.  Polly,  born  January  10, 
1790;  Edmund  John,  August  17,  1791;  Abbie  Moore, 
March  16,  1793;  Maria  Swift,  Dec.  2.  1794;  an  infant, 
Sept.  19,  1797;  Lewis,  March  20,  1800;  Henry  February 
20,  1802.  Most,  if  not  all  of  his  children,  were  born  in  the 
house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  L.  W.  Howard,  but  as 
they  all  lived  here,  and  this  was  their  last  residence  and  has 
so  long  been  occupied  by  his  son,  it  has  been  thought  best 
to  write  more  particularly  of  the  family  in  connection  with 
this  place. 

Origeu  Packard  was  a  book-binder  and  learned  his  trade 
of  one  Goodell,  who  carried  on  the  business  in  the  house 
where  Rev.  C.  Willard  Morse  was  born.  Mr.  Solomon 
Warriner,  whose  mother  was  sister  to  Mrs.  Mills,  learned 
the  same  trade  at  the  same  time  and  place  ;  he  afterward 
carried  on  business  at  Springfield.  Mr.  Packard  went  to 
New,  Haven,  Ct.,  where  he  married  a  Miss  Smith.  They 
had  a  very  worthy  family,  one  son  and  three  or  four  daughters. 
Esther  married  Volney  Forbes  and  lives  in  Wilmington,  Vt. 
She  has  no  children.  Andrew  went  south  and  married  a% 
southern  lady ;  owned  a  plantation,  and  had  quite  a  family. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  O.  Packard  both  died  at  Wilmington,  Vt., 
and  were  both  buried  at  the  same  time. 

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314  HOMES    OF   THE 

Clarissa  Packard  married  Rev.  David  Holman  and  had  a 
very  respectable  family.  He  was  the  Congregational  minister 
at  Douglas  for  many  years,  and  there  both  died.  Edmund 
J.  Mills,  Esq.,  the  best  preserved  man  in  town  of  his  age, 
married  Miss  Sally  Teuney,  daughter  of  the  late  Daniel 
Tenney,  Esq. ;  they  have  had  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 
William  E.,  born  Nov.  2,  1825  ;  Nancy  T.,  March  15,  1827  ; 
Samuel  John,  Nov.  17, 1829,  died  January  23,  1838  ;  Frank 
Lewis,  Oct.  24,  1836 ;  an  infant  son,  March  1,  1835  ;  Sarah 
Maria,  August  18,  1841.  William  E.  married  Jane  Dusen- 
bury  and  has  four  children.  He  is  a  civil  engineer  and  lives 
in  Worcester.  Nancy  T.  married  Mr.  L.  Taylor.  They 
have  several  children,  one  of  whom,  Lizzie  Jane,  a  recent 
graduate  of  the  Sutton  high  school,  was  the  valedictorian  of 

her  class.     Frank  L.    married   Susie .     He   is  now  a 

widower  and  works  at  the  shoe  business  in  Worcester.    Sarah 
is  a  fine  scholar,  and  assistant  teacher  in  the  high  school. 

Edmund  J.  Mills,  Esq.,  taught  school  with  great  success  for  some  sixteen 
years.  He  was  a  deputy  sheriff  for  many  years,  had  an  appointment  at  the 
reform  school  on  Thompson's  Island,  in  1839 ;  has  been  justice  of  the  peace 
for  several  years ;  also  trial  justice.  He  has  been  quite  distinguished  as  a 
presiding  officer  on  various  occasions ;  has  conducted  more  funerals  than  any 
other  man  in  town,  and  with  order  and  grace  rarely  witnessed  on  such  occa- 
sions. He  has  been  our  representative  in  the  legislature ;  but  the  list  of  town 
officers  will  show  the  honors  bestowed  on  him.  His  farm  is  one  of  the  best 
of  its  size  in  town.  There  was  once  quite  a  mulberry  grove  on  the  place,  from 
which  they  fed  worms  and  made  silk.  They  had  a  patriotic  celebration  in 
this  grove  on  the  fourth  of  July,  1824,  provided  for  by  Mr.  Mills  and  Deacon 
McClellan.  In  1840  a  large  delegation  from  Douglas  and  Sutton  attended  a 
mass  meeting  at  Worcester,  on  the  17th  of  June.  Mr.  Mills,  mounted  on  a 
beautiful  dappled  gray  horse,  belonging  to  Reuben  Sibley,  acted  as  marshal, 
and  being  a  fine  horseman,  was  much  noticed  in  the  general  parade  on  that 
exciting  occasion.  Both  himself  and  his  companion  enjoy  a  vigorous  old  age. 
Their  golden  wedding  was  celebrated  in  this  house  by  their  numerous  friends, 
who  warmed  their  grateful  hearts  by  substantial  tokens  to  a  considerable 
amount. 

The  next  child  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mills  married  William 
Whittlesey,  who  was  for  several  years  cashier  of  the  Millbury 
bank.  They  had  several  children.  The  next  married  New- 
ton Whittlesey,  who  lived  in  Cornish,  N.  H.  She  still 
survives. 

Lewis  Mills  was  also  cashier  of  a  bank  and  a  merchant  in 
Boston ;  he  now  lives  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  315 

Deacon  Henry  Mills,  now  a  doctor,  was  a  merchant  and 
manufacturer  for  several  years.  He  built  a  number  of  houses 
in  Millbury,  and  was  for  a  time  part  owner  and  agent  of  the 
Singletary  factory.  He  is  now  principal  of  the  Fairview 
Electropathic  Institute  at  Binghampton,  N.  Y.  He  was  for 
some  years  deacon  of  the  first  Congregational  church  in 
Millbury.  He  married  first,  Nancy  Goddard ;  then  Mrs. 
Kate  Douglas.  Both  wives  and  his  three  children  are  dead. 

The  likeness  of  Rev.  Mr.  Mills  in  this  book  is  not  con- 
sidered a  good  one ;  it  represents  him  bald-headed  and 
inferior.  Mr.  G.  Hall  says  : 

"I  went  a  fishing  with  him  only  a  few  weeks  before  his  death,  and  thought 
him  one  of  the  noblest  men  I  ever  saw.  I  remember  as  we  unloaded  the 
boat  at  Sand  Beach,  Joe  Putnam  came  along  and  cried  out,  '  What,  Mr. 
Mills,  ye  goin'  a  fishin'  ? '  Mr.  Mills  answered,  '  Yes,  indeed,  we  are  going 
to  take  the  monarch  of  the  pond.'  While  we  were  out  in  the  boat  he  and 
my  grandfather  talked  on  various  subjects ;  among  them  he  referred  to  Paul 
Revere  passing  the  British  sentinel  in  a  boat  with  muffled  oars,  and  asked 
Capt.  Hall  what  was  meant  by  muffled  oars ;  so  he  told  him  that  they  wound 
the  oars  and  tholes  with  woollen  cloth,  to  deaden  the  sound,  as  rowing  with 
bare  oars  and  pins  could  be  heard  in  a  still  night  quite  a  distance.  I  then 
learned  the  meaning  of  muffled  oars ;  and,  as  Mr.  Mills  asked  the  meaning, 
perhaps  others  may  yet  learn  what  he  then  learned,  by  asking  one  who  knew. 
When  we  went  ashore  we  selected  our  best  fish  for  him,  and  his  son  E.  J.  met 
us  on  the  shore  to  take  him  home.  He  tells  me  it  was  the  last  ride  he  had 
with  his  honored  and  reverend  father. 

"  When  a  small  boy,  having  been  told  that  God  made  man  in  his  own  image, 
I  thought  that  he  got  the  best  likeness  in  Geo.  Washington  and  the  next  best 
in  Mr.  Mills.  When  he  died  I  saw  hard-faced  old  men  shed  tears  that  I  had 
never  seen  weep  before,  and  men  too  who  did  not  attend  his  church.  He 
was  a  noble  man  and  much  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him.  I  was  at  his 
funeral  in  the  old  church.  The  church  was  full  and  the  common  was  the 
best  approach  of  many.  It  was  a  solemn  day.  The  sermon  was  preached  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Wood,  and  some  of  the  best  singers  from  Worcester  assisted  in  the 
choir." 

His  widow  married  for  her  third  husband  Rev.  Nathaniel  Emmons,  D.  D., 
of  Franklin.  He  was  a  very  eminent  divine,  and  his  published  sermons  were 
the  doctrinal  wonder  of  the  age.  He  was  not  a  very  large  man,  and  wore  his 
small  clothes  and  three-cornered  hat  as  long  as  he  lived.  When  President 
Jackson  visited  New  England  he  went  to  Taunton  in  company  with  the  cele- 
brated surgeon,  Dr.  Miller,  to  see  him ;  as  they  drove  into  the  village  the  boys 
saw  his  quaintly  antique  style,  and  thought  he  must  be  Gen.  Jackson ;  so  they 
followed  him  through  the  street,  vociferously  cheering  him  as  President  of 
the  United  States;  at  every  cheer  the  crowd  increased,  and  all  supposed 
Jackson  had  arrived.  They  had  mistaken  an  eminent  divine  for  a  great 
warrior. 


316  HOMES    OF    THE 

With  all  his  distinction  as  a  theologian,  he  was  a  perfect  child  in  many 
things.  After  he  married  Mrs.  Mills,  some  of  her  lady  friends  went  from 
Sutton  to  visit  her.  His  man  was  away  at  the  time,  so  they  asked  him  to 
harness  their  horse ;  he  tried  to  do  it,  but  did  not  know  how  to  put  the  bridle 
on,  so  Mrs.  Tenney  had  to  do  it  herself. 

He  had  an  old  horse  that  he  had  owned  for  several  years ;  he  drove  it  into 
Boston  and  had  it  put  up  at  a  hotel  stable ;  when  he  was  ready  to  leave,  he 
went  to  his  carriage  and  ordered  his  horse  harnessed  to  it,  but  the  hostler  had 
put  the  wrong  number  on  his  bridle,  so  he  harnessed  the  wrong  horse  and  one 
varying  much  in  color  from  his  own,  yet  he  never  discovered  the  difference 
until  a  neighbor  in  Franklin  asked  him  if  he  had  been  swapping  horses,  when 
he  indignantly  replied,  "I  never  did  such  a  thing  in  my  life."  "Well,"  said 
the  neighbor,  "  that  is  not  the  one  you  went  away  with,  at  any  rate."  "  It  is 
the  horse  that  I  have  owned  for  years."  "No,  sir!"  said  the  neighbor. 
"Well,  then  ask  Tom."  So  the  matter  was  referred  to  his  man,  who  went 
immediately  to  Boston  to  swap  horses  for  the  learned  doctor. 

Sixteen  families  have  resided  in  this  house.  There  have 
been  twenty-five  births,  seven  deaths  and  twelve  funerals, 
besides  many  marriages. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  James  Phelps  for  Dr.  D.  S. 
C.  H.  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  June  27th, 
1797,  and  died  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  April  5,  1859.  He  was 
educated  at  Dartmouth  and  Yale  colleges.  His  father,  the 
renowned  Dr.  Nathan  Smith,  was  connected  with  both  of 
these  institutions. 

Dr.  David  Solon  Chase  Hall  Smith  came  to  Sutton  about  1819.  There  were 
three  other  doctors  in  this  district  at  that  time,  and  all  quite  distinguished  men, 
which  circumstance  made  his  place  a  hard  one  for  a  young  man;  yet  his 
thorough  training  and  the  prestige  of  his  father's  fame  soon  made  him  the 
most  popular  physician  in  this  part  of  the  county.  He  was  called  in  consulta- 
tion by  many  of  the  doctors  for  miles  around.  He  drove  to  Rhode  Island 
almost  every  week  for  years,  and  was  frequently  called  to  Providence.  He  was 
a  large  man,  of  fine  personal  appearance,  had  large,  piercing  gray  eyes,  and 
some  of  his  patients  thought  he  could  look  straight  through  them  and  tell 
exactly  what  ailed  them ;  and,  indeed,  diagnosis  was  his  forte. 

To  determine  the  nature  of  disease  and  its  cause  is  the  most  difficult  part  of 
medical  practice.  The  remedial  agents  are  all  defined,  but  disease  is  often  so 
insidious  and  its  locality  so  obscure  as  to  baffle  the  skill  of  the  most  astute 
practitioner.  To  understand  the  complicated  and  intricate  mechanism  of  the 
human  system  requires  great  research,  as  well  as  intuition,  genius,  judgment 
and  skill.  AH  these  Dr.  Smith  possessed  in  a  remarkable  degree.  So  when 
other  physicians  had  a  human  machine  on  their  hands  that  they  could  not 
keep  going,  they  used  to  send  for  him  to  find  out  what  cog  was  broken,  what 
pin  loose  or  what  pulley  disbanded.  Some  seemed  to  think  that  he  could  put 
in  a  new  mainspring,  wind  up  the  human  system  like  a  clock,  give  motion  to 
the  pendulum  of  life,  and  restore  a  defunct  body  to  animation,  strength  and 
vigor.  He  used  to  say  that  other  doctors  would  send  for  him  when  they 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  317 

thought  their  patient  was  dying,  and  once  in  many  cases  such  a  person  would 
recover;  then  he  got  the  credit  of  the  case,  and  that  gave  him  reputation. 
He  said  he  had  no  proof  that  he  ever  cured  any  one,  though  circumstances 
sometimes  seemed  to  indicate  it.  The  recuperative  power  was  more  frequently 
in  the  hand  of  God,  or  the  constitution  and  courage  of  the  patient,  than  the 
skill  of  the  doctor.  When  he  had  a  patient  over  whom  he  was  unusually 
anxious,  he  said  he  did  not  know  what  to  do,  and  that  sometimes  he  thought 
his  patients  lived  in  spite  of  him  rather  than  from  his  help.  He  was  at  times 
quite  subject  to  the  blues,  and  while  in  one  of  these  despondent  moods  he  was 
told  that  he  had  been  seen  with  the  blues  before;  " I  know  it,"  said  he,  " but 
I've  got  the  blacks  now;"  meaning,  no  doubt,  that  the  blues  of  that  day  were 
of  an  unusually  dark  tinge. 

He  was  a  great  naturalist,  and  seemed  to  know  all  about  animated  nature. 
He  was  almost  as  intimately  acquainted  with  the  American  birds  as  Audubon 
.himself;  he  also  gave  much  attention  to  entomology.  His  hat  was  frequently 
lined  with  insects  which  he  had  pinned  there  for  his  cabinet ;  he  furnished 
Professor  Harris  several  thousand  for  his  valuable  work.  He  also  gave  a 
description  of  the  reptiles  of  New  England  for  President  Hitchcock's  great 
work.  Before  he  came  to  Sutton  his  father  hired  a  German  botanist  to  travel 
with  him  one  year  through  the  western  country,  that  he  might  master  the 
study  of  botany ;  so  he  became  a  great  botanist,  and  could  classify  and  give  the 
medical  properties  of  nearly  all  the  known  plants  that  grow  in  this  country. 

Like  his  father  he  was  a  great  man,  but  never  became  rich ;  indeed  at  one 
time  he  was  quite  poor,  deeply  in  debt,  and  his  creditors  attached  his  horse, 
so  that  he  had  no  way  to  visit  his  patients,  and  he  became  discouraged.  One 
day  a  man  came  for  him  to  go  to  Thompson,  Ct.,  but  he  told  him  that  he 
could  not  go,  for  he  had  no  horse ;  the  man  told  him  that  he  would  take  him 
up  there  in  his  own  carriage  and  bring  him  back.  "  Well,"  said  the  doctor, 
"if  you  will  do  that  I  will  go;"  so  he  went.  When  he  reached  home  the 
man  asked  him  what  was  to  pay.  " Oh,  nothing,"  said  the  doctor,  "you  have 
had  trouble  enough  to  get  me  there  already."  "  But  I  am  going  to  pay  you 
for  all  that."  He  gave  him  a  ten  dollar  bill  and  left.  The  next  day  a  man 
came  for  him  to  go  and  see  a  poor  family  in  the  south  part  of  the  town.  He 
said,  "If  they  are  poor  I'll  go,  for  I  am  poor  myself."  When  he  reached 
there  he  found  they  were  poor  indeed,  and  he  said  starvation  was  all  that 
ailed  them ;  so  he  took  out  his  ten  dollar  bill  and  gave  it  to  the  poor  woman 
to  buy  wholesome  food  for  her  sick  children.  It  was  all  the  money  he  had. 
He  thought  their  rich  neighbors  could  doctor  that  family  as  well  as  he  could. 

He  married  Miss  Lucy  Hall,  daughter  of  Joseph,  son  of 
David,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  John,  son  of  John.  They  had 
two  sons  and  three  daughters,  Sarah  C.,  born  July  17,  1822, 
married  David  N.  Hall,  a  college  graduate  and  lawyer,  and 
died  at  St.  Louis  Jan.  15,  1849  ;  Nathan,  born  Aug.  24, 
1825,  died  Oct.  14,  1853  ;  Maria,  bom  Jan.  19,  1828,  died 
Nov.  2,  1850;  Elizabeth  P.,  born  Dec.  2,  1830,  died  at 
Providence  Dec.  29,  1849;  Geo.  S.,  born  Dec.  19,  1835, 
died  March  25,  1838.  Dr.  Smith  married  for  second  wife 
Mrs.  Dr.  Wood  of  East  Douglas,  and  for  third  a  Miss  White. 


318  HOMES    OF   THE 

The  last  still  survives.  His  children  are  all  dead.  His  son 
Nathan  studied  medicine,  and  had  just  commenced  practice 
when  he  was  stricken  down  with  consumption  and  died.  He 
married  Susan  Anthony ;  they  had  one  child  that  died  in 
infancy.  Sarah  and  Elizabeth  were  both  very  good  artists. 

We  have  already  said  that  the  doctor  was  quite  poor  at  one 
time.  Then  it  was  that  Dr.  Shattuck  of  Boston  sent  his  son 
up  with  a  good  horse  for  him  as  a  present.  Dr.  Shattuck 
was  one  of  his  father's  students,  and  had  a  great  regard  for 
the  family.  Soon  after,  Mr.  James  Phelps,  then  doing  a 
large  business,  volunteered  to  build  him  a  house,  telling  him 
he  could  pay  for  it  from  his  earnings  in  small  instalments  as 
was  most  convenient.  So  he  built  the  house  now  owned  by 
Dr.  Robbius,  and  Dr.  Smith  lived  there  till  1848,  when  he 
moved  to  Providence,  thence  to  Webster,  where  his  wife 
died  Sept.  23,  1850.  Then  he  came  back  to  Sutton,  and  on 
the  19th  of  June,  1851,  he  married  the  widow  Wood  and 
went  to  East  Douglas ;  from  there  he  returned  to  Provi- 
dence, and  died  of  apoplexy  very  suddenly  at  the  time  above 
stated.  He  was  at  one  time  quite  skeptical,  almost  an  infidel ; 
yet  his  mother  was  a  pious  woman,  and  read  her  bible 
through  in  course  as  often  as  she  could.  When  she  died,  her 
book-mark  was  at  one  of  the  psalms.  He  had  her  bible  and 
kept  the  mark  where  she  left  it ;  so,  thinking  of  his  good 
mother  and  her  bible,  he  learned  to  love  it  for  her  sake,  and 
"  when  I  last  saw  him,"  says  Mr.  Hall,  "  on  the  occasion  of 
my  wife's  funeral,  when  he  spent  two  or  three  days  with  me, 
he  told  me  that  he  thought  he  had  experienced  religion,  and 
was  quite  happy  in  his  new  hope." 

His  wife  and  all  of  his  children  were  born  in  Sutton.  He 
now  sleeps  in  the  old  graveyard,  the  "  holy  ground"  of  his 
choice.  The  place  was  next  owned  by  Mrs.  Terry  and 
occupied  by  her  and  her  son,  Dr.  William  Terry ;  then  by 
Miss  Esther  Terry.  It  next  went  into  possession  of  Putnam 
King,  who  sold  to  the  present  owner.  Dr.  Terry  is  one  of 
the  best  of  men ;  he  was  deacon  of  the  church  for  several 
years,  also  a  member  of  the  school  committee.  He  taught 
school  and  was  a  useful  citizen ;  he  married  a  Slocomb,  and 
has  a  large  family.  He  now  lives  in  Ansonia,  Ct.  Mr. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  319 

Joseph  Hall  built  a  house  a  little  south  of  this,  where  he  lived 
several  years.  It  was  moved,  and  has  been  accounted  for 
where  it  now  stands. 

We  insert  the  following  obituaries  of  Sarah  C.,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Smith,  and  of  her  husband  : 

"Died  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Mrs.  Sarah  C.,  wife  of  David  N.  Hall,  Esq.,  and 
daughter  of  Dr.  D.  S.  C.  H.  Smith,  formerly  of  Sutton,  now  of  Providence, 
R.  I.,  aged  26  years. 

"  A  few  months  since  Mrs.  Hall  left  the  parental  roof,  and  took  leave  of  the 
hills  and  valleys  of  her  native  place  (often  sketched  by  her  pencil)  for  the  city 
of  her  adoption.  Little  did  she  or  her  friends  think  she  had  been  stricken  with 
that  disease  which  loves  to  prey  upon  youth  and  beauty,  and  which  would 
prepare  her  for  a  grave  in  a  land  of  strangers,  far  from  the  sepulchres  of  her 
honored  sires.  In  intellectual  and  moral  worth  Mrs.  Hall  had  few  superiors. 
Possessing  a  vigorous  and  well  cultivated  mind,  and  a  heart  prompt  to  feel  for 
others'  joy  or  woe,  she  won  the  friendship  and  love  of  all  favored  with  her 
acquaintance.  Her  death  is  an  irreparable  loss  to  her  husband,  and  makes  a 
wide  breach  in  that  circle  of  which  she  was  lately  one.  There  are  many  hearts 
in  the  place  of  her  nativity  who  sympathize  deeply  with  the  bereaved  in  their 
loss ;  and  who  fervently  offer  the  prayer  that  the  hand  which  has  wounded 
may  also  heal."* 

"  Died  on  the  evening  of  the  29th  of  April,  at  the  residence  of  Col.  Owing, 
St.  Louis,  David  N.  Hall,  Esq.,  a  member  of  the  St.  Louis  bar,  in  the  33d 
year  of  his  age. 

"  The  deceased  was  a  native  of  Sutton,  Mass.,  and  a  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege, in  the  class  of  1839.  *  *  *  * 

"  In  the  spring  of  1847  he  received  from  Governor  Edwards  the  appointment 
of  circuit  attorney  for  the  county  of  St.  Louis.  Upon  the  resignation  of  Judge 
Blair,  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Mr.  Hall  was  strongly  recommended 
by  a  large  body  of  his  fellow  citizens  for  that  high  and  responsible  station. 
In  August  1847  Mr.  Hall  re-visited  his  native  home,  and  there  married  an 
accomplished  and  amiable  lady,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Smith  of  that  place. 
Before  two  years  had  passed  away,  the  death  of  a  beloved  wife  and  an  only 
child  had  prepared  his  mind  and  heart  for  the  deepest  afflictions  of  life.  *  *  * 
His  mind  wore  a  philosophical  cast,  and  he  contemplated  death  with  the  placid 
equanimity  of  a  Socrates,  and  at  the  same  time  with  the  Christian's  hope  of  a 
higher  life  to  come."  t 

It  is  not  known  who  built  the  next  house.  The  first  owner  of 
whom  we  have  any  knowledge  was  Deacon  Reuben  Putnam, 
who  was  deacon  in  1794.  He  had  several  children  born 
here.  Austin  graduated  at  Brown  University,  and  was  a 
Congregational  minister  at  Cornish,  N.  H.  Polycarp,  whose 


*  Massachusetts  Spy,  January  31,  1849. 
t  Massachusetts  Spy,  June  11,  1851. 


320  HOMES    OF   THE 

name  was  changed  to  John  Milton,  also  graduated  at  Brown 
University.  His  mother  was  a  widow  and  lived  alone  in  this 
house  for  several  years. 

When  Polycarp  was  eight  years  old,  he  felt  that  he  must  do  something  to 
help  his  mother.  So  he  took  a  bundle  of  his  clothes  and  a  cane,  and  sallied 
forth  to  seek  his  fortune.  He  first  went  down  the  Boston  road,  stopping  at 
every  house  to  see  if  they  wanted  a  boy,  but  no  one  gave  him  any  encourage- 
ment ;  so  he  started  back  and  threw  his  cane  up,  resolving  to  go  in  the  direction 
that  the  cane  might  point.  It  directed  him  across  lots,  towards  Millbury,  so 
he  went  in  that  direction,  and  at  last  reached  the  house  of  Mr.  Jonathan 
Waters  in  West  Millbury;  there  he  asked  Mr.  Waters  if  he  wanted  a  boy.  Mr. 
Waters  inquired  whose  boy  he  was,  and  finding  him  quite  intelligent,  con- 
cluded that  he  would  like  a  boy ;  so  he  told  him  that  if  his  mother  approved 
he  might  come  and  work  for  him.  He  came  and  lived  with  Mr.  Waters  ten 
years,  and  then,  by  the  assistance  of  friends,  went  to  college,  became  a  Congre- 
gational minister  and  was  settled  at  Great  Barrington,  Mass. 

He  married  a  Miss  Brigham  of  Westboro',  and  took  his 
mother  to  his  own  home  and  cared  for  her  as  long  as  she 
lived.  He  afterward  went  to  Maine.  His  son,  Rev.  George 
Putnam,  now  preaches  in  Millbury. 

The  place  was  occupied  by  Capt.  William  Warren,  who 
had  a  large  and  very  intelligent  family.  One  of  his  daughter* 
kept  a  select  school  in  this  house.  One  married  a  Horton, 
and  was  the  mother  of  Rev.  Francis  Horton.  It  was  next 
owned  and  occupied  by  Ithran  Harris,  then  by  Dr.  D.  8.  C. 
H.  Smith.  Simon  Wheeler  lived  there  once.  Nehemiah 
Chase  took  possession  on  a  mortgage  and  sold  to  Mrs. 
Sylvester  Morse,  a  very  fine  lady,  who  had  two  worthy  sons 
and  one  daughter ;  she  occupied  it  several  years.  It  now 
belongs  to  William  D.  Mascroft.  Mr.  William  P.  Mascroft 
lived  there  several  years,  and  there  died.  He  married  a 
Batcheller  and  had  a  large  family.  Three  of  his  sons  weigh 
over  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  each.  He,  in  his  best 
days,  weighed  over  three  hundred  pounds. 

The  next  house,  which  stood  on  land  now  owned  by 
M.  M.  Hovey,  was  originally  owned  by  Perez  Rice,  who, 
"  Master  Hall"  said,  was  cousin  to  the  Rices  that  the  Indians 
carried  from  Westboro'  to  Canada  in  1700.  He  had 
a  large  family  and  owned  a  large  real  estate  in  Sutton . 
He  it  was,  according  to  the  Leland  papers,  that  owned  the 
first  chaise  in  town.  His  nephew,  Rev.  Asaph  Rice,  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  in  1752 ;  taught  school  in  Sutton,  and 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  321 

preached  in  Westminster.  The  place  was  afterward  occupied 
by  a  Leland,  and  then  by  Capt.  Francis  Putnam,  who  mar- 
ried Leland's  daughter. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Mr.  Simeon  Carpenter  for 
his  son  .John,  whose  children  were  born  there.  It  was  after- 
ward occupied  several  years  by  Reuben  F.  Chase.  Many 
other  families  have  since  lived  there.  It  is  now  owned  by 
Putnam  King-  and  occupied  by  Andrew  Laverty. 

The  next  place,  so  far  as  can  be  learned,  was  first  owned 
by  Henry  Harback,  then  by  Ensign  David  Putnam ;  next 
by  his  son  Abner,  and  has  since  been  owned  by  Reuben 
Wheelock,  Luther  Whiting,  Samuel  King,  Isaac  Burdon, 
William  V.  Inman,  H.  C.  Mascroft,  George  Stock  well  and 
A.  W.  Putnam.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Mellen  Whiting  was 
born  here.  Solomon  D.  King,  "Esq.,  bought  the  place 
some  eight  years  since  and  now  occupies  it.  He  has  been 
town  clerk,  and  held  other  town  offices,  has  presided  in 
county  conventions,  been  one  of  the  leaders  in  many  of 
the  temperance  organizations ;  has  also  been  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  a  member  of  the  legislature,  etc.  He  married 
Julia  Ann  Hall,  daughter  of  Oliver  Hall,  Esq.  They  had 
three  sons  and  one  daughter :  Sim  E.,  who  was  a  soldier  in 
the  late  war,  and  is  now  in  a  law-office  in  Worcester ; 
Henry  ;  and  Sarah,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Sutton  high 
school. 

Rev.  Samuel  Mellen  Whiting  was  born  (in  the  house  on  this  place),  June 
25,  1825 ;  was  graduated  from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  in  1846,  and  from 
Newton  Theological  Seminary  in  1850.  He  was  ordained  May  8,  1850,  in  the 
first  Baptist  church,  Hartford,  and  was  married  the  next  day  to  Miss  Mary 
Elizabeth  Flint  of  that  city.  In  June  following  they  sailed  from  Boston  for 
Assam,  India,  as  missionaries  of  the  American  Baptist  Missionary  Union, 
and  arrived  at  Gowahati,  Assam,  in  April,  1851. 

His  missionary  service  in  India  covers  a  period  of  a  little  over  ten  years,  a 
decade  rendered  remarkable  in  the  history  of  our  missions  by  the  enlargement 
of  missionary  operations,  and  the  triumphs  of  the  cross  over  the  powers  of 
heathenism.  Mr.  Whiting  was  qualified  by  natural  endowments,  culture, 
learning,  piety  and  zeal,  to  enter  into,  and  help  fonvard  this  aggressive  work. 
He  translated  large  portions  of  the  Old  Testament  from  Hebrew  into  As- 
samese, a  work  which  reflects  great  credit  upon  his  accurate  scholarship.  He 
was  successful  as  pastor  and  preacher,  as  teacher  and  translator,  as  editor  and 
financier,  proving  himself  equal  to  all  these  high  trusts.  For  four  years  he 
took  charge  of  the  printing  establishment,  and  for  two  years  he  had  the  whole 
charge  of  the  mission  at  Sibsagor. 
41 


322  HOMES  or  THE 

He  did  a  great  work  for  Assam,  and  left  behind  him  there  a  name  and  an 
influence  that  will  live  in  all  coming  time.  He  returned  to  this  country  on 
account  of  Mrs.  Whiting's  health  in  1861,  and  entered  at  once  into  earnest 
work  for  the  Master. 

For  seven  years  he  was  the  esteemed  and  successful  pastor  of  the  church 
in  Colchester,  Vermont.  While  there  he  performed  a  large  amount  of  varied 
and  useful  work  in  the  New  Hampton  Institution  at  Fairfax,  and  in  the  vari- 
ous religious  organizations  of  the  state ;  showing  in  these  spheres  the  same 
versatility  of  talent,  mature  wisdom,  and  executive  ability  which  had  charac- 
terized his  services  in  India.  He  was  very  highly  esteemed  in  ministerial 
circles  beyond  the  Baptist  denomination,  and  was  pronounced  by  the  best 
judges  in  Vermont  the  foremost  Hebrew  scholar  in  the  state.  He  was  as 
modest  and  unassuming  as  be  was  profound  in  classical  scholarship.  He  was 
as  true  in  friendship,  and  as  gentle  and  loving  in  spirit,  as  he  was  firm  in 
truth  and  principle  and  unswerving  in  integrity. 

For  four  years  he  was  the  honored  pastor  of  the  ancient  and  venerable 
church  in  Windsor,  Vermont,  a  worthy  successor  of  the  devoted  and  able 
Elijah  Hutchinson  of  blessed  memory.  From  Windsor  he  was  called  to  Fair 
Haven,  Connecticut,  where  the  crowning  work  of  his  pastoral  life  was  accom- 
plished. The  church  there  owes  to  him,  under  God,  almost  its  very  existence. 
He  found  them  without  a  house  of  worship,  few  and  feeble,  worshiping  in  a 
hall  over  King's  Hotel.  While  looking  faithfully  after  the  spiritual  interests 
of  the  people,  he  gave  himself  with  singular  devotion  to  the  work  of  building 
a  house  of  worship,  and  by  indefatigable  labors  and  large  personal  influence 
he  succeeded  in  building  their  present  beautiful  church  edifice  on  Grand 
street,  and  dedicating  it  to  the  worship  of  God.  The  spiritual  interests  of 
the  church  were  also  greatly  built  up  under  his  ministry,  and  the  church 
stands  to-day  as  a  monument  of  his  fidelity  and  ability.  In  the  midst  of 
these  abundant  labors  his  health  gave  way,  and  he  was  forced  to  resign  all 
connection  with  this  cherished  work,  and  retire  from  the  active  ministry  of 
the  Word.  Since  'then  he  has  lived  in  New  Haven,  an  invalid  in  steadily 
failing  health.  He  died  Feb.  21,  1878.* 

The  next  place  Jonathan  F.  Putnam  bought  of  Lot  Wood- 
bury,  Nov.  29,  1793.  The  house  was  an  old  fashioned 
gambrel-roofed  one ;  there  was  a  mill  and  scythe-maker's 
shop  on  it  when  he  bought  it,  but  the  next  morning  it  was  a 
smouldering  ruin,  having  been  burned  on  the  very  night  on 
which  he  took  possession.  It  was  dhe  of  the  oldest  mill 
sites  in  town.  Who  first  built  there  is.  not  known.  Miller 
Putnam,  as  he  was  always  called,  built  a  grist-mill  twenty- 
feet  square,  directly  after  the  fire,  and  occupied  it  until 
after  the  great  September  gale  in  1815.  His  wife  had  her 
spinning-wheel  placed  in  the  attic  of  the  mill,  and  belted  to 
the  water-wheel,  and  there  she  spun  flax  and  tow  for  several 
years.  After  the  great  blow  Mr.  Isaac  King  induced  him  to 


From  The  Watchman  and  Elector. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  323 

build  a  saw-mill,  that  he  might  have  sawed  some  of  the 
best  logs  from  trees  that  had  been  blown  down  on  his  land, 
so  he  built  a  new  saw  and  grist-mill  sixty  feet  long,  which 
he  operated  until  1836,  when  he  sold  out  to  Edward  Clark 
and  others  to  make  room  for  their  flour-mill  already  des- 
cribed. The  house  on  this  place  has  been  built  over  sixty 
years,  and  there  has  never  been  a  death  in  it,  unless  one 
child  died  there  in  infancy  when  the  house  was  first  erected. 
Probably  there  is  not  another  house  in  town  which  has 
been  constantly  occupied,  in  which  there  has  been  no  death 
for  more  than  sixty  years.  Estes  Putnam  lives  in  the  house 
opposite,  which  has  been  already  spoken  of  as  once  a  school 
house  and  a  law  office. 

The  house  now  owned  by  the  heirs  of  Deacon  William 
Bond  is  presumed  to  have  been  built  by  Daniel  Stone,  a 
mason  by  trade,  who  also  carried  on  the  farm  and  manufac- 
tured potash.  One  of  his  children  was  buried  on  the  place. 
The  farm  was  afterward  owned  by  Nathan  Woodbury,  who 
deeded  it  to  Deacon  Bond  when  his  children  were  young ; 
they  were  born,  however,  in  the  next  house  beyond  where 
Lewis  Griggs  now  lives.  Deacon  Bond  lived  here  many 
years,  and  here  he  died,  an  honest  man  and  a  Christian.  His 
son  Alvan  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1815,  and 
studied  theology  at  Andover.  He  is  now  the  Dr.  Bond  of 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  a  distinguished  scholar  and  divine. 
The  place  is  now  occupied  by  Mr.  John  E.  Ball,  a  very 
worthy  man.  The  following  sketch  of  Deacon  William 
Bond  and  family  is  prepared  from  data  furnished  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Bond: 

Among  the  old  families  and  early  settlers  of  the  town  of  Sutton  the  name 
of  Bond  is  found.  In  1737  Josiah  Bond,  grandson  of  William  Bond  of  Water- 
town,  was  received  to  the  Congregational  church  by  letter  from  the  church  in 
Newton.  He  settled  on  a  farm  in  what  was  called  the  north  parish,  now 
Millbury.  He  was  among  the  number  of  those  who  in  1744  were  organized 
as  the  second  church  in  Sutton.  He  was  the  grandfather  of  Dea.  William 
Bond,  who  in  the  spring  of  1801  removed  from  the  westerly  part  of  Millbury 
to  the  farm  still  in  the  possession  of  the  family,  about  half  a  mile  south  of 
Sutton  centre.  He  and  his  wife,  members  of  the  second  church,  were  received 
by  letter  to  the  first  church.  In  1811  he  was  elected  a  deacon  of  said  church, 
in  which  office  he  continued  till  his  death  in  1842.  Dea.  Bond  as  a  citizen 
was  public  spirited,  ever  ready  to  co-operate  with  others  in  promoting  the 
cause  of  education,  public  improvements,  morality  and  peace. 


324  HOMES    OF   THE 

He  was  a  well  known  peacemaker,  who  never  had  a  lawsuit  or  a  quarrel 
with  his  neighbors.  As  a  professed  Christian  he  was  an  example  of  humility, 
consistency,  charity  and  conscientious  devotion  to  the  duties  of  his  profession. 
Constant  in  his  attendance  on  the  service  of  the  sanctuary,  and  such  occa- 
sional religious  meetings  as  were  appointed  in  the  parish,  he  showed  that  his 
piety  was  a  principle  and  a  life  rather  than  a  periodic  awakening  of  religious 
emotion  and  zeal.  In  ordering  the  affairs  of  his  household,  family  worship 
was  maintained,  the  sabbath  was  sacredly  remembered,  and  religious  instruc- 
tion given. 

Deacon  Bond  had  three  children,  two  of  whom  are  now  living.  It  was  a 
cherished  purpose  of  this  Christian  father  to  give  to  one  of  his  two  sons  a  col- 
legiate education,  with  the  hope  that  he  might  become  a  preacher  of  the 
gospel.  This  purpose  was  accomplished  and  the  hope  realized  by  the  educa- 
tion of  the  eldest  son  at  Brown  University,  and  the  theological  seminary  at 
Andover.  And  he  enjoyed  the  privilege  and  satisfaction  of  representing  his 
church  as  a  delegate  to  the  council  by  which  that  son,  Rev.  Alvan  Bond, 
D.  D.,  now  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  was  ordained  and  installed  as  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church  in  Sturbridge,  Nov.  29,  1819. 

After  a  prosperous  ministry  of  nearly  twelve  years,  Mr.  Bond  in  1831 
accepted  an  invitation  to  a  professorship  in  the  theological  seminary,  Bangor, 
Maine.  As  his  health  suffered  somewhat  from  the  severity  of  the  climate  in 
that  place,  he  accepted  an  invitation  from  the  second  Congregational  church, 
Norwich,  Conn.,  to  become  pastor  of  the  same,  being  installed  May  6,  1835. 
After  a  happy  and  prosperous  ministry  as  the  pastor  of  this  church,  continuing 
thirty  years,  he  resigned  his  pastorate  on  account  of  age  and  failing  health.  He 
continues  to  dwell  among  the  people  for  whom  he  so  long  labored  in  the 
gospel,  esteemed  and  honored  in  his  old  age.  During  half  a  century  he  has, 
in  addition  to  his  professional  labors,  been  active  in  promoting  the  interests  of 
education,  and  in  organizing,  supporting  and  managing  the  institutions  of 
Christian  benevolence,  most  of  which  have  come  into  existence  during  his  life- 
time, to  the  support  of  which  he  has  been  a  constant  contributor. 

Among  the  first  settlers  of  Sutton  the  name  of  Richard  Waters  may  be 
found.  He  united  with  the  church  when  the  Rev.  Mr.  McKinstry  was  pastor, 
being  received  by  letter  from  the  church  in  Salem.  Several  families  of  this 
name  lived  in  the  westerly  part  of  this  town,  and  others  in  what  is  now  Mill- 
bury.  In  Sutton,  Ebenezer  Waters,  Esq.,  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  a  land 
surveyor.  He  gave  the  bell  to  the  old  church.  He  lived  on  the  Bullard  farm, 
West  Sutton.  A  brother  or  relative  was  Elder  Waters,  a  Baptist  preacher, 
whose  house  was  a  short  distance  below  where  the  Baptist  meeting-house  now 
stands,  and  upon  the  opposite  side  of  the  street.*  As  Baptist  ministers  in  these 
times  did  not  receive  salaries,  it  was  necessary  that  they  should  procure  some 
secular  occupation  as  the  means  of  support.  The  "  Elder,"  as  he  was  called, 
was  an  enterprising  man  of  business,  a  well  known  and  highly  respected 
citizen,  and  an  earnest  preacher  in  his  denomination.  The  fact  that  this  good 
Baptist  Elder  run  a  distillery  shows  how  different  public  sentiment  then  was 
as  to  the  manufacture  and  use  of  intoxicating  liquors  from  what  it  now  is. 
He  received  the  surplus  cider  of  the  farmers  and  converted  it  into  what  was 
called  cider  brandy,  at  one  time  extensively  used  as  a  beverage. 


*  See  sketch  of  Elder  Samuel  Waters  in  connection  with  the  history  of  the 
first  Baptist  church. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  325 

With  many  other  good  men,  Deacon  Bond  made  cider  for  the  elder's  distil- 
lery; on  one  occasion,  after 'having  discharged  a  load  of  cider,  the  deaco^ 
tarried  for  the  purpose  of  a  social  chat  with  the  elder.  While  watching  the 
fire  of  the  distillery,  "Deacon,"  said  the  elder,  "this  business  furnishes  me 
with  some  very  striking  illustrations  for  my  preaching.  Here,  while  attending 
to  the  fire,  I  have  time  to  think  and  study  my  discourses.  When  I  want  to 
impress  on  my  hearers  the  awf'ul  subject  of  future  punishment,  this  big  fire 
which  I  keep  continually  burning  affords  an  illustration  of  the  fire  of  hell 
which  is  not  quenched.  The  worm  of  the  distillery  reminds  me  of  what 
Christ  has  said  about  the  worm  that  never  dies.  And  then  the  product,  the 
spirit  of  the  cider,  represents  the  evil  spirits  by  which  men  are  tempted  and  in 
danger  of  being  destroyed."  And  as  the  conversation  went  on,  the  deacon 
thought  that  the  elder's  study,  with  its  fire  and  worm,  and  burning  fluid,  was 
quite  a  suggestive  place  for  sermon  making.  Neither  of  these  good  men  at 
that  time  entertained  the  slightest  suspicion  that  the  business  in  which  they 
were  engaged  was  not  as  justifiable  as  any  other  occupation. 

If  young  men  had  dreamed  dreams  in  those  days,  as  one  did  on  a  time 
about  "Deacon  Giles's"  notorious  distillery,  in  which  it  was  said  a  Bible 
depository  was  kept,  some  one  might  have  immortalized  Elder  Water's  distil- 
lery as  a  study  in  which  sermons  were  made.  He  might  have  dreamed  how 
the  good  man's  exhortations  and  warnings  for  Sabbath  services  received 
point  and  force  from  the  inspiration  created  by  the  grim  fixtures  and  fiery 
work  of  this  old  cider-brandy  mill. 

The  next  and  last  house  in  district  number  four  was  owned 
and  occupied  by  Mr.  Daniel  Tenney,  then  by  Elisha  Carpen- 
ter, then  by  his  son  Simeon,  then  by  his  son  Tyler.  It  has 
since  been  owned  by  Aaron  Holman,  Henry  M.  Brigham, 
Joel  Houghton,  Stockwell  and  Putnam,  I.  A.  Dodge  and  S. 
B.  Holbrook,  the  present  owner.  Simeon  Carpenter,  son  of 
Elisha,  son  of  William,  was  a  comb-maker  and  carried  on 
that  business  here.  His  eleven  children  were  born  here.  His 
sons,  David  and  Simeon,  went  to  Charlton  and  were  prom- 
inently connected  with  the  Worcester  County  Agricultural 
Society.  Tyler  married  Betsey  Waters,  and  went  to  Min- 
nesota ;  Matilda  married  Stephen  Waters  and  is  the  mother 
of  Jason  Waters.  There  was  once  another  house  on  this  farm, 
owned  and  occupied  by  James  Giles,  who  was  a  cooper,  and 
had  a  shop  near  his  house.  Both  buildings  were  burned 
about  1818.  It  is  not  known  by  whom  either  of  these 
houses  was  built. 

We  insert  here  the  following  sketch  of  Hon.  J.  H.  Morse, 
which  should  have  been  given  in  connection  with  the  place 
now  owned  by  George  S.  King. 


326  HOMES    OF    THE 

H>n.  John  Hathaway  Morse,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Hathaway  Morse,  was 
Wlrn  in  the  town  of  Sutton,  Worcester  County,  Massachusetts,  July  21,  1819. 
The  family  was  originally  English,  and  came  from  a  renowned  and  remote 
ancestry. 

Three  brothers  —  Anthony,  William  and  Robert  Morse  —  emigrated  from 
England  and  settled  in  Newb  uryport,  Massachusetts,  in  the  year  1635. 

From  Anthony,  the  oldest  son  of  Anthony,  descended  Professor  Morse, 
father  of  our  telegraph  system;  and  from  Joshua,  the  youngest  son,  John 
Hathaway  Morse  of  Missouri  traces  his  genealogy. 

His  paternal  grandfather,  Nathaniel  Fry  Morse,  was  a  surgeon  under  Wash- 
ington during  the  revolutionary  war ;  and  his  grand-uncles,  Caleb  and  Joshua 
Morse,  served  as  soldiers  during  that  memorable  struggle,  and  never  laid 
down  their  arms  until  the  freedom  of  the  colonies  was  proclaimed. 

The  father  of  John  was  one  of  the  first  cotton  manufacturers  in  the 
United  States,  but  met  with  severe  losses  in  the  destruction  of  his  mills  by 
lire  in  1822.  Owing  principally  to  these  reverses,  young  John  received  but  a 
common  school  education,  and  was  early  called  upon  to  begin  the  great  battle 
of  life.  It  being  prior  to  the  introduction  of  railroads  into  the  United  States, 
the  elder  Morse  became  interested  in  running  canal  boats  from  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  to  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  on  what  was  known  as  the  Black- 
stone  Canal,  in  which  occupation  he  was  assisted  by  his  son  John,  who  had 
barely  reached  his  sixteenth  year. 

In  1837,  when  John  was  eighteen  years  old,  the  family  moved  west,  and 
settled  in  McLean  County,  Illinois,  John  going  to  Springfield  and  becoming 
engaged  in  general  wood  working.  Here  he  remained  four  years  and  married 
Miss  Panthea  Armsby.  His  wife  being  of  a  very  delicate  constitution,  he  was 
induced  to  return  to  the  east,  in  the  hope  of  bringing  to  her  renewed  health 
and  strength ;  but  disease  had  taken  a  too  strong  hold  of  her,  and  she  died  in 
1844,  John  returning  and  coming  to  Missouri  in  1847. 

Possessed  of  a  quick  and  active  mind,  coming  from  one  of  the  best  devel- 
oped and  most  prosperous  of  the  eastern  states,  of  wonderful  energy  and 
perseverance,  and  perfectly  enthusiastic  upon  all  matters  relating  to  the  open- 
ing up  and  developing  of  his  adopted  state,  he  soon  began  to  take  active  part 
in  all  the  important  questions  of  the  day,  and  ere  long  was  tacitly  acknowledged 
as  the  representative  man  of  his  section.  Politically  he  was  always  known  as 
an  old  line  whig,  and  a  union  man  as  opposed  to  slavery.  He  was  a  firm 
believer  in  state  rights ;  but  was  firm  in  the  opinion  that  the  institution  of 
slavery  was  wrong  in  itself,  and  injurious  to  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the 
state.  These  ideas  he  never  failed  to  advocate  upon  all  occasions. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Morse  occupied  a  very  peculiar  and  what  might  be 
termed  a  very  harrassing  position.  Living  on  the  line  between  the  two  hostile 
parties,  he  was  exposed  to  the  incursions  and  hostilities  of  both  parties. 
Regarding  the  union  of  the  states  as  a  strong  and  indissoluble  bond,  he  warmly 
favored  the  measures  put  forth  by  the  general  government  for  its  mainte- 
nance. Notwithstanding  a  majority  of  the  most  influential  citizens  of  the 
county  were  secessionists,  he  strongly  advocated  the  restoration  of  the  states 
to  their  old  places  in  the  union,  and  assisted  in  raising  a  company  of  soldiers 
for  that  purpose.  His  influence  kept  many  at  home  who  were  inclined  to 
join  fortunes  with  the  confederacy.  The  educational  interests  of  Missouri 
had  no  more  faithful  guardian  in  the  legislature  than  Mr.  Morse,  who  watched 
with  a  jealous  eye  every  movement  liable  to  affect  our  public  school  system. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  327 

In  1872  the  university  was  crippled  for  the  want  of  money;  the  public 
schools  suffered  from  the  same  cause.  Mr.  Morse  was  the  author  of  the 
measures  reimbursing  the  state  university  and  the  common  schools,  giving 
to  the  university  $147,080  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  stock  of  the 
State  Bank  of  Missouri,  sold  under  Governor  Fletcher's  administration  to 
James  B.  Eads,  and  giving  $900,000  to  the  common  schools.  This  was  one  of 
the  most  popular  measures  ever  passed  in  Missouri.  Mr.  Morse  was  married 
twice;  in  1841,  as  has  been  already  intimated,  in  McLean  County,  Illinois,  to 
Miss  Panthea  Armsby,  who  died  in  1844  without  issue. 

His  second  marriage  took  place  in  1861,  in  Springfield,  Illinois,  where  he 
espoused  Miss  Mary  P.  Barrows,  a  native  of  Vermont,  but  whose  early  life 
was  passed  in  Sangamon  County.  She  still  survives,  and  has  borne  him  three 
sons.  *  *  *  Through  his  own  intrinsic  merits  and  indefatigable  energy 
he  has  made  his  life  a  success.  His  industry  has  been  rewarded.  Generous 
in  his  nature  and  social  in  disposition,  he  counts  his  friends  and  well-wishers 
by  the  thousands,  who  respect  and  esteem  him  for  the  high  moral  principles 
which  he  ever  puts  forward  in  his  public  and  private  career,  and  which  to-day 
place  the  name  of  John  Hathaway  Morse  among  Missouri's  most  honored 
citizens.* 

HATHAWAY  DISTRICT,  No.  5. 

The  first  house  in  this  district  on  the  Oxford  road,  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  Sullivan  Fuller,  was  built  in  1832  by 
Parley  Kenney.  Mr.  Sullivan  Fuller  married  first,  Miss 
Prudence  Kenney  ;  married  second,  Miss Graves  ;  mar- 
ried third,  Miss  Eunice  Knights. 

Mr.  Fuller  has  greatly  enlarged  and  improved  the  place 
since  he  has  been  the  owner. 

The  house  now  occupied  by  Miss  Mary  Record  was  built 
by  Benjamin  Boyce  about  the  year  1775.  Miss  Record 
made  an  addition  to  it  a  few  years  ago.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  Jonathan  Record,  and  the  only  one  of  the  name  in  town. 

Abijah  Putnam  built  the  house  where  his  widow,  Mrs. 
Betsey  (Burdon)  Putnam,  aged  ninety-three,  now  resides 
with  her  son,  Sylvester  Putnam.  Mrs.  Putnam  retains  her 
faculties  in  a  remarkable  degree,  and,  as  Mr.  Grossman 
remarks,  furnished  him  "from  the  store-house  of  her 
memory  much  of  the  information  gathered  in  this  vicinity." 

The  house  where  Simeon  A.  Fuller  now  lives  was  built  by 
Daniel  Towne  about  1750.  A  few  years  later  the  Fuller 
family  were  in  possession  of  the  place.  They  came  from 
Attleboro  and  established  the  comb-making  business,  and  for 


*  From  L.  U.  Reavis'  Centennial  work  on  St.  Louis  and  Missouri. 


328  HOMES    OF   THE 

many  years  carried  it  on  in  a  shop  on  this  place.  Simeon 
Fuller,  father  of  the  present  owner,  with  his  brother  Reuben 
were  the  first  of  the  name  who  owned  the  place. 

The  house  where  James  D.  Hill  lives  was  built  by  Jona- 
than Burdon,  nearly  a  hundred  years  since.  Mr.  Burdon 
was  born  in  an  old  house  which  stood  a  little  east  of  the  one 
now  occupied  by  Miss  Mary  Record.  For  the  singular 
accident  connected  with  the  death  of  Mr.  Burdon,  see 
Annals,  1816. 

The  next  occupant  was  James  Hill,  born  in  Douglas ; 
married  Sally  H.  Burdon,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Burdon. 
His  children  were  Harriet  Craggin,  born  Dec.  20,  1815  ; 
Emma  Craggin,  August  29,  1817  ;  James  Dudley,  July  19, 
1820;  Sarah,  July  31,  1827. 

James  Dudley  succeeded  his  father  upon  the  place,  and 
still  occupies  it.  He  married  Mary  E.  Simmons  Sept.  17, 
1845.  They  have  one  daughter,  Elizabeth  A.,  born  Aug.  7, 
1847,  who  married  Dr.  Alonzo  L.  Stickney,  Nov.  6,  1867. 
Dr.  Stickney  practiced  medicine  for  several  years  in  Sutton, 
which  place  he  left  for  Ashburnham,  where  he  is  now  engaged 
in  his  profession.  He  ranks  high  as  a  physician  and_is  emi- 
nent as  a  surgeon. 

The  house  where  Rufus  King  resides  was  built  by  his 
father,  William  King,  in  1834,  upon  the  site  of  the  old  house 
which  was  torn  down.  It  is  not  known  by  whom  the  old 
house  was  built.  Perhaps  by  Mr.  Richard  Dodge,  who  occu- 
pied the  place  about  a  hundred  years  since.  It  was  subse- 
quently in  possession  of  Mr.  Jonathan  Record,  who  lived 
here  for  a  time  and  sold  to  William  King. 

The  place  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Thomas  J.  Nealy 
was  for  many  years  in  possession  of  the  King  family.  Next 
owned  by  Major  Rufus  Burdoii,  who  built  in  1861  the  house 
now  standing.  Major  Burdon  died  here.  Mr.  \caly  has 
greatly  improved  the  place. 

The  place  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Putnam  King  was 
bought  by  William  King,  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
the  town,  of  Elisha  Johnson,  after  which  he  built  the  old 
house  now  standing  on  the  place  in  1722 ;  he  was  succeeded 


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329 


by  his  son,  Capt.  Henry  King  ;  he  by  his  son,  William  King, 
Esq.  ;  he  by  his  son  Isaac ;  he  by  his  son  Putnam,  the 
present  owner. 

This  beautiful  farm  has  not  been  allowed  to  "•  run  out," 
but  has  been  constantly  improving.  Mr.  Putnam  King  has 
added  many  acres  to  his  fathers  farm,  and  bought  other 
farms,  so  that  now  he  is  the  largest  land-holder  in  town;  he 
built  the  house  in  which  he  lives  in  1833  ;  also  the  large  and 


T1IK    01,1)    HOUSE    Hl'ILT    11Y    WILLIAM    KINO. 

commodious  out-buildings.  He  has  transformed  bush  pas- 
tures into  mowing  tields,  built  many  rods  of  stone  wall,  and 
his  pastures  are  well  fenced.  He  has  also  sunk  many  rocks 
to  prepare  his  mowing^fields  for  the  mowing  machine,  the 
tedder  and  the  horse  rake. 

It  is  an  interesting  sight  in  hay-time  to  see  his  two  mowing  machines,  drawn 
by  able  horses,  pass  over  his  beautiful  fields,  followed  by  the  tedder,  then  by 
his  horse-rakes,  and  in  the  afternoon  perhaps  three  or  four  ox-wagons  being 
loaded  at  the  same  time  in  the  same  field.  As  they  arrive  at  the  barn,  an 
apparatus  awaits  them  to  unload  by  horse  power,  lifting  hah*  a  load  at  once 
and  stowing  it  in  the  spacious  mow. 
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330  HOMES    OF  THE 

Mr.  King  carries  on  fanning  on  a  larger  scale  than  any  man  in  town,  and 
seems  quite  successful.  He  keeps  a  large  stock  of  choice  neat  cattle ;  also 
horses,  sheep  and  swine. 

They  raise  many  vegetables  on  this  farm,  which  are  principally  sold  at 
Whitinsville.  After  selling  their  own  product  they  buy  tons  of  cabbage  and 
potatoes  to  keep  up  their  supply  to  their  customers. 

Mr.  King  has  dealt  largely  in  wood  and  lumber;  he  furnishes  many  ties  to 
the  railroads ;  so  his  man  will  go  down  with  four  yokes  of  young  oxen  with  a 
horse  on  the  lead,  hauling  a  large  load  of  railroad  ties,  to  return  with  as  many 
potatoes  as  the  team  can  draw,  brought  on  cars  from  Vermont  or  Canada,  all 
of  which  sell  at  a  good  profit. 

This  King  family  has  been  a  very  enterprising  and  suc- 
cessful one.  Mr.  Putnam  King  is  one  of  the  largest  tax- 
payers in  town,  and  the  five  Kings,  who  in  succession  have 
owned  the  estate,  have  paid  into  the  treasury  of  this  town  an 
amount  which,  put  at  six  per  cent,  compound  interest  when 
paid  in,  would  now  amount  to  more  than  twice  the  present 
valuation  of  the  town. 

Our  list  of  preferments  shows  the  standing  of  the  early 
settlers  on  this  place,  and  our  genealogy  their  connection. 

William  King,  Esq.,  born  here,  lived  on  this  place  ninety- 
one  years. 

Peter  was  a  good  Latin  scholar,  but  became  insane  and 
died  at  an  advanced  age  single. 

One  of  the  daughters  married  Deacon  Jonathan  Leland 
and  was  the  mother  of  his  fine  family.  Silence  married 
Caleb  Woodbury  and  had  a  large  and  quite  distinguished 
family.  (See  genealogy  of  the  Woodbury  family.) 

Mr.  Isaac  King,  who  succeeded  his  father  and  lived  here 
ninety-seven  years,  only  when  away  on  business,  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  and  one  of  our  most  substantial 
men.  He  married  for  first  wife  Sally  Putnam,  daughter  of 
Archelaus.  (See  genealogy.) 

Charles  was  in  the  shuttle  business,  lived  several  years  in 
Worcester,  went  from  there  to  Anoka,  Minn.,  and  there 
died.  His  widow  lives  there  now  and  is  in  high  esteem. 

Mr.  Isaac  King  was  a  man  of  great  industry  and  wonderful 
constitutional  strength ;  he  retained  his  faculties  remarkably 
to  the  end.  Horace  Leland  said  that  they  were  getting  the 
hay  out  of  an  old  swamp  one  day  after  he  was  ninety  years 
of  age,  so  he  went  down  to  the  meadow,  took  off  his  shoes 
and  stockings  and  spread  swaths  all  of  the  forenoon, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  331 

He  fell  one  day  from  the  great  beam  in  the  barn  to  the  barn  floor,  and  being 
so  old  they  thought  his  injuries  would  prove  fatal;  but  the  next  day  he  was 
sitting  up  in  his  chair.  He  said  he  fell  from  the  beam  and  was  jarred  a  little, 
but  thought  he  should  be  all  right  in  a  day  or  two,  and  so  he  was.  When 
Charles  was  told  of  it  he  said,  "  That  was  nothing;  if  his  falls  could  all  be  put 
together  they  would  reach  a  mile."  He  was  a  very  temperate  man.  He 
attended  the  Baptist  church  and  did  much  for  its  support,  and  also  had  a 
pew  in  the  Congregational  church. 

The  place  now  occupied  by  Edmund  Day  is  known  as  the 
Taylor  place.  Caleb  Taylor,  an  early  settler,  was  the  first 
owner.  He  had  a  daughter  Lydia,  who  married  her  cousin 
James,  Sept.  15,  1741. 

There  is  a  little  romance  connected  with  this  marriage.  James,  a  young 
man  of  twenty-one,  living  in  Reading,  came  to  visit  his  uncle,  wholly  ignorant 
that  Cupid  was  practising  his  archery  in  the  wilds  of  Sutton.  and  being  intro- 
duced to  his  cousin  Lydia,  a  comely  lass  of  eighteen,  was  at  once  smitten,  and 
she  was  smitten  too.  The  result  was  their  marriage,  and  he  forsook  father 
and  mother  and  did  cleave  to  his  wife. 

After  the  death  of  his  father-in-law  he  succeeded  him  on 
the  place.  His  son  Samuel  by  a  third  marriage  (see  gene- 
alogy), succeeded  him.  Samuel  built  the  present  house. 
He  was  a  large,  portly  man,  genial,  somewhat  eccentric,  and 
humorous.  Many  of  his  quaint,  comical  speeches  are  still 
remembered  and  repeated.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
James.  The  place  is  now  owned  by  Putnam  King,  Esq. 

The  next  place  on  the  Purgatory  road  is  Owned  by  Putnam 
King  and  is  now  unoccupied.  The  house  was  built  by 
Moody  Morse  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago  as 
the  story  goes,  and  probably  occupied  by  him  until  his  death. 
He  seems  to  have  been  succeeded  by  his  son  Moody,  who 
was  the  father  of  Moses  L.  Morse.  The  place  was  also 
owned  by  Archelaus  Putnam,  Capt.  Elias  Pratt,  Thomas 
Davis  and  Simeon  Batcheller,  who  died  here. 

Moses  L.  Morse,  who  was  born  on  this  place,  was  a  great 
inventor. 

The  house  where  Richmond  Burt  lives  was  built  by  James 
Elliot,  and  subsequently  owned  by  Levi  Elliot,  who  died 
here  in  1846.  The  first  house  erected  on  this  place  was 
burned. 

The  house  nearest  the  woods,  owned  by  B.  Franklin  King, 
was  built  by  Capt.  Samuel  Sibley  for  his  son  Samuel,  who 
married  and  lived  here  a  few  years. 


332  HOMES    OF    THE 

One  day  as  Mr.  Sibley  and  his  hired  man  were  unloading  hay  in  the  barn 
they  heard  a  screaming  in  the  house,  and  running  to  see  what  was  the  matter 
found  Mrs.  Sibley  in  the  cellar.  As  she  stepped  off  the  bottom  stair  she  saw 
a  rattlesnake,  which  coiled  and  began  to  shake  its  rattles.  She  was  so  fright- 
ened that  she  went  into  convulsions,  which  continued  that  day  and  night,  and 
she  declared  she  never  would  go  into  that  cellar  again,  and  she  never  did. 

The  place  was  sold  to  Benjamin  Richardson,  who  put  up  a 
blacksmith's  shop  and  carried  on  blacksmithing  in  connection 
with  farm  work. 

Merrick  Titus  married  Patty  Richardson,  daughter  of 
Benjamin,  and  lived  here  until  his  death  in  1864.  Their 
children  were  John  M.,  Frances  and  Chloe.  Frances  mar- 
ried Frank  Lowe  and  had  one  child.  Mr.  Lowe  had  been 
to  Chicago,  setting  up  and  running  stitching  machines  for  a 
boot  and  shoe  firm,  and  came  home  and  had  the  small  pox, 
and  died.  His  wife's  father  took  it  of  him  and  died.  The 
youngest  daughter,  attending  the  funeral  of  her  father, 
scantily  clothed,  took  cold  and  died  of  consumption  the  next 
summer.  The  year  following,  Mrs.  Lowe  died  also  of  con- 
sumption, contracted  by  exposure  and  hardship.  John  M., 
the  brother,  was  during  that  time  in  the  service  of  his 
country  in  the  Union  army. 

The  barn  on  this  place  was  burned  by  an  incendiary  in 
1877. 

The  old  red  house,  or  Pratt  house  as  it  is  sometimes  called, 
was  built  in  part  by  Mr.  Joshua  Hathaway,  grandfather  of 
Simeon  and  great-grandfather  of  Isaac  Hathaway,  who  died 
on  the  farm  at  the  corner  of  the  Sutton  and  Oxford  roads  a 
few  years  since.  Mr.  Simeon  Hathaway,  son  of  Joshua, 
occupied  the  place  and  had  twenty-one  children  by  two 
wives.  (See  genealogy.)  Mr.  Hathaway  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade. 

Captain  Pratt  bought  this  farm  in  1825  and  lived  here 
many  years.  Sumner  Pratt,  the  only  son,  married  Serena 
Chase,  daughter  of  Caleb  Chase,  and  carried  on  the  shuttle 
business  for  several  years  at  Pleasant  Falls.  He  is  now  in 
Worcester,  located  on  Front  street,  Pratt's  block,  and  under 
the  firm  name  of  "Sumner  Pratt  and  Co."  is  a  dealer  in 
manufacturers'  supplies.  It  is  now  owned  by  Rufus  King, 
but  is  not  occupied. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  333 

Joseph  Hicks  built  the  house  which  he  occupies,  in  1865. 
There  was  a  house  burned  on  the  same  spot  Jan.  22,  1863, 
and  at  that  time  was  owned  and  occupied  by  John  Parkman, 
who  bought  it  in  the  spring  of  1838. 

Warren  Hathaway  built  the  house  that  was  burned  in 
1818,  and  moved  in,  but  died  in  a  day  or  two  after  from 
over  work.  During  the  September  gale  in  1815  much  wood 
and  timber  was  blown  down  on  a  lot  near  by,  and  Mr.  Hath- 
away hauled  seventeen  loads  of  it  to  his  door  in  one  day  and 
died  the  same  night. 

The  place  had  several  owners  after  his  death ;  among 
them  were  Amos  Eddy,  Charles  King,  Benjamin  Hill,  then 
John  Parkman. 

Mr.  Eddy  built  a  blacksmith  shop  here,  and  was  followed 
by  Charles  King,  who  made  blacksmithing  a  business. 

The  house  on  the  corner  of  the  Sutton  and  Oxford  roads 
seems  to  have  been  first  in  possession  of  a  Mr.  Fletcher, 
then  of  Samuel  Prentice,  who  sold  to  Simeon  Hathaway, 
and  here  Isaac  Hathaway  was  born,  lived  and  died.  Samuel 
Prentice  married  Mrs.  Whitin,  mother  of  Paul  Whitin, 
Esq.,  and  grandmother  of  Hon.  Paul  Whitin,  John  C.,  etc. 
They  had  several  children,  who  resided  in  Northbridge. 

This  farm  is  now  owned  by  Rufus  King,  and  occupied  by 
Nathan  Tucker. 

The  place  now  owned  by  Charles  C.  Ambler  was,  so  far 
as  can  be  ascertained,  first  occupied  by  Lucius  Boyce,  whose 
name  appears  upon  record  as  early  as  1795.  It  has  fre- 
quently changed  owners ;  was  for  a  time  in  possession  of 
Wm.  Winter,  who  sold  to  a  Mrs.  Wheelock,  and  she  to  the 
present  occupant. 

At  the  place  where  M.  E.  Grossman  lives  stood  an  old 
house  built  before  the  French  and  Indian  war,  it  is  supposed 
by  Samuel  Sibley  or  his  father,  in  which  Captain  Samuel 
Sibley  kept  a  tavern  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Sibley  owned  some  three  hundred  acres  of  land,  and 
as  his  sons  became  of  age  divided  his  farm  with  them.  For 
Job  he  built  the  house  where  Wm.  V.  Inman  lives ;  for 
Samuel  the  house  near  Purgatory  woods,  and  Nathan  lived 
on  the  home  place. 


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HOMES    OF  THE 


Capt.  Sibley  built  a  saw  mill  on  a  stream  called  Purgatory 
Brook,  about  a  third  of  a  mile  east  of  his  house,  on  land 
now  owned  by  W.  V.  Inman.  The  old  mill  has  been  torn 
down  at  least  seventy-five  years.  At  this  mill-yard,  Ebene- 
zer,  son  of  Benja.  Boyce,  was  killed  by  a  log  rolling  upon 
him.  He  was  the  first  one  buried  in  the  Sibley  cemetery. 
He  had  just  married,  and  lived  at  the  old  house  which  stood 
a  little  east  of  Marv  Record's,  lonp;  since  torn  down. 


RESIDENCE  OF  MILTON  E.  GROSSMAN. 

Mr.  Sibley  was  a  pioneer,  and  has  left  as  a  monument  of 
his  industry  nine  miles  of  stone  wall  which  he  built  and 
caused  to  be  built. 

There  is  a  bridge  at  the  reservoir  just  above  the  mill  site,  covered  with  a 
single  stone,  twelve  feet  long,  six  feet  wide,  and  from  twelve  to  eighteen 
inches  thick,  which,  it  is  said,  was  drawn  to  its  present  location  one  moonlight 
night,  on  sleds,  over  the  hills  from  near  Purgatory,  by  twelve  yokes  of  oxen. 

Samuel  Nelson  purchased  this  farm  in  1818  of  Capt. 
Sibley's  heirs,  and  lived  here  until  his  death  in  1823. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  335 

Newell  Nelson  settled  Col.  Nelson's  estate,  and  in  1824 
Samuel  Morse  of  Wrentham  bought  it  and  moved  upon  it 
in  April  of  the  same  year.  Mr.  Morse  married  Miss  Hannah 
Herring  of  Dedham,  and  had  three  daughters  when  he  came 
to  town,  Eveline  E.,  Roxa  and  Julia  Ann.  Eveline  E.,  born 
May  5,  1811,  married  Nathaniel  G.  King;  see  King  gene- 
alogy. Roxa,  born  March  11,  1815,  married  Thomas  B. 
AYoodbury ;  see  Woodbury  genealogy.  Julia  Ann,  born 
February  6,  1818,  married  M.  E.  Grossman;  see  Grossman 
genealogy. 

Samuel  Morse  built  the  house  now  on  this  farm  in  1845, 
and  lived  in  it  till  his  death  by  accident,  July  7,  1850,  by 
being  thrown  from  a  wagon  at  the  yard  of  Prescott's  Mill, 
July  5th.  Samuel  was  the  son  of  Joshua,  who  was  the  son 
of  Daniel,  who  came  from  Sherburne  to  Walpole. 

Joshua,  born  in  1735,  married  Esther  Baker,  and  died 
April  12,  1801,  leaving  three  sons:  Ebenezer,  born  1770, 
died  January  9,  1818;  Ezekiel,  born  1772,  died  Sept.  26, 
1818  ;  Samuel,  born  Nov.  3,  1776,  died  July  7,  1850. 

M.  E.  Grossman  built  the  barn  on  this  place  in  1853,  took 
down  the  old  house  and  barn,  moved  the  carriage-house, 
built  an  ell  to  the  house,  etc. 

The  place  now  owned  by  William  V.  Inman  Avas  first 
occupied  by  Mr.  Job  Sibley.  He  sold  to  Philo  Fisher,  and 
he  to  Lyman,  son  of  Jonathan  Burdon.  Mr.  Burdon  kept  a 
public  house  here  from  1819  to  1830 ;  he  died  in  1831. 

Mr.  Joseph  Cummings  was  the  next  owner.  He  sold  to 
Samuel  A.  Hough,  who  died  here.  After  his  death  the 
place  was  bought  by  Benjamin  Hill.  Mr.  Hill  married  Miss 
Dorothy  Dudley  of  Douglas.  They  had  six  children  :  Ben- 
jamin C.,  Emeliue,  Frances  Jane,  Eliza  Ann,  Edwin  G.  and 
Dinah,  who  died  in  infancy.  Benjamin  C.  married  Miss 
Emma  Flowers  ;  Eliza  Ann  married  Joseph  Wilcox  ;  Frances 
Jane  married  William  Hall ;  Edwin  C.  married  Julia  Marble  ; 
Emeline  married  Simeon  T.  Stockwell. 

Mr.  Stockwell  bought  the  place  after  Mr.  Hill's  death  in 
1851,  and  lived  here  until  1867,  when  he  sold  to  Mr.  W.  V. 
Inman.  Mr.  Inman  married  Miss  Elmira  Mascroft.  They 
have  three  children:  Win.  M.,  Josephine  A.  and  Arthur  V. 


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The  place  occupied  by  Edwin  E.  Kingsbury  and  his  sister 
was  probably  first  owned  by  Noah  Rice,  who  by  will  proved 
February  26,  1759,  gave  to  wife  Hannah ;  to  son  Thomas ; 
to  daughter  Lydia  Bacon,  and  the  residue  to  his  youngest 
son  Asahel. 


ENTRANCE    TO    PUKGATOKY. 


Asahel  was  the  next  occupant  of  the  place.  Jonas  Sibley 
married  Lydia,  his  eldest  daughter,  and  it  was  when  return- 
ing from  this  house,  where  he  had  been  courting,  that  he  was 
impressed  into  the  service  of  the  sheriff  as  one  of  his  posse 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON. 


337 


for  the  suppression  of  a  mob.  (See  Annals,  p.  121.)  Mr. 
Luther  Kingsbury  was  the  next  owner.  He  married  Miss 
Clara  Holbrook  of  Bellingham.  They  had  four  children: 
Maria  Holbrook,  Eliza  Clara,  Luther  Franklin  and  Edwin 


WITHIN    PURGATORY. 


Erastus.  Maria  H.  married  Mr.  Moses  Stone  of  Oxford; 
Clara  married  George  B.  Nolan,  Luther  F.  married  Susan 
Baylies  of  Uxbridge. 

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338  HOMES    OF    THE 

A  tavern  was  kept  on  this  place  for  many  years.  It  was 
opened  by  Asahel  Rice,  continued  by  Mr.  L.  Kingsbury,  and 
known  as  the  Rice  Tavern  from  1790  to  1810. 

Purgatory*  is  in  the  extreme  southeastern  part  of  this 
district.  Dr.  Hitchcock  in  the  "  Geology  of  Massachusetts  " 
says  : 

This  is  an  immense  chasm,  and  I  confess  myself  at  a  loss  to  explain  its 
origin.  It  is  natural  to  suppose  that  its  sides  have  been  in  some  manner 
separated  from  one  another.  But  I  can  conceive  of  no  mode  in  which  this 
could  have  been  accomplished  but  by  a  force  acting  beneath,  and  this  would 
so  elevate  the  strata,  that  they  would  dip  on  both  sides  from  the  fissure.  The 
inclination  along  the  fissure  corresponds  with  that  which  is  common  in  the 
region  round,  viz.,  twenty-five  degrees  northeast.  In  the  vicinity  of  the  fissure 
however,  the  rocks  are  often  exceedingly  broken  into  fragments ;  and  this 
circumstance  indicates  some  early  subterranean  convulsion,  or  the  agency  of 
troubled  waters ;  and  I  am  rather  inclined  to  refer  these  fragments,  as  well  as 
the  fissure,  to  the  long-continued  action  of  the  waves  of  the  sea,  when  the 
spot  was  so  situated  as  to  form  a  shore  of  moderate  elevation." 

Purgatory  attracts  numerous  visitors,  and  is  a  great  place 
of  resort  for  picnic  parties  from  the  neighboring  towns. 
"  The  Devil's  Pulpit "  has  been  occupied  by  many  a  preacher, 
clerical  and  lay,  and  we  are  not  aware  that  woman's  right  to 
speak  from  it  has  ever  been  questioned.  "  His  Majesty's 
Cave  "  is  also  open  to  all  who  choose  to  enter,  and  multitudes 
have  gone  in  and  come  out  recalling  the  words  of  Virgil : 

"  Facilis  desceusus  averno 

********* 

Sed  revocare  gradum,  superasque  evadere  ad  auras, 
Hoc  opus,  hie  labor  est." 

A  sad  accident — and  the  only  serious  one  which  has  ever  taken  place  here — 
happened  July  7,  1876.  Professor  George  Prentice  of  Wesleyan  University, 
Middletown,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  visited  the  place,  and  had  been  sitting  on  a  bank 
near  the  rock  which  overhangs  the  chasm  at  the  deepest  point.  Rising  to  go 
away,  Mrs.  Prentice  said  to  her  husband :  "  I  must  take  one  more  look ;"  and 
advancing  to  the  edge  of  the  rock,  on  which  the  figure  of  a  man  is  seen  in  the 
picture,  "  Within  Purgatory,"  she  became  dizzy  and  fell  upon  the  rocks  below, 
a  distance  of  nearly  sixty  feet.  Strange  to  say  she  was  not  instantly  killed, 
but  lived  several  weeks. 


*  See  description  in  Annals,  pp.  14-16. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON. 


339 


DISTRICT  No.  6  —  MANCHAUG. 

JOHN  DARLING'S  FARM. 

The  first  knowledge  we  have  of  this  place  is  that  it  was 
owned  by  Jonathan  Wheeler.  The  house  occupied  by  Mr. 
Wheeler  stood  opposite  the  house  where  Ezra  Morse  now 


EGKESS    FROM    PURGATORY. 


lives ;  it  is  not  known  by  whom  it  was  built.  It  has  since 
been  owned  by  Zelek  Darling,  and  John  Darling,  who  is  the 
present  owner.  The  house  was  built  by  Zelek  Darling  in 
1807,  and  there  is  another  house  built  by  John  Darling  and 


340  HOMES    OF  THE 

occupied  by  his  son  John  D.  Darling.  There  are  two  burial 
places  on  this  farm.  One  of  them,  known  as  the  Harwood 
burial-ground,  is  an  ancient  one  containing  some  thirty  graves, 
but  no  stones  with  inscriptions  on  them.  In  the  other  yard, 
on  the  stones  are  inscribed  the  names  of  Darling,  Morse, 
Hubbard,  Haradan,  White,  etc.  This  yard  is  enclosed  with 
a  good  iron  fence.  Upon  this  place  there  was  formerly 
another  house  owned  by  David  Harwood,  who  was  brother 
of  Joseph.  The  cellar  and  well  may  still  be  seen. 

EZRA  MORSE'S  FARM. 

This  farm  and  the  John  Darling  place  were  formerly  one, 
and  owned  by  Jonathan  Wheeler.  This  part  of  the  farm 
fell  to  Mr.  Wheeler's  daughter,  who  married  Simeon  Morse, 
and  has  since  been  owned  by  David  Morse,  and  now  by  his 
son  Ezra.  The  house  was  built  by  Simeon  Morse  in  1806. 
There  was  formerly  a  shoemaker's  shop  on  the  place,  where 
Mr.  David  Morse  and  sons  made  shoes.  It  is  now  used  as 
a  barber's  shop  in  Manchaug  Village. 

DANIEL  HUBBARD'S  FARM. 

This  place  was  formerly  owned  by  Joseph  Harwood,  then 
by  Zelek  Darling,  Molly,  wife  of  Timothy  Hewett,  and 
Daniel  Hubbard,  who  is  the  present  owner.  Mr.  Hubbard 
is  a  jeweller  by  trade,  and  has  on  this  place  a  shop  where  he 
repaired  watches  and  clocks.  An  old  house  once  stood 
here,  but  it  is  not  known  by  whom  it  was  built ;  neither  is 
it  known  by  whom  the  present  one  was  erected .  It  has  been 
thoroughly  repaired  by  Mr.  Hubbard.  There  was  at  one 
time  another  house  on  the  place,  owned  by  Jerusha  Harwood. 

JOSEPH  COGGSHALL'S  PLACE. 

The  house  upon  this  place  once  stood  in  front  of  Amos 
Burden's  house  in  South  Sutton.  It  was  built  in  1822,  and 
moved  to  its  present  location  in  1827,  when  it  was  for  a  time 
occupied  by  Salmon  Burdon,  father  of  Amos,  and  held  by 
him  until  1833,  when  it  came  into  the  possession  of  Joseph 
Coggshall,  the  present  owner,  and  has  since  been  used  as  a 
house  of  accommodation  for  travelers.  A  building  formerly 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  341 

stood  directly  opposite  this  place,  which  was  occupied  for 
twelve  years  as  a  store,  when  it  was  moved  back 'to  its 
present  position  and  converted  into  a  tenement  house. 

RICHMOND    WHITE    PLACE. 

The  first  knowledge  we  have  of  this  place,  it  was  owned 
by  Zelek  Darling.  It  has  since  been  in  possession  of  Deacon 
Zelek  Darling,  John  Morse,  Richmond  White  and  Laura 
Wilbur,  who  is  the  present  owner. 

The  house  was  built  by  Deacon  Darling  in  182(i.  On  this 
place  there  once  stood  a  school-house,  known  as  the  White 
Birch  school-house,  taking  its  name  from  the  birches  by 
which  it  was  surrounded.  It  was  moved  near  the  other 
buildings,  fitted  up  for  a  carpenter's  shop,  and  used  as  such 
by  Mr.  White. 

JAMES    CHAPPEL    FARM. 

This  place  seems  to  have  been  first  owned  by  Wm.  Axtell, 
and  since  by  Simeon  Morse,  Zelek  Darling,  Stephen 
Kimpton,  Samuel  Holbrook,  James  Chappel,  John  Abbott, 
Manchaug  Company,  etc.  It  is  not  known  by  whom  the 
house  was  built. 

JOHN    HUNT    PLACE. 

The  first  we  know  of  this  place,  it  was  in  possession  of 
Jonah  Titus,  and  has  since  been  owned  by  John  Hunt, 
Amasa  Wakefield,  Mrs.  Emeline  Lackey  and  John  Darling, 
who  is  the  present  owner.  The  house  was  built  by  Amasa 
Wakefield.  The  builder  of  the  former  house  is  not  known. 

DBA.   JOHN    TITUS    FARM. 

This  place  was  formerly  owned  by  Dea.  John  Titus,  after- 
ward by  John  Titus,  jr.,  Henry  Titus,  Obed  Morse  and  Ira 
Darling,  who  is  the  present  owner.  The  house  which  stood 
upon  this  place  has  been  recently  removed  by  the  Manchaug 
Company  to  their  village,  where  it  now  stands. 

DENNIS  KENNEY'S  FARM. 

This  place  was  first  owned  by  Henry  Titus,  and  has  since 
been  occupied  by  Chester  Williams,  Mrs.  Wm.  Walker  and 
Dennis  Kenney,  who  is  the  present  owner.  The  house  was 
built  by  Henry  Titus. 


342  HOMES    OF    THE 

LAWRENCE    HOLT'S    FARM. 

This  place  was  first  owned  by  Lewis  Torrey,  then  by 
Charles  Abbott,  Prince  Parker  and  Lawrence  Holt,  the 
present  owner.  The  house  was  built  by  Mr.  Torrey.  On 
this  place  stands  a  school-house,  owned  by  the  inhabitants  of 
what  was  formerly  district  number  thirteen.* 

Mr.  Torrey  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  had  a  small 
shop  where  he  carried  on  the  usual  business  of  that  trade, 
except  shoeing  horses.  On  this  place  is  a  burial  ground,  on 
the  headstones  of  which  are  the  names  of  Titus,  Torrey, 
Stockwell,  Hunt,  etc. 

LEANDER    PUTNAM'S    PLACE. 

The  first  that  we  can  learn  of  this  place,  it  was  owned  by 
William  Darling  —  who  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  revolution- 
ary army —  and  his  son  Aaron,  since  by  William  Darling, 
jr.,  Zelek  Darling,  Wheeler  Darling,  Cyrus  Putnam,  Philan- 
der Putnam  and  Leander  Putnam,  the  present  owner.  The 
house  is  a  very  old  one  and  it  is  not  known  by  whom  it  was 
built.  Formerly  there  was  a  grist  mill  and  fulling  mill 
where  Mr.  Wm.  Darling  carried  on  business.  Afterward 
this  water  privilege  was  sold  by  Wm.  Darling  to  Cornelius 
and  Joseph  Putnam,  who  erected  a  shop  for  the  manufacture 
of  scythes,  which  business  they  carried  on  for  several  years, 
when  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Col.  Reuben  Waters. 

The  Messrs.  Putnam  also  erected  two  houses  in  connection 
with  the  shop,  one  of  which  is  now  occupied  by  John  Met- 
calf  and  is  owned  by  the  Whitinsville  Company ;  the  other 
stands  upon  the  same  side  of  the  road,  and  is  owned  by  the 
same  company.  The  water  privilege  at  this  place  was  sold 
by  Col.  Reuben  Waters  to  Mr.  Rogerson  of  Uxbridge,  and 
by  him  to  the  Whitinsville  Manufacturing  Company,  who  are 
the  present  owners. 

There  was  another  water  privilege  below  this  one,  upon 
which  Lewis  Torrey  erected  a  shop  for  the  manufacture  of 
scythes,  which  he  made  for  several  years,  and  then  sold  out 
to  Harrison  Sibley,  who  continued  the  business  for  a  time, 
then  converted  the  building  into  a  shoddy  mill,  soon  after 


Since  writing  the  above  the  Torrey  school  district  has  been  re-established. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  343 

which  it  was  burned  down.  This  privilege  was  afterward 
purchased  by  Emmon  Carpenter,  who  erected  another  build- 
ing considerably  larger  than  the  former  one,  which  was  used 
by  him  and  others  for  manufacturing  Kentucky  jeans.  This 
mill  shared  the  same  fate  of  the  other  after  a  few  years. 

This  privilege  has  since  been  owned  by  the  Oxford  Bank 
and  the  Manchaug  Company,  who  are  the  present  owners. 

ELDER    WILLARD    FULLER'S    PLACE. 

This  place  was  first  owned  by  Benjamin  Robbi-ns,  and  has 
since  been  owned  by  Elder  Willard  Fuller  and  Mary  E. 
Fuller,  who  is  the  present  owner.  The  first  house  on  this 
place  was  erected  by  Mr.  Robbms  in  1806,  and  the  present 
one  by  Mr.  Fuller  about  1854.  On  this  place  there  was  a 
Freewill  Baptist  church,  erected  by  Mr.  Fuller  and  others, 
which  was  taken  down  in  1876. 

Connected  with  this  place  is  a  burial  ground,  and  on  the 
headstones  are  found  the  names.  Fuller,  Moore,  Putnam, 
Metcalf,  Parker,  Dudley,  Cook,  etc. 

JOHN  o.  PARKER'S  PLACE. 

This  house  was  fitted  up  by  Lewis  Torrey  for  a  tenement 
house,  and  purchased  of  him  by  John  O.  Parker,  who  has 
made  several  additions  to  it._ 

AARON    STOCK  WELL    PLACE. 

The  earliest  knowledge  which  we  have  of  this  place,  it 
was  owned  by  Aaron  Stockwell,  senior,  who  erected  a  small 
house  upon  it,  which  has  since  been  enlarged  by  Aaron 
Stockwell,  jr.  The  place  is  now  owned  by  the  heirs  of  Mr. 
Stockwell. 

IRA  DARLING'S  FARM. 

This  place  was  first  owned  by  Lot  Simpson,  who  com- 
menced building  upon  it,  but  afterward  conveyed  it  to  Ira 
Darling,  the  present  owner.  Mr.  Darling  erected  most  of 
the  buildings  now  on  the  place. 

ROYAL  KEITH'S  PLACE. 

This  place  was  first  owned  by  Aaron  Darling,  who  built 
the  house  now  standing  upon  the  premises.  It  has  since 
been  owned  by  Ira  Darling  and  Royal  Keith,  the  present 


344  HOMES    OF   THE 

owner.  On  this  place  there  has  been  recently  erected  a 
blacksmith's  shop,  where  the  business  is  carried  on  by  Benj. 
O.  Paine,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Keith. 

TUCKER    PLACE. 

The  earliest  knowledge  we  have  of  this  place,  it  was 
owned  by  Cyrus  and  Peter  Darling,  and  since  by  Capt. 
Moses  Thayer,  Col.  Earle,  Ebenezer  Tucker,  Ebenezer  E. 
Tucker  and  sister,  F.  F.  Sibley  and  the  heirs  of  Ebenezer 
E.  Tucker,  and  was  conveyed  by  A.  W.  Putnam  (as  guardian 
of  said  heirs)  to  the  Manchaug  Company,  who  are  the 
present  owners.  On  this  place  there  have  been  erected  three 
saw  mills,  the  two  first  having  been  burned,  and  the  last 
taken  down  recently ;  the  two  last  mills  also  had  shingle 
mills  connected  with  them. 

SOUTH  SUTTON,  DISTRICT  No.  7. 

Commencing  at  the  eastern  limit  of  the  district,  the  first 
place  we  notice  belongs  to  John  Fuller,  and  is  the  old  home- 
stead built  by  Wm.  Hewett,  or  his  father  when  Mr.  Hewett 
was  a  young  man.  Mr.  Hewett  had  several  sons,  viz  : 
Daniel  Hewett,  who  died  in  Auburn;  Eli,  who  died  in 
Northbridge ;  Hammond,  Henry  and  Phinehas.  All  lived 
to  be  old  men. 

Valentine  G.  Hewett,  grandson  of  William,  remodeled 
the  house,  new  covered,  painted,  etc.,  and  sold  to  John 
Fuller,  the  present  owner. 

Law  son  Taylor,  son  of  James  of  Northbridge,  built  the 
house  he  occupies,  in  1853,  which  stands  on  the  west  side  of 
a  beautiful  plain,  some  hundred  and  fifty  feet  above  the 
meadow,  and  his  farm  is  on  the  plain  or  table  land.  Mr. 
Taylor  spent  several  years  in  California  during  the  gold 
excitement,  about  1850,  and  had  a  somewhat  successful 
experience  in  gold  digging. 

Mr.  Taylor  has  been  twice  married,  and  has  one  son, 
James. 

Orrin  Hewett,  son  of  Eli,  built  the  house  where  George 
H.  Hewett  lives,  in  1852.  George  H.  bought  the  place  in 
1871,  and  erected  a  fine  barn,  in  which  he  has  a  paint  shop 


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TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  347 

and  sleigh  manufactory.  George  H.  is  the  son  of  Valentine 
G.  Hewett.  He  married  Miss  Lydia  Houghton,  daughter  of 
L.  A.  Houghton. 

Charles  Dorr  came  to  this  town  from  Boston  about  the 
year  1816,  and  lived  in  the  west  part  of  the  district  for  many 
years.  He  was  a  carpenter,  and  in  1858  built  the  house 
occupied  by  George  W.  Albee,  and  lived  here  until  his 
death. 

The  house  occupied  by  Rev.  Joseph  P.  Burbauk,  on  the 
top  of  "  Boomer  Hill,"  so  called,  was  built  by  Elder  Job  B. 
Boomer  in  1829.  Elder  Boomer  became  pastor  of  the 
Baptist  church  in  South  Suttou  about  the  year  1816,  and 
continued  as  such  for  thirty  years.  He  married  Nancy, 
daughter  of  James  McClellan.  They  had  two  daughters  and 
two  sons:  Nancy  McClellan,  Amelia,  Lucian  and  George 
Boardmau.  Nancy  married  Hon.  John  Daggett  of  Attleboro', 
June  18,  1840 ;  Amelia  married  a  Mr.  Stone  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio ;  Lucien  went  west  and  became  a  partner  with  his 
brother-in-law  in  the  bridge-building  business,  and  is  now 
president  of  the  Illinois  Bridge  Company  at  Chicago. 

George  Boardman  Boomer,  the  youngest  son,  went  west  while  quite  young 
to  work  for  his  brother-in-law  in  collecting  lumber,  and  at  the  breaking 
out  of  the  rebellion  in  1861  was  living  in  the  Arkansas  River  country,  Arkan- 
sas. At  the  call  for  troops  he  responded  and  raised  a  company  among  his 
acquaintances  and  became  their  captain.  He  was  in  many  battles,  in  all  of 
which  he  was  distinguished  for  bravery  and  skill  in  command.  He  was  pro- 
moted to  the  brigadier-generalship,  and  killed  in  one  of  the  battles  before 
Vicksburg.  His  remains  were  brought  to  Worcester  and  interred.  A  fine 
monument  has  been  erected  to  his  memory.  The  remains  of  his  father  and 
mother  repose  in  the  same  cemetery. 

After  Mr.  Boomer,  Percival  Taylor  owned  the  place  and 
lived  there  until  his  death.  Mr.  Taylor  married  Miss 
Hannah  Holbrook.  They  had  three  children  :  James,  George 
and  Maudana.  Rev.  Mr.  Burbank  has  preached  at  the 
Baptist  church  for  several  years  past. 

The  next  place  west  of  the  Boomer  house  was  built  by 
Sumner  B.  Hewett  about  1841.  It  is  now  owned  by  Mrs. 
Jonathan  Sprague.  Sumner  B.  Hewett  married  Miss  Mary 
E.  Allen.  They  had  four  children:  Mary  Allen,  Sumner 
Barstow,  Amanda  and  Warren.  Mr.  Hewett  was  by  trade  a 


348  HOMES    OF    THE 

millwright,  and  served  apprenticeship  with  William  Hall. 
Later  he  became  a  plow-maker  and  Avorked  for  the  firm  of 
B.  Martin  &  Co.  at  South  Sutton,  then  at  Waterford.  Groton 
Junction,  and  lastly  at  Cleveland,  Ohio.  The  family  moved 
west  to  Goldtield,  Wright  County,  Iowa,  where  he  died  in 
1877.  His  sou,  Sumner  B.  is,  or  was  a  year  ago,  judge  of 
probate  for  Wright  County,  Iowa. 

Jonathan  Sprague,  born  Oct.  6,  1801,  married  Oct.  26, 
1826,  Miss  Mary  Anne  Whipple,  daughter  of  Welcome 
Whipple,  Esq.,  grand-daughter  of  Deacon  John,  and  great- 
grand-daughter  of  John  Whipple  of  ( 'umberland,  R.  I.  Their 
children  are,  Welcoine  Whipple,  born  February  16,  182S  ; 
Homer  Baxter,  Oct.  19,  1X21) ;  Frances  Maria,  Sept.  13, 
1831 ;  Charles  A.,  February  24,  1834 ;  Solon  Smith,  March 
5,  1836;  Mary  A.,  February  8,  1838;  Jonathan  A.,  May 
20,  1844;  Flora  Emma,  February  5,  1847;  Philander  A., 
February  4,  1849. 

Homer  B.  Sprague  fitted  for  college  at  Leicester  academy,  graduated  at  Yale 
in  the  class  of  1852,  receiving  the  DeForest  prize,  a  gold  medal  of  the  value  of 
one  hundred  dollars,  given  for  the  best  written  and  spoken  composition; 
studied  law  at  New  Haven,  came  to  Worcester  and  formed  a  law  partnership 
with  District  Attorney  Matthews.  After  the  death  of  Matthews  he  became 
principal  of  the  Worcester  high  school.  From  Worcester  he  went  to  New 
Haven  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  law. 

When  the  war  of  the  rebellion  was  inaugurated  by  the  attack  upon  Fort 
Sumter,  his  voice  gave  forth  no  uncertain  sound.  He  did  much  to  inspire 
patriotism  and  secure  enlistment.  At  the  organization  of  the  thirteenth 
Connecticut  infantry  he  marched  to  the  barracks  wiih  the  "  Welsh  Rifles,"  a 
fine  company  he  had  raised  in  New  Haven,  and  of  which  he  had  been  elected 
captain.  He  was  promoted  Major,  Oct.  5,  1863,  and  Lieut.  Col.  Nov.  5, 1863. 
His  regiment  was  ordered  to  the  department  of  the  gulf,  and  left  New  Haven 
for  Ship  Island  March  17,  1862.  It  reached  its  destination  April  13,  and 
remained  in  active  service  in  the  states  of  Louisiana  and  Mississippi  unti[ 
July  1864,  when  it  returned  to  Connecticut  on  veteran  furlough.  While  on 
duty  in  the  department  of  the  gulf  it  bore  a  prominent  part  in  the  following 
engagements:  Georgia  Landing,  La.,  Oct.  27,  1862;  Irish  Bend,  La.,  April  14, 
1863;  Port  Hudson,  La.,  May  24,  1863;  Port  Hudson,  La.,  June  14, 1863; 
Cane  River,  La.,  April  23,  1864;  Mansura,  La.,  May  16,  1864.  In  August  it 
was  again  ordered  to  the  seat  of  war,  and  joined  the  army  of  the  Shenandoah, 
under  General  Sheridan.  In  the  battle  of  Winchester,  Sept  19,  Lieut.  Col. 
Sprague  commanded  the  regiment,  which  was  in  a  part  of  the  field  the  most 
fiercely  contested,  and  consequently  exposed  to  a  tremendous  fire.  His  horse 
was  shot  under  him,  and  he  led  his  regiment  on  foot. 

It  was  the  plan  of  Gen.  Early  to  cut  Sheridan's  army  in  two,  and  then  defeat 
it  in  detail.  To  accomplish  his  object  he  massed  his  forces  and  struck  a  terri- 
ble blow  upon  the  position  held  by  Gen.  Grover's  division.  Sheridan  sent  an 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  349 

order  to  hold  the  point  at  all  hazards.  By  some  unexplained  blunder*  an 
order  to  retreat  ran  along  the  lines  of  Gen.  Grover's  division,  and  the  regiments 
fell  sullenly  back.  Col.  Sprague  with  a  few  brave  men  made  a  desperate  stand, 
but  were  overpowered  and  captured.  Col.  Sprague  was  taken  first  to  Libby 
prison,  afterward  to  Andersonville.  Upon  his  release  he  again  resumed  com- 
mand of  his  regiment,  which  in  January  1865  was  transferred  to  Savannah, 
Ga.,  and  served  in  the  state  of  North  Carolina,  doing  provost  and  guard  duty 
until  April  25,  1866,  when  it  was  mustered  out,  being  the  last  of  the  Connect- 
icut regiments  in  the  service.  Col.  Sprague  has  written  a  history  of  his  regi- 
ment, which  is  a  model  of  excellence  in  its  line,  and  a  valuable  contribution 
to  the  literature  of  the  war.  Since  the  war  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  profes- 
sion of  teaching. 

In  1867  he  was  chosen  principal  of  the  state  normal  school  at  New  Britain, 
which  position  he  held  until  offered  a  professorship  in  Cornell  University, 
Ithaca,  New  York.  From  Ithaca  he  went  to  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  became 
principal  of  the  Adelphi  Academy,  which  position  he  held  until  the  Beecher 
excitement,  when  he  resigned  and  entered  the  lecture  field,  in  which  he 
remained  for  a  year  or  more,  one  of  the  most  instructive  and  popular  lecturers 
of  the  day.  He  is  now  principal  of  the  girls  normal  school,  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. 

The  next  place  west,  where  Mrs.  Williams  lives,  was  built 
by  Jonas  Batcheller  and  Elder  Jones  in  1859. 

At  the  corner  of  the  roads  to  East  Douglas  and  Whitins- 
ville  is  a  store  built  by  Deacon  Pliny  Johnson,  made  partly 
from  the  shoe-shop  moved  from  the  other  side  of  the  road, 
and  is  now  owned  by  Pliny  F.  Johnson  of  Westerly,  R.  I. 
A  few  years  ago  a  stock  company  was  formed  to  manufacture 
boots  and  shoes,  under  the  name  of  the  South  Sutton  Boot 
and  Shoe  Company,  with  Deacon  Johnson,  president ;  John 
C.  Johnson,  treasurer,  and  Moses  L.  Johnson,  agent :  but  it 
survived  for  only  a  year  or  two,  and  made  a  bad  failure. 
Upon  the  closing  up  of  this  company  another  was  formed 
under  the  firm  name  of  Knox.and  Walker,  but  this,  like  its 
predecessor,  soon  went  into  bankruptcy.  Since  the  last 
failure  the  shop  has  been  used  as  a  grocery  store  and  tene- 
ment. 

The  house  owned  and  occupied  by  Leonard  Dorr  was  built 
by  Deacon  Pliny  Johnson  in  1851,  and  has  passed  through 
many  hands.  It  was  owned  for  a  time  by  Cimeue  Green- 
wood of  Northbridge,  and  later  by  Rufus,  son  of  Daniel 
Fuller. 


*  See  History  of  Connecticut,  during  the  Rebellion. 


350  HOMES    OF   THE 

Leonard  Dorr  is  the  son  of  the  late  Charles  Dorr,  who 
removed  to  Sutton  from  Boston  about  sixty-eight  years 
since. 

The  Baptist  meeting-house  in  this  district  was  built  about 
seventy-five  years  since,  mainly  by  the  Batchellers. 

Originally  it  was  a  plain  unpainted  building,  with  a  porch 
on  tne  south  side.  Within,  the  construction  was  after  the 
old  style.  The  prominent  seat  was  for  the  deacons ;  the 
pews  were  of  square  form  with  seats  upon  three  sides,  and 
the  pulpit  was  so  high  that  the  head  of  the  preacher  nearly 
touched  the  ceiling. 

When  this  pulpit  was  finished  it  is  said  that  Elder  William 
Batcheller  rode  up  the  steps  of  the  church  on  horseback  to 
the  open  door,  and  pointing  to  the  lofty  pulpit,  said  to  his 
horse,  "  There  !  see  where  your  master  is  going  to  stand." 

The  church  has  been  thoroughly  repaired,  modernized  and 
made  quite  attractive  as  well  as  convenient. 

Apropos  of  these  high  pulpits,  we  recall  a  little  story  which  we  heard  told  in 
childhood  by  a  venerable  D.  D.,  designed  to  illustrate  the  fact  that  Satan 
sometimes  obtrudes  himself  into  the  most  sacred  places.  He  said,  "  I  was 
once  called  upon  to  preach  in  an  old  church  which  had  an  exceedingly  high 
pulpit  As  I  ascended  the  stairs,  going  up,  up,  up,  to  my  dismay  these  words 
came  into  my  mind : 

'  Jack  and  Gill  went  up  the  hill, 
To  fetch  a  pail  of  water, 
Jack  fell  down  and  broke  his  crown 
And  Gill  came  tumbling  after.' 

"In  vain  I  bade  the  tempter  'get  thee  behind  me; '  he  would  do  no  such 
thing,  but  continued  his  infamous  suggestions.  I  rose  to  make  the  in  vocation, 
and  as  I  looked  down  upon  my  audience  so  far  below  me,  I  began  my  address 
to  the  Searcher  of  Hearts  with  these  words  uppermost  in  thought : 

4  Jack  fell  down  and  broke  his  crown 
And  Gill  came  tumbling  after.'  " 

Opposite  the  church  stood  the  old  school-house.  This 
house  was  at  first  located  on  a  high  hill  fronted  by  a  steep 
bank,  which  in  icy  time  was  the  scene  of  many  an  amusing 
slip  and  slide  in  the  "  days  of  yore,''  when  the  winter  school 
was  attended  more  than  now  by  the  "  large  boys  and  girls." 

At  one  end  of  the  school-room  was  a  huge  fireplace  that 
would  'take  in  "-four  foot  wood;"  at  the  other  end  the 
teacher's  desk,  Hanked  on  each  side  by  a  desk  for  scholars. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  351 

On  the  sides  of  the  room,  running  the  entire  length,  with  the 
exception  of  a  narrow  space  for  passing  behind,  were  desks, 
raised  two  steps  from  the  floor,  for  the  larger  scholars. 
Behind  these  desks  were  benches  made  from  plank  or  slabs, 
without  backs  ;  in  front  of  them  were  low  benches  for  the 
small  children.  The  center  of  the  room  was  unoccupied, 
only  as  some  lazy  or  refractory  b'oy  or  girl  was  called  out  for 
punishment. 

A  common  punishment  for  girls  was  to  study  with  a  book 
or  ruler  on  the  head,  which  they  were  directed  to  keep  in 
position. 

Boys  would  sometimes  be  required  to  fasten  their  eyes 
upon  a  nail  in  the  floor  and  "  hold  it  down  with  one  finger." 
Occasionally  one  who  had  incurred  the  peculiar  wrath  of  the 
teacher,  would  be  called  upon  to  "ride  the  stone  horse." 
This  achievement  consisted  in  occupying,  at  the  same  time, 
five  round  smooth  stones,  one  as  a  seat  and  one  for  each  of 
the  hands  and  feet ;  a  performance  which,  it  is  needless  to 
say,  was  generally  found  a  somewhat  difficult  one  to*  go 
through  with  gracefully. 

Whether  the  stone  horse  was  ever  introduced  into  the 
"  Quabbin ''  school-house  we  cannot  say. 

In  1843  the  school-house  was  repaired,  in  what  was  then 
the  modern  style.  This  house  was  burned  by  an  incendiary 
in  1875. 

A  new  one,  and  finely  furnished,  was  built  on  the  Man- 
chaug  road  in  1876. 

The  house  where  Fred  P.  Burr  lives  was  owned  and 
probably  built  by  a  man  of  the  name  of  Lackey,  a  brother  of 
Matthew  Lackey,  who  came  from  Upton  to  Sutton  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  last  century. 

Mr.  Lackey  sold  to  the  Batchellers,  who  also  came  from 
Upton,  and  it  remained  the  Batcheller  place  until  Stephen 
Grossman  bought  it  in  1816. 

The  Batchellers  were  hop  growers,  and  had  a  fine  building 
for  kiln-drying  hops,  which  stood  for  many  years  after  Mr. 
Grossman  bought  it.  In  1817  Mr.  Grossman  moved  upon 
the  farm  where,  with  the  exception  of  seven  years  spent  at 
Pleasant  Falls,  from  1830  to  1837,  he  remained  until  his 


352  HOMES    OF   THE 

death,  July  27,  1851.  Stephen  Crossman  was  son  of  Elijah 
and  Rebeckah,  born  June  21,  1779,  and  grandson  of  Noah 
Crossman,  who  it  is  said  came  from  Taunton  to  Button  about 
1750.  (See  Crossman  genealogy.) 

Ferdinand  J.  F.  Crossman,  son  of  Martin  L.  and  Experience,  was  brought 
up  by  his  grandmother  Crossman,  on  this  place.  He  enlisted  at  Cambridge, 
Aug.  19,  1862,  in  Andrew's  first  company  of  sharp-shooters,  and  went  into 
camp  at  Cambridge.  He  left  camp  for  Washington  Dec.  1st,  where  he 
remained  but  a  short  time. 

He  was  in  the  first  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Dec.  11, 1862.  He  was  stationed 
at  Falmouth  during  the  winter,  and  was  again  in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg 
June  11,  1863.  During  this  battle  a  ball  passed  through  his  hat,  and  one  of  his 
fingers  was  shattered  by  a  bullet.  Lysander  Martin,  a  young  man  of  great 
promise,  enlisted  with  him,  and  was  at  this  time  by  his  side.  They  occupied 
an  advanced  position  behind  some  fallen  trees,  or  stumps,  and  were  firing 
through  small  apertures,  and  took  turns  in  watching  the  firing  of  the  enemy. 

Ferdinand  retreated  just  over  a  knoll  to  have  his  finger  attended  to,  but 
soon  returned  to  find  his  companion  prostrated  on  the  ground,  having  been 
wounded  by  a  ball  which  entered  his  cheek,  knocking  out  several  teeth,  and 
came  out  at  the  back  of  the  neck.  A  general  retreat  was  now  ordered,  and 
the  wounded  who  were  able  marched  off  the  field,  and  others  were  huddled 
into  wagons  and  carried  off,  Martin  among  these,  who  died  of  his  wound  the 
nineteenth.  At  Gettysburg,  Crossman  was  in  the  battle  from  July  first  to  the 
fourth,  and  from  this  field  was  sent  to  Harper's  Ferry. 

He  spent  the  winter  in  the  hospital  at  Washington,  D.  C. ,  taking  care  of  the 
sick  and  wounded.  In  the  spring,  May  3,  1864,  he  rejoined  the  army,  and  was 
in  Ihe  battle  of  the  Wilderness  from  the  fifth  to  the  seventh.  At  the  battle 
of  Spotsylvania  Court  house  he  was  taken  prisoner,  carried  to  Columbia,  from 
thence  to  Andersonville,  where  he  died  Aug.  8,  1864. 

Mrs.  F.  J.  F.  Crossman  married  Frederick  P.  Burr,  Jan.  12,  1866.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Union  army.  They  have  one  daughter,  Ida  R.,  born  Nov.  17, 
1870. 

The  house  where  Lysander  Houghton  lived  was  built  by 
Matthew  Lackey,  who  came  from  Upton  about  1750. 

Mr.  Lackey  had  a  large  family  :  see  genealogy.  After  his 
death  the  place  was  sold  to  Ebenezer  Cook,  who  also  raised 
a  large  family.  Ira  Cook  of  Oxford  was  a  son  of  Ebenezer. 

Lysander  Houghton  married  Lydia  White  of  Northbridge, 
and  they  had  four  .children  :  Mahlon,  Chilion,  Vernon,  Lydia 
and  Merrick.  Chilion  married  Miss  Darling,  daughter  of 
Ira  Darling.  He  enlisted  in  the  company  of  Andrew's  sharp- 
shooters and  served  through  the  war.  He  is  now  a  dentist. 
Mrs.  Lydia  Houghton  died  in  the  fall  of  1870,  and  Lysander 
Jan.  4,  1878. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  353 

At  the  place  owned  by  A.  F.  Brown,  Esq.,  Mr.  Timothy 
Martin  lived  until  about  eighty  years  of  age.  Timothy  was 
the  son  of  Abel  Martin,  who  lived  and  died  on  this  place. 
Abel  Martin  married  for  his  second  wife  Eunice  Crossmau. 
His  son  Timothy  married  Sukey  Crossman,  daughter  of 
Noah  and  Huldah.  They  had  three  children,  two  of  whom 
died  young,  and  a  son,  Benjamin,  who  died  in  1877  in  the 
west.  His  wife  died  in  the  fall  of  1826,  and  he  married  for 
a  second  wife,  Miss  Rachel  Darling,  and  they  had  two  sons. 
Darius  and  Lysander.  Lysander  was  killed  in  battle,  as 
stated  on  a  preceding  page.  Benjamin  Martin  was  the 
plow-maker  already  alluded  to  on  another  p#ge. 

The  next  place  on  this  road  is  owned  by  Lewis  Hopkins 
of  Linwood.  The  house  was  built  by  Timothy  Hewett  as 
early  as  1773. 

Timothy  H.  had  a  large  family.  He  was  a  basket  maker. 
His  son  Timothy,  born  Nov.  22,  1773,  had  a  son  Timothy 
born  in  1803,  who  married  Lavina,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Leonard.  Their  children  are,  Edwin  C.,  born  Nov.  1,  1828  ; 
Alfred  Francis,  born  Sept.  20,  1831 ;  Richard  Lysander,  born 
Feb.  20,  1833;  Milton  Oscar,  born  Feb.  15,  1838;  Tamar, 
born  May  2,  1842. 

Edwin  C.  graduated  at  the  Normal  school,  Bridgewater,  and  became  a 
teacher  in  the  school,  and  was  transferred  tb  Pittsfield.  He  returned  to 
Bridgewater,  and  subsequently  was  in  Worcester  as  principal  of  the  high 
school.  In  1858  he  went  to  Illinois  to  take  a  professorship  in  the  Normal 
school  at  Normal,  Illinois;  a  position  he  held  until  1876,  when,  upon  the 
resignation  of  President  Edwards,  he  was  elected  president,  and  this  position 
he  now  holds. 

George  Jones  was  brought  up  at  Mr.  Hewett's  and  became 
the  owner  of  the  place  after  Timothy  senior  died.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Bryant  and  had  several  children.  The  house  was 
burned  in  1876. 

There  were  five  other  houses  on  this  road,  the  sites  of 
which  are  marked  by  cellar-holes  nearly  filled,  and  the  lower 
portions  of  the  chimneys,  in  which  the  rude  stone  fireplaces 
still  remain,  sad  reminders  of  the  unknown  and  now  broken 
circles  that  once  gathered  round  them. 

At  one  place  near  the  woods  lived  Elethan  Jones,  who  had 
a  large  family  of  children.  The  house  was  burned  and  the 

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354  HOMES    OF   THE 

barn  torn  down.  Samuel  and  Consider  Bryant  lived  at  this 
place  for  a  number  of  years,  and  sold  to  Jesse  Leonard,  who 
died  here,  and  his  heirs  were  lately  the  owners  of  the  land. 

The  place  where  Leonard  F.  Everett  lives  was  first  owned 
by  David  Burt,  who  built  the  house  a  hundred  years  ago 
and  died  there.  Mr.  Burt  came  from  Taunton.  and  had  a 
large  family  of  children ;  among  them  Benjamin,  who  died 
in  Northbridge  in  1874  ;  Ellis,  who  died  in  town  a  few  years 
since ;  and  Samuel,  who  married  Polly  Cook  and  had  three 
children,  Eichmond,  Julius  and  Juliet.  Mr.  Everett  mar- 
ried first  Miss  Freelove  Darling.  They  have  had  three 
children,  Mahlon,,  Albert  and  Susan.  Albert  went  to  the 
war  in  the  fifteenth  regiment.  Mr.  Everett  married  second 
Mrs.  Mann,  whose  son  was  in  the  battle  of  Bull  Run  and 
never  heard  of  after. 

White  and  Barrows  bought  the  place  on  the  hill  back  of 
the  school  house  of  John  Casey  in  1867,  and  Casey  bought 
of  Timothy  Hewett,  jr.,  in  1865. 

This  was  the  homestead  of  Jesse  Jones,  who  probably 
built  the  house  in  the  last  century,  as  they  were  old  people 
and  lived  in  an  old  house  sixty  years  ago.  Elethan  and 
Leonard  were  his  sons. 

The  house  owned  by  Jerman  Houghton  was  built  by  Dr. 
John  G.  Johnson  in  1852.  Mr.  Houghton  is  a  son  of  Wm. 
Houghton. 

Pliny  F.  Johnson,  now  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  built 
the  house  owned  by  him  near  the  corner,  in  1864.  Mr. 
Johnson  kept  a  store  here  for  several  years.  He  married 
first  Julia,  daughter  of  Stephen  Cole,  and  for  his  second 
wife  a  Miss  Mann. 

The  house  on  the  corner,  owned  by  Mrs.  Deacon  Pliny 
Johnson,  was  taken  down  at  the  Lackey  place  and  put  up 
here  by  Deacon  Johnson.  The  old  house  was  moved  across 
the  road  for  a  shop. 

Mr.  Johnson  had  a  large  family  of  children:  Pliny  F., 
John  G.,  Emily,  Eliza,  Moses,  George,  Carew,  Danforth, 
Elmira  and  Sapphira.  Deacon  Johnson  was  a  shoemaker, 
and  with  his  large  family  of  boys  and  girls,  turned  out  a 
great  many  pairs  daily.  He  did  much  for  the  support  of  the 
gospel.  Samuel  Williams  lived  in  the  old  house  many  years. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  357 

Julia  Woodis  owns  the  old  red  house,  but  no  one  knows 
its  history. 

The  next  house,  owned  by  Mrs.  Daniel  Kelley,  was  built 
by  Daniel  Kelley  about  1866. 

The  house  which*  Horace  Batcheller  owns  and  lets,  was 
built  by  Thomas  Carlin  in  1854  or  '55.  Thomas  Carlin 
married  Miss  Lovina  Leonard. 

The  house  owned  by  Henry  Williams  was  built  by  Henry 
Dorr  in  1847.  Henry  Williams  is  son  of  Alpheus  and 
Clarissa,  and  grandson  of  Samuel  Williams. 

The  house  that  Joseph  Wheatley  owns  and  lets  was  put 
up  in  1831  by  Richard  Hewett,  who  was  the  son  of  Timothy 
and  grandson  of  Timothy  Hewett,  senior.  He  married 
Mirandah  Crossman  in  1826  and  had  two  sons,  Croyden  and 
Lowel.  The  last  died  in  infancy. 

Mrs.  Hewett  died  in  the  fall  of  1830,  and  he  married  for 
his  second  wife  Electa  Eoss.  Croydon  died  in  Paris,  Oneida 
county,  New  York,  in  1868. 

Horace  Batcheller  built  his  own  house  in  1876-77,  on  the 
corner  of  the  Douglas  and  Manchaug  road.  There  was.  a 
small  house  on  the  same  site  built  by  his  father,  Warren 
Batcheller,  in  1838.  Warren  Batcheller  was  a  successful 
contractor.  He  built  many  fine  roads,  and  was  for  a  long 
time  employed  in  the  excavation  of  the  Blackstone  canal. 
He  died,  and  was  carried  to  his  burial  March  30,  1873,  from 
the  house  he  built. 

The  house  of  Mr.  Horace  Batcheller,  a  view  of  which  is  given,  is  intended 
for  a  summer  boarding  house  and  hotel,  and  is  finely  fitted  for  the  purpose.  It 
has  accommodations  for  thirty  boarders ;  and  when  its  ease  of  access,  con- 
venience, and  the  attractions  of  the  surrounding  region  are  known,  it  can 
hardly  fail  of  being  a  popular  resort  for  those  seeking  recreation  among  rural 
scenes  of  peculiar  beauty. 

In  1827  Obed  Taylor  put  up  a  building  on  this  corner  and 
opened  a  store,  but  did  not  occupy  it  long,  and  it  was  sold 
and  moved  away. 

The  house  where  Mason  W.  Morse  lives  was  built  by  Dea. 
Wm.  Batcheller.  Jason  Morse  married  a  daughter  of  Elder 
Samuel  Waters  and  bought  the  place  of  Deacon  Batcheller. 

Mr.  Morse  fell  in  the  street  near  his  house  and  died 
instantly.  His  wife  died  in  1877.  Harriet  Morse  married 


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HOMES    OF   THE 


Josiah  Brown,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Parley  Brown  of  East 
Douglas.  He  was  an  architect  and  engineer,  and  at  one 
time  had  charge  at  the  Hoosac  Tunnel  bore,  under  the 

O 

Shanleys. 

Jonas  Batcheller  built  his  house  in*1840.  Orlando,  his 
son,  joined  the  army  in  the  late  war  and  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Antietam,  Sept.  17,  1862.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  fifteenth  regiment,  and  one  of  the  many  from  this  pad  of 
the  town  who  laid  down  their  lives  for  their  country. 


RESIDENCE    OF   JONAS    BATCHELLER. 


Origeii,  brother  of  Jouas  Batcheller,  was  a  superior  scholar,  though  he 
never  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  collegiate  education.  He  was  the  editor  of 
the  Anti-Universalist,  published  at  Providence,  R.  I.  He  is  spoken  of  as  a 
devoted  Christian  and  very  tenacious  of  the  Orthodox  faith.  He  was  often 
engaged  in  controversy  with  the  enemies  of  Christianity  in  this  country  and  in 
Europe. 

He  was  the  author  of  several  pamphlets  in  which,  with  earnestness  and 
ability,  he  gave  his  views  of  the  doctrines  of  grace  as  revealed  in  the  Word  of 
God. 

The  Howard  place,  where  Mrs.  Clarissa  Williams,  widow 
of  Alpheus  Williams  lives,  belonged  to  James  Howard,  her 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  359 

father,  who  had  a  large  family  of  children,  among  whom  was 
a  son,  whose  name  was  Jonathan,  and  he  had  a  son,  who 
is  the  author  of  the  book  entitled,  "  The  Bruised  Reed." 

George  Case  married  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Williams,  who 
built  a  house  near  by,  which  was  burned  about  1858. 

Cyrel  Williams,  son  of  Alpheus  and  Clarissa  Williams, 
who  now  lives  in  the  State  of  New  York,  was  the  owner  and 
builder  of  the  house  near  the  cemetery,  where  Mrs.  Glover 
lives,  which  is  now  owned  by  Ezekiel  Thayer  of  East 
Douglas.  The  house  is  comparatively  new,  and  took  the 
place  of  the  one  which  was  considered  old  fifty  years  ago, 
and  occupied  by  a  family  of  the  name  of  Blackmar.  Among 
the  children  of  this  iamily  were  Rhoda,  Deborah,  and  one 
or  two  others.  Fifty  years  ago  there  was  another  house  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  road. 

The  house  where  George  Thompson  lives  was  built  by 
Russell  Titus  about  the  year  1835.  It  was  made  up  from 
one  or  two  small  buildings  which  were  moved  together,  and 
with  some  slight  additions  fitted  up  for  a  tenement. 

Geo.  Thompson  married  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Stockwell. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  road  is  a  house  which  was 
built  by  Josiah  Hewett  in  1849,  and  sold  to  Henry  Marshall, 
who  died  here  in  1876. 

The  next  house,  called  the  Titus  house,  was  built  by  Rus- 
sell Titus  in  1848.  Mr.  Titus  carried  on  the  butchering 
business  here  for  a  few  years.  He  married  Martha,  daughter 
of  Hammond  and  Lydia  Hewett,  and  they  had  two  daugh- 
ters, one  of  whom  married  Noel  Clark  of  Uxbridge.  Mr. 
Titus  was  captain  of  a  canal  boat  on  the  Blackstone  canal 
in  1830  or  1831. 

This  is  the  last  house  in  Sutton  on  the  road  leading  from 
the  corner  to  East  Douglas. 

The  house  where  Orison,  son  of  Hammond  and  Lydia 
Hewett  lives,  is  the  homestead  built  by  Hammond  Hewett 
sixty  years  ago.  He  married  Lydia  Pierce  of  Millbury, 
and  they  have  had  five  children :  Orison,  Josiah,  Moses, 
Martha  and  Rebeckah. 

Hammond  is  the  son  of  William  Hewett,  and  brother  of 
Eli,  late  of  Northbridge. 


360  HOMES    OF   THE 

The  last  place  on  this  road  is  the  Alpheus  Kawson  place, 
so  called  forty  years  ago.  Mr.  Rawson  bought  it  of  Wel- 
come Whipple  sixty-five  years  since. 

Mrs.  Jonathan  (Whipple)  Sprague  was  bom  here,  but  it 
is  not  positively  known  whether  any  more  of  Mr.  W.'s 
children  were  born  here.  It  is  now  in  the  hands  of  some 
French  Canadian  families. 

CEMETERY. 

The  original  cemetery  in  this  district  was  set  apart  as  a 
place  of  burial  by  Deacon  William  Batcheller,  son  of  Rev. 
William.  The  first  body  buried  was  that  of  his  brother 
Moses,  who  died  Sept.  4,  1803,  in  the  twenty-first  year  of 
his  age.  His  monument  has  upon  it  the  following  epitaph  : 

"  A  burying-place  by  me 's  begun, 
Father  and  Mother  view  your  son. 
Brethering  and  sister's  view  me  too, 
Pale  death  has  taken  me  from  you. 
My  wife  and  children  on  earth  I  leave, 
In  faith  that  Christ  will  me  receive, 
Praying  that  you  may  likewise  be, 
Prepar'd  for  death  to  follow  me." 

UNION  DISTRICT,  No.  8. 

The  old  house,  as  seen  in  the  engraving,  was  built  by 
William  Davenport  in  1767,  and  remains  as  first  built,  no 
part  having  been  burnt  or  destroyed.  The  farm  consisted  of 
one  hundred  and  seventy  acres  of  land,  received  from  his 
father,  William,  senior,  who  lived  in  a  house  that  stood 
wrhere  Mr.  Barney  Hewett's  now  stands.  William  Daven- 
port, jr. ,  sold  his  farm  to  a  Mr.  Clark  and  moved  to  Peters- 
ham in  1800. 

Samuel  Carpenter  was  the  purchaser  of  a  small  part  of 
the  estate.  He  was  a  plow-maker  by  trade.  The  shed 
attached  to  the  house  was  formerly  used  as  a  corn-barn. 
Mr.  Carpenter  moved  it  to  its  present  location,  and  used  it 
in  the  manufacture  of  wooden  plows,  in  which  business  he 
employed  several  workmen.  William  Davenport  built  a 
saw-mill  and  grist-mill  soon  after  locating  on  this  place, 
perhaps  as  early  as  1766.  These  stood  until  about  1824,  when 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON. 


361 


the  saw-mill  was  taken  down  by  Joel  Lackey,  then  in  pos- 
session of  the  place.  The  grist-mill  was  carried  away  by  a 
freshet  in  1838. 

Mr.  Lackey  erected  a  building  for  the  manufacture  of 
scythes  on  the  stream  below  the  mills,  and  made  scythes  for 
Ji  few  years,  then,  in  company  with  George  B.  Nolen,  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  gun-barrels. 

He  sold  out  to  Mr.  Xolen  in  1834.  Amos  Burdon  is  the 
present  ownerW  the  property. 


DAVENPORT    HOUSE,    SOUTH    SUTTON. 


George  B.  Nolen  married  in  1826  Olive  Grossman,  second 
daughter  of  Stephen.  Their  eldest  son,  Horace  Whipple, 
died  in  North  Carolina  during  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 

George  Augustus,  their  second  sou,  born  Jan.  7,  1831,  attended  school  at 
the  brick  school-house;  then  at  Leicester,  Wilbraham  and  Westfield,  where 
he  fitted  for  college.  He  entered  Yale  College  in  1853,  and  graduated  in  1857 
with  honor,  having  taken  most  of  the  prizes  offered  in  mathematics  and  Eng- 
lish composition. 

A  few  weeks  before  graduation  he  entered  Major  Skinner's  school  in  New 
Haven  as  teacher,  where  he  remained  until  Mr.  Skinner's  death  in  1859. 
We.  quote  the  following  from  the  "  Obituary  Record  of  Graduates  of  Yale 
College." 

"  PRESENTED  AT  THE  MEETING  OF  THE  ALUMNI,  JUNE  28,  1876. 
CLASS  OF  1857. 

"  George  Augustus  Nolen  was  born  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  Jan.  9,  1831. 

"  He  remained  in  New  Haven  as  a  graduate  student,  until  he  accepted  a 
tutorship  in  the  college  in  the  summer  of  18PO.  He  resigned  this  office  in  1865, 
when  he  was  appointed  assistant  examiner  in  the.  United  States  patent  office. 

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362  HOMES    OF    THE 

He  entered  on  his  duties  in  Jan.  1866,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  held  the 
position  of  examiner  in-chief,  having  been  appointed  to  that  rank  by  Presi- 
dent Grant  in  April  1875. 

"  A  few  weeks  after  this  appointment  he  was  attacked  with  consumption, 
which  first  manifested  itself  by  a  violent  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs  on  the  13th 
of  May.  He  failed  steadily  and  rapidly,  and  died  in  Washington,  Aug.  17th. 
His  wife,  who  had  been  struggling  with  the  same  disease  for  three  years, 
survived  him  but  a  few  hours.  They  left  one  son.  In  ability,  integrity  and 
courtesy  no  one  in  the  patent  office  was  his  superior." 

Mr.  Nolen's  daughters  were  Sabra  "W.  and  Olivia  R. 
Sabra  W.  married  Joseph  E.  Waite,  Esq.,  now  a  merchant 
in  West  Brookfield. 

Olivia  R.  married  George  "W.  Sargent  of  North  Brook- 
field. 

Alfred  Eugene,  born  Dec.  25,  1845,  graduated  at  Yale,  class  of  1867 ;  was 
teacher  for  a  year  in  the  high  school  at  Norwich,  Vermont ;  for  three  years 
principal  of  the  high  school  at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  when  he  returned 
to  New  Haven  to  resume  his  studies,  and  for  a  year  or  two  gave  private 
instruction  to  students;  but  his  health  failing  he  went  to  Washington,  D.  C., 
with  his  brother.  In  1875  he  came  to  West  Brookfield  with  his  health  much 
impaired ;  but  after  a  year,  had  sufficiently  recovered  to  be  able  to  accept  a 
position  as  principal  of  the  high  school  at  Winchendon.  He  is  now  principal 
of  the  high  school  in  Brookfield. 

Mr.  Nolen's  wife  died  in  West  Warren,  June  25,  1850, 
when  he  returned  to  Sutton,  and  in  1852  married  Clara 
Kiugsbury. 

The  house  where  Amos  Burden  now  lives  was  built  by 
himself  in  1848.  The  barn  on  this  place  was  struck  by 
lightning  the  first  of  July,  1866,  and  burned  with  two 
horses.  Mr.  Burdon  subsequently  erected  a  fine  barn  on  the 
same  spot. 

The  old  gun-shops  are  standing  here  at  the  dam.  In  1841 
Benjamin  Martin  commenced  the  manufacture  of  plows  at 
this  place,  and  for  five  years  employed  several  hands.  His 
"Eagle  Plows "  were  in  great  favor  among  the  farmers  in  all 
this  part  of  the  country  and  the  bordering  towns  in  Rhode 
Island.  The  works  were  moved  to  Waterford. 

After  Mr.  Burdon  bought  these  shops  he  put  in  saw 
and  shingle  mills,  and  run  them  for  a  few  years ;  but  they 
are  not  used  now,  though  the  machinery  remains.  Mr. 
Burdon  came  into  possession  of  this  property  soon  after  the 
freshet  which  carried  away  the  grist-mill. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  363 

There  is  a  beaver  dam  in  the  pond,  and  it  is  said  that 
beavers  were  abundant  when  the  town  was  first  settled. 

The  house  near  the  outlet  of  Swan  Pond  was  built  in  1810 
by  Caleb  Hicks,  and  is  now  owned  by  George  C.  Allen. 

The  house  occupied  by  Charles  Britton  was  built  by  Joel 
Lackey  in  1818,  and  sold  to  Alpheus  Grossman. 

The  house  where  Mr.  Burroughs  lives  was  built  by  Geo. 
Dorr  about  1850.  Mr.  Dorr  moved  to  Lacrosse,  Wisconsin. 
George  Dorr  was  the  son  of  Henry  Dorr,  and  married  a 
daughter  of  Daniel  Cole. 

The  house  where  Philander  Hewett  lives  was  built  by 
William  Davenport,  and  his  son  Aaron  received  it  from  his 
father;  but  exchanged  with  Jonathan  Carpenter  in  1835. 
Mr.  Hewett  bought  it  of  Aaron  Wrakefield  about  1863. 

The  Valentine  G.  Hewett  place,  which  is  in  the  hands  of 
the  administrators,  was  prior  to  1810  the  old  school-house. 
William  Grossman  bought  it,  and  moved  it  from  above  the 
George  Allen  place,  and  repaired  it  for  his  father  and 
mother  —  (see  genealogy) — and  they  lived  there  until  his 
death. 

Samuel  Grossman  had  one  son  and  two  daughters  by  his 
first  wife.  His  son  Samuel  enlisted  in  the  ninth  regiment, 
called  the  "bloody  ninth,"  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  at 
the  battle  of  Chippewa  and  Lundy's  Lane,  was  wounded  and 
drew  a  pension  till  the  time  of  his  death  in  1870.  He  died 
in  Pennsylvania. 

Samuel  Grossman,  senior,  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
and  drew  a  pension. 

William  Grossman  taught  school  in  his  early  days,  and 
then  kept  a  country  store  on  Putnam  Hill,  and  in  East 
Douglas  in  company  with  Sumner  Cole.  He  was  the  first 
postmaster  of  East  Douglas ;  kept  a  hotel  in  Webster, 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  Springfield,  from  which  place  he 
was  sent  to  the  legislature.  During  President  Pierce's 
administration  he  was  a  custom-house  officer.  He  died  in 
Brookfield,  Sept.  22,  1873,  and  was  buried  in  the  Howard 
cemetery. 

The  brick  school-house  was  built  in  the  fall  of  1822,  and 
known  as  the  Union  school-house,  a  part  of  the  district 


364  HOMES    OF    THE 

being  in  Northbridge.  Extensive  repairs  have  been  made 
on  this  house  and  new  furniture  put  in.  It  is  now  one  of 
the  best  in  town. 

Willis  Thayer  built  the  house  where  Barnabas  Hewett 
lives.  Mr.  Hewett  bought  it  in  1856.  George  Reynolds 
and  Jonathan  Sprague  carried  on  the  manufacture  of  broad 
axes  here  for  a  few  years,  and  lived  in  this  house.  Colonel 
Homer  B.  Sprague  was  born  here. 

The  trip-hammer  shop  has  been  torn  down,  but  the 
saw-mill  still  stands,  and  is  owned  by  Benjamin  Burt  of 
Woonsocket,  Rhode  Island. 

Barnabas  Hewett  is  the  son  of  Timothy,  and  married 
Eliza  Hewett  for  his  first  wife  and  had  three  sons,  Welcome, 
Philander  and  Warren.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Brigham. 

Jehu  Bartlett,  who  came  from  Cumberland,  R.  I.,  in  1780, 
once  owned  the  place  where  George  C.  Allen  lives.  John 
Allen,  who  came  from  Mount  Holly,  Vt.,  about  1810,  seems 
to  have  been  the  next  owner.  He  thoroughly  repaired  the 
house,  built  on  the  ell,  built  also  a.  cider-mill,  a  barn,  a  car- 
penter's and  blacksmith's  shop.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade.  John  Allen  had  a  son  George,  Avho  was  the  father  of 
George  C.,  the  present  owner. 

The  house  where  Amory  D.  Lackey  lives  was  built  by 
William  Houghton  in  1818.  Mr.  Houghton  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade,  and  occupied  the  .shop  just  below  the  dam,  which 
was  afterward  a  scythe  manufactory.  It  was  torn  down 
several  years  ago.  Amory  D.  Lackey  married  Lydia,  daughter 
of  Salmon  Burdon,  in  1838,  and  had  one  daughter,  who.mar- 
ried  Henry  Parkhurst  of  Uxbridge. 

The  house  where  Deacon  Salmon  Burdon  lived  and  died 
was  built  by  him  in  1813.  The  old  house  stood  within  a 
few  feet  of  the  present  structure.  John  Burdon,  father  of 
Salmon,  owned  the  farm  and  died  here. 

John  Vant  built  the  house  where  George  W.  Fletcher  now 
lives,  but  nothing  farther  is  known  of  him.  Mr.  Fletcher 
bought  the  place  of  Newel  Lackey  about  1858.  He  came 
from  Northbridge. 

Mr.  Casey  owns  the  house  built  by  Augustus  Thayer  about 
1840.  After  his  death  Rufus  Young  bought  the  place, 


TOWN    OF    8UTTON.  365 

enlarged  the  house  and  built  the  barn.  Mr.  Young  married 
Lydia  Ballon.  He  died  here  in  1857. 

The  house  owned  by  Jonas  Batcheller  and  let  as  a  tene- 
ment, called  the  Young  or  Waterman  place,  was  built  by 
Thomas  Axtell,  who  had  the  initials  of  his  name  put  on  the 
chimney,  where  they  are  distinctly  seen  at  the  present  time. 
Mr.  .Angel  bought  the  place,  and  in  connection  with  his  son- 
in-law,  Captain  Young,  carried  on  the  farm.  Captain  Young- 
followed  a  sea-faring  life  for  a  number  of  years  after  being 
married.  His  children  were  Joseph,  Julia,  Mary,  Abigail, 
Rufus  Smith  and  Lucinda. 

Joseph  married  Miss  Euphemia  Taft  and  had  two  children  : 
William  and  Mary.  Julia  married  Knight  Waterman  and 
had  three  daughters  :  Susan,  Amanda  and  Nettie,  and  a  son, 
Oscar.  Mary  married  Jonas  Batcheller.  See  genealogy. 

The  house  owned  by  Horace  W.  Chamberlain  was  built 
by  Deacon  Reuben  Tisdale.  Mr.  Crossman  says  of  Deacon 
Tisdale,  "  He  was  treasurer  of  the  town,  and  ran  away  with 
the  town's  money  and  Deacon  William  Batcheller's  wife." 
Soon  after  Mr.  Tisdale  left,  Welcome  and  John  W  hippie 
bought  the  place.  Deacon  John  Whipple  moved  from 
Petersham  and  opened  a  public  house,  which  he  kept  until 
about  1825.  Deacon  John  Whipple  was  born  in  Cumberland 
February  12,  1748;  married  May  24,  1770;  Eunice  Ellis, 
born  May  9,  1751.  Children:  Welcome,  born  Sept.  12, 
1772;  Olive,  July  12,  1775;  Jabez,  March  15,  1779; 
Nancy,  April  27,  1781  ;  John,  Dec.  31, 1783  ;  Martin,  April 
17-,  1786.  Welcome  married  Amy  Whipple.  Jabez  settled 
in  New  Salem  and  married.  John  married  Patty  Sibley, 
daughter  of  Nathan.  Nancy  married  Nahum  Prentice. 
Olive  married  Stephen  Crossman.  Welcome  Whipple,  Esq. 
came  here  to  take  care  of  the  farm  and  his  father  and  mother 
about  1825  or  1826,  and  remained  here  until  his  death.  His 
children  were:  Milton  D.,  Cullen,  Justin,  Virgil,  Mary 
Ann,  Homer  and  Ardalisa.  Some  of  these  Whipples  were 
great  inventors.  Cullen  was  engaged  at  the  screw  factory  in 
Providence  for  several  years. 

Jonathan  Sprague,  who  married  Mary  A.  Whipple,  Oct. 
26,  1826,  took  the  farm  in  1843  and  cared  for  his  wife's 


366  HOMES    OF   THE 

father  and  mother  until  their  death.  In  1867  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain bought  it  and  removed  from  Whitin's  here.  The  small 
house  just  below  Mr.  Chamberlain's,  and  owned  by  him, 
was  built  by  Willis  Thayer.  Stephen  Drake  lived  here 
for  a  few  years  ;  also  his  brother,  Albee,  who  moved  to  New 
York  state. 

Mrs.  Hilton  built  the  house  where  she  resides,  in  1877. 
The  house  on  the  same  spot  put  up  by  William  Norbury  was 
burned  in  March  1876.  The  old  house,  which  had  been 
occupied  by  Noah  Grossman  for  many  years,  was  torn  down 
in  1832.  Mr.  Grossman  and  wife  both  died  here. 

On  the  place  near  the  woods  stood  an  old  house  which  was 
taken  down  by  A.  J.  Bryant  in  1868.  The  barn  is  standing 
and  is  owned  by  Lewis  Hopkins  of  Linwood.  In  1778  and 
'79  Elijah  Grossman  lived  in  the  house,  and  in  1784  moved 
to  a  house  then  standing  a  few  rods  east  of  where  George 
Fletcher  lives,  the  cellar  hole  of  which  is  still  to  be  seen, 
though  trees  of  a  large  growth  cover  the  whole  ground. 
After  Elijah  left  the  place,  Noah,  a  brother,  occupied  it.  He 
made  wooden  ware  and  measures.  The  old  kettle  and  steam 
box  he  used  for  steaming  and  bending  the  wood  for  measures 
were  here  a  few  years  ago. 

Subsequently  Luther  Grossman,  a  son  of  Noah,  lived  here 
for  many  years. 

The  house  off  the  road  was  occupied  by  Samuel  Grossman 
in  1780,  but  who  built  it  is  not  known.  In  1828  John  Allen 
lived  in  this  house,  and  a  few  years  later  Mr.  Edward  Norbury 
owned  it,  and  lived  here  until  he  went  to  Illinois  with  his 
son  in  1875. 

The  house  where  Mrs.  Nelson  Fairbanks  lives  was  built 
by  Joshua  Lackey  in  1812.  He  also  built  a  saw-mill  on  the 
south  side  of  the  river.  About  the  same  time  Matthew 
Lackey,  a  brother,  built  on  the  north  side  and  put  in  a  grist- 
mill and  a  carding  machine,  which  was  the  only  one  in  this 
region  for  many  years.  Every  vestige  of  the  mill  is  gone, 
and  Whitin's  reservoir  covers  the  ruins. 

Just  a  little  north  of  the  place  where  those  old  mills  stood 
are  two  old  houses,  in  one  of  which  Mr.  Nelson  Nicholas 
lives.  The  other,  or  what  there  is  left  of  it,  is  owned  by 


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Mr.  Prescott.  The  main  part  of  the  house  was  burned  in 
1876.  This  place  belonged  to  Stephen  Cole,  the  blind 
basket-maker. 

OLD  STONE  DISTRICT,  No.  9. 

Benjamin  Wakefield  first  settled  on  the  Samuel  Hall  place. 
He  was  followed  by  Mr.  Joseph  Mosely.  Enos  Armsby  and 
his  son  Silas  were  the  next  owners.  They  built  the  small 


THE    OLD    STONE    SCHOOL    HOUSE. 


house  south  of  the  road.  Silas  Armsby  enlarged  and  repaired 
the  Mosely  house,  soon  after  the  central  turnpike  was  built, 
with  the  intention  of  keeping  tavern,  but  sold  to  Asa  Hall, 
who  carried  on  the  brush-making  business  there  several 
years.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  he  transferred  the  place  to 
his  son  Samuel,  the  present  owner.  Asa  Hall  married  for 
his  first  wife  Alethina  Parkman.  Miss  Sarah  Parkman,  her 
sister,  a  wealthy  and  benevolent  lady,  lived  here  several 
years. 


368  HOMES    OF   THE 

Mr.  Silas  Armsby  had  one  son,  James  H.,  and  five  daugh- 
ters :  one  married  a  Davis ;  one  married  Silas  Dudley,  and 
lives  in  Mendon ;  one  married  Dr.  Alden  March,  the  cele- 
brated surgeon  of  Albany. 

James  H.  Armsby  went  to  Albany  and  studied  medicine  and  surgery  with 
his  brother-in-law  March.  He  went  into  the  study  of  anatomy  with  a  minute- 
ness that  astonished  his  fellow  students ;  for,  while  they  were  satisfied  with 
the  ordinary  hackings  of  the  dissecting-room,  he  worked  a  whole  month 
industriously  upon  a  single  finger,  determined  to  know  the  mechanism  of  the 
human  system  to  a  microscopic  nicety. 

He  was  connected  with  the  medical  college  in  Albany  for  twenty-five  years. 
He  died  there,  highly  distinguished  and  much  lamented,  Dec.  3,  1875. 

He  was  born  in  this  house  Dec.  31, 1809.  Remembering  his  native  town,  he 
made  several  valuable  donations  to  the  Sutton  library. 

Enos  and  Silas  Armsby  came  to  Sutton  from  Leicester.  They  were  proba- 
bly natives  of  Medfield  or  Franklin. 

Mr.  Silas  Armsby  was  a  member  of  the  first  Baptist  church,  and  a  constant 
attendant.  He  died  in  Mendon,  aged  eighty-two.  His  wife  died  two  years 
later  at  the  same  age. 

From  an  obituary  of  Dr.  Armsby,  published  in  the  Albany  Evening  Journal 
the  day  of  his  death,  we  make  the  following  extracts : 

"Dr.  Armsby's  early  years  were  spent  on  his  father's  farm  (in  Sutton). 
His  only  educational  advantages  were  derived  from  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  from  a  brief  period  in  the  Worcester  and  Monson  Academies. 
But  his  love  of  study  was  gratified  by  the  facilities  afforded  by  the  Public 
Library  of  his  native  town.* 

"In  1830,  when  in  his  twenty-first  year,  he  came  to  this  city  and  entered  as 
a  student  with  Dr.  Alden  March,  who  was  then  in  active  practice  and  the 
foremost  physician  and  surgeon  of  the  city.  He  was  an  earnest  student,  and 
gave  early  indications  of  the  eminent  talent  and  skill  which  have  marked  his 
professional  life. 

"His  first  public  service  was  the  circulation  of  a  petition  while  yet  a  stu- 
dent, for  the  establishment  of  a  hospital  and  medical  college  in  Albany,  and 
from  that  day  to  this  he  has  never  wearied  in  his  efforts  to  advance  the  educa- 
tional, religious  and  benevolent  interests  of  his  adopted  home.  As  a  student 
he  evinced  special  fondness  for  anatomical  and  physiological  studies,  and 
manifested  great  skill  in  the  preparation  and  arrangement  of  anatomical 
specimens;  so  much  so  that  Dr.  March  made  him  his  chief  assistant  during 
his  term  of  study,  and  he  occasionally  supplied  his  place  in  the  lecture  room. 

"In  1832  he  was  made  the  resident  physician  of  the  cholera  hospital,  and 
took  part  in  the  post  mortem  examination  of  the  first  cholera  patient  that  died 
of  the  disease  in  this  city,  making  careful  dissections  of  the  parts  most 
involved  in  the  disease,  specimens  of  which  are  still  preserved  in  the  college 
museum. 

"After  graduating  at  the  Vermont  Academy  of  Medicine  in  1833,  with  the 
highest  honors  of  his  class,  be  became  teacher  in  a  private  medical  school  in 
this  city.  This  school,  in  which  he  was  associated  with  the  late  Dr.  Match, 
was  known  as  '  March  and  Armsby's  School,'  and  was  continued  until  the 


Library  of  district  school. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON-.  369 

foundation  of  the  Albany  Medical  College.  Within  a  year  of  his  graduation 
the  Vermont  Academy  recalled  her  student  and  made  him  professor  of  anat- 
omy and  physiology. 

"  After  the  establishment  of  the  Albany  Medical  College  he  devoted  himself 
heart  and  soul  to  its  interests,  taking  up  his  residence  in  the  building ;  and 
soon  after  resigning  his  Vermont  professorship,  gave  his  entire  time  to  the 
arrangement  of  the  museum  and  the  manifold  details  of  organization.  We 
need  scarcely  add  that  during  all  the  succeeding  years  of  the  institution  he 
remained  its  steadfast  friend,  ever  laboring  with  unflagging  zeal  for  its 
advancement.  In  1839  he  made  his  first  visit  to  Europe,  and  inspected  all  the 
leading  medical  institutions,  hospitals  and  museums  of  the  old  world.  He 
brought  back  with  him  a  choice  collection  of  specimens,  with  which  he 
enriched  the  college.  He  made  a  second  visit  of  a  similar  nature  to  Europe 
in  1845.  In  1841  he  opened  an  office  in  this  city,  dividing  his  time  with  his 
duties  at  the  college. 

"  Dr.  Armsby  was  a  warm  and  intelligent  friend  of  art  in  all  its  manifesta- 
tions, and  in  him  the  brotherhood  of  artists  always  had  a  sympathetic  friend. 

"  His  connection  with  the  Albany  hospital  was  whole  hearted.  From  the 
time  it  was  opened  in  1848  until  his  death,  he  was  its  untiring  friend  in  season 
and  out  of  season.  The  largest  portion  of  the  funds  that  have  been  raised  for 
its  support  were  secured  through  his  personal  efforts.  His  efforts  to  secure 
the  necessary  endowments,  and  the  events  which  attended  and  followed  the 
inauguration,  when  Edward  Everett  delivered  his  great  oration,  are  familiar 
to  all  our  citizens  and  need  not  be  rehearsed  here. 

"In  1861  Dr.  Armsby  was  appointed  United  States  consul  at  Naples,  a 
position  which  he  filled  with  honor  to  himself  and  the  government.  It  is 
interesting  to  note  he  gave  the  first  popular  scientific  lecture  ever  delivered  in 
Naples. 

"Dr.  Armsby  was  married  in  1841  to  Anna  L.  Hawley,  daughter  of  the  late 
Hon.  Gideon  Hawley,  by  whom  he  had  one  son  and  one  daughter.  The  wife 
and  daughter  died  in  1846,  and  six  years  later  the  doctor  married  Miss  Sarah 
Winne.  bhe  and  one  son,  Gideon,  survive  him.  Dr.  Armsby  was  the  frequent 
recipient  of  honorary  degrees  from  our  American  colleges  and  other  institu- 
tions of  learning.  In  1841  Rutgers  gave  him  her  A.  M.,  and  in  the  same 
year  the  Yale  National  Historical  Society  made  him  an  honorary  member.  In 
1836  he  was  elected  member  of  the  National  Historical  Society  of  New 
Orleans,  and  about  the  same  time  Rochester  University  conferred  on  him  the 
degree  of  master  of  arts. 

"  In  his  address  to  the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of 
Science,  in  this  city,  in  1855,  Dr.  B.  A.  Gould  spoke  truthfully  of  Dr.  Armsby 
when  he  said : 

"And  now  I  come  to  a  name  whose  sympathetic  influence  calls  up  all  the 
generous  feelings  of  the  heart  —  a  name  which  I  cannot  lightly  utter,  for  it 
belongs  to  a  man  whom  to  know  is  to  love,  and  to  mention  is  to  praise.  It  is 
his  whose  agency  is  evident  in  all  good  works,  whose  thoughtfulness  is  con- 
spicuous in  all  kindly  action,  to  whom  is  in  great  part  due  the  establishment 
of  many  a  noble  institution  in  this  city  of  his  adoption  and  his  love,  forming 
an  imperishable  monument  of  his  public  spirit ;  Ms  whose  efforts  were  among 
the  most  untiring  in  behalf  of  the  university;  Ms  whose  mild  and  gentle 
persuasiveness,  whose  modest,  retiring,  disinterested  zeal  conferred  on  this 
association  a  priceless  boon;  when,  under  the  form  of  asking  one,  he  per- 
suaded it  to  disregard  all  precedents  by  returning,  after  the  expiration  of  a 
47 


370  HOMES    OF   THE 

single  lustrum,  and  holding  now  for  a  second  time  its  session  in  this  great- 
hearted capital.  There  is  no  need  of  saying  that  his  name  is  James  H. 
Armsby.  God  bless  him !  for  he  is  blessing  God's  earth,  and  the  world  is 
better  that  he  lives  in  it." 

The  house  now  owned  by  John  S.  Burnap  was  built  by 
Lot  Simpson,  next  owned  by  Henry  Bright  Harback,  then 
by  James  King,  then  by  Daniel  Harback,  and  occupied 
by  his  son  Captain  Charles  Harback.  D.  Harback  deeded 
it  to  John  Burnap  in  1821.  Mr.  B.  bought  on  eleven  acres 
of  Silas  Armsby,  making  a  farm  of  forty-three  acres.  Mr. 
Burnap  died  here  Feb.  2,  1864,  aged  seventy-six. 

John  S.,  the  present  owner,  has  much  improved  the  place. 
Some  miners  during  the  present  year  commenced  sinking  a 
shaft  here,  hoping  to  find  silver,  but  the  enterprise  has  been 
abandoned. 

Joseph  Woodbury  first  settled  on  the  place  now  owned 
by  B.  A.  Whitcomb  ;  he  was  succeeded  by  Benjamin  Wood- 
bury,  next  Benjamin,  jr.  ;  then  his  heirs  sold  to  Rufus  King, 
he  to  Asa  Hall,  he  to  Otis  Hall ;  next  owned  by  J.  S.  Bur- 
nap,  sold  by  him  to  Rev.  Elijah  Brigham,  and  occupied  by 
his  son,  Dr.  John  Brigham;  sold  by  him  to  Bainbridge  A. 
Whitcomb  of  Providence,  the  present  owner.  Mr.  W.  has 
recently  built  a  fine  mansion  on  the  place,  besides  large 
barns ;  he  has  also  moved  and  repaired  the  old  house,  now 
occupied  by  his  farmer,  Mr.  Cady.  He  has  plowed  and  fer- 
tilized nearly  the  entire  farm. 

On  the  place  now  owned  by  Newell  Wedge,  Deacon  Per- 
cival  Hall  settled  his  son  Stephen,  who  moved  from  there  to 
where  John  Armsby  now  lives,  in  1753.  It  was  next  owned 
by  Mr.  Potter,  then  by  Thomas  Harback,  then  by  Leland 
and  Brigham,  blacksmiths.  Jacob  Brigham  deeded  it  to 
Joshua  Armsby  in  1795.  The  present  house  was  built  by 
Joshua  Armsby,  jr.,  about  1824,  the  shop  in  1835,  and  the 
barn  in  1839.  Joshua  Armsby,  sen.,  was  educated  for  the 
ministry,  but  for  some  reason  never  engaged  in  the  duties  of 
his  profession ;  but  retired,  lived  and  died  on  this  beautiful 
farm.  His  son  Joshua  was  a  carpenter  and  machinist.  He 
was  for  several  years  superintendent  of  the  Wilkinsonville 
factories ;  was  for  three  terms  representative  in  the  legisla- 


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ture,  and  held  various  town  offices.  His  son  Joshua  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  agricultural  implements  at 
Worcester;  where  he  accumulated  a  fortune,  built  several 
blocks,  and  died  much  honored  and  lamented.  One  of  his 
daughters  married  Newell  Wedge,  a  graduate  of  Amherst 
College  in  the  class  of  1840.  Mr.  W.  has  taken  a  deep 
interest  in  the  education  of  the  young,  has  taught  a  number 
of  years  in  town,  been  on  school  committee,  and  done  much 


RESIDENCE,  OF   NEWELL    WEDGE. 

to  improve  our  schools.  He  has  now  retired  upon  this 
attractive  place,  and  is  bringing  his  intelligence  to  bear  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  soil.  His  crops  reveal  the  skill  of 
the  hands  at  work,  especially  those  of  fruits  and  vegetables. 

He  has  two  daughters,  Sarah  E.  and  Mary  A.,  well 
educated  and  successful  teachers. 

The  next  place  east,  now  owned  by  James  Prentice,  was 
first  setttled  by  John  Day,  who  sold  to  Nathaniel  Cheney, 


372  HOMES    OF   THE 

who  set  out  the  big  elm  in  front  of  the  house  in  1775. 
Nathaniel  Cheney,  jr.,  succeeded  his  father  and  lived  there 
until  his  death.  The  estate  was  sold  to  James  Prentice  in 
1867. 

Mr.  Prentice  was  born  in  Scotland,  but  came  to  Button 
and  bought  a  place  on  the  turnpike  below  Samuel  Hall's,  in 
1835.  Said  house  was  built  by  Stephen  Hall,  son  of  Stephen, 
son  of  Percival,  and  next  owned  by  Lucas  Chamberlain,  then 
by  Edmund  Day,  who  sold  to  Prentice.  Mr.  Prentice  has  a 
remarkable  family,  all  of  whom  attended  school  in  the  "  old 
stone,'"  yet,  strange  as  it  may  seem,  none  of  them  were  born 
in  Sutton. 

Professor  George  Prentice  of  Middlctown  College,  con- 
sidered one  of  the  ripest  scholars  in  the  country,  was  born  in 
Fisherville,  Grafton.  He  graduated  at  Wilbraham,  and 
finished  his  education  in  Germany.  His  youngest  sister, 
Laura,  has  also  been  to  Germany  and  France,  attending 
school  six  months  in  each  place,  and  all  by  her  own  efforts. 
She  now  teaches  in  the  normal  school  at  Westfield.  Two  of 
his  children  were  born  in  Millbury  and  two  in  Webster.  To 
memorize  was  the  forte  of  the  Prentice  children.  When  the 
Rev.  J.  W.  Lee  was  preaching  here,  he  offered  as  a  prize 
a  nice  bible  to  the  Sabbath-school  scholar  who  should  commit 
the  most  verses  in  the  bible.  So  main"  entered  zealously 
for  the  prize,  but  after  the  first  recitation  withdrew,  because 
they  said  Helen  Prentice  had  learned  the  whole  bible,  and 
only  stopped  her  recitation  when  there  was  time  to  hear  no 
more.  The  wife  of  Professor  Prentice  fell  over  fifty  feet 
from  the  cliff  of  Purgatory,  July  7, 1876,  and  so  injured  her 
spine  that  she  died  in  a  few  weeks  At  this  place.* 

Stephen  Hall,  son  of  Percival,  built  the  house  where  John 
Armsby  now  lives,  in  1752.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Stephen,  and  he  by  his  son  William,  he  by  his  son-in-law, 
J.  P.  Stockwell,  who  sold  to  the  present  owner.  It  was  in 
the  Hall  family  more  than  one  hundred  years.  Mr.  William 
Hall  was  a  millwright  by  trade,  and  a  wealthy  and  worthy 
citizen.  * 


*  See  sketch  of  Purgatory,  in  District  No.  5. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  373 

The  present  owner  is  a  son  of  Joshua  Armsby,  already 
mentioned. 

On  the  place  now  owned  by  Reuben  R.  Dodge,  Deacon 
Percival  Hall  settled  his  grandson,  James  McClellan.  He 
was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Deacon  James  McClellan,  who 
was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Major  John  McClellan,  who  sold 
to  the  present  owner  in  1865,  and  now  lives  in  Grafton. 

The  McClellans  were  in  possession  of  the  place  for  more 
than  one  hundred  and  ten  years.  Deacon  James  was  a 
large,  good-natured  man,  and  very  successful  in  every 
undertaking.  He  used  to  have  an  ashery  on  this  place,  and 
made  potash  for  the  Boston  market,  which  he  himself  carted. 
He  built  the  large  house  which  was  burned  March  9,  1875. 
His  farm  was  one  of  the  best  in  town.  He  owned  much  real 
estate  away  from  the  home  place.  His  son  Major  John  was 
also  born  here ;  since  he  went  to  Grafton  he  has  represented 
that  district  in  the  legislature,  and  is  a  worthy  and  prominent 
man  in  the  town.  Like  his  father,  he  has  been  deacon  of 
the  Baptist  church.  It  is  said  that  he  and  his  father  both 
made  it  a  rule  to  give  one  hundred  dollars  a  year  for  the 
support  of  their  church.  They  both  had  large  families. 

Mr.  Reuben  Rawson  Dodge  came  into  possession  of  the 
place  in  1865.  In  the  spring  of  1875  the  old  mansion  was 
destroyed  by  fire,  and  the  present  beautiful  and  commodious 
house  was  built  upon  the  same  site.  Mr.  Dodge  is  an  enthu- 
siastic 'antiquarian,  "  and  especially  interested  in  family 
genealogies  and  town  histories."  He  has  been  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealo- 
gical Society,  Boston.  November  3,  1873,  he  was  elected  a 
corresponding  member  of  the  State  Historical  Society  of 
Wisconsin. 

Mr.  Dodge's  farm  extends  to  Manilaus  Hill.  This  hill 
was  the  site  where  once  stood  one  of  the  first  houses  built  in 
town.  It  was  begun  by  Benoni  Chase,  who  went  there  with 
his  axe  and  crowbar  to  make  an  opening  in  the  then  dense 
forest. 

He  got  lost  and  wandered  about  until  he  found  the  cabin 
of  a  cousin  in  what  is  now  Northbridge  ;  after  that  he  went  to 
his  work  by  marked  trees.  He  soon  sold  out  to  his  nephew, 


374  HOMES  or  THE 

Deacon  Seth  Chase,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  and  then 
by  his  son's  son,  Nathan  Chase.  It  was  next  owned  by 
Benoni  Wilmarth,  then  Benjamin  Carlton,  once  a  deputy 
sheriff;  then  Jacob  Dodge  bought  it  and  took  the  house 
down  in  1833.  Standing  upon  this  hill,  Mr.  Hall  writes  : 

"  When  I  arrived  on  this  hill  I  was  led  to  exclaim  in  the  language  of  another, 
"  Heavens !  what  a  goodly  prospect  spreads  around,  of  hills  and  dales,  and 
woods  and  lawns  and  spires."  It  presents  some  of  the  most  enchanting  scenery 
to  be  found  in  the  world. 

From  this  hill  you  look  down  upon  the  beautiful  valley  of  the  Blackstone, 
and  in  the  distance  view  the  hills  of  New  Hampshire,  Ehode  Island  and  Con- 
necticut, with  the  varying  landscape  that  intervenes.  All  around  in  every 
direction,  to  where  the  misty  horizon  limits  the  view,  we  behold  the  beauties  of 
nature  and  the  improvements  of  art.  Nor  is  distance  necessary  to  give  enchant- 
ment to  the  prospect.  The  near-by  well  walled  and  well  cultivated  fields, 
carpeted  with  living  green,  the  fruits  and  flowers,  the  green  pastures  and  the 
lowing  herds,  all  conspire  to  fill  us  with  admiration  for  the  fathers,  who  cleared 
and  cultivated  them,  as  well  as  for  every  succeeding  generation  whose  works 
have  followed  them; 

Then  the  many  spires  pointing  heavenward,  which  we  see  from  this  stand- 
point, are  reminders  of  Him  who  giveth  the  increase,  who  maketh  the  sun 
to  shine  and  the  rain  to  refresh  the  earth.  Now,  from  this  spot  where  the 
hopeful  Benoni  wandered  and  was  lost  in  the  woods,  we  behold  the  march  of 
civilization  and  improvement.  Where  the  red  man  and  the  wild  beast 
prowled  in  the  days  of  yore,  in  deadly  fear  of  each  other,  we  see  the  white 
man  and  Christian,  with  his  domestic  animals,  living  in  peace  and  quiet. 
Where  the  brakes  and  wild-briers  once  grew,  we  see  the  beautiful  fields  and 
cultivated  grasses ;  the  bog  hoe  succeeded  by  the  mowing-machine,  the  tedder 
and  the  horse-rake,  while  the  nodding  grain  falls  before  the  two-horse  reaper 
and  is  threshed  and  winnowed  by  a  like  power.  If  you  stand  here  at  high 
noon,  instead  of  the  howling  wolf  you  hear  the  steam  whistles  from  Worces- 
ter and  the  bells  of  a  dozen  factories  in  this  vicinity,  all  screaming  and  ring- 
ing to  send  five  times  ten  thousand  hungry  toilers  to  dine  around  their  well- 
spread  boards. 

The  first  house  west  of  Mr.  Dodge's  was  built  by  Mr. 
Kelley,  and  now  owned  by  Mr.  Hawkins  of  Worcester.  It 
has  been  occupied  as  a  tenement  house. 

Whiting  Fisher  built  the  brick  house  now  owned  by  Aaron 
Day,  about  1830.  He  sold  to  Jemima  Hicks,  she  to  Day, 
son  of  Aaron,  son  of  David.  Mr.  Day  married  a  Cheney  ; 
he  has  no  children. 

Lucy  Cheney  moved  the  old  school-house  and  commenced 
the  house  now  owned  by  Henry  Stone.  Salmon  Campbell 
bought  and  enlarged  it.  His  son  Ezra  was  the  next  owner 
and  sold  to  Edmund  Day,  who  sold  to  Stone,  present  owner. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  375 

Mr.  Day  has  had  two  wives  and  two  daughters.  Mr.  Stone 
has  set  out  fruit  trees  and  improved  the  place.  He  and  Mr. 
Going,  his  son-in-law,  have  made  a  specialty  of  raising 
early  vegetables. 

There  used  to  be  a  house  nearly  opposite  Aaron  Day's, 
built  by  Daniel  Day.  His  wife  had  three  children  at  one 
birth,  viz.  :  Moses.  Aaron  and  Miriam.  The  two  boys  lived 
and  had  families.  Miriam  died  single  when  about  twenty 


RESIDENCE    OF    DEA.  AMOf<    BATCHELLEK . 

years  of  age.  His  daughter  Lydia  was  the  mother  of  Sal- 
mon Campbell.  Polly  married  Ezra  Batcheller,  who  went 
to  North  Brookfield  and  was  the  father  of  the  noted  boot 
and  shoe  manufacturer,  who  did  so  much  toward  building 
up  that  beautiful  town.  Daniel  Day  was  succeeded  by  his 
son  Aaron,  who  had  a  large  family,  among  them  one  pair  of 
twins;  Sylvester  and  Sylvanus  Newton,  now  living  on  the 
"  old  common"  in  Millbury.  Moses  Day  was  the  father  of 
Daniel,  late  of  Northbridge.  Moses  went  to  Vermont. 


376 


HOMES    OF   THE 


The  house  now  owned  by  Amos  Batcheller  was  started 
from  a  shop  moved  from  Leland  Hill  by  Daniel  Brown  about 
1830.  Brown  married  a  daughter  of  Amos  Batcheller, 
who  was  grandfather  of  the  present  Amos,  and  had  two 
daughters  born  here.  The  eldest  daughter  married  a  Dav 

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of  Dayville,  Connecticut,  son  of  the  man  from  whom  the 


village  was  named. 

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At  the  birth  of  the  second  daughter 


the  mother  died,  and   Mrs.  Stephen   Putnam  took  the  child 


THE    HOUSE    BUILT    BY    CAPT.  ABRAHAM    BATCHELLER, 
NOW    OWNED    BY    REUBEN    LINCOLN. 


to  keep  for  a  few  days,  but  became  so  much  attached  to  her 
they  finally  adopted  her.  So  Sarah  Brown  was  brought  up 
and  educated  by  Deacon  Stephen  Putnam.  She  married  a 
Mr.  Greenleaf  and  now  lives  in  Boston.  Charles  Ide  Dean 
was  the  next  owner,  then  Rice,  then  Charles  E.  Taylor,  who 
married  Dean's  daughter.  Dean  was  a  blacksmith.  Taylor 
made  sleighs;  he  sold  to  Batcheller,  the  present  owner. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON. 


377 


Mr.  B.  married  Julia  M.  Taylor,  daughter  of  Benjamin,  son 
of  Samuel,  Esq.,  and  has  two  daughters.  He  has  much 
improved  the  house  and  grounds. 

The  next  house  on  the  corner  was  the  old  Batcheller 
homestead,  built  by  Abraham  Batcheller,  all  of  whose 
children  were  born  here.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 
Benjamin,  whose  children  were  also  born  here.  Deacon 
John  Leland,  Avho  married  his  daughter,  Betsey,  once  had  a 


RESIDENCE    OF   AMOS    B.  STOCK  WELL. 

deed  of  it.  Then  Ezra  Campbell,  then  Judson  Day,  son  of 
Aaron,  son  of  Daniel ;  next  Oliver  Adams,  who  sold  to 
present  owner,  Mr.  Reuben  Lincoln. 

The  Batchellers  were  a  race  of  large,  strongmen,  and  were 
good  citizens.  B.  L.  Batcheller  was  born  here.  He  is  the 
present  town  clerk,  has  held  many  other  offices  in  town,  and 
represented  it  in  the  legislature.  He  is  now  on  the  committee 
of  publication  of  this  history,  and  its  most  efficient  member. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Amos  B.  Stockwell 
was  built  by  Benjamin  Batcheller,  then  traded  to  his  brother 

48 


378  HOMES    OF   THE 

Amos  for  his  share  of  the  old  homestead.  Amos  Batcheller 
lived  here  until  his  death.  One  of  his  daughters  married 
Tyler  Stockwell  and  was  the  mother  of  Amos,  the  present 
owner.  He  married  Catharine  Hall,  a  niece  of  Mrs. 
Batcheller,  and  daughter  of  William  Hall,  son  of  Stephen, 
son  of  Stephen,  son  of  Percival.  Her  sister  Maria  lives 
here.  Mr.  Stockwell  has  been  one  of  the  assessors.  He 
has  a  fine  family  of  children. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Elhanan  Batcheller  in  1835. 
It  was  burned  in  April  1874.  Elhanan,  son  of  Amos,  son 
of  Abraham,  was  born  Sept.  6,  1799,  and  died  in  this  house, 
Nov.  17,  1866.  He  married  Lucinda  Hicks,  and  had  two 
sons,  Amos  and  Harrison  J.,  who  occupied  the  house 
after  the  death  of  his  father.  He  now  lives  in  Upton. 
Elhanan  Batcheller  gave  much  attention  to  the  cultivation  of 
fruit,  and  perhaps  grafted  more  trees  than  any  man  in  town. 

Abraham  Batcheller  built  the  house  which  was  owned  and 
occupied  many  years  by  the  late  Abel  Ellis.  He  served  as 
chorister  in  the  first  Congregational  church  for  several  years. 
Some  of  his  descendants  have  been  quite  distinguished  for 
their  musical  talents,  especially  the  Lelands.  One  of  his 
daughters  married  Oliver  Leland,  one  Royal  Pennimau,  who 
built  the  new  house  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Dr.  John 
Brigham,  who  was  born  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  March  11, 
1835.  He  went  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  married  Betsey  A. 
Jelleff  in  1856 ;  practiced  medicine  there  for  several  years 
before  he  came  to  Sutton.  All  his  children  were  born  in 
Wisconsin.  This  farm  was  much  improved  by  Mr.  Penni- 
man  and  his  sons,  and  has  many  valuable  fruit  trees,  which 
were  set  out  by  them.  The  old  house  has  been  taken  down. 

The  house  where  Asa  Lincoln  now  lives  was  built  by 
Simon  Elliot  about  1846.  Jacob  Dodge  owned  it  next,  then 
his  daughter  Sarah.  Lincoln  bought  it  of  her  heirs ;  He 
married  an  Elliot  and  has  one  son. 

Mrs.  Redfield,  the  mother  of  Dr.  Redfield  of  Providence, 
lived  here  several  years  with  her  daughter  Ellen. 

Salmon  Campbell  built  the  house  now  owned  by  Dexter 
Lowe ;  it  was  next  owned  by  Daniel  Fisher,  then  by  Monroe 


TOWN   OF   BUTTON .  379 

Wheelock,  then  by  Widow  Fisher,  then  by  Amos  Aldrich, 
and  now  by  Lowe.  Harrison  Chamberlain  once  lived  here, 
and  also  Mr.  Redfield. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Ezra  Batcheller,  son  of  Abra- 
ham. He  went  to  North  Brookfield.  It  was  next  owned  by 
Caleb  Hicks,  then  by  Benjamin  Taft,  then  by  Mr.  Larned, 
then  by  Judson  Day,  son  of  Aaron,  who  sold  to  Timothy 
Lincoln  in  1837  ;  he  came  from  Newton ;  married  a  daughter 
of  Daniel  Leonard.  It  is  now  owned  by  his  son,  Reuben 
Lincoln,  but  is  not  occupied. 

There  was  a  house  not  far  from  this  place  where  Mr.  Wm. 
Dean  and  his  son  Alpheus  used  to  live.  Alpheus  Dean 
married  an  Ide,  sister  to  Dr.  Ide  of  Webster.  Charles  I. 
Dean,  already  mentioned,  was  their  son.  The  house  has 
been  down  several  years  ;  the  site  belongs  to  Fayette  Armsby . 

Zachariah  Hicks  first  settled  where  Hiram  now  lives,  and 
built  a  part  of  the  house.  It  was  next  owned  by  his  sons, 
Joseph  and  David.  David  sold  his  part  to  Felix  Brown. 
That  part  was  next  owned  by  Simeon  Batcheller,  jr.  It  is 
now  all  owned  by  Mr.  Hiram  Hicks,  who  has  improved  and 
enlarged  the  house. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Daniel  Scannel.  Elliot  and 
Campbell  next  owned  it.  Scannel  took  it  back  and  sold  to 
Joseph  Bancroft ;  now  owned  by  Tolman  of  Worcester.  It 
is  unoccupied. 

The  place  now  owned  by  Joseph  Bancroft  was  first  settled 
by  Solomon  Hicks.  John  Pierce  was  the  next  owner,  and 
built  the  present  house.  It  was  next  owned  by  his  son 
Jonathan,  who  married  a  Beaman  and  went  to  West  Boylston, 
where  he  died,  leaving  a  family  and  a  handsome  estate. 
John  Pierce  had  twelve  children,  all  born  here,  six  sons  and 
six  daughters.  John  Walter  was  a  Congregational  clergyman, 
a  sketch  of  whom  follows  the  history  of  this  place. 

William,  the  only  surviving  member,  is  a  wealthy  manu- 
facturer, now  living  in  Leicester.  He  married  a  Dickinson ; 
her  father  had  five  wives.  It  was  next  owned  by  Barnabas 
F.  Howell,  then  by  Cornelius  Duggan,  grandfather  of  Mr. 
C.  W.  Duggan,  who  represented  this  district  in  the  legislature 
of  1875.  Next  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Ellis  Burt,  who 


380  HOMES    OF    THE 

died  here.  The  next  owner  was  P.  Dwight  King,  the  next 
Campbell,  then  Daniel  Scannel,  who  sold  to  Joseph  Bancroft, 
the  present  owner. 

Rev.  John  W.  Pierce  died  at  Highgate,  Vermont,  March  2,  1872,  aged  sixty 
years.  He  was  a  native  of  Button,  Mass. ;  a  son  of  John  and  Lucy  Pierce. 
He  became  a  Christian  while  young,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  John  Maltby. 
It  was  through  Mr.  Maltby's  influence  that  he  was  induced  to  commence 
study  for  the  ministry.  He  graduated  from  Bangor  seminary  in  1840. 

He  commenced  his  work  as  a  minister  in  the  service  of  the  A.  H.  M. 
Society  at  Hudson,  Michigan,  where  he  labored  with  fidelity  and  success  two 
or  three  years;  when  the  climate  being  deemed  unfavorable  to  his  family,  he  ' 
removed  to  Harpersville,  N.  Y.     After  a  short  ministry  there  his  own  health 
gave  way,  and  he  was  obliged  for  a  season  to  suspend  ministerial  labor. 

For  some  time  he  was  engaged  in  a  secular  agency,  but  at  length  his  health 
was  so  far  recovered  that  he  resumed  the  duties  of  his  chosen  calling  with  the 
Congregational  church  at  East  Westminster,  Vermont,  in  1851.  In  1853  he 
accepted  an  invitation  to  Jericho,  Vermont,  where  he  remained  four  years. 
During  his  ministry  here  a  precious  revival  was  enjoyed.  He  next  removed 
to  Highgate,  Vermont,  for  one  year,  and  then  to  St.  Alban's  Bay,  where  he 
had  labored  but  a  few  months  when  the  health  of  his  family  required  him  to 
seek  a  home  upon  the  sea-coast.  Accordingly,  in  1859,  he  removed  to  Tre- 
mont,  Mount  Desert  Island,  Maine;  where,  after  a  ministry  of  five  years,  his 
own  health  failed,  so  that  he  was  again  obliged  to  suspend  preaching.  From 
Mount  Desert  he  removed  to  Clinton,  where  he  lived  four  years,  preaching 
only  occasionally.  Though  to  be  laid  aside  from  the  ministry  was  to  him  a 
severe  trial,  yet  as  he  would  not  be  idle  he  again  engaged  in  secular  business ; 
but  with  less  satisfaction  than  success.  He  had  acquired  some  property,  and 
having  previously  purchased  a  house  in  Highgate,  Vermont,  in  March  1868 
he  removed  his  family  there. 

His  health  had  for  some  time  seemed  to  be  improving;  and  in  January  1871 
his  physician  pronounced  his  lungs  well,  and  judged  that  he  might  with 
safety  resume  the  duties  of  the  ministry.  Rejoicing  at  the  thought,  he  made  an 
engagement  with  the  church  at  West  Townsend,  where  he  preached  a  few  Sab- 
baths and  left  for  Highgate,  intending  soon  to  return,  and  if  suitable  arrange- 
ments could  be  made  to  remove  his  family  thither.  He  reached  his  home  at 
Highgate  quite  ill,  from  the  effects,  as  he  supposed,  of  a  severe  cold.  He  was 
confident  that  he  should  soon  recover,  but  alas !  his  work  as  a  minister  was 
done.  Consumption  had  taken  fast  hold  upon  him.  Alternating  periods  of 
comparative  comfort  with  days  and  nights  of  weakness  and  suffering  meas- 
ured out  a  year  or  more,  when  his  spirit  was  released  and  he  entered  upon  his 
reward.* 

John  Hicks  came  from  Cambridge  about  1743,  and  built 
a  house  nearly  opposite  the  Anderson  house.  The  place 
was  next  owned  by  his  son,  Deacon  Benjamin  Hicks,  who 
built  the  present  house.  He  had  five  daughters,  all  born 
here.  One  married  Job  Sibley,  one  married  Amos  Pierce, 
one  married  Archelaus  Putnam,  one  married  Samuel  Taylor, 


*  Furnished  by  Miss  Fannie  Pierce,  Suttou. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  381 

Esq.,  and  one  married  Simeon  Hathaway,  jr.  The  place 
was  next  owned  by  Elhanan  Batcheller,  whose  son  Amos 
was  born  here ;  next  owned  by  Barnabas  F.  Ho  well,  next 
by  Moses  Bigelow,  then  by  Leonard  and  James  Dudley, 
who  sold  to  James  Anderson ;  next  owned  by  his  son 
Edward.  The  Rev.  Daniel  G.  Anderson,  rector  of  the 
church  at  Great  Barrington,  to  whom  reference  is  made 
below,  was  born  in  this  house.  Edward  Anderson  enlisted 
in  the  late  war  in  the  fifteenth  regiment  Massachusetts 
volunteers,  and  was  an  intrepid  soldier.  He  says  he  was  a 
coward,  because  he  was  afraid  to  stay  at  home  when  his 
country  called,  and  that  he  durst  not  run  when  under  fire. 
The  place  was  next  owned  by  Bowker,  now  by  Joseph 
Shambeau,  who  is  repairing  the  house. 

One  young  man  who  lived  in  this  district,  and  attended 
school  several  seasons,  is  now  the  celebrated  Dr.  Redfield  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  It  is  also  said  that  Jesse 
Lincoln,  son  of  Timothy,  now  living  in  Providence,  has 
obtained  some  credit  as  an  inventor,  having  secured  some 
valuable  patents. 

Kev.  Daniel  G.  Anderson  was  born  in  Sutton,  May  9,  1840 ;  was  educated 
in  the  school  of  district  number  nine,  until  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  entered 
Kenyon  College,  Ohio,  in  the  class  of  1864.  Left  college  in  1862  to  enlist  in 
the  ninety-sixth  regiment,  O.  V.  I.,  and  served  for  three  years,  being  dis- 
charged as  first  sergeant,  June  28,  1865.  He  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia 
Divinity  School  in  1868.  Was  ordained  the  26th  of  May  1868,  and  at  once 
took  charge  of  the  parish  of  St.  John's  church,  Ashton,  Khode  Island.  He 
remained  at  St.  John's,  Ashton,  Rhode  Island,  and  St.  Bartholomew's,  Crans- 
ton, until  November  1874,  when  he  removed  to  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  became 
rector  of  St.  Luke's  church. 

In  February  1876  he  received  a  call  to  St.  John's  church,  Great  Barrington, 
and  Trinity  Church,  Van  Deusenville,  where  he  still  remains  as  rector. 

Mr.  Anderson  has  been,  and  is,  successful  in  his  calling.  In  1872  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Martha  McDonald  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

SLOCOMB  DISTRICT,  No.  10. 

The  first  house  east  of  Reuben  Dodge's  was  built  by 
Ebenezer  R.  Dodge  about  1850.  It  is  now  owned  by  R. 
Gamage. 

Mr.  Gamage  discovered,  or  thought  he  had  discovered, 
silver  ore  on  his  place,  and  hoped  to  open  a  valuable  mine, 
and  is  hoping  still. 


382  HOMES   OF  THE 

The  next  house  was  the  Benoni  or  Seth  Chase  place, 
already  described  in  connection  with  the  R.  R.  Dodge  place. 
One  of  the  Chases  was  a  comb-maker,  and  some  of  the  horn- 
piths  remain  there  now. 

The  house  now  standing  near  this  site  was  built  by  John 
C.  Ford  about  1857.  He  sold  to  Andre wBoyce,  the  present 
owner.  Mr.  Boyce  had  a  soap  manufactory  here,  which  was 
burned  in  1876. 

The  house  recently  taken  down  by  Robert  McFarland  was 
built  by  Benoni  Chase,  next  owned  by  John  Goodale,  then 
by  Moses  Marsh,  then  by  Captain  Samuel  Bigelow,  next  by 
Captain  R.  F.  Fosdick,  then  by  McFarland.  Captain  Bige- 
low carried  on  the  shoe  business  here  for  several  years  quite 
extensively. 

The  next  house,  now  owned  by  Robert  McFarland,  was 
built  by  Captain  Samuel  Bigelow  about  the  year  1830,  and 
sold  to  Captain  R.  F.  Fosdick,  who  was  engaged  in  the  milk 
trade  for  several  years,  running  a  car  to  Providence  daily. 
He  was  one  of  the  overseers  of  the  poor  several  years.  At 
a  town  meeting  after  his  death,  resolutions  of  respect  and 
condolence  were  introduced  by  Mr.  Hartwell,  and  passed  by 
the  unanimous  vote  of  the  town.  He  was  stricken  with  a 
paralysis  while  gathering  some  berries.  He  left  a  wife,  but 
no  children.  A  young  lady  who  had  bestowed  much  aflec- 
tion  upon  him,  came  forward  after  his  death  with  a  will 
which  he  had  given  her,  hoping  to  be  his  heir ;  but  a  later 
will  made  no  provision  for  her.  After  the  death  of  Captain 
Fosdick  the  estate  was  sold  to  the  present  owner. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  John  Harkuess 
was  built  by  Solomon  Leland,  Esq.  He  was  succeeded  by 
his  son,  Deacon  Jonathan  Leland,  whose  interesting  family 
were  born  here.  After  the  death  of  Deacon  Leland  the 
estate  was  owned  and  occupied  by  his  son  Horace  Leland, 
Esq.,  who  was  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  the  town,  and 
highly  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  never  married, 
but  remained  here,  having  a  happy  home  with  his  sisters, 
some  of  whom  remained  single.  Deacon  Leland  spent  much 
time  collecting  materials  for  a  history  of  Suttou.  He  was 
particularly  interested  in  the  genealogy  of  the  old  families. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  383 

He  was  very  particular  and  precise  in  all  his  doings,  and  was 
thought  by  many  to  be  the  great  man  of  the  town.  He  was 
one  of  the  assessors  and  collector  and  treasurer  for  several 
years.  He  also  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature. 

Moses  Leland,  father  of  Solomon,  built  the  old  house 
that  stood  on  the  site  now  owned  by  Mr.  Pope.  It  was 
next  owned  by  Timothy  Leland,  then  by  his  son  David ; 
after  whose  death  the  old  house  was  taken  down  by  his  heirs 
and  a  new  one  built  in  1843.  It  was  next  owned  by  Joseph 
Daniels,  then  by  Henry  Brigham,  then  by  Esek  Saunders, 
then  by  W.  B.  Holton,  then  by  F.  Ballon,  now  by  J.  Pope. 

David  Leland  was  a  man  of  much  public  spirit,  and  gave  for  a  public 
burying-ground  the  lot  now  known  as  the  Leland  cemetery,  in  which  his 
remains  were  buried.  But,  strange  to  say,  no  monument  marks  his  grave. 
He  left  a  handsome  property,  and  we  understand  that  the  heirs,  some  of  them 
at  least,  contributed  liberally  for  a  monument;  but  through  the  neglect  of  the 
executor  of  the  will  it  was  never  erected.  And  that  unmarked  grave  remains, 
an  illustration  of  the  frequent  forgetfulness  of  obligation  on  the  part  of 
those  who  owe  the  most  to  the  dead.  It  will  undoubtedly  so  remain,  unless 
they  who  through  his  generosity  are  furnished  with  a  burial-place  free  of  cost 
to  themselves  shall  show  their  appreciation  of  his  gift  by  honoring  his  grave. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Robert  McFarland  and  occupied 
by  Mr.  Kennedy,  was  built  by  Ebenezer  Fletcher ;  next 
owned  by  John  Goodale,  next  by  Emerson  Hall,  then  by 
Noah  White,  next  by  Capt.  Samuel  Bigelow ;  then  owned 
and  occupied  several  years  by  Dan  Richardson,  then  back  to 
Bigelow,  then  to  Fosdick,  then  to  present  owner. 

Emerson  Hall,  son  of  Stephen,  son  of  Percival,  married 
Tabitha  Fletcher  and  had  Tabitha  and  Lydia  (twins) ,  then 
Eleazer,  Ebenezer  and  Lucy.  He  went  to  Boscawen,  N.  H. 
Simeon  Hathaway  lived  in  this  house  when  the  chimney  and 
roof  were  blown  olf  by  the  great  September  gale. 

There  once  existed  in  this  vicinity  a  sect  known  as  the  "  Live  for  Evers." 
They  were  peculiar  in  their  views,  believing  that,  like  Adam,  every  man  had  a 
wife  made  from  one  of  his  own  ribs,  and  that  there  was  danger  of  trouble  if 
he  did  not  get  the  right  rib.  Some  of  the  women  belonging  to  this  order 
thought  they  were  misplaced.  Mrs.  Fletcher  was  one  of  them,  and  also  her 
sister,  who  married  a  Miner.  The  latter,  it  is  said,  left  her  husband,  who 
went  after  her  and  had  hard  work  to  get  her  back.  They  carried  the  idea  of 
being  misplaced  so  far  as  to  misplace  themselves  in  their  own  beds,  putting 
the  pillow  for  the  man  at  one  end  of  the  bed,  and  that  for  the  woman  at  the 
other.  Like  some  of  the  Spiritualists  of  the  present  day,  they  were  dissatis- 
fied with  their  companions  and  sought  for  their  affinities.  It  seems  they  held 


384  HOMES    OF    THE 

evening  meetings  to  discuss  and  adjust  their  difficulties.  Mr.  Fletcher  came 
home  one  rainy  night  and  found  them  holding  a  meeting  at  his  house ;  and,  not 
heing  in  favor  of  their  views,  ordered  them  out,  but  on  account  of  the  rain  they 
refused  to  go.  So  being  enraged,  he  said :  "  If  you  fear  rain  more  than  fire  you 
can  stay,"  at  the  same  time  seizing  the  peel,  he  drove  it  into  the  fire  and  began 
scattering  hot  embers  and  fire  coals  around  the  room  and  among  the  crowd  until 
they  dispersed,  then  he  put  out  the  fire  and  went  to  bed.  A  few  days  after  he 
went  to  Grafton  with  his  steers  and  tip-cart,  but  never  returned,  as  he  was 
found  dead  in  the  road,  and  it  was  supposed  that  he  was  murdered  by  the 
"  Live  for  Evers."  They  thought  if  one  seemed  to  be  dead,  faith  accompa- 
nied by  certain  manipulations  by  the  faithful  would  restore  him  to  life.  That 
part  of  their  faith  gave  them  their  name.  No  record  is  found  of  the  death 
of  Fletcher.  The  only  proximate  date  is  the  marriage  of  his  widow,  Mrs. 
Lucy  Fletcher,  with  John  Goodale,  Dec.  12,  1781. 

The  house  now  owned  by  Joel  Knapp,  Esq.,  was  built  by 
Jacob  Dodge  about  the  year  1806  :  then  owned  by  Timothy 
Johnson,  blacksmith,  then  by  John  Goodale,  who  sold  it  to 
present  owner  in  1829.  Mr.  Knapp  has  enlarged  and 
improved  the  house  and  land ;  he  has  also  built  two  tenement 
houses  near  by,  which  he  now  owns.  One  was  built  in 
1843,  the  other  in  1871.  He  used  to  carry  on  the  shoe 
business  here,  etc.  He  has  also  a  large  real  estate  interest 
in  Worcester. 

The  house  now  occupied  by  James  Thurber  was  built  by 
William  Slocomb,  jr.,  next  owned  by  his  brother  Pliny; 
then  sold  by  his  heirs  to  Dr.  Copp,  and  by  him  to  the 
present  owner. 

Mr.  William  Slocomb  went  from  here  to  Marietta,  Ohio, 
where  he  accumulated  a  large  property,  and  was  a  leading 
man  in  that  city. 

Pliny  Slocomb  was  one  of  the  assessors  in  this  town.  He  was  a  Freemason, 
belonged  to  the  Sutton  Lyceum  and  was  skillful  in  debate.  He  was  an  artist, 
an  ornamental  painter,  and  one  of  the  fastest  workmen  to  be  found.  His 
sleighs,  chairs,  cradles,  settees,  etc.,  were  much  sought  after  for  their  fanciful 
ornamentation.  One  of  his  sons  too  was  an  artist,  and  painted  a  panorama, 
with  which  he  traveled.  Mr.  Slocomb  gave  some  attention  to  fruit  growing, 
and  made  choice  wines,  on  which  he  realized  handsome  profits.  His  second 
wife  survives  him.  Her  mother,  Mrs.  Corson,  is  also  living,  and  the  oldest 
person  in  town,  being  nearly  ninety-five,  and  quite  active  and  intelligent. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Charles  H.  Searles 
was  built  by  William  Slocomb,  jr.,  for  Noah  White,  and 
next  owned  by  George  Searles,  who  sold  to  Jesse  Jackson 
in  1830 ;  now  owned  by  Searles,  who  married  his  daughter. 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  385 

Mr.  Searles  has  been  a  teacher,  and  also  on  the  school  com- 
mittee. He  has  been  one  of  the  assessors,  and  likewise  a 
deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Saundersville. 

The  place  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Augustus  Adams 
was  first  settled  by  Samuel  Miner,  next  owned  by  Abner 
Batcheller,  next  by  Joseph  Dudley,  next  by  Allen  Cum- 
mings,  next  by  Joshua  Slocomb,  next  by  Welcome  Adams, 
now  by  his  sou.  Welcome  Adams  married  Sally  Dudley, 
daughter  of  Capt  John. 

Mr.  William  Slocoinb  came  from  Franklin  about  1778,  and 
bought  the  place  where  Erastus  Slocomb  now  lives  of  Thomas 
Leland.  All  Mr.  Slocomb's  children  were  born  here ;  he 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  Horatio,  who  had  a  large  family, 
all  born  here.  William  Slocomb,  jr..  went  to  Marietta, 
Ohio  ;  he  was  for  several  years  a  teacher,  and  compiled  and 
published  an  arithmetic.  He  was  a  man  of  property  and 
distinction  in  Ohio.  Capt.  John  W.  Slocomb  was  one  of 
the  most  successful  business  men  in  Worcester  county.  He 
manufactured  boots  of  such  a  quality  that  they  would  sell, 
Avhere  known,  even  in  hard  times.  No  sham  was  allowed  in 
his  shop.  He  was  much  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him. 

One  of  Horatio's  sons,  Albert,  entered  college  at  Marietta 
and  graduated  at  Amherst ;  after  which  he  spent  two  years 
in  Germany  in  travel  and  study.  He  was  a  paymaster  for  a 
year  or  so  at  Camp  Nelson,  Kentucky,  where  he  afterward 
established  himself  as  a  broker,  buying  government  claims, 
and  accumulating  quite  a  fortune.  After  the  war  he  went 
south,  where  he  married  and  now  resides. 

One  of  the  daughters  married  Dr.  William  Terry,  and  now 
lives  in  Ansonia,  Conn.  ;  they  have  a  large  family.  Another 
daughter  married  Rev.  Mr.  Frisby ;  one  married  Sylvester 
Morse  and  had  several  children ;  she  died  in  Minnesota. 
Mr.  Horatio  Slocomb  was  a  painter,  and  gave  much  attention 
to  fruit  and  flowers. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Eli  Sprague  was 
built  by  Jacob  Dodge  for  Benjamin  White,  in  1795.  Mr. 
White  was  a  soldier  in  the  Avar  of  1812.  Mr.  Dodge  sold  to 
present  owner  in  1840.  Mr.  Sprague  is  a  relative  of  Gen. 
Sprague  and  of  Homer  B.  Sprague. 

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386  HOMES  .OF   THE 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  H.  Linton  was 
built  by  James  Foster,  next  owned  by  James  Carlton. 
Everybody  knew  "  Jimmy."  He  was  at  times  quite  a  wit. 
It  was  next  owned  by  Gardner  H.  Dodge,  then  by  N.  Remick, 
who  sold  to  present  owner. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Josiah  Dodge,  in  1796. 
All  his  children  were  born  here.  He  was  succeeded  by  his 
son  John,  and  all  his  children  were  born  here.  The  place  is 
now  owned  by  Edwin,  son  of  John  Dodge,  and  occupied  by 
his  sister,  Miss  Abbie  Dodge.  John  Dodge's  wife  was  an 
Elliot,  daughter  of  Aaron  Elliot,  jr. 

Dudley  Chase  built  the  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
Gardner  H.  Dodge.  It  was  next  owned  by  Richard  Hubbard 
Dodge,  then  by  his  son,  Jacob  Dodge,  whose  large  and 
respectable  family  were  all  born  here.  Dudley  Chase  lived  on 
this  place  ten  years  previously  to  1755.  He  was  the  ances- 
tor of  Rt.  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  bishop  of  Ohio  and  Illinois  ; 
also  of  Hon.  S.  P.  Chase  of  Ohio,  too  well  known  to  need 
further  mention  here.  Dudley  Chase  afterward  went  to 
Cornish,  New  Hampshire.  Jacob  Dodge,  who  was  an  enter- 
prising man,  built  several  houses  and  was  a  large  landholder. 
Gardner  has  much  improved  the  place,  built  the  large  barn, 
etc.  He  makes  carriages  and  threshing  machines.  When 
threshing  machines  were  first  introduced  here,  Mr.  Dodge 
himself  run  one,  assisted  by  an  industrious  and  intelligent 
boy,  now  Judge  Calvin  E.  Pratt  of  New  York. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  W.  W.  Phillips, 
was  built  by  Moses  Leland  about  1780;  next  owned  by 
Abner  Batcheller.  Capt.  John  Marble  bought  it  and  sold  to 
Moses  Batcheller,  father  of  Mrs.  Phillips,  wife  of  the  present 
owner.  Mr.  Moses  Batcheller  was  known  as  one  of  the  best 
temperers  of  steel  in  this  region.  He  tempered  scythes  for 
a  large  firm  in  Rhode  Island  for  several  years,  and  their 
scythes  were  sought  after  far  and  near  for  their  excellent 
cutting  qualities.  Mr.  Phillips  has  been  quite  a  traveler, 
and  lived  several  years  in  South  America. 

The  place  now  occupied  by  Mrs.  Miranda  Peirce,  Mr. 
Jonathan  .Peirce  bought  of  a  Mr.  Leland ;  it  was  next  owned 
by  his  son  Amos,  then  by  his  sou,  Lewis  Peirce,  now  by  his 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  387 

heirs.  Mr.  Ezekiel  Peirce,  who  taught  school  in  this  district 
and  elsewhere,  was  born  here ;  he  finally  settled  in  West 
Boylston,  where  he  had  one  of  the  best  farms  in  that  town. 
He  had  some  of  the  choicest  fruit  in  the  county.  His 
daughter  married  Dr.  Merrifield,  now  living  in  that  town. 

Mr.  John  G.  Law  sends  from  Brooklyn,  New  York,  the 
following  facts  concerning  Judge  Pratt : 

Calvin  E.  Pratt  was  born  in  Princeton,  Worcester  county,  January  23,  1828. 
His  father's  name  was  Edward  Pratt,  son  of  Joseph  Pratt  of  Shrewsbury ;  his 
mother's  name  was  Mariana  Stratton,  daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  Stratton  of 
Princeton.  His  father  moved  from  Shrewsbury  in  1836  to  the  easterly  part  of 
Sutton,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  about  1851,  when  he  removed  to 
Princeton. 

Calvin  attended  school  in  what  was  known  as  the  Slocomb  district  until  he 
was  fifteen  years  of  age,  when  he  was  sent  to  Wilbraham  academy,  and  after- 
wards to  the  Baptist  high  school  at  Worcester,  where  he  fitted  for  college. 

In  the  spring  of  1849  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  Judge  Henry 
Chapin  of  Worcester,  with  whom  he  remained  until  his  admission  to  the  bar 
in  1862.  At  the  establishment  of  the  police  court  at  Worcester,  he  was 
appointed  clerk,  which  office  he  held  for  about  one  year.  During  the  time 
from  his  admission  to  the  bar  until  May  1859,  he  was  engaged  in  a  large  law 
practice  in  Worcester,  and  took  an  active  part  in  politics  and  military  matters. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Democratic  state  central  committee  for  some  years, 
and  served  actively  upon  the  various  local  committees,  and  upon  the  stump 
during  all  the  political  campaigns. 

He  enlisted  in  the  Worcester  Light  Infantry  as  a  private,  and  was  appointed 
orderly  sergeant  and  second  lieutenant.  He  afterwards  was  elected  major  of 
the  tenth  regiment  Massachusetts  militia,  in  which  capacity  he  served  for 
several  years.  In  May  1859  he  removed  to  New  York  and  formed  a  co-partner- 
ship with  Levi  A.  Fuller  for  the  practice  of  law.  In  April  1861  he  commenced 
to  organize  a  regiment  for  the  war,  which  was  afterwards  numbered  thirty-first 
New  York  volunteers,  and  of  which  he  was  made  colonel.  With  this  regiment 
he  went  to  Washington  in  June  1861,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  at  once  in  the 
army  commanded  by  Gen.  McDowell,  and  took  part  in  the  first  battle  of  Bull 
Run. 

Afterwards  he  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  army  of  the  Potomac,  and  took 
an  active  part  in  the  Peninsular  campaign  until  the  27th  of  June  1862,  when 
he  was  severely  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Games'  Mills. 

Having  partially  recovered  from  the  wound,  he  returned  in  season  to  take 
part  in  the  Maryland  campaign,  which  ended  with  the  battle  of  Antietam  on 
the  18th  day  of  September  1862. 

On  the  tenth  of  September  of  that  same  year  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  Brigadier  General  for  "Meritorious  service  in  the  field,"  and  assigned  to 
succeed  General  Hancock  in  command  of  a  brigade  in  the  second  division  of 
the  sixth  army  corps. 

He  remained  in  command  of  this  brigade  and  took  part  in  the  operations  of 
that  corps  until  after  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg.  During  the  winter  of 
1863  he  was  assigned  to  command  the  light  infantry  of  the  sixth  corps,  and 
there  continued  until  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville,  when  he  resigned  and 


388  HOMES    OF    THE 

was  honorably  discharged.  Immediately  upon  returning  to  New_JTork  he 
commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  copartnership  with  the  late  Grenville  T. 
Jenks;  afterwards  was  in  partnership  with  Judge  Emmot  and  J.  M.  Van 
Cott,  and  again  with  General  P.  S.  Crooke  and  John  H.  Bergen,  Esq.  In 
the  fall  of  1869  he  was  nominated  by  both  political  parties  as  a  candidate  for 
judge  of  the  supreme  court,  and  was  elected  and  took  his  seat  on  the  first  of 
January  1870,  which  position  he  still  holds.  In  addition  to  the  offices  before 
stated,  Judge  Pratt  was  appointed  collector  of  internal  revenue  in  the  fall  of 
1866,  by  President  Johnson,  which  office  he  held  until  March  of  the  follow- 
ing year. 

Although  Judge  Pratt  was  not  born  in  Sutton,  and  the 
house  where  his  father  lived  fifteen  years  has  since  been  set 
off  to  Northbridge,  some  of  his  old  schoolmates  desire  to 
have  the  above  inserted  in  the  Sutton  history,  to  remind 
them  of  the  happy  days  of  "  Auld  Lang  Syne." 

HARBACK  DISTRICT,  No.  11. 

The  Buruap  farm  is  situated  on  the  road  from  Bramau- 
ville,  Millbury,  to  the  school-house  in  district  number  eleven. 
It  is  the  most  northern  farm  upon  said  road,  and  a  small 
part  of  it  lies  on  the  Millbury  line. 

It  was  first  settled  by  Ebenezer  Burnap  about  1770.  Mr. 
Burnap  first  located  on  Burnap  Hill  (now  called  Boltou  Hill) 
about  1750,  where  he  lived  twenty  years  upon  land  that  was 
first  occupied  by  the  Indians  for  growing  Indian  corn  ;  then 
removed  to  what  is  now  known  as  the  old  Burnap  place, 
which  is  about  one  hundred  fifty  rods  north-east  from  where 
the  first  house  stood ;  on  which  place  he  spent  the  remnant 
of  his  days. 

He  purchased  the  old  farm  in  small  parcels,  and  at  sundry 
times,  just  as  he  had  means.  He  had  a  family  of  eleven 
children.  The  old  house  that  he  built  in  1770  stood  in  what 
is  now  the  garden.  It  was  about  equidistant  from  the 
present  house  and  the  old  barn ;  and  was  accidentally  burned 
about  1833.  The  old  barn,  which  was  a  small  one  of  thirty 
by  forty  feet,  has  received  an  addition  of  twenty-two  by 
thirty  feet,  and  is  still  standing ;  the  only  relic  of  olden  time 
now  upon  the  farm. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Buruap  and  his  wife  the  farm  came 
into  the  possession  of  his  son  Timothy,  who  occupied  it  for 
some  time.  He  and  his  son  Timothy  built  the  present 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  389 

house  in  the  year  1815,  and  it  was  occupied  by  them  until 
the  death  of  Timothy  in  1828.  Timothy,  jr.,  then  took  the 
farm  in  his  charge,  and  in  1830  his  brother  Elijah  bought  an 
interest,  and  they  occupied  it  jointly  until  the  death  of 
Timothy  in  1858,  after  which  Elijah  became  the  sole  ewner. 
He  sold  to  Andrew  B.  Gartield,  and  by  him  it  was  sold  to 
Miss  Mary  E.  Henry,  who  now  occupies  it  with  C.  C.  Hall, 
who  married  a  great-grand-daughter  of  Timothy  Burnap, 
sen.  The  old  farm  now  contains  but  fifty-two  acres  of  land. 

Timothy  Burnap,  jr.,  served  the  town  as  representative 
in  the  legislature  one  year. 

The  Thomas  B.  Woodbury  farm  is  situated  south  of  the 
Burnap  farm.  It  was  originally  owned  by  Dr.  Elias  Haydeu, 
who  came  to  Sutton  from  Hopkinton.  He  had  two  sons  and 
two  daughters.  Both  sons  were  in  the  war  of  the  revolu- 
tion. His  son  Joel  served  during  the  whole  war  or  nearly 
the  whole,  and  was  in  many  important  battles  in  that  part 
of  the  army  under  the  immediate  command  of  General 
Washington. 

Doctor  Hayden  occupied  the  farm  until  his  death,  when  it 
came  into  the  possession  of  his  son  Asa,  who  owned  it  until 
his  death,  when  it  was  divided,  and  his  widow  received  two- 
thirds,  which  part  was  known  as  the  Joel  Hayden  farm. 
This  Joel  was  the  son  of  Asa  and  Anna  Hayden ;  the  farm 
came  into  the  possession  of  Joel  through  his  mother's  right 
of  dower.  He  occupied  it  until  his  death.  After  the  death 
of  Asa  Hayden  two-thirds  of  the  original  farm  was  pur- 
chased by  Mr.  John  Woodbury  (father  of  Thomas  B.  Wood- 
bury)  who  for  many  years  carried  on  the  wheelwright  busi- 
ness. Previously  to  his  death  he  settled  up  his  affairs  and 
arranged  with  his  son,  T.  B.  Woodbury,  to  assist  him 
through  life. 

A  few  years  after  the  death  of  Joel  his  widow  sold  her 
place  to  Thomas  B.  Woodbury,  who  now  owns  the  whole 
estate  of  Elias  Hayden.  Mr.  Wroodbury  occupies  the  whole 
house  upon  the  original  site  where  Dr.  Hayden  first  built 
his  house ;  that  house  was  burned  by  Dr.  Hay  den's  wife, 
she  being  insane  at  the  time.  The  present  house  was  built 
by  charitable  contributions  and  the  assistance  of  neighbors 


390  HOMES    OF  THE 

and  townsmen.  That  part  of  the  estate  known  as  the  Joel 
Haydeii  farm  is  now  occupied  by  J.  Francis  Woodbury,  son 
of  T.  B.  Woodbury. 

The  place  occupied  by  James  W.  Barnes  is  next  the  T.  B. 
Woodbury  place,  and  was  originally  a  part  of  the  Freegrace 
Marble  farm,  and  was  occupied  by  Andrew  Marble.  The 
old  house  was  the  one  built  by  Ebenezer  Burnap  upon 
Burnap  Hill  and  moved  upon  the  site  of  the  present  house. 

It  was  for  along  time  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Marble, 
passing  from  him  into  the  hands  of  Ezra  Marble,  who  sold  to 
Mr.  John  Hall,  at  whose  death  it  became  the  property  of 
Mr.  Barnes.  A  part  of  the  old  Burnap  house  is  still  stand- 
ing and  used  as  an  ell  to  the  house.  The  old  house  was  built 
about  the  year  1750,  and  is  the  oldest  building  in  this  part 
of  the  town.  There  used  to  be  many  years  ago  an  old 
wigwam  just  west  of  this  farm,  where  the  Indians  lived  for 
many  generations,  cultivated  the  fields  and  chased  the  deer 
until  the  last  one  passed  away  to  the  happy  hunting-grounds 
of  the  Great  Spirit. 

Austin  Leland,  son  of  Oliver  and  Silence  Leland,  owns 
and  occupies  a  portion  of  the  farm,  which  was  divided 
between  his  two  sons,  Malachi  and  Enoch,  Malachi  keeping 
that  part  upon  which  his  father  had  lived  and  died. 

He  occupied  it  until  his  death,  after  which  it  came  into 
the  possession  of  his  heirs  and  was  divided  among  his  chil- 
dren ;  this  part  became  the  property  of  his  son  Ezra,  who 
sold  it  to  his  brother,  Simeon  Marble,  Ezra  being  the 
administrator  of  his  father's  estate. 

Simeon  Marble  sold  the  property  to  Oliver  Leland,  who 
occupied  it  for  many  years,  and  then  sold  it  to  his  son  Reuben, 
who  occupied  it  for  a  time,  and  then  sold  it  to  his  brother 
Austin,  who  now  occupies  it. 

The  present  house  was  built  by  Malachi  Marble  about 
ninety  years  ago.  The  house  in  which  Freegrace  Marble 
lived  and  died  was  situated  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road, 
west  of  the  house  as  it  now  stands. 

Freegrace  Marble  purchased  of  the  town  at  auction  the  old 
building  that  was,  in  the  early  settlement  of  the  town, 
situated  between  the  house  occupied  by  H.  D.  Bond  and  the 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  391 

Congregational  church,  and  was  built  as  a  defense  against 
the  Indians.  This  building  was  moved  to  a  spot  about  forty 
or  fifty  feet  south-west  from  the  house  now  owned  by  Austin 
Leland,  where  it  was  used  for  religious  meetings  and  other 
public  purposes.  It  was  taken  down  a  few  years  since  by 
Mr.  Leland.  Mr.  Joseph  Hathaway  used  it  for  a  time  as 
a  machine  shop,  driving  the  machinery  by  horse  power,  using 
the  old-fashioned  tread-wheel.  Here  Mr.  Hathaway  made 
shuttles  in  the  beginning  of  his  business,  for  which  in  after 
years  he  was  so  justly  famous.  He  removed  from  here  to 
Millbury,  where  he  invented  a  machine  for  the  manufacture 
of  wooden  screws,  which  worked  so  successfully  that  it 
would  finish  sixty  per  minute.  He  again  moved  and  located 
upon  the  site  now  occupied  by  Ezra  Marble  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  shuttles.  (See  manufacturing.) 

There  was  also  a  distillery  situated  upon  the  above  farm, 
on  the  brook  that  passes  from  the  Sibley  reservoir  to  Marble's 
pond,  about  thirty  rods  below  the  road.  It  was  used  only 
one  year,  for  the  manufacture  of  cider  brandy. 

There  is  a  private  cemetery  on  this  farm,  upon  the  hill 
north  of  the  house.  It  was  located  by  the  original  proprietor, 
Freegrace  Marble.  He  and  several  of  his  descendants  were 
buried  here. 

The  Ezra  Marble  place  is  a  portion  of  the  Freegrace 
Marble  estate,  and  also  of  Malachi  Marble,  who  owned  and 
occupied  it  until  his  death,  when  the  farm  was  divided  and 
the  children  received  their  portion  in  land.  This  part  came 
into  the  possession  of  Ezra,  and  after  many  years  the  chil- 
dren built  the  present  cottage  for  their  father  and  mother,  in 
the  year  1855  or  1856,  where  both  have  since  died.  Mr. 
Ezra  P.  Marble  now  resides  upon  the  place.  He  is  about 
seventy  years  of  age.  Mr.  Marble  is  great-grandson  of 
Freegrace. 

The  Simeon  T.  Stockwell  place  was  first  settled  by  Capt. 
Reuben  Sibley,  but  it  is  not  now  known  when  he  first  located 
upon  the  farm.  He  lived  and  died  here,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  son,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Sibley,  who  also  lived  and  died 
here,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Reuben,  who  occupied 
it  until  his  death,  which  was  caused  by  being  thrown  from 


392  HOMES  or  THE 

his  sleigh  in  a  collision  with  the  cars  at  the  station  in 
Oxford,  during  a  blinding  snowstorm.  After  his  death  it 
came  into  possession  of  his  brother,  Sylvester  Sibley,  who 
occupied  it  until  his  death,  when  it  was  sold  to  Mr.  Simeon 
T.  Stockwell,  the  present  owner  and  occupant.  It  was  here 
that  Capt.  Caleb  Sibley  was  born  and  lived  until  he  entered 
the  military  academy  at  West  Point,  where  he  graduated 
and  immediately  joined  the  United  States  army  and  continued 
in  the  service  until  his  death. 

HON.  SOLOMON  SIBLEY. 

Solomon  Sibley  was  born  in  the  town  of  Sutton,  in  the  house  where  Simeon 
T.  Stockwell  lives,  in  1769,  and  died  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  April  4, 1846.  One 
of  his  brothers,  Nathaniel,  lived  to  a  somewhat  advanced  age  on  the  old  home- 
stead in  Sutton,  leaving  several  sous  and  one  daughter  at  his  death.  One  of 
his  sons,  Caleb  Sibley,  entered  the  army  from  West  Point  in  1828,  and  remained 
in  the  service  until  he  departed  this  life  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  some  years  since. 
He  won  a  high  reputation  as  a  high-toned,  conscientious  and  able  officer,  and 
rose  by  promotion  to  the  rank  of  brevet  brigadier  general.  His  widow  and  a 
number  of  sons  and  daughters  survive  him. 

Solomon  Sibley  studied  law  under  William  Hastings,  a  distinguished  member 
of  the  legal  profession  in  Boston,  and  after  the  completion  of  his  education,  he 
emigrated  in  or  about  the  year  1795,  to  Marietta,  Ohio,  but  subsequently  went 
to  Cincinnati,  where  he  formed  a  law-partnership  with  his  intimate  friend, 
Judge  Burnet.  Thence  he  removed  to  Detroit,  and  in  1798-9  he  was  elected 
and  served  as  a  member  of  the  first  legislative  assembly  of  the  north-west 
territory,  which  met  at  Chillicothe,  Ohio.  Judge  Burnet  was  one  of  his  fellow 
members,  and  he  says  of  Mr.  Sibley  in  the  records  of  the  historical  society  of 
Ohio,  that  "he  was  one  of  the  most  talented  men  in  the  House.  He  possessed 
a  sound  mind,  improved  by  a  liberal  education,  and  a  stability  and  firmness  of 
character  which  commanded  general  respect,  and  seemed  to  have  the  confi- 
dence and  esteem  of  his  fellow  members."  The  history  of  Michigan  shows 
that  for  more  than  fifty  years  Judge  Sibley  was  one  of  the  most  public-spirited, 
prominent  and  able  of  the  citizens  of  that  commonwealth.  He  occupied  many 
positions  of  trust  and  high  responsibility,  having  been  delegate  to  Congress, 
United  States  attorney,  and  for  many  years  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of 
the  territory,  in  all  of  which  positions  he  commanded  universal  confidence  and 
respect. 

Hon.  George  C.  Bates,  in  one  of  his  newspaper  articles  on  the  "Bye-Gones 
of  Detroit,"  thus  speaks  of  Mr.  Sibley  as  he  appeared  upon  the  bench  of  the 
supreme  court,  its  chief  justice  : 

"  Judge  Sibley  was  quite  short,  very  stout,  very  deaf,  a  most  venerable, 
plodding,  slow  and  careful  judge,  listening  very  patiently,  studying  very  care- 
fully, and  deciding  after  the  most  mature  deliberation.  His  long,  gray  hair, 
large,  projecting  eyebrows,  and  heavy  set  jaws,  gave  him  very  much  the  air  of 
Chief  Justice  Shaw  of  Massachusetts,  whom  Choate  compared  to  the  native's 
view  of  their  Indian  God:  'He  feels  that  he  is  ugly,  but  he  knows  that  he  is 
great,'  while  in  his  manner,  gait,  dress  and  address,  there  was  a  quiet  dignity, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  393 

a  calm,  deliberate  action,  which  bespoke  the  judge  always  and  everywhere. 
No  man  would  have  slapped  him  on  the  shoulder  any  more  than  he  would 
Washington,  and  while  he  was  not  exacting  or  arbitrary,  any  lawyer  who  had 
to  address  him  would  involuntarily  take  his  feet  from  the  table,  his  hand  from 
his  pocket,  eject  his  quid  of  tobacco,  and  address  him  as  '  Your  Honor.'  " 

"Our  present  chief  justice;  whose  upward  march  on  the  judicial  ladder  has 
been  so  steady,  so  brilliant,  so  wonderful ;  whose  untiring  industry,  intense 
application  and  persistent  study,  have  made  him  in  early  life  the  Joseph  Story 
of  the  west,  may  well  follow  through  all  his  future  career  the  good  example 
and  sterling  virtues  of  Chief  Justice  Sibley." 

In  October  1804  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Sarah  Whipple  Sproat,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Ebenezer  Sproat,  a  gallant  officer  of  the  Continentals  during  the 
revolutionary  war,  and  granddaughter  of  Commodore  Abraham  Whipple  of 
the  federal  navy,  who  fired  the  first  hostile  gun  at  the  British,  and  who 
became  noted  for  deeds  of  successful  and  desperate  daring  on  the  ocean.  After 
the  war.  Commodore  Whipple  and  Colonel  Sproat  having  retired  from  the 
service,  removed,  together  with  their  families,  to  Marietta,  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Muskinguui,  on  the  Ohio  river,  and  settled  permanently  there.  The  nauti- 
cal tastes  of  the  old  veteran  were  not  extinguished  by  his  inland  residence,  for 
he  was  placed  in  command  of  the  first  square-rigged  sail-vessel  that  ever  de- 
scended the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers  to  the  Gulf,  a  feat  which  he  successfully 
accomplished,  passing  the  falls  of  the  Ohio  without  accident,  and  making  the 
voyage  to  Havana  in  safety,  where  the  cargo  of  flour  and  other  stores  was 
profitably  disposed  of.  Mrs.  Sibley  died  in  Detroit  in  1851  much  lamented. 
There  were  born  to  Solomon  and  Sarah  Sibley  uine"children,  four  sons  and 
five  daughters.  One  of  the  latter  died  in  infancy,  and  two  others,  Mary  and 
Augusta,  a  year  or  two  after  their  marriage.  Four  sons  and  two  daughters 
are  still  living. 

The  eldest  of  the  family,  Ebenezer  Sproat,  graduated  with  honor  at  West 
Point,  at  the  head  of  his  class.  He  entered  the  army,  and  after  a  few  years 
service  as  an  officer  in  the  line,  was  transferred  to  the  United  States  quarter- 
master's department,  in  which  he  remained  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury, rising  gradually  in  rank  until  he  attained  that  of  colonel.  He  was  so 
accomplished  and  valuable  as  an  officer  that  he  was  stationed  at  headquarters 
in  Washington  City  for  many  years,  performing  mainly  the  duties  of  a  quar- 
termaster general  through  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  until  excessive  labor 
broke  down  his  fine  physique,  and  he  was  compelled  to  tender  his  resignation, 
after  thirty  years  continuous  service.  He  was  chief  quartermaster  of  General 
Taylor  during  the  Mexican  campaign,  and  was  complimented  in  general 
orders  by  that  commander  for  his  ability  and  efficiency.  He  retired  from  the 
army  with  the  warm  attachment  and  respect,  not  only  of  the  officers  of  his 
own  corps,  but  of  all  others  of  the  staff  and  line  also.  He  has  been  in  Ger- 
many for  the  past  three  years,  superintending  the  education  of  his  children. 

The  oldest  daughter  was  married  to  Hon.  M.  Trowbridge  of  Detroit,  where 
they  yet  reside,  surrounded  in  their  old  age  by  loving  relatives  and  friends. 
That  city  is  also  the  home  of  Sarah  J.,  unmarried,  and  Alexander  H.  and 
Frederick  B.  Sibley,  of  the  surviving  sons  and  daughters.  Henry  Hastings 
Sibley,  whose  portrait  is  presented  in  this  work,  was  destined  to  the  legal 
profession  by  his  father,  but  after  a  year's  application  he  wearied  of  the  study 
of  Blackstone  and  Coke,  and  obtained  the  consent  of  his  parents  to  push  his 
fortunes  in  some  occupation  better  suited  to  his  restive  and  adventurous 
character.  He  went  to  the  "Sault  St  Marie,"  at  the  foot  of  Lake  Superior, 
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394  HOMES    OF    THE 

in  1828,  and  there  secured  employment  as  a  clerk,  and  remained  during  the 
winter,  becoming  initiated  in  the  mysteries  of  the  fur  trade.  He  was  then 
seventeen  years  old.  The  following  spring  he  entered  the  service  of  the 
American  Fur  Company,  of  which  John  Jacob  Astor  was  the  head,  as  office 
clerk  at  Mackinaw,  the  great  central  depot  of  the  north-western  fur  trade. 
Here  he  remained  for  nearly  five  years,  devoting  his  leisure  time  to  study. 
In  1834  the  company  was  reconstructed,  with  Ramsey  Crooks  as  president, 
and  young  Sibley  was  selected,  in  company  with  Messrs.  Roletta  and  Hous- 
man,  to  conduct  the  fur  trade  of  the  upper  Mississippi  region  as  partners 
with  the  company.  The  whole  of  the  extensive  country  occupied  by  the 
Sioux  bands  of  Indians,  from  above  Lake  Pepin  to  the  British  possessions 
and  to  the  tributaries  of  the  Missouri,  with  its  many  posts,  clerks  and  voy- 
ageurs,  was  assigned  to  young  Sibley  as  the  district  over  which  he  was  to 
exercise  exclusive  control. 

His  duties  required  him  to  visit  the  several  trading  stations  more  or  less 
frequently,  so  that  he  was  accustomed  to  travel  hundreds  of  miles  through 
woods  and  prairies,  where  wild  Indians  and  wild  beasts  alone  were  to  be  seen. 
Nevertheless,  being  an  enthusiastic  hunter,  expert  alike  with  shot  gun  and 
rifle,  he  greatly  enjoyed  this  new  kind  of  life,  beset  though  it  was  with  many 
dangers.  Mr.  Sibley' s  headquarters  were  at  St.  Peters,  now  Mendota,  near 
the  junction  of  the  Minnesota  river  with  the  Mississippi,  and  that  was  his 
home  for  a  quarter  of  a  century.  On  his  arrival  in  1834  there  were  no  white 
residents  in  what  is  now  the  state  of  Minnesota,  save  the  United  States  sol- 
diers at  Fort  Snelling,  and  those  persons  employed  in  the  fur  trade. 

In  1848  Mr.  feibley  was  elected  delegate  to  congress,  for  that  portion  of  the 
territory  of  Wisconsin  not  included  within  the  boundaries  of  the  state  of  the 
same  name.  He  was  admitted  to  a  seat  in  the  house  of  representatives,  in 
January  1849,  and  through  his  exertions  and  the  aid  of  friends  in  and  out  of 
congress,  the  act  arranging  the  territory  of  Minnesota  was  passed  before  the 
adjournment,  and  approved  by  the  president.  He  was  elected  for  the  two 
succeeding  congresses  as  delegate  from  Minnesota,  and  after  serving  during 
five  consecutive  sessions,  he  declined  to  be  longer  a  candidate. 

When  the  convention  to  form  a  state  government  met  in  the  city  of  St. 
Paul  in  1858,  Mr.  Sibley  was  elected  president  of  the  democratic  branch,  two 
separate  conventions  having  been  formed,  which  subsequently  harmonized 
upon  a  constitution  that  was  adopted  by  the  people,  and  still  remains  the 
fundamental  law  of  the  state.  Mr.  Sibley  was  elected  first  governor  of  Min- 
nesota, and  served  until  the  first  of  January  1860.  When  the  great  Sioux 
outbreak  of  1862  occurred,  carrying  death  and  desolation  among  the  frontier 
settlers  of  Minnesota  and  Iowa,  Ex-Governor  Sibley  was  placed  in  com- 
mand of  the  forces  raised  for  its  suppression,  and  his  intimate  knowledge  of 
Indian  character  and  of  their  mode  of  warfare,  particularly  fitted  him  for 
this  position.  Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  he  had  none  but  raw  volunteers, 
aided  by  good  officers,  he  brought  them  in  a  short  time  under  discipline,  and 
on  Sept.  23,  1862,  he  defeated  the  savages  with  great  slaughter,  took  more 
than  two  thousand  prisoners,  more  than  five  hundred  of  whom  were  war- 
riors, and  released  one  hundred  and  fifty  white  women  and  children,  and 
twice  as  many  mixed  bloods  who  had  been  held  captives  by  the  Indians.  The 
warriors  were  tried  by  a  military  commission  appointed  by  Colonel  Sibley, 
more  than  three  hundred  of  them  condemned  to  be  hung,  and  nearly  one 
hundred  more  to  various  terms  of  imprisonment,  from  one  to  ten  years.  The 
humanitarians  of  New  England  and  the  Quakers  of  Pennsylvania  prevailed 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  395 

upon  the  tender-hearted  President  Lincoln  to  interfere  and  prevent  the  whole- 
sale military  execution  which  was  about  to  take  place,  and  but  forty  of  the 
murderers  were  hung  by  his  order  during  the  winter  following. 

Colonel  Sibley,  shortly  after  the  decisive  action  at  Woodlake,  was  commis- 
sioned brigadier  general  United  States  volunteers  "for  gallant  and  meritorious 
service,"  and  remained  in  command  of  the  military  district  of  Minnesota 
until  1865.  In  1863  he  followed  "Little  Crow,"  the  chief,  and  others  who 
escaped  after  the  battle,  far  into  the  wilds  of  Dakota,  with  a  force  of  four 
thousand  men.  The  refugees  had  fallen  back  upon  the  strong  bands  of  their 
kindred  in  the  upper  prairies,  and  although  thus  heavily  reinforced,  they  were 
pursued,  defeated  in  three  successive  engagements  with  heavy  loss,  and  driven 
in  confusion  across  the  Missouri  river  at  a  point  where  the  flourishing  town 
of  Bismarck  now  stands.  General  Sibley  was  brevetted  major  general  before 
the  muster  out  of  the  volunteer  officers.  He  now  resides  in  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
and  is  engaged  in  active  business.  He  is  president  of  the  board  of  regents  of 
the  State  University,  and  of  other  literary  and  charitable  institutions. 

Welcome  Aldrich  made  an  opening  and  built  a  house  in 
the  woods  west  of  George  Dudley's,  where  he  lived  several 
years.  Two  of  his  daughters  were  born  there.  He  had 
fine  peach  trees  and  many  flowers  around  his  house,  and 
although  much  retired,  it  seemed  a  pleasant  home.  It  was 
on  no  public  road.  After  Aldrich  left  the  place,  it  became 
of  bad  repute  and  was  burned.  The  site  belongs  to  his 
widow,  who  now  lives  at  the  McKnight  place. 

Still  farther  west,  on  what  is  known  as  the  Robinson  pas- 
ture, one  Robinson  built  a  small  house  and  lived.  Malachi 
Marble  hired  him  to  go  into  the  revolutionary  service  as  a 
soldier,  and  he  never  returned.  His  widow  married  an 
Ambler,  and  was  mother  of  Christopher. 

The  place  now  occupied  by  Alvan  Stockwell  was  a  part  of 
the  farm  of  Samuel  Dagget,  one  of  the  thirty  original  pro- 
prietors of  the  four  thousand  acres.  He  probably  sold  it  to 
Nathaniel  Sibley.  It  then  came  into  the  possession  of  Jonas 
Sibley,  and  afterwards  into  that  of  Jonas  L.  Sibley,  by 
whom  it  was  deeded  to  Ensign  Daniel  Woodbury,  and  by 
him  to  John  Stockwell ;  by  him  to  his  cousin  Tyler  Stock- 
well,  who  occupied  it  until  his  death,  when  it  was  sold  to 
his  nephew,  Henry  Sibley  Stockwell ;  by  whom  it  was  sold 
to  a  man  by  the  name  of  Mulchray,  and  by  him  to  Mr. 
Charles  F.  Mack,  and  by  him  deeded  to  Mr.  Alvan  Stock- 
well,  the  present  occupant. 


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HOMES    OF   THE 


The  farm  now  owned  by  Rufus  Harback  was  part  of  the 
original  farm  owned  by  Freegrace  Marble,  and  was  deeded 
to  his  son,  Enoch  Marble,  who  lived  and  died  here.  It  then 
came  into  the  possession  of  Rufus  Marble,  who  also  lived 
and  died  here ;  then  it  was  deeded  to  Freegrace,  a  great- 


RESIDENCE    OF    GEORGE    DUDLEY. 

grandson  of  Freegrace  Marble ;  then  deeded  to  Joseph  H. 
Putnam  and  occupied  by  his  son  Sullivan  and  his  son-in-law 
Joshua  Lackey ;  then  sold  to  Rufus  Harback. 

The  Dudley  farm  is  situated  on  the  county  road  running 
from  Millbury  through  Wilkinsonville.    Samuel  Dudley  first 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON. 


397 


settled  here  about  1725,  and  built  a  house  upon  the  site  of 
the  present  dwelling  and  occupied  it  until  his  death.  After 
his  death  Mr.  Reuben  Eaton  occupied  the  old  house  until  his 
death  ;  then  it  was  sold  to  Reuben  McKnight,  who  owned 
and  lived  upon  it  until  his  death,  after  which  his  widow 
occupied  it  for  a  time,  when  she  sold  it  to  Mr.  Welcome 


RESIDENCE    OF    WILLARD    AND    G.  W.  RICE. 


Aldrich,  who  occupied  it  until  his  death,  since  which  it  has 
been  occupied  by  his  widow. 

The  Jonathan  Dudley  place  was  purchased  by  him  about 
1745,  of  a  man  by  the  name  of  Ward,  who,  it  is  supposed, 
was  the  original  owner.  The  old  house  stood  opposite  the 
present  one,  on  the  other  side  of  the  road.  The  present  one 
was  erected  in  1805. 


398  HOMES    OF   THE 

Jonathan  Dudley  occupied  it  until  his  death,  when  it  came 
into  the  possession  of  Mr.  Jason  Dudley,  who  occupied  it 
until  his  death,  when  it  came  into  the  possession  of  Mr. 
George  Dudley,  who  now  owns  and  occupies  it. 

The  Willard  Rice  farm  was  purchased  of  Anna  Marble, 
widow  of  Major  Alpheus  Marble,  son  of  Enoch,  and  grand- 
son of  Freegrace.  There  is  now  standing  upon  these  premises 
an  old  shop  that  was  used  by  Major  Marble  one  hundred 
years  ago  for  a  blacksmith  shop,  and  by  the  present  owner 
for  fifty  years  as  a  cooper  shop. 

In  the  old  house  which  stood  near  where  Willard  Rice 
now  lives,  lived  Major  Alpheus  Marble,  a  man  of  some  note 
in  his  day.  He  it  was  that  owned  the  first  chaise  in  the  east 
part  of  the  town.  After  the  death  of  Major  Marble,  his  son 
Alpheus,  who  married  Polly  Hall,  daughter  of  Capt.  Josiah 
Hall,  lived  in  the  same  house,  and  there  their  three  children 
were  born.  Their  sons,  Willard  and  Henry,  now  live  on 
the  old  common  in  Millbury. 

The  place  now  occupied  by  Mrs.  Sophronia  Rice  was  first 
owned  by  Mr.  Noah  Rice,  then  by  his  widow,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Rice,  by  whom  it  was  conveyed  to  the  present  owner,  who 
now  lives  upon  it,  with  her  son,  Henry  Rice.  This  is  a  part 
of  the  Enoch  Marble  estate,  and  was  originally  owned  by 
Freegrace. 

The  house  upon  this  place  was  moved  here  from  the  old 
Reuben  Eaton  estate,  just  north  of  the  Dudley  farm. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Gilbert  Searles  or 
sou,  was  built  by  Aaron  Marble  for  his  son  Luther,  who  sold 
to  his  brother-in-law,  William  Boomer,  who  traded  it  to 
Joseph  H.  Putnam  for  a  place  in  Charltou.  Putnam  sold  to 
present  owner. 

The  first  house  in  Marbleville  was  built  by  John  Nelson. 
One  Pratt  lived  there  early ;  Joe  Nelson  owned  it.  Noah 
Rice  built  the  upright  part  now  standing  and  lived  there. 
Capt.  Samuel  Marble,  son  of  Major  Alpheus  Marble,  lived 
there  and  carried  on  scythe  making.  Alvan  Pratt  stocked 
guns  in  this  house.  One  Metcalf  wove  satinet  there. 

Grover  and  Sprague  made  wicking  in  the  old  scythe  shop . 
There  was  a  grist-mill  there,  once  owned  by  Major  Marble. 


TOWN    OF    STJTTON.  399 

Joseph  Hathaway  made  several  different  articles  there. 
Noah  Rice  had  a  still  in  which  he  made  cider  brandy.  One 
Sherman  of  Grafton  brought  cider  there  containing  many 
shiners,  supposed  to  have  been  dipped  up  with  the  water 
with  which  it  had  been  diluted.  The  old  scythe  shop  was 
burned,  after  which  Ezra  S.  Marble  built  a  shuttle  shop  in 
which  he  carried  on  business  several  years,  and  accumulated 
a  handsome  estate.  After  his  death  he  was  succeeded  by  his 
son  Ezra  W.  The  factory  was  burnt  about  1874  and  rebuilt 
by  present  owner.  Ezra  S.  Marble  built  the  house  now 
occupied  by  C.  Ruggles,  for  his  daughter.  Mrs.  R.  Ruggles 
built  the  barn. 

The  house  where  Albert  Stockwell  now  lives  was  built  by 
Ezra  S.  Marble  ;  his  son  Henry  lived  and  died  there.  The 
small  house  on  the  new  road  he  also  built.  His  father  first 
occupied  it.  It  has  since  been  occupied  by  various  operatives 
who  have  worked  in  the  factory.  Albert  Stockwell  bought 
the  farm  owned  by  the  Marbles  and  the  house  where  he 
lives  ;  he  is  son  of  George,  son  of  Enoch.  His  mother  lives 
with  his  brother,  George  K. 

The  other  house  was  built  by  Aaron  and  Thaddeus  Marble, 
and  has  been  owned  by  Lewis  Burnap,  Capt.  John  Marble, 
Palmer  Harback,  Ezra  S.  Marble,  and  now  by  Mrs.  E. 
Mclntire. 

The  house  now  occupied  by  Benjamin  Hathaway  and 
Charles  Young  was  built  by  Capt.  Asa  Woodbury.  Samuel 
Prescott  lived  there  several  years.  It  has  been  occupied  by 
many  different  families  who  have  worked  in  the  factory.  It 
is  one  of  the  factory  tenement  houses,  as  is  the  one  opposite 
now  occupied  by  John  McDermot  and  Richard  Thompson. 
It  also  was  built  by  Capt.  Woodbury. 

The  first  house  west  of  the  bridge  was  built  by  Capt.  Asa 
Woodbury  for  his  brother-in-law,  Benjamin  Fiske,  who  lived 
there  a  few  years.  It  has  since  been  occupied  by  various 
families  employed  in  the  factory. 

The  next  house  was  also  built  by  Capt.  Woodbury  and 
first  occupied  by  his  partner,  H.  Boy  den.  After  the  death 
of  Capt.  Woodbury's  first  wife,  he  married  again  and  moved 
into  this  house,  where  he  died.  He  held  his  share  of  town 


400  HOMES    OF  THE 

offices,  and  was  representative  in  the  general  court,  etc.  He 
was  a  very  kind-hearted,  companionable  man,  of  enterprise 
and  general  worth. 

This  house  has  also  been  occupied  as  a  tenement  house  by 
the  mill  operatives,  and  belongs  to  the  mill  property. 

John  P.  Stockwell  built  a  grist-mill  where  the  store  is. 
He  also  had  a  shoddy  mill  there,  but  losing  his  dam  twice, 
he  converted  it  into  tenements,  which  are  at  present  unoccu- 
pied. The  store  in  same  building  is  owned  by  Horatio 
Chase,  and  kept  by  his  cousin,  Lyman  Pratt.  Both  are 
worthy  men,  and  descendants  of  the  Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D. 

The  place  now  owned  and  occupied  by  John  P.  Stockwell 
was  first  settled  by  Deacon  Percival  Hall,  who  came  to 
Sutton  in  1720.  He  bought  proprietor's  rights,  so  that  he 
owned  six-sixtieths  of  the  town ;  his  name  is  on  almost  every 
page  of  the  old  proprietor's  books.  He  came  here  from 
Medford,  where  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church. 
He  was  second  deacon  of  the  first  Congregational  church  in 
Sutton.  He  married  Jane  Willis  and  had  eleven  children. 
His  son  Willis  Hall  was  less  than  two  years  of  age  when  he 
came  to  Sutton.  He  (Percival)  died  in  the  old  house  which 
stood  near  where  the  present  one  stands,  Dec.  25,  1752, 
aged  eighty.  His  widow  died  here  Oct.  28,  1757,  aged 
eighty.  She  was  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Grace  Willis,  and 
was  born  in  Cambridge  ;  married  in  Woburn,  Oct.  18,  1697. 
He  owned  the  saw-mill  already  mentioned.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded on  this  place  by  his  youngest  son,  Deacon  Willis 
Hall,  who  married  Martha  Gibbs,  daughter  of  Jacob  Gibbs. 
(See  genealogy.) 

Martha  Gibbs,  wife  of  Deacon  Willis  Hall,  died  Feb.  1, 
1756.  He  married  Anna  Coye,  daughter  of  William  and 
Anna  Coye,  who  came  from  Scotland  and  settled  in  Worces- 
ter county.  (See  genealogy.) 

Anna  Coye,  wife  of  Deacon  Willis  Hall,  died  here  April  7, 
1800.  He  died  April  10,  1800.  Their  funerals  were  both 
attended  on  the  same  day,  and  both  were  buried  in  one 
grave.  The  day  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  great  solemnity, 
and  a  large  concourse  of  people  followed  them  to  their  grave. 


The  honorable  Willis  Hall  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Hall,  and 
grandson  of  deacon  Willis  Hall,  of  Sutton. 

He  was  born  in  Middle  Granville,  Washington  County,  N.  Y.,  April 
1st,  1801.  Graduated  at  Yale  College  with  the  first  honor  of  the  class  of 
1824.  Practised  law  in  Mobile,  Alabama.  In  1832,  resumed  his  profes- 
sion in  New  York  City.  In  1836-7,  represented  the  city  in  the  State 
legislature,  and  successfully  introduced  a  bill  requiring  banks  of  issue  to 
secure  their  notes  by  depositing  collaterals  with  the  State  Comptroller, 
a  system  afterward  adopted  by  the  United  States. 

In  1838  he  was  Attorney-General  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and 
filled  the  office  with  distinguished  honor.  In  1842  his  health  became 
seriously  impaired,  yet  he  did  not  lose  his  interest  in  public  affairs,  and 
acted  as  corporation  counsel  to  the  city  of  New  York  in  1857-8. 

He  subsequently  spent  two  or  three  years  in  France,  Italy,  and  Ger- 
many, and  returned  to  New  York  in  1856,  and  resided  with  his  brother, 
Dr.  E.  Hall,  until  his  death,  July  14th,  1868. 

He  was  a  man  of  remarkable  political  foresight,  and  greatly  esteemed 
by  his  cotemporaries. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  401 

Their  son  Nathaniel  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in 
1790.  He  was  a  settled  minister  at  Greenville, 'N.  Y., 
where  he  died  July  31,  1820.  He  married  Jan.  22,  1798, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Deacon  Daniel  Emerson  of  Hollis, 
New  Hampshire,  born  there  Dec.  7,  1773,  and  died  May  22, 
1832.  They  had  nine  children.  Two  graduated  at  Yale 
college,  one  at  Hamilton,  and  one  at  Union  college.  Willis 
was  attorney  general  of  New  York  in  1839.  He  was  a  par- 
ticular friend  of  Henry  Clay,  who  on  his  last  visit  to  New 
York  was  the  guest  of  Hon.  AVillis  Hall.  Hannah  married 
Rev.  Abijah  Crane.  Nathaniel  was  a  limner ;  Daniel  E.  was 
a  noted  physician  in  New  York.  Edward  is  now  living  in 
New  York,  and  is  also  a  doctor  of  much  celebrity.  David 
B.  is  a  retired  clergyman,  now  engaged  in  preparing  a  history 
of  the  Hall  family.  He  lives  in  Duanesburgh,  New  York. 
Jonathan  Hall,  born  here,  settled  at  Windsor,  Vt.  One 
of  his  daughters,  an  accomplished  lady,  married  Captain 
Blood  of  St.  Louis,  who  owned  and  navigated  a  steamboat. 
His  son  Alfred  succeeds  him  on  his  place  at  Windsor,  Vt. 
Israel  was  quite  distinguished.  Jacob  lived  in  Hartford  in 
Vermont,  where  he  married  a  Richardson  and  raised  a  large 
family.  One  of  his  sons,  Andrew,  now  lives  in  Boston, 
where  he  has  been  a  broker  many  years.  His  second  wife 
was  Sarah  Prouty.  During  the  rebellion  she  raised  a  com- 
pany of  volunteers  and  marched  them  into  camp. 

Willis,  son  of  Deacon  Willis,  lived  in  Vermont  and  had 
quite  a  large  family.  His  son  Willis  was  at  one  time  a 
merchant  at  Woodstock,  Vermont,  and  was  very  popular ; 
he  afterward  went  to  Garretsville,  Ohio,  where  he  died. 
His  son  John  died  where  James  W.  Barnes  now  lives. 
Deacon  Hall's  son  Willis,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  revolu- 
tion, was  born  in  this  house.  Deacon  Willis  Hall  settled 
his  estate  upon  his  son  Joseph,  who  sold  him  out,  causing 
the  deacon  much  grief;  so  his  son  Josiah  bought  the  place  of 
Joseph,  and  built  the  present  house  and  barn ;  his  eight 
children,  enumerated  in  district  number  two,  were  all  born 
here.  The  large  buttonwood  tree  standing  in  front  of  the 
house  was  set  out  by  his  son,  Oliver  Hall,  when  he  was 
quite  young.  Gardner  Hall  was  born  in  this  house  April  6, 

51 


402  HOMES    OF  THE 

1813,  and  Dr.  Stephen  Monroe  wrote  the  deed  conveying 
the  entire  estate,  mill  and  all,  to  Captain  David  Dudley  on 
that  day.  The  mill  then  belonging  to  Captain  Hall  has  been 
removed,  and  is  now  owned  by  Joel  Houghton.  This  house 
arid  farm  was  afterwards  owned  and  occupied  by  Captain 
Asa  Woodbury,  and  inherited  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Stockwell,  the 
present  owner.  Anna  Hall,  daughter  of  Willis  and  Anna, 
married  John  Whipple,  and  had  Parley,  who  was  for  several 
years  a  scythe  manufacturer  at  Millbury,  in  company  with 
Captain  Charles  Hale.  Firm  name  Hale  and  Whipple.  He 
was  a  deputy  sheriff;  he  went  from  Millbury  to  West  War- 
ren, where  he  built  up  a  place  known  as  Whipple ville.  His 
son  Franklin  went  to  Yale,  but  left  on  account  of  sickness. 
He  is  now  an  insurance  agent  at  Worcester. 

Almira  married  a  clergyman  by  the  name  of  Rice ;  father 
of  Hon.  W.  W.  Rice  of  Worcester. 

John  Willis  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  deputy  sheriff, 
coroner,  etc.  He  lived  and  died  in  Button,  leaving  a  large 
estate. 

Clarissa  married  John  M.  Case  and  now  lives  in  Charlton. 
She  is  noted  for  religious  charities.  Lyman  was  a  printer 
and  publisher ;  he  was  a  man  of  great  intelligence  and  true 
worth.  Percival  was  a  gunsmith  ;  died  in  Worcester. 

Joseph  was  educated  at  West  Point  and  died  in  Mexico, 
probably  in  military  service.  Mary  Ann  married  Rev.  Mr. 
Fiske,  and  now  lives  in  New  Hampshire. 

The  small  house  now  belonging  to  J.  P.  Stockwell  was  an 
ell  moved  from  this  house. 

The  house  opposite,  now  occupied  by  Silas  T.  Servey,  was 
originally  a  weaver's  shop  owned  by  Daniel  Harback.  It 
was  removed  and  finished  up  by  Captain  Asa  Woodbury  for 
his  daughter,  Mrs.  Servey,  the  present  owner.  Mr.  Ser- 
vey's  mother  was  a  Taft,  sister  to  Stephen  Taft,  the  father 
of  Hon.  Velorous  Taft. 

The  place  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Samuel  Prescott 
has  quite  a  history,  which  can  be  but  imperfectly  learned. 
On  the  original  farm  Elisha  Johnson  lived  in  1717.* 

*  See  Annals,  page  18. 


TOWN   OF  SUTTON.  403 

Deacon  Willis  Hall  was  Indian  agent,  and  paid  annuities 
to  the  Hassanamisco  Indians.  One  of  the  tribe,  who  be- 
friended Mrs.  Johnson,  known  as  Roberts,  came  with  his 
squaw  for  his  money  after  he  was  ninety  years  of  age.  His 
wife  said  he  was  getting  to  be  a  boy  again,  as  his  teeth  were 
just  cutting.  He  had  just  had  two  new  ones. 

The  next  occupant  of  the  place  seems  to  have  been  Benj. 
Swinerton,  who  married  Elizabeth  Hall,  daughter  of  Stephen, 
son  of  Percival.  Swinerton  was  a  blacksmith.  Then  it  was 
occupied  by  Mr.  Prime,  a  tailor,  the  father  of  Nathaniel 
Prime  of  the  firm  of  Prime,  Ward  and  Company,  once 
bankers  in  New  York.  The  widow  Prime,  mother  of  Nathan- 
iel, married  for  second  husband  Nathaniel  Carriel.  It  was 
next  owned  by  Solomon  Wheeler,  who  kept  store  in  the 
east  room.  Caleb  Morse  lived  there.  Colonel  Joseph 
Ward,  brother  of  Mrs.  Morse,  lived  there.  Wheeler  and 
Morse  married  sisters.  Wheeler  married  a  second  wife  by 
the  name  of  Milk ;  she  was  a  widow  from  Boston,  and  had 
one  son,  James  Milk,  who  lived  in  Boston.  Wheeler  sold 
to  John  Harback ;  the  deed  was  acknowledged  at  Suffolk 
before  Samuel  Cooper,  April  16,  1790. 

John  Harback  was  a  trader  in  Boston,  in  company  with 
Nathaniel  Prime,  after  which  he  went  to  Port  au  Prince, 
where  he  died. 

After  the  death  of  John  Harback,  the  farm,  containing 
two  hundred  and  thirty  acres,  was  owned  by  his  brother, 
Daniel  Harback,  who  married  a  Ward  and  raised  a  large 
family  in  this  house.  His  second  wife  was  widow  Park, 
maiden  name  Peirce.  The  big  buttonwood  trees  now  stand- 
ing in  front  of  the  house  were  set  out  by  one  of  his  boys. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Harback,  Captain  Asa  Woodbury 
bought  the  place,  and  moved  the  barn  down  to  the  Deacon 
Hall  place.  Some  of  the  land  is  now  owned  by  Stockwell. 
The  house  and  some  twenty  acres  of  land  Samuel  A.  Pres- 
cott  bought  and  now  owns.  He  has  just  been  improving 
and  enlarging  his  house,  adding  bay  windows  and  terracing 
and  beautifying  his  grounds.  He  has  a  fine  arrangement  for 
irrigation,  which  gives  him  a  good  opportunity  to  force  his 
early  vegetables,  strawberries,  etc.  He  is  making  it  one  of 


404  HOMES    OF    THE 

the  most  desirable  places  in  town.  He  bought  the  saw-mill 
built  about  1830  by  Joseph  Hathaway,  which  he  has  very 
much  improved  and  enlarged,  adding  thereto  a  box  factory, 
in  which  he  has  done  much  business.  Mr.  Prescott  has  been 
quite  an  inventor.  He  invented,  and  had  patented  a  water- 
wheel,  which  promised  him  a  fortune  but  for  the  pressure  of 
the  times.  Nelson  Cowen,  now  living  in  Worcester,  once 
lived  in  this  house  several  years. 

Edmund  T.  Hall  built  the  next  house  about  1817.  He 
lived  here  until  the  death  of  his  wife,  when  he  went  to  live 
with  his  son,  T.  E.  Hall,  at  Holden,  where  he  died.  T.  E. 
Hall,  born  here,  was  Captain  and  acting  Quarter-master  at 
Camp  Nelson,  in  Kentucky,  during  a  portion  of  the  war  of 
the  rebellion.  The  business  of  the  office  amounted  to  more 
than  a  million  dollars  a  month.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
efficient  officers  in  the  service.  His  brother,  Joseph  L. 
Hall,  went  out  as  a  sutler  ;  was  afterwards  on  the  police  force 
in  Worcester,  where  he  died.  His  great-grandfather,  Stephen 
Hall,  was  a  quarter-master  in  the  old  French  war.  After 
the  death  of  Edmund  the  estate  was  owned  by  Theron  E. 
He  sold  to  Ephraim  Nealey,  he  to  Mr.  Sherman,  he  to  York, 
he  to  Daniel  Johnson,  he  to  Joseph  Beasley,  and  he  to  Chas. 
Young. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Avery  Ward  was 
built  by  him  in  1825.  Mr.  Ward  has  had  two  wives  and 
twelve  children,  nine  of  whom  were  born  here.  His  farm 
contains  about  sixteen  acres,  has  much  fruit  on  it  and  is 
under  high  cultivation. 

Joseph  Smith  Livermore  bought  an  office,  commenced  for 
Dr.  JohnTenney  on  Mr.  Mill's  place,  made  it  into  a  dwelling 
house  and  lived  in  it  several  years.  It  was  next  owned  by 
Mr.  Gilbert,  who  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Tyler  Stock- 
well.  After  the  death  of  Gilbert,  Stockwell  sold  it  to 
Charles  Johnson,  who  sold  to  C.  Ruggles,  the  present  owner. 
J.  S.  Livermore  married  Electa  Hall,  daughter  of  Edmund  T. 
They  had  Albert  and  Ann,  both  noted  singers. 

Jesse  Cummings  built  the  house  now  owned  by  Lackey. 
It  was  owned  afterward  by  Harback,  then  by  Tyler  Marble, 
then  by  Major  Thomas  Harback,  then  by  Origen  Harback, 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  405 

then  by  Mrs.  John  Stockwell,  who  sold  to  Daniel  Johnson, 
he  to  George  Lackey,  the  present  owner.  Deacon  Leander 
Stockwell,  who  died  at  Graftona  few  days  since  so  suddenly, 
and  who  was  much  lamented,  was  brought  up  here. 

Leander  Lackey,  the  inventor,  died  here.  He  invented 
the  first  pegging  machine  and  many  useful  tools.  He  had  a 
shock  of  paralysis  and  was  a  great  sufferer.  Willard  F. 
Mallalieu,  D.  D.,  the  popular  writer,  lecturer  and  eminent 
divine,  was  born  in  this  house. 

At  or  about  the  time  of  his  birth,  his  father,  John  Mallalieu,  was  the  owner 
of  the  place  and  the  woolen  mill  then  standing.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  woolen  cloths  as  early  as  1812 ;  first  in  Dudley,  Mass.,  and  then 
in  Sutton.  He  was  one  of  the  first  woolen  manufacturers  in  Worcester 
county  to  employ  power  machinery  in  the  production  of  cloth.  He  commenced 
about  the  same  time  with  Mr.  Samuel  Slater,  of  whom  he  was  a  constant 
friend  till  the  death  of  Mr.  Slater. 

Mr.  Mallalieu  graduated  at  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
1857;  joined  the  New  England  conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
in  1858. 

In  1867  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Central  Tennessee  college  at  Nash- 
ville. In  1872  was  elected  delegate  to  the  generd  conference  of  the  Methodist 
church ;  in  1874  received  the  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity ;  in  1876  was  elected 
secretary  of  the  Freedman's  Aid  Society  of  the  Methodist  church. 

Mr.  Mallalieu  has  now  been  preaching  twenty  years,  and  reports  that  during 
the  time  he  has  not  been  disabled  from  labor  a  single  day  by  sickness. 
•He  is  at  this  writing  the  pastor  of  a  large  and  influential  church  in  Boston. 

There  used  to  be  a  house  directly  opposite  the  Lackey 
house,  built  by  Thomas  Harback,  the  first  Harback  that 
settled  in  this  town.  His  son  Thomas  succeeded  him  here, 
and  his  son  John  built  the  house  where  James  Putnam  now 
lives. 

Thomas  Harback  was  the  father  of  H.  B.  Harback  and 
Major  Thomas  Harback,  who  built  the  first  woolen  mill  in 
town. 

He  went  to  Worcester,  where  he  was  associated  in  business 
with  William  B.  Fox.  He  represented  Worcester  in  the 
legislature,  and  was  a  man  much  respected. 

He  and  his  brother,  Henry  Bright  Harback,  built  the 
house  where  Mr.  Odion  now  lives,  about  1812  ;  he  bought 
out  his  brother  and  sold  to  Joseph  Freeman,  who  sold  to 
Dr.  N.  C.  Sibley.  Origeu  Harback  owned  it,  then  Caleb 


406  HOMES    OP  THE 

Chase,  then  Addison  Eaton,  then  Joseph  L.  Hall ;  he  sold 
to  Lafayette  Willard ;  he  to  Joseph  Freeman,  he  to  Nathaniel 
H.  Odion,  present  owner. 

The  house  where  James  Putnam  now  lives  was  built  by 
John  Harback,  who  raised  a  large  family  there.  Henry  B. 
Harback  lived  in  it  at  one  time,  and  his  son  Rufus  H.  was 
born  here.  Origen  Harback  owned  and  occupied  it  many 
years.  His  wife  died  there,  after  which  he  married  -the 
widow  of  Asa  Cummings,  jr. 

Then  his  children  began  to  drop  off  of  consumption,  until 
they  were  all  dead  but  one.  Then  he  too  died  of  heart 
disease  ;  his  son  George  soon  followed  of  consumption.  His 
widow  survived  a  few  years  and  died ;  not  a  living  trace  of 
Origeii  remains.  He  enlarged  and  repaired  the  house ;  he 
was  a  wheelwright  by  trade,  and  had  a  shop  just  above  the 
elms  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road,  which,  strange  as  it 
may  seem,  was  operated  by  water  drawn  from  a  little  pond 
fed  entirely  by  springs  just  back  of  the  shop.  Simeon 
Russell  Marble  worked  with  him  several  years. 

Lawson  Hathaway,  son  of  Simeon  Hathaway,  jr.,  next 
owned  the  farm  and  raised  quite  a  family  here.  Since  the 
Hathaways  left,  it  has  been  owned  by  James  and  Alfred 
Putnam,  who  have  enlarged  the  house. 

The  house  now  occupied  by  Mrs.  Parsons  was  built  by 
Jacob  Cummiugs ;  next  owned  by  his  son  Asa.  Asa,  jr., 
lived  and  died  here,  also  his  son,  David  Cummings. 

They  thought  they  found  limestone  on  this  place,  and 
even  made  kilns  and  burnt  some  of  the  specimens ;  but  the 
experiment  proved  unsuccessful.  They  probably  mistook 
feldspar  for  lime.  The  experiments  were  made  about  1740 
or  '50.  Mr.  William  E.  Cole  says  he  has  been  on  the  place 
with  a  geologist,  who  declares  there  is  limestone  there  now. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Cummings,  Captain  John  Marble 
bought  the  place,  and  mortgaged  it  to  Joseph  H.  Putnam, 
who  took  possession  and  sold  to  John  Parsons,  whose  widow 
now  occupies  it.  William  E.  Cole,  who  married  her  daugh- 
ter, also  lives  here. 

Asa,  jr.,  married  a  daughter  of  Simeon  Hathaway,  and 
had  one  son,  Davis,  who  married  Sophronia  Humes,  daughter 


"TOWN  or  BUTTON.  407 

of  Captain  Humes  of  Douglas,  and  died  young ;  his  wife 
soon  followed  him. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  the  Misses  Adams 
was  originally  Deacon  Palmer  Marble's  shop.  It  was 
removed  by  Daniel  Hovey,  and  used  as  a  currier's  shop  by 
John  Ewers.  Pomeroy  Peck  made  it  into  a  tenement  for 
George  Fairbanks,  who  lived  there,  and  worked  for  Peck. 
Lewis  Holbrook  bought  it  and  lived  there ;  his  wife  died, 
and  Peck  took  it  back  and  sold  to  the  present  owners,  who 
are  relatives  of  Ex-Governor  Clafiin. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  place  now  owned  by  Henry 
Stockwell,  stood  the  old  house,  occupied  first  by  a  Howe, 
next  by  Simon  Tenney,  then  by  John  Hall,  son  of  Stephen, 
son  of  Percival ;  he  married  Dolly  Ward  and  had  Lucy,  Thad- 
deus,  Jonas,  Dolly,  John,  Harriet,  Hannah  and  Increase  S. 
Thaddeus  had  one  son,  Orson,  who  kept  the  St.  Charles 
Hotel  in  New  Orleans — one  of  the  largest  and  most  popular 
houses  in  the  country ;  he  had  several  children  and  died 
there. 

One  of  his  sons,  Henry,  is  a  popular  lawyer  now  living 
in  New  Orleans. 

John  Hall,  jr.,  built  the  present  house  and  sold  to  Pome- 
roy Peck;  he,  J.  H.,  was  a  noted  plow-maker,  making  the 
best  plows  of  his  time,  they  taking  the  first  premium  at  the 
Worcester  county  plowing  matches.  He  moved  to  Mill- 
bury,  where  he  died.  After  the  death  of  Peck,  the  place  was 
sold  to  Emory  Howard,  who  sold  to  his  son-in-law,  the 
present  owner. 

Simon  Tenney  raised  a  pole  and  put  a  vane  on  it  in  the 
shape  of  a  fish.  In  the  days  of  the  revolution  some  sharp- 
shooters or  riflemen  from  Virginia  passed  along  the  road : 
as  they  did  so  they  made  a  target  of  the  fish,  firing  a  ball 
through  it  from  the  foot  of  Le  Baron  Hill.  They  went  into 
an  orchard,  and  while  there  one  of  them  held  an  apple  on 
his  hand  while  one  of  his  comrades  fired  a  ball  through  it. 

It  is  not  known  who  built  the  first  house  where  J.  Cronin 
now  lives.  It  was  occupied  by  Daniel  Woodbury,  who  was 
keeping  some  of  the  town's  poor  at  the  time  it  was  burnt ; 
among  them  Rebecca  Dagget,  a  deformed  cripple,  but 


408  HOMES    OF   THE 

thought  to  be  angelic  in  spirit.  He  built  the  present  house 
soon  after.  It  was  next  owned  and  occupied  by  Sylvanus 
Larned,  Esq.,  then  by  Benjamin  Woodbury,  then  by  John 
Hall,  jr.,  next  John  C.  Woodbury,  then  Joel  Peck,  next 
Otis  Fuller,  then  Lafayette  Willard,  next  Austin  Hayward, 
now  John  Cronin.  Dr.  Fuller,  now  of  Worcester,  lived 
there  with  his  father. 

Captain  John  Woodbury  built  the  house  where  Michael 
Coogan  now  lives.  Simon  J.  Woodbury  next  owned  it ;  he 
sold  to  a  Mrs.  Lyon,  who  repaired  and  enlarged  the  house  ; 
then  sold  to  Lee  Chamberlain ;  he  sold  to  Joel  Fay,  he  to 
Edward  Clark,  who  mortgaged  to  Dr.  Eddy ;  he  took  it  on 
the  mortgage,  and  one  of  his  heirs,  a  Mr.  Salisbury,  sold  to 
Mr.  Coogan,  the  present  owner.  Several  who  have  been 
members  of  the  legislature  were  born  here.  Many  men  of 
distinction  descended  from  Captain  John  Woodbury ;  doc- 
tors, merchants,  lawyers,  ministers,  authors,  etc. 

Where  the  mill  now  stands  once  stood  a  saw-mill  known 
as  the  Woodbury  saw-mill.  The  Woodbury  saw-mill  com- 
pany sold  to  Edward  Clark,  who  built  a  flour  mill  about 
1828.  He  and  Gibbs  Lilley  run  it,  making  very  superior 
flour,  known  in  market  as  Sutton  flour.  It  was  put  up  in 
bags  holding  one-fourth  and  one-half  barrel  each.  It  was 
for  a  time  very  popular.  They  rented  the  mill  to  Putnam 
King,  who  hired  an  experienced  miller  by  the  name  of  Davis 
to  tend  it.  After  King  gave  it  up  it  stood  still  a  while,  and 
the  rats  destroyed  the  bolts.  Dr.  Eddy  foreclosed  on  his 
mortgage,  and  Mr.  Salisbury  rented  it  to  Sumner,  son  of 
Jim  Putnam,  who  run  it  as  a  grist-mill  several  years. 
Coogan  finally  bought  it  and  made  it  into  a  shoddy-mill. 

Freeman  and  Sibley*  built  the  house  where  F.  B.  Smith  lives 
at  Pleasant  Valley,  and  the  other  houses  now  owned  by  him. 
The  old  house  out  on  the  plain  was  built  by  Daniel  Harback 
for  his  son,  Captain  Charles.  It  has  since  been  occupied  by 
many  families,  too  numerous  to  mention.  It  is  now  owned 
by  Smith,  but  not  occupied.  The  large  house  has  been 
occupied  by  Captain  Freeman,  Mr.  Holbrook,  and  the  agents 


*  See  in  Manufacturing,  Part  iv. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON. 


409 


who  have  had  charge  of  the  mill  since  it  was  built.  It  is 
now  being  enlarged  and  improved  by  Mr.  Smith,  who  is  one 
of  the  selectmen  of  the  town. 


RESIDENCE    OF    F.   B.   SMITH. 


WILKINSON VILLE  DISTRICT,  No.  12. 

The  first  place  —  beginning  our  survey  on  Leland  Hill  — 
is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Harvey  Dodge,  Esq.  It  was 
first  settled  by  Zacchcus  Hall,  sou  of  Deacon  Percival  Hall, 
who  exchanged  it  for  some  property  in  New  Braintree,  with 
Ebenezer  Rawsou,  about  1754;  at  which  time  he  removed 
to  New  Braiutree.  He  married  Mary  Jeunison,  and  had 
Elias,  Mary,  Zaccheus  and  Aaron,  all  born  here.  Ebenezer 
Rawson,  the  next  owner,  married  Sarah  Chase  and  Lhad 
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410  HOMES    OF  THE 

fourteen  children,  all  born  on  this  place.  Mr.  Rawson  lived 
here  upwards  of  sixty  years.  It  was  next  owned  by  Jacob 
Dodge,  who  married  Mr.  Rawson's  daughter  Elizabeth,  who 
was  the  mother  of  Harvey  Dodge,  the  present  owner.  He 
was  once  a  breeder  of  Devon  stock.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  agriculture  of  Worcester  county ;  has 
also  been  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  AVestboro  reform  school, 
and,  as  is  said  by  his  brother,  was  at  one  time  its  treasurer. 
He  was  once  very  intimate  with  Governor  Francis.  He  has 
associated  much  with  the  leading  agricultural  men  of  his 
day.  He  has  a  son  who  served  an  apprenticeship  with 
the  late  A.  T.  Stewart.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  city  of 
New  York  at  a  large  salary.  His  other  son  is  also  getting 
high  wages  in  Providence,  R.  I.  Mr.  Dodge  has  a  large 
and  highly  cultivated  farm,  and  probably  more  thrifty  fruit 
trees  than  any  other  man  in  that  part  of  the  town.  His 
place  is  beautifully  situated  on  the  northern  slope  of  Mani- 
laus  Hill,  commanding  a  fine  prospect ;  having  several  flour- 
ishing villages  in  near  view  in  the  valley,  through  which 
several  trains  of  cars  may  be  seen  passing  daily.  It  is 
really  one  of  the  most  desirable  places  in  town. 

Of  Ebenezer  Rawson,  second  owner  of  this  place,  and 
grandfather  of  the  present  owner,  it  is  said  in  the  "  The 
Rawson  Family  History  "  : 

He  was  a  man  of  genius  and  extensive  historical  attainments.  Judge 
Rawson  says,  "  he  was  a  learned  historian."  Dr.  Leland  of  Fall  River,  a 
relative  who  knew  him  well,  says  in  a  letter  respecting  him :  "In  stature  he 
was,  I  think,  full  six  feet,  slender  built,  though  with  considerable  breadth  of 
shoulders.  His  countenance  was  open,  his  nose  aquiline,  and  his  forehead 
projecting  and  high.  His  perceptive  faculties  must  have  been  acute,  from  the 
very  configuration  of  his  frontal  region.  His  step  was  elastic  and  all  his 
motions  rapid  and  easy.  I  have  rarely  ever  known  a  man  gifted  with  higher 
powers  of  conversation.  This  made  him  the  delight  of  every  circle.  His 
mind  was  rich  in  reading,  and  his  own  reflections  were  sometimes  astonish- 
ingly brilliant.  His  memory  was  a  vast  storehouse  of  facts,  always  at  bis 
command,  and  I  have  heard  him  for  hours  delight  a  small  circle  with  sketches 
of  early  colonial  or  Indian  history.  In  his  composition  there  was  a  vein  of 
good-humored  irony,  which  never  missed  its  mark  when  let  off.  The  peculiar 
bias  of  his  mind  was  antiquarian,  and  nothing  delighted  him  more  than  the 
company  of  the  clergy. 

With  them  he  was  sure  to  plunge  into  old  biblical  history,  with  the  whole 
of  which  he  was  perfectly  familiar.  His  word  was  as  good  as  his  own  or  any 
other  man's  bond  in  Worcester  county.  Altogether  he  was  a  remarkable  man, 
and  as  emphatically  a  genius  as  any  man  I  ever  knew." 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON. 


411 


Of  his  fourteen  children  and  forty-five  grand-children,  not 
less  than  fifteen  were  professional  men,  and  most  of  the 
fifteen  graduates  of  college. 

For  the  likeness  of  Mrs.  Polla  Rawson,  and  the  residence 
built  by  her  late  husband,  Samuel  Rawson,  Esq.,  we  are 
indebted  to  the  heirs. 


THE    OLD    RAWSON    PLACE,    OWNED    BY    HAEVEY    DODGE,   ESQ. 

Samuel  Rawson  was  the  son  of  Ebenezer,  and  was  born  in 
Sutton,  Sept.  4,  1771.  His  wife,  Polla  Freeland,  was  the 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  Freeland,  born  in  Sutton,  Sept.  17, 
1778,  and  died  August  29, 1875,  almost  ninety-eight  years  of 
age. 

Bishop  Philander  Chase  and  Chief  Justice  Salmon  P. 
Chase  were  the  nephews  of  Mrs.  Rawson. 


412  HOMES    OF    THE 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Jacob  Dodge  in  1834.  It 
has  been  occupied  as  a  tenement  by  man}'  different  families, 
and  is  now  owned  by  Harvey  Dodge  and  occupied  by  Julia 
O'Neil. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Jacob  Dodge  in  1830,  and  is 
now  owned  by  T.  Bashaw.  It  has  been  used  as  a  tenement 
house  by  various  parties.  Otis  Pratt  lived  here  thirteen 
years,  and  his  son  Lyman  was  born  there.  Otis  was  born  in 
Shrewsbury  and  was  the  son  of  Nathan  Pratt,  who  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  and  for  many  years  "  grammar 
master,"  and  known  as  "Master  Pratt."  Otis  married  a 
daughter  of  Charles  Putnam,  son  of  Colonel  John,  who  mar- 
ried Mary  Hall,  daughter  of  Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D. 

Offen  Burnham  first  occupied  the  place  where  John  Dudley 
now  resides,  next  owned  by  John  Dudley,  son  of  Jonathan, 
next  by  Capt.  John  Dudley,  father  of  the  present  owner. 
Mr.  Burnham  was  an  Englishman  by  birth,  but  was  admitted 
into  the  first  Congregational  church  by  letter  from  church  in 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  in  1742. 

Deacon  Willis  Hall  kept  school  in  this  house  in  1763.  It 
was  a  public  school.  John  Dudley  moved  on  this  place  in 
1780,  but-  owned  it  before  and  rented  it.  His  widow  married 
Stephen  Hall,  jr.,  and  lived  where  J.  Armsby  now  lives. 
Capt.  John  Dudley  married  Deborah,  daughter  of  Malachi 
Marble,  and  had  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  all  born  here. 

Capt.  Dudley  is  spoken  of  as  an  affable,  genial,  and  companionable  man,  a 
most  interesting  story-teller  and  great  mimic ;  as  always  quiet  and  peaceable, 
never  allowing  himself  to  be  excited  to  overflowing  anger.  He  died  at  an 
advanced  age  of  pneumonia,  said  to  have  been  his  first  sickness,  Feb.  11,  1859, 
aged  eighty-seven.  His  widow  lived  to  be  ninety-two,  was  very  intelligent, 
and  one  of  the  best  of  Christian  women.  One  of  his  sisters  lived  to  be  ninety- 
six,  and  one  was  ninety-seven  when  she  died. 

The  present  owner  is  a  most  worthy  citizen.  He  has  a 
wonderful  memory  and  has  furnished  much  information  for 
this  history.  He  is  now  eighty-four  years  old.  He  married 
a  Woodbury,  and  has  one  son  and  one  daughter,  both  at 
home.  The  daughter  is  a  well  educated  lady  and  quite  an 
artist. 

The  largest  elm  tree  in  town  stands  near  this  house ; 
another  very  large  one  was  set  out  by  Capt.  Dudley  on  the 


"i, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  413 

day  of  the  birth  of  his  son  John,  eighty-four  years  ago  last 
March.  These  majestic  trees  add  much  to  the  beauty  of  the 
place. 

The  next  house  as  we  go  towards  Woodbury's  factory  was 
built  by  Abel  Dudley,  and  occupied  several  years  by  his 
unfortunate  son  David,  known  as  "  Lame  David." 

He  lived  in  New  Hampshire  or  Vermont  at  one  time,  where  he  ate  Vermont 
plums,  stones  and  all.  He  had  a  breach,  and  there  the  stones  made  a  stop- 
page, so  that  the  noted  surgeon,  Dr.  Nathan  Smith,  was  called  to  relieve  him. 
He  cut  above  the  groin  and  found  the  intestine  broken ;  he  got  out  the  stones 
and  relieved  him,  but  could  not  heal  the  ruptured  intestine,  so  his  excremental 
discharges  always  afterward  passed  out  at  the  aperture  made  by  the  doctor. 
By  wearing  a  belt  and  a  cloth  over  the  aperture  he  was  made  quite  comforta- 
ble, and  able  to  work  some  for  several  years ;  he  died  at  last  from  drowning. 
The  old  house  where  he  lived  was  taken  down  and  the  present  one  built  by 
Avery  Ward.  It  has  since  been  occupied  by  several  different  persons,  among 
them  David  Waters.  It  is  now  owned  by  Horace  Bassett. 

The  next  house,  now  owned  by  Miss  Sarah  Putnam,  was 
built  by  her  and  her  sister  Matilda.  It  has  been  occupied 
by  them  and  their  sister,  Mrs.  Otis  Pratt,  and  her  son,  Mr. 
Lyman  Pratt.  Otis  Pratt  was  a  painter  and  a  noted  drummer. 
He  served  as  such  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 

The  first  house  on  the  new  road  from  Woodburyville  to 
Millbury  was  built  by  Capt.  David  Dudley,  who  married  the 
only  daughter  of  Peter  Dudley.  David  was  son  of  one 
known  as  "  Fat  David,"  who  was  son  of  Rogers,  brother  to 
the  twins,  Jonathan  and  David.  Rogers  settled  on  the  old 
road  from  here  to  Worcester,  via  Doroty  Pond.  His  son, 
"  Fat  David,"  built  the  largo  house  now  standing  this  side 
of  the  John  Park  place,  near  said  pond.  His  son  was  the 
Capt.  David  Dudley  who  bought  out  Capt.  Josiah  Hall  for 
five  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($5,500),  all  of  which  he 
paid  in  gold  ;  he  was  the  father  of  the  present  David  T. 
Dudley,  shuttle  manufacturer.  Peter  Dudley  had  a  saw  and 
grist  mill  near  the  house  first  owned  by  his  father,  Jonathan 
Dudley.  It  was  changed  into  a  scythe  shop  by  Captain 
David,  who  carried  on  an  extensive  business  there  for  several 
years.  It  has  since  been  owned  and  occupied  by  Joel 
Houghton.  The  old  house  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
a  Mr.  Anderson. 


414  HOMES    OF   THE 

Up  the  lane,  leading  from  the  above  house  to  the  old  road, 
.stands  what  was  known  for  many  years  as  the  Peter  Dudley 
place.  The  house  was  built  by  his  father,  Jonathan  Dudley, 
and  all  his  children  were  born  there ;  his  son  John  lived 
there,  and  his  son,  Capt.  John,  who  was  born  at  the  "  Peter 
place."  The  public  school  was  kept  in  this  house  for  a  time. 

Peter  Dudley  lived  his  life-time  on  this  place ;  he  was  a 
large,  fine-looking  and  enterprising  man.  He  was  succeeded 
by  his  grandson,  Peter  Dudley,  who  married  a  Robinson, 
and  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters ;  one  of  his  daughters 
married  H.  L.  Ains worth,  the  well-known  musician,  now 
living  in  Millbury.  Mrs.  Ainsworth  is  also  a  popular 
teacher.  They  have  both  traveled  in  Europe.  The  place 
is  now  owned  by  John  Dudley  of  New  York,  son  of  James, 
sou  of  John,  son  of  John,  son  of  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel. 
The  house  has  been  occupied  several  years  by  James  M. 
Ward,  son  of  Avery.  Jonathan  Dudley  died  here  Nov.  23, 
1783,  aged  eighty-one.  His  widow  died  May  21,  1801,  aged 
eighty-three.  Peter  died  September  8,  1836,  aged  seventy- 
eight;  his  widow,  February  24,  1836,  aged  seventy-six. 

The  next  building  was  once  the  grist-mill  of  Capt.  Josiah 
Hall,  moved  from  the  site  where  now  stands  the  Woodbury 
factory.  It  has  been  enlarged  and  run  as  a  batting  factory 
and  grist-mill  by  Joel  Houghton,  the  present  owner. 

The  next  house,  a  fine  "English  cottage,"  was  built  by 
Mr.  Joel  Houghton  in  1870.  He  occupies  it  himself,  and  it 
is  an  ornament  to  the  place ;  he  has  also  much  improved  the 
grounds.  One  of  his  sons  graduated  at  the  Technical  school 
in  Worcester,  and  one  daughter  graduated  from  the  Normal 
school  in  that  city. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  D.  T.  Dudley  in  1871,  and 
has  been  occupied  by  his  son  Henry,  the  present  owner. 

The  next  building  is  the  large  shuttle-shop  now  owned 
and  occupied  by  D.  T.  Dudley  and  son.  It  was  built  by 
Warren  Wilder  in  1867,  and  by  him  sold  to  the  present 
owner. 

The  next  place  was  first  owned  by  Samuel  Dudley,  who  was 
succeeded  by  Samuel  Chase,  he  by  his  son,  Capt.  March  Chase, 
he  by  Nathaniel  Dodge,  and  he  by  his  son,  George  W.  Dodge. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  415 

Samuel  Dudley  was  the  forefather  of  the  present  Dudley 
family.  He  removed  to  Douglas,  where  he  died  at  the 
advanced  age  of  one  hundred  and  nine  years.  His  descend- 
ants have  been  remarkable  for  longevity  ;  some  of  them  have 
also  been  highly  distinguished  for  their  honorable  positions 
in  society. 

Samuel  Chase  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Dudley, 
and  his  sons  Dudley,  Jonathan  and  March  were  born  on  this 
place ;  one  of  his  daughters  married  Ebenezer  Rawson. 
Capt.  March  remained  on  this  place.  His  father  and  broth- 
ers, it  is  said,  went  to  Cornish,  New  Hampshire,  where  they 
owned  a  large  part  of  the  town. 

Captain  March  Chase  married  for  first  wife,  October  10, 
1759,  Beulah  Coye,  daughter  of  William  and  Annie  Coye, 
and  sister  of  Anna,  wife  of  Deacon  Willis  Hall.  She  died 
at  this  place  May  7,  1795,  aged  fifty-four.  Capt.  March 
Chase  was  born  and  died  on  this  place.  He  died  Sept.  26, 
1822,  aged  eighty-one.  He  was  a  noted  money  lender  and 
miser;  when  on  his  death-bed,  it  is  said,  he  would  take  a 
handful  of  gold  coin  and  drop  it  from  one  hand  to  the  other, 
and  child-like  say,  "  pretty  money,"  as  if  in  adoration.  He 
married  for  second  wife  Polly  Dodge,  daughter  of  Richard 
Hubbard  Dodge,  but  had  no  children.  After  his  death  her 
nephew,  Nathaniel  Dodge,  lived  with  her  several  years  and 
inherited  much  of  her  property.  The  present  buildings  on 
the  place  were  built  by  him  ;  the  house  in  1834.  He  mar- 
ried Adeline  Dudley,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Lydia,  son 
of  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel,  the  first  settler  on  this  place. 
They  had  one  son,  George  W.,  who  married  a  daughter  of 
Stephen  Marsh. 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Dodge  raised  some  of  the  largest  oxen  and 
finest  stock  ever  owned  in  town.  One  pair  of  his  oxen  were 
taken  through  the  large  cities  and  towns  for  exhibition. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  General  Jonathan  Chase, 
next  owned  by  Capt.  March  Chase.  It  was  occupied  sev- 
eral years  by  Benjamin  Carlton,  next  owned  by  Jonathan 
Eaton,  and  repaired  by  contributions  to  his  widow  ;  next 
owned  by  Joshua  Hutchinson,  now  by  Mr.  Brigham, 


416  HOMES    OF   THK 

• 

General  Chase  married  Sarah  Hall,  daughter  of  Rev. 
David  Hall,  D.D.  ;  they  went  to  Cornish,  New  Hampshire. 
One  of  their  daughters  married,  the  renowned  Dr.  Nathan 
Smith,  for  many  years  Professor  at  Yale  College,  and  had 
David  S.  C.  H.  Smith,  our  noted  doctor  who  died  at  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  April  5,  1859,  Nathan  R.,  the  noted  surgeon 
of  Baltimore,  who  died  a  few  weeks  since  ;  also  James  Mar- 
vin, a  celebrated  physician  and  surgeon,  who  was  killed  by 
the  Norwalk  bridge  disaster,  for  which  the  railroad  corpora- 
tion gave  his  widow  twenty  thousand  dollars ;  also  the  Rev. 
Dr.  John  D.,  the  last  survivor,  who  married  Mrs.  Susan 
Smith,  daughter  of  Dr.  Anthony  of  Providence,  for  his  third 
wife  ;  their  son  Walter  J.  is  now  studying  medicine  at  Yale 
College. 

D.  T.  Dudley  built  the  next  house  and  sold  it  to  S.  T. 
White,  he  to  John  Mulcahy,  jr.,  then  William  Rice  bought 
it.  It  is  now  owned  by  Sullivan  Newton  and  occupied  by 
Moses  C.  Dodge. 

John  Mulcahy  built  the  hou.se  where  Mr.  Boyce  now 
lives ;  it  stands  almost  on  a  gravel  pit,  yet  Mr.  Mulcahy 
made  it  a  little  Eden ;  he  raised  the  earliest  vegetables  and 
the  finest  flowers  on  this  barren  spot,  he  even  made  money 
selling  his  vegetables  and  his  beautiful  flowers.  But  the  weed- 
grown  terraces  of  to-day  only  remind  us  of  a  paradise  lost. 

Solomon  Whipple  built  the  old  yellow  house  near  Pleasant 
Falls.  There  was  a  house  there  once  owned  by  one  of  the 
Chases.  Russell  Whipple,  son  of  Solomon,  when  a  boy, 
backed  into  the  well ;  he  said  "  he  thought  he  was  going  to 
God,"  but  Lydia  Farrar  went  into  the  well  and  got  him  out. 
He  married  a  Smith,  and  went  to  Ludlow.  Captain  March 
Chase  was  the  next  owner.  Charles  King  once  occupied  it. 
It  now  belongs  to  the  Sutton  manufacturing  company,  and 
has  been  the  tenement  of  many  families. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Moses  Batcheller,  and  was 
owned  by  Luke  Wood,  then  by  Jeremiah  Stone,  then  by  the 
Sutton  manufacturing  company :  now  occupied  by  Charles 
Norcross. 

The  old  mill,  a  grist  and  saw-mill,  once  at  Pleasant  Falls, 
and  one  of .  the  first  mills  in  town,  was  built  by  Daniel 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  417 

Chase,  known  as  "Miller  Chase ;"  he  died  May  28,  1769, 
aged  eighty-four;  his  widow,  Sarah  Chase,  died  December 
1771,  aged  eighty-eight.  The  mill  was  tended  at  one  time 
by  Nathaniel  Hall,  son  of  Willis.  It  was  next  owned  by 
Solomon  W hippie,  next  by  Captain  March  Chase.  Site  now 
owned  by  the  Sutton  manufacturing  company. 

There  was  once  a  gun-factory  and  blacksmith  shop  there 
owned  and  occupied  by  Luke  Wood,  then  by  Jeremiah 
Stone,  then  by  Timothy  McNamary.  Michael  Coogan  once 
made  shoddy  there.  The  shuttle  business  was  first  started 
there  in  1832  by  Milton  Ruggles,  then  carried  on  by  Rug- 
gles  and  Fowler,  then  Fowler,  Pratt  and  King,  then  Fowler, 
King  and  Baxter,  then  by  S.  Pratt  and  company ;  then  by 
Wilkinsonville  shuttle  company;  next  by  A.  D.  Chase,  then 
A.  D.  (/base  and  company.  The  old  shop  was  moved  away. 

A  new  shuttle  shop  was  built  by  the  Sutton  manufactur- 
ing company,  near  the  Wilkinsonville  railroad  depot,  in 
1849,  and  first  occupied  by  Chase  and  Dudley.  A  part 
of  it  was  occupied  by  B.  Taft  and  Son  of  Northbridge, 
as  a  box  shop.  R.  B.  Fuller  made  shoe-kit  there  for  awhile. 
It  was  burned  in  1851,  soon  rebuilt  by  the  corporation  and 
occupied  by  Chase  and  Dudley.  It  is  now  used  as  a  cotton 
mill  by  the  owners. 

The  first  place  across  the  river,  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  Nehemiah  B.  Chase,  is  a  beautiful  one.  The  old  house 
was  built  by  Lot  Hutchinson,  and  afterwards  owned  by 
Captain  Aimer  Chase,  who  married  Sukey  Marble,  daughter 
of  Malachi.  She  was  a  beautiful  woman.  He  died  of  con- 
sumption, June  25,  1825,  aged  forty-two ;  his  widow  mar- 
ried Stephen  Crossman  and  died  December  1,  1855,  aged 
sixty-nine.  She  sleeps  by  the  side  of  her  first  husband  in 
the  Wilkinsonville  cemetery.  The  present  house  was  built 
by  N.  B.  Chase  in  1857. 

The  brick  house  on  the  hill  above  Pleasant  Falls  was  built 
by  Abraham  Chase  in  1837  — the  barn  in  1829.  The  old 
house  was  taken  down  in  1838.  Caleb  Chase  was  the  first 
settler  there,  then  Moses,  then  Nehemiah,  then  Captain 
Abraham,  now  his  son  Levi. 
58 


418 


HOMES    OF   THE 


This  is  one  of  the  best  farms  in  the  east  part  of  the  town ; 
the  different  owners  have  all  been  wealthy  and  honorable 
men  —  Captain  Abraham,  Captain  Abner,  Caleb  and  Nehe- 
miah.  Captain  Abraham  kept  school,  was  on  the  town's 
committee  for  several  years ;  he  also  represented  the  town 


RESIDENCE    OF    I.  B.  HARTWELL. 


in  the  general  court,  and  held  other  offices.  His  widow, 
daughter  of  Lydia  and  Jonathan  Dudley,  still  survives.  He 
died  here  October  26,  1857,  aged  sixty-eight  years  and 
seven  months. 

On  the  place  now  owned  by  I.  B.  Hartwell,  Francis  Dud- 
ley first  settled ;  he  was  the  son  of  Samuel,     The  present 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  419 

house  was  built  by  Caleb  Chase,  son  of  Nehemiah.  He  first 
built  a  low  house,  and  afterwards  enlarged  it  to  its  present 
form.  Edward  Dudley  bought  and  sold  to  Mr.  Hartwell. 
He  has  been  on  the  school  committee  and  held  other  offices. 

The  next  place  toward  the  village  was  built  by  Leonard 
Dudley,  son  of  Captain  John,  in  1832.  He  was  a  stone- 
cutter and  one  of  the  best  of  men;  he  died  there  May  12, 
1842,  aged  forty.  He  married  Elizabeth  Fisher,  born 
September  17,  1813,  died  February  26,  1875.  Since  the 
death  of  Mr.  Dudley  the  place  has  been  owned  by  his 
brother  John,  and  occupied  for  several  years  by  Jonas 
Brown,  a  retired  merchant  in  delicate  health.  He  has  one 
daughter,  who  is  quite  an  accomplished  teacher. 

The  pretty  cottage  nearly  opposite  was  built  by  Horatio 
Chase,  next  owned  by  Harper,  now  by  Mr.  Shambeau. 

The  large  house  now  standing  on  the  site  of  the  former 
stone  school-house,  was  built  by  Horatio  Chase.  A  sort  of 
public  house  and  stable  have  been  kept  there ;  it  has  been 
partly  owned  and  occupied  by  others,  but  is  now  owned  by 
Mr.  Chase. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  John  Sherman.  Mr.  Barber, 
who  married  a  daughter  of  Caleb  Chase,  lived  there. 
Amos  Severy  also  lived  there.  It  was  afterward  owned  by 
\Yhitney,  now  by  John  Anderson,  and  occupied  by  his 
brother  Edward. 

N.  B.  Hapgood  built  on  the  east  side,  and  sold  to  Whit- 
ing Fisher,  who  sold  to  Mr.  Woodburu,  the  present  owner. 

The  next  house  back  was  built  by  Whiting  Fisher,  and 
sold  to  Mr.  Wilson,  the  present  owner.  Mr.  Fisher  was  a 
mason  by  trade,  and  a  very  industrious  man;  he  became 
quite  deaf,  walked  on  the  railroad  and  was  badly  injured  by 
the  cars. 

The  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Edwin  C.  Hall 
was  built  by  Mr.  Belknap.  Mr.  Hall  is  son  of  Calvin,  son 
of  Stephen,  son  of  Stephen,  son  of  Percival.  His  mother 
was  daughter  of  Thomas  Harback,  Jr.  Her  mother  was  a 
Bemis  from  Spencer. 

The  brick  house  opposite  was  built  by  Leonard  and 
Edward  Dudley  in  1836 ;  sold  by  them  to  their  brother 


420  HOMES    OF    THE 

James,  and  now  owned  by  his  son  John  of  New  York,  and 
occupied  by  Fred.  C.  Dudley,  son  of  D.  T.  James  Dudley 
was  a  very  fine  man ;  he  was  engaged  for  several  years  in 
trade  and  was  of  the  firm  of  Dudley  and  Hill  Avhen  he  died. 
He  was  born  May  13,  1805,  and  died  December  12,  1841 ; 
he  married  Dolly  Towne,  born  July  4,  1810,  died  Aug.  22, 
1864.  Their  son  John  served  an  apprenticeship  at  Stew- 
art's in  New  York,  and  is  now  engaged  at  a  salary  of  $10,000 
a  year.  Since  the  death  of  Mr.  Dudley  this  house  has  been 
let  to  many  different  families. 

The  next  house  on  the  other  side  of  the  street  was  built 
by  N.  R.  Hapgood,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Caleb  Chase  ; 
it  was  built  in  1836,  next  owned  by  Sullivan  Newton,  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Boyd. 

Nearly  opposite  stands  the  store.  It  was  first  kept  by 
John  Sherman,  when  it  was  broken  open  and  a  large  amount 
of  goods  stolen.  Leonard  and  James  Dudley  succeeded  him 
in  1828  ;  next  kept  for  several  years  by  Jonas  Brown ;  he 
was  also  postmaster  there.  Since  Mr.  Brown  left  the  store 
it  has  been  kept  by  several  different  parties,  among  them 
Luther  F.  Woodbury,  for  several  years.  It  is  now  kept-  by 
Fred.  C.  Dudley. 

Opposite  is  a  small  house  made  from  the  old  Harback 
school-house  which  stood  on  the  knoll  just  east  of  Samuel 
Prescott's.  It  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Van 
Buren  Dorr. 

On  the  place  where  Sullivan  Newton  now  lives,  David 
Dudley,  twin  brother  to  Jonathan,  who  settled  on  the 
**  Peter  place,'5  and  son  of  Samuel,  the  more  than  centena- 
rian, built  the  first  house,  which  was  burnt  about  1797.  His 
son  Abel  rebuilt  soon  after  and  gave  it  to  his  son  Abel,  who 
sold  to  Jeremiah  Stone  and  he  to  Asa  Waters  in  1815. 
Waters  sold  the  place  to  Brown  and  Newton  in  1835.  They 
enlarged  and  improved  the  house  to  its  present  grand  form 
and  proportions. 

David  Dudley  died  here  January  10,  17J»7. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Edward  M.  Dudley,  son  of 
Capt.  John  and  Deborah,  in  1860,  and  has  always  been  occu- 
pied by  himself  and  family.  He  is  too  well  known  to  need 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON. 


421 


mention  here,  but,  for  future  generations,  let  us  say  that  he 
does  not  degenerate  from  the  high  standard  of  the  Dudleys 
already  given.  Nor  has  he  many  superiors  for  honest  integ- 
rity and  good  common  sense.  He  has  been  "boss  farmer" 
for  "the  corporation  "  for  several  years.  He  is  one  of  the 
best  judges  of  horses  and  cattle  to  be  found.  Has  been  one 
of  the  selectmen  of  the  town,  etc. 


RESIDENCE    OF    SULLIVAN    NEWTON. 


The  next  house  on  the  other  side  of  the  street  was  built 
by  the  Hon.  William  R.  Hill  in  1848  and  has  always  been 
occupied  by  himself.  Mr.  Hill  is  one  of  our  best  known 
citi/ens,  as  the  honors  bestowed  upon  him  will  testify.  For 
personal  appearance  he  has  few  equals ;  he  is  noted  for  his 
vocal  gifts  :  has  led  the  choir  at  Grafton  for  seven  years ; 
has  been  president  of  the  Worcester  County  Musical  Con- 
vention, held  many  town  offices,  represented  the  town  in 


422  HOMES    OF   THE 

the  legislature,  and  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts senate. 

The  next  house  belongs  to  the  Sutton  manufacturing  com- 
pany, and  has  been  occupied  by  too  many  tenants  to  allow  of 
personal  mention. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  David  Wilkinson  for  the 
Sutton  bank,  which  was  established  in  1827  and  continued 
about  three  years,  when  it  closed  and  redeemed  all  its  bills. 

The  first  cashier  was Wilkinson,  the  next  Darius 

Boy  den  Sibley,  the  next  and  last  was  William  Hovey.  Hez- 
ekiah  Howe  was  President.  The  building  was  used  several 
years  as  a  store.  Charles  P.  Baldwin  kept  there  two  years, 
commencing  in  1830.  Mary  Ann  Sibley,  now  his  wife,  had 
rooms  in  the  same  building,  where  she  and  her  mother 
carried  on  millinery  and  dress-making.  He  is  now  a  retired 
merchant  of  wealth  in  New  York.  Dudley  and  Hill  kept 
here  one  year.  The  building  has  since  been  occupied  by 
various  parties  as  a  tenement  house.  It  belongs  to  the 
corporation. . 

The  first  house  nearly  opposite  or  in  front  of  the  present 
store  and  post-office,  was  built  by  Benjamin  Morse,  who 
married  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Dudley  and  moved  on  to  the 
place  where  M.  M.  Hovey  now  lives.  The  house  has  been 
down  nearly  a  hundred  years.  The  present  house  was  built 
by  David  Wilkinson  for  a  tavern  in  1824.  They  had  a  great 
raising  and  a  dinner,  the  tables  being  spread  in  the  barn. 
The  Rev.  Edmund  Mills  was  there  and  asked  the  blessing. 

It  was  first  kept  by  William  Newhall,  then  by  Dea.  Jona- 
than Leland,  then  by  Major  Thomas  Harback,  next  by  Josiah 
Towne,  then  by  Townsend  Willard,  then  by  Sardius  Bacon, 
then  by  \Villiain  C.  Walker,  then  by  Daniel  Sabine.  It  has 
since  been  occupied  as  a  store,  first  by  Dudley  and  Hill,  in 
1836,  till  the  death  of  Dudley  in  1841,  since  by  W.  R.  Hill, 
the  present  occupant,  who  has  also  kept  the  books  of  the 
corporation,  and  is  the  present  Wilkinsonville  post-master. 
The  rest  of  the  building  has  been  used  as  the  factory  board- 
ing house.  It  was  at  one  time  kept  by  John  W.  Gamble,  a 
very  worthy  man,  who  was  instantly  killed  by  the  falling  of 
some  heavy  machinery  which  they  were  raising  by  tackle  to 


TOWN    OF   BUTTON.  423 

one  of  the  upper  stories  of  the  factory,  September  15,  1847  ; 
he  was  forty-five  years  of  age  when  he  died.  One  of  his 
daughters  married  Elijah  Marten,  one  of  the  noted  writing 
masters. 

The  first  house  south  of  the  bank  house  was  built  for  the 
agent.  It  was  occupied  for  several  years  by  Mr.  Seth  Hart- 
well,  then  agent.  It  has  since  been  occupied  by  the  several 
agents,  and  is  now  the  residence  of  Mr.  G.  H.  Searle, 
superintendent  of  the  mill. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  David  Wilkinson  for  the 
cashier  of  the  bank.  It  has  since  been  occupied  by  various 
parties  as  a  tenement  house. 

The  next  house  was  also  built  by  Mr.  Wilkinson  as  a 
rectory  or  parsonage  for  the  Episcopal  church.  It  was  first 
occupied  by  Rev.  D.  Le  B.  Goodwin  from  1825  to  1854 ; 
his  family  were  born  there.  His  son  Daniel  was  a  clergy- 
man, graduated  at  Brown  University.  It  has  since  been 
occupied  by  his  reverend  successors. 

The  present  rector  is  the  Rev.  James  S.  Ellis.  The 
corner  stone  of  the  church  was  laid  in  great  pomp  by  the 
freemasons  on  the  twenty-fourth  of  June  1828. 

There  is  a  house  on  the  corner  opposite  the  boarding 
house.  It  was  once  occupied  by  Deacon  John  Morse,  agent 
of  the  old  mill  that  was  burnt,  also  by  his  brother  Nathaniel, 
who  was  drowned  one  Sunday  while  watching  the  dam  in 
the  time  of  a  flood.  It  is  now  owned  by  the  corporation, 
and  has  been  occupied  by  too  many  to  particularize.  The 
other  three  or  four  houses  between  the  boarding  house  and 
the  factory  are  also  corporation  houses. 

North  of  the  new  iron  bridge  which  spans  the  disgraced 
and  attainted  Blackstone,  made  so  by  the  waste  of  fertilizers 
cast  into  it  by  the  foolish  and  prodigal  city  at  its  head,  stands 
the  railroad  depot  known  as  Sutton  station. 

A  little  above  is  the  beautiful  residence  of  Abraham  Dud- 
ley Chase,  with  his  large,  elegant  and  commodious  barn. 
He  made  most  of  his  money  in  the  shuttle  business,  from 
which  he  has  now  retired  and  carries  on  his  very  valuable 
farm.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Captain  Abraham  Chase. 
He  built  his  house  in  18 50. 


424  HOMES    OF    SUTTON. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  David  Tyler  Dudley  in  1851, 
and  is  and  has  been  occupied  by  himself.  He  is  a  shuttle 
maker,  and  has  been  much  in  office,  as  the  town's  list  of 
officers  shows. 

The  next  house  was  built  by  Mr.  Warren  Wilder,  once  a 
shuttle  maker,  now  retired  on  account  of  ill  health.  The 
house  was  built  in  1851.  These  three  houses  of  old  busi- 
ness associates  are  very  much  alike  and  all  good  ones. 

The  next  building  that  side  of  the  river  was  a  shuttle 
shop,  but  is  now  a  cotton  mill.  The  old  house  beyond  is  a 
tenement  house  belonging  to  the  corporation.  Any  other 
houses  not  particularly  noticed  in  this  village,  are  either 
corporation  tenement  houses,  or  over  the  line  in  Grafton. 
The  corporation  own  twelve  houses  in  the  village. 


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Part    III. 


ECCLESIASTICAL  AND  EDUCATIONAL. 

The  religious  history  of  this  town  is  coeval  with  its  civil. 
When  the  governor,  council  and  assembly  of  the  province 
confirmed  the  purchase  and  made  a  grant  of  the  land  to  the 
proprietors  in  1704,  it  was  upon  the  condition  "that  they 
settle  a  town  of  thirty  families  and  a  minister  upon  said 
lands  within  seven  years  after  the  end  of  the  present  war 
with  the  Indians." 

At  the  first  town  meeting,  held  at  a  private  dwelling, 
December  2,  1718,  a  prominent  object  of  the  meeting  was 
to  provide  for  the  establishment  of  the  gospel  ministry. 
Measures  were  taken  in  March  following  to  erect  a  house  of 
worship,  which  was  completed  in  the  course  of  the  year.* 

"  In  the  fall  of  the  year  1720,  a  number  of  the  Christian 
inhabitants  of  the  township  of  Sutton  embodied  into  a 
church  state  under  the  direction  of  Rev.  Mr.  Swift  of  Fram- 
inghain,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Breck  of  Marlboro  ;  at  which  time 
(after  the  Publick  services  of  a  Day  of  Fasting  and  prayer 
in  which  the  Reverend  ministers  mentioned  assisted) ,  the 


*See  "Annals"  in  this  book. 


428  CHURCHES  or  THE 

following  persons,  whose  names  are  as  folio weth,  signed  a 
solemn  covenant  to  walk  together  in  church  relation. 

Timothy  Manning,  John  Whipple, 

Samuel  Stearns,  John  Stockwell, 

John  Page,  Ebenezer  Stearns, 

Elisha  Johnson,  William  Darned, 

Samuel  Sibley,  Samuel  Parker, 

The  persons  entering  into  covenant. 
At  the  same  time  Timothy  Manning  was  chosen  Monitor." 

The  above  is  the  only  record  of  the  organization  of  the 
First  Congregational  church  in  this  town,  and  it  is  found  in 
the  handwriting  of  the  Rev.  David  Hall,  the  second  pastor. 
The  records  of  the  church  for  the  first  eight  years  of  its 
existence  are  lost,  having  been  carried  away  by  the  first 
pastor. 

The  church  was  organized  upon  the  Congregational  plat- 
form, of  the  simplest  and  most  rigid  character,  and  has  ever 
maintained  the  principles  of  such  organization.  Tradition 
says  it  was  owing  to  a  difference  upon  the  matter  of  church 
government  with  the  first  pastor  that  led  to  his  dismission. 
Subsequently  an  effort  was  made  to  introduce  the  Eldership 
into  the  church,  according  to  the  Cambridge  platform,  but 
the  proposition  was  unanimously  rejected. 

"On  the  9th  day  of  November  1720,  the  Eev.  John 
McKinstry  was  ordained  pastor  over  them  as  a  Congrega- 
tional church,  they  calling  him  thereto,  and  calling  in  the 
help  of  sister  churches. 

"The  Rev.  Mr.  Swift  of  Framingham gave  him  the  charge, 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Thatcher  of  Milton  gave  him  the  right 
hand  of  fellowship. 

"The  Rev.  Mr.  Baxter,  pastor  of  Medfield,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Breck,  pastor  of  Marlboro',  the  Rev.  Mr.  Prentice,  pastor 
of  Lancaster,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dor,  pastor  of  Meudon, 
assistants  sent  to  on  the  occasion  mentioned." 

The  ministry  of  Mr.  McKiustry  continued  about  eight 
years,  when,  from  difficulties  arising  as  stated  above,  he  was 
dismissed,  and  was  subsequently  settled  in  Ellington,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  died. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  429 

Mr.  McKinstry  was  dismissed  Sept.  2d,  1728,  and  on  the 
30th  day  of  the  same  month  the  church  solemnly  renewed 
their  covenant  and  subscribed  their  names  to  the  same.  The 
following  is  a  record  of  the  transaction  : 


CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH, SUTTON    CENTRE. 

"Sept.  30th,  1728.  The  Brethren  of  the  Church  here  renewed  their  solemn 
covenant  with  God  and  one  with  another  and  subscribed  thereto  as  following: 

"  1.  We,  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed  Promise  this  day  to  renew 
our  Solemn  Covenant  engagements  to  serve  the  Lord  God  Almighty  with  his 
grace  assisting  us ;  apprehending  ourselves  called  of  God  into  the  church  state 


430  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

of  the  gospel,  do  first  of  all  confess  ourselves  to  be  unworthy  to  be  so  highly 
favored  of  the  Lord,  and  admire  that  free  and  rich  grace  of  his  which 
triumphed  over  so  great  un worthiness,  and  with  a  Humble  reliance  on  the 
aids  of  his  grace  therein  promised  for  them,  that,  in  a  sense  of  their  inability 
to  do  any  good  thing,  do  humbly  wait  on  him  for  all  —  we  now  thankfully  lay 
hold  on  his  covenant  and  would  choose  the  things  that  please  him. 

"2ndly.  We  declare  our  serious  belief  of  the  Christian  Religion  as  contained 
in  the  sacred  Scriptures,  and  with  such  a  view  thereof  as  the  confession  of 
faith  in  our  churches  has  exhibited.  Heartily  resolving  to  conform  our  lives 
unto  the  Rules  of  that  Holy  Religion  as  long  as  we  live  in  the  world. 

"  Srdly.  We  give  up  ourselves  unto  the  Lord  Jehovah,  who  is  the  Father, 
the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  avouch  him  this  Day  to  be  our  God,  our 
Father,  our  Saviour,  and  our  Leader,  and  receive  him  as  our  Portion  forever. 

"  4thly.  We  give  up  ourselves  unto  the  Blessed  Jesus,  who  is  the  Lord 
Jehovah,  and  adhere  to  him  as  the  Head  of  his  People  in  the  Covenant  of 
Grace,  and  rely  upon  him  as  our  Priest,  and  our  Prophet,  and  our  King  to 
bring  us  unto  Eternal  Blessedness. 

"  5thly.  We  acknowledge  our  Everlasting  and  Indispensible  obligations  to 
glorify  our  God  in  all  the  Duties  of  a  Godly,  and  a  Sober,  and  a  Righteous 
life ;  and  very  particularly  in  the  duties  of  a  church  State  and  a  body  of  Peo- 
ple associated  for  an  obedience  to  Him  in  all  the  ordinances  of  the  Gospel ; 
and  we  hereupon  depend  upon  his  gracious  assistance  for  our  faithful  discharge 
of  the  duties  thus  incumbent  on  us. 

"  6thly.  We  desire  and  intend  and,  (with  Dependence  on  his  promised  and 
powerful  grace)  we  engage  to  walk  together  as  a  Church  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  in  the  faith  and  order  of  the  Gospel  as  far  as  we  shall  have  the  same 
revealed  unto  us  —  conscienciously  attending  the  Publick  worship  of  God,  the 
Sacraments  of  his  New  Testament,  the  Discipline  of  his  Kingdom,  and  all 
His  Holy  institutions  in  Communion  with  one  another,  and  watchfully  avoid- 
ing sinful  stumbling  blocks  and  contention  as  becomes  a  people  whom  the 
Lord  has  bound  up  together  in  the  bundle  of  Life  —  at  the  same  time  we 
do  also  present  our  offspring  with  us  unto  the  Lord,  proposing  with  his  Help 
to  do  our  parts  in  the  methods  of  a  Religious  Education  that  they  may  be 
the  Lord's.  And  all  this  we  do  flying  to  the  blood  of  the  Everlasting  Cove- 
nant, and  praying  that  the  glorious  Lord,  who  is  the  Great  Shepherd,  would 
prepare  and  strengthen  us  for  every  good  work  to  do  his  will,  working  in  us  that 
which  is  well  pleasing  in  his  sight,  to  whom  be  glory  for  ever  and  ever.  Amen." 

The  men  subscribing  were  by  name  as  followeth : 

Suttou,  Sept.  30th,  1728. 

Percival  Hall,  Nathaniel  Dike,  John  Singletary, 

Samuel  Rich,  Elisha  Johnson,  John  Whipple, 

Elisha  Putnam,  John  Sibley,  Obadiah  Walker, 

Ebenezer  Stearns,  Simon  Dakiu,  John  Stockwell, 

Samuel  Bigsby,  Israel  Putnam,  Ebenezer  Stockwell, 

Gershom  Wait,  Solomon  Holman,  James  Leland, 

Samuel  Dudley,  John  Page. 

After  this  transaction,  which  took  place  the  same  mouth, 
Mr.  McKinstry  was  dismissed.  We  have  the  following  inter 
esting  record,  showing  with  what  zeal  the  infant  church  after 


TOWN    OF    SFTTON.  431 

a  severe  trial,  put  itself  in  readiness  for  the  work  of  main- 
taining the  covenant  which  they  had  so  solemnly  renewed  : 

"  October  4th,  1728.  1st.  The  Brethren  had  a  meeting 
and  made  choice  of  Dea.  Percival  Hall  for  a  Moderator  so 
long  as  they  remain  Destitute  of  a  Pastor. 

"2.  Chose  Simon  Dakin,  Clerk. 

"3.  Chose  Dea.  Elisha  Putnam,  Monitor. 

"  4.  Chose  Dea.  Hall  to  read  the  Psalm. 

'-'  5.  Chose  Mr.  John  Whippleto  set  the  Psalm,  and  Isaac 
Chase  to  set  it  in  his  absence." 

At  this  meeting  it  was  also  "  agreed  upon  and  voted  to 
observe  the  23d  of  the  Instant  October  as  a  day  of  Humilia- 
tion—  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Parkman  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Troop 
to  preach  on  said  day  if  the  Town  acquiest  therein,  and  then 
the  meeting  was  dissolved. 

' '  To  the  substance  of  which  —  attest  — 

"  SIMON  DAKIN,  Clerk." 

Early  in  November  following  the  above  acts  of  the  church, 
Mr.  David  Hall  was  invited  to  preach  to  the  people  in  this 
town.  He  supplied  the  pulpit  several  months  to  the  great 
acceptance  of  the  people,  and  in  March  1729  received  a 
unanimous  call  to  settle  with  them  in  the  ministry  and 
become  their  pastor,  the  church  and  town  concurring  in  the 
call. 

This  invitation  was  laid  before  Mr.  Hall,  and  on  July  24, 
1729,  his  acceptance  of  the  same  was  laid  before  the  church 
at  a  meeting  called  to  consider  the  same. 

The  following  is  Mr.  Hall's  answer  to  the  invitation  : 

"  To  the  Chh.  &  Christian  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Sutton.  The  Invita- 
tion which  you  gave  me  to  settle  with  yon  in  the  work  of  ye  ministry,  March 
ye  26th,  has  been  with  me  as  a  matter  of  serious  advice  and  Religious  Consid- 
eration and  I  have  also  thought  upon  the  Incouragment  which  you  conjoyned 
therewith  and  would  manifest  a  sense  of  gratitude  to  you  for  your  Respect  and 
good  will  discovered  in  both.  The  value  of  a  hundred  pounds  which  you  offer 
me  in  work  and  materials  for  my  Incouragment  in  settling  with  you,  I  Return 
you  my  hearty  Thanks  and  shall  be  willing  to  manifest  a  cordial  acceptance  of 
it  provided  I  am  ordained  among  you.  As  for  the  hundred  acres  of  Land  you 
Proposed  to  Lay  out  to  the  ministry  and  as  such  promised  to  give  me  a  Lease 
or  deed  of  it  to  be  ye  Sole  Propriety  of  me  and  my  heires  after  me :  I  would 
with  respect  Thereto  take  notice  of  your  good  will  therein  manifest  towards 
me,  but  must  be  excused  from  accepting  of  it  under  such  a  proposal.  But  if  I 


432  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

may  have  a  cleare  and  secure  Title  to  it  from  ye  Proprietors  of  ye  undevided 
lands  in  Sutton  and  not  as  included  in  ye  four  hundred  acres  of  ministerial 
Land  (as  there  is  a  fair  Prospect  that  I  may)  it  not  being  as  yet  laid  out  to  the 
ministry,  upon  this  proviso  I  will  thankfully  accept  it,  and  the  Same  shall 
discharge  you  from  your  obligations  in  Reference  thereto.  Lastly  as  to  the 
Sallery  you  have  offered  me  I  observe  with  a  suitable  Resentment  yt  you  have 
made  provision  yt  it  shall  be  honourable  &  as  you  have  made  a  honourable 
Pursuance  thereof  for  the  present  Considering  your  abilities  and  my  present 
necescities  in  voting  a  hundred  pounds  sallery  in  money,  equivalent  to  silver 
at  sixteen  shillings  an  ounce,  which  is  the  standing  value  of  money,  wherein 
you  have  agreed  that  I  shall  receive  my  yearly  sallery  according  to  which 
standard  I  do  accept  of  an  Hundred  pounds  a  year  at  present,  and  doubf  not 
and  expect  that  as  my  necessities  shall  require,  you  will  continue  to  make 
Good  your  obligation  as  God  shall  bless  you,  that  my  necessities  and  charges 
if  they  should  increase  may  nevertheless  be  honourably  supplied,  and  with 
these  provisos,  I  do  now  accept  of  your  call,  which,  if  you  will  please  to  receive 
and  record  in  confirmation  of  and  compliance  with  what  amendments  I  have 
made,  and  prove  yourselves  a  willing  and  Honourable  People  unto  me,  I  shall 
account  that  necessity  is  laid  upon  me  as  at  this  day,  and,  according  to  help 
from  Christ,  will  endeavour  to  labor  with  and  for  you  in  the  gospel. 

"DAVID  HALL. 
"  July  15th,  1729." 

After  this  answer  was  read  to  the  church  "  it  was  put  to 
vote  to  see  whether  the  church  would  accept  of  the  said 
answer  provided  Mr.  David  Hall  would  be*  ordained  accord- 
ing to  the  church  platform,  i.  e.,  in  the  Congregational  way  ; 
and  the  vote  passed  in  the  affirmative." 

A  committee  was  then  appointed  to  wait  upon  Mr.  David 
Hall  to  see  whether  he  would  take  office  according  to  the 
forementioned  vote. 

The  following  is  the  answer  of  the  candidate  : 

"In  compliance  with  the  Terms  of  the  church  with  respect  to  Governing 
the  same  I  shall  as  far  as  I  am  concerned  therein  endeavour  to  conform  to  the 
platform  drawn  up  by  the  Synod  of  our  churches  of  New  England  in  every 
article  so  far  as  it  may  be  thought  in  reason  to  be  consistent  with  the  interest 
and  peace  of  the  church  provided  it  be  agreeable  to  the  great  rule  of  the 
g08?61-  DAVID  HALL." 

This  was  acceptable  to  the  church,  which  then  proceeded 
to  take  measures  for  Mr.  Hall's  ordination. 

This  extreme  jealousy  for  their  liberty  and  rights  as  a 
Congregational  church  arose  in  part,  if  not  wholly,  from  the 
controversy  with  Rev.  Mr.  McKinstry,  their  first  minister. 
The  answer  of  the  candidate  exhibits  a  degree  of  caution 
even,  while  assenting  really  to  the  proposition  of  the  church, 


TOWN  or  SUTTON.  433 

worthy  of  all  praise.  He  would  consult  their  interest,  while 
maintaining  the  integrity  of  the  gospel  in  all  matters  of 
church  government  and  discipline. 

"October  15th,  1729.  The  Rev.  Mr.  David  Hall  was 
ordained  to  the  Pastoral  office  in  Sutton.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Troop  of  Woodstock  began  with  prayer.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Williams  preached  the  sermon  from  1st  Thess.  5  : 12-13. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Swift  of  Framinghani  gave  the  solemn  charge. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Campbell  of  Oxford  gave  the  Right-hand  of 
fellowship." 

The  young  pastor  thus  ordained  to  the  work  of  the  minis- 
try in  this  town,  commenced  his  labors  with  considerable 
zeal,  and  prosecuted  them  faithfully  for  a  period  of  nearly 
sixty  years. 

The  records  of  the  church  during  his  administration  fur- 
nish little  more  than  a  few  hints  concerning  its  history  except 
as  to  its  discipline,  which  seems  to  have  been  faithfully  and 
kindly  administered,  contributing  largely  to  its  almost  uni- 
form prosperity.  At  times  the  pastor  and  people  passed 
through  great  trials,  and  at  others  great  peace  and  prosperity 
attended  the  preaching  of  the  word  and  administration  of 
the  ordinances.  One  fruitful  source  of  trouble  was  the 
admission  of  persons  to  the  ordinance  of  baptism  but  not  to 
full  communion  in  the  church.  This  is  called  in  the  records 
of  the  church  the  covenant  of  baptism,  but  is  known  in  his- 
tory as  the  "half-way  covenant." 

There  is  no  record  of  any  form  of  covenant  used  in  the 
admission  of  such  members. 

The  list  of  the  names  of  those  who  were  thus  admitted  is 
preceded  by  the  following  introduction  : 

"  The  following  have  owned  the  covenant  of  Baptism  and 
some  of  them  were  baptized." 

The  first  entry  is  made  May  10,  1730,  when  "Joseph, 
John,  James,  and  Elizabeth,  children  of  Joseph  Sibley  owned 
the  covenant  and  were,  baptized."  It  would  seem  from  this 
and  other  entries  that  some  took  this  step  for  themselves, 
while  others  owned  the  covenant  and  had  their  children 
baptized.  The  last  entry  is  made  October  28,  1781,  when 

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434  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

Nathaniel  Cheney  and  Mary  Cheney  his  wife  owned  the 
covenant  and  had  their  children  baptized. 

Out  of  this  unscriptural  measure  grew  up  many  things  to 
trouble  the  church.  It  led  in  large  part  to  the  separation  of 
a  portion  of  the  members  both  from  the  public  worship  and 
ordinances  of  the  church.  With  these  separating  brethren 
and  sisters  the  pastor  and  church  had  long  labor  and  severe 
trials,  in  all  which  they  seem  to  have  been  actuated  by  the 
gentleness  and  forbearance  of  Christ. 

All  those  who  occasioned  the  trouble  finally  returned  to 
the  church  and  were  restored  to  its  fellowship.  Another 
subject  that  at  times  was  a  source  of  trouble  was  sacred 
music.  At  first  and  probably  for  a  long  time  the  singing  was 
congregational,  led  by  one  who  was  called  the  precentor  or 
chorister.  The  hymn  or  psalm  was  lined  by  one  appointed 
for  that  purpose.  The  tunes  were  few  and  simple,  and  were 
not  sung  by  rule,  as  it  was  called,  for  this  gave  great  offence 
to  some.  It  seemed  to  them  less  devotional  if  there  were 
any  rule  or  order  about  it.  The  objection  to  singing  by  rule 
seems  to  have  led  to  the  resignation  of  the  choristers  at  a 
certain  time. 

Under  date  April  8,  1779,  is  the  following  record  :  "  The 
church  was  stayed  on  account  of  some  uneasiness  about 
singing  by  rule,  but  the  church  adjourned  the  matter  to 
April  19th." 

"  April  19th.  The  Church  and  Pastor  being  notified 
assembled  upon  that  occasion  —  a  letter  was  read  from  the 
Choristers  before  deputed  —  John  Woodbury,  and  John 
Hall,  giving  up  that  service.  After  some  discourse  the 
church  voted : 

"  1st.    To  encourage  singing  by  rule. 

'*  2nd.  That  some  of  the  old  tunes  be  studied  and  learnt, 
as  100  Old  and  New,  and  Canterbury. 

"  3dly.    That  Amherst  and  the  six  line  metre  be  sung. 

"  4thly.  They  desire  new  tunes  be  not  multiplied,  though 
they  mean  not  wholly  to  exclude  them. 

"  5thly.  Chose  John  Woodbury  and  John  Hall  to  be 
Choristers. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  435 

• 

"  In  all  these  votes  the  People  of  the  Parish  voted  concur- 
rence and  no  vote  in  opposition  when  put  to  the  Parish." 

Subsequently,  in  November  following,  in  consequence  of 
the  refusal  of  the  above-named  to  act  as  choristers,  the 
church  and  parish  in  meeting  assembled  requested  by  vote 
David  Town  and  John  Harback  "to  be  helpful  in  that 
service,  and  that  they  don't  set  the  tune  called  34th  Psalm 
tune  which  so  many  have  been  offended  at." 

But  the  trouble  was  not  yet  at  an  end,  for  in  May  follow- 
ing, 1780,  at  a  church  meeting,  "  after  a  long  discourse  on 
the  affair  of  singing,  voted  to  choose  a  committee  of  three 
brethren  to  consider  what  tunes  were  proper  to  be  sung  and 
confine  the  Choristers  not  to  exceed,  and  see  if  they  could 
get  one  to  set  the  tune,  and  the  church  by  vote  chose 
Deacon  Putnam,  Bartholomew  Town,  and  Caleb  Chase,  and 
afterwards  Nehemiah  Putnam,  to  act  in  the  affair  and  make 
report  to  the  church  at  their  next  meeting  —  and  then  the 
church  meeting  was  adjourned  to  the  first  Monday  in  June 
next  at  4  o'clock,  by  vote  of  the  church.  June  5th  1780.  The 
church  met  on  adjournment  and  after  prayer  they  made 
return  —  and  after  long  reasoning  the  church  voted  the  fol- 
lowing tunes  be  sung  in  our  Publick  assembly  —  Bucklaud 
tune,  Bangor,  Barley,  Canterbury,  Funeral  Thought,  London 
New,  Little  Marlborough,  New  York,  Plymouth,  Portsmouth, 
50th  Psalm,  Rentham,  100th  Psalm  Tune  old,  Quincy, 
Amherst,  St.  Martyns,  Standish,  Southwell,  Windsor, 
Brookfield,  Colchester  new,  113th  or  Proper  Tune,  Trinity, 
Aurora.  No  objection  being  made  against  them." 

This  measure  of  the  church  did  not  however  satisfy  all  the 
members,  for  in  January  1781,  after  two  meetings  of  the 
church  called  to  treat  with  two  of  the  brethren  who  had 
absented  themselves  from  public  worship  and  ordinances,  it  is 
recorded  that  the  ' '  matter  of  great  uneasiness  expressed  by 
both  was  respecting  the  singing  of  new  tunes  at  which  they 
were  offended." 

It  is  also  stated  that  this  expression  of  their  uneasiness 
was  accompanied  by  some  "  unbecoming  reflections." 

At  what  time  the  change  was  made  from  congregational 
singing  to  singing  solely  by  a  choir,  no  mention  is  made,  but 


436  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

• 

it  must  have  been  about  this  time,  and  this  increased  the 
trouble.  Tradition  states  that  on  the  sabbath  when  this 
took  place,  Dea.  Tan-ant  Putnam,  whose  office  it  was  to  line 
the  hymn,  began  as  usual  to  discharge  the  duty,  but  after 
reading  the  first  two  lines,  the  singers  took  the  matter  into 
their  own  hands,  and  proceeded  without  pausing  for  the 
remainder ;  the  good  deacon  however  kept  on,  and  lined  the 
hymn  as  usual,  both  reader  and  singers  reaching  the  end  of 
the  hymn  about  the  same  time,  though  not  in  exact  harmony. 
The  congregation  were  in  great  commotion,  and  the  pastor 
rising  to  explain  that  he  had  no  hand  in  the  matter,  was 
saluted  by  one  of  the  offended  brethren  with  the  declaration  : 
"David  Hall,  you  lie!"  then  turning  to  his  wife,  seizing 
her  hand,  he  said,  "  Sally,  it  is  time  to  go."  They  left  the 
house  of  worship  and  never  entered  it  again.  This  trial  in 
relation  to  sacred  music,  involved  both  church  and  parish 
and  continued  long. 

The  ministry  of  Dr.  Hall  was  long  continued  and  unusually 
blessed  among  the  people.  At  his  settlement  the  church 
consisted  of  forty-nine  members  —  twenty  males  and  twenty- 
nine  females. 

Religion  was  in  a  low  and  languishing  condition,  and 
wicked  men  abounded.  There  were  about  eighty  families  in 
the  town  and  not  far  from  four  hundred  inhabitants.  The 
profaneuess  and  other  vicious  practices  of  the  people  seemed 
to  have  greatly  distressed  the  pastor,  both  before  and  after 
his  ordination.  He  says  in  his  half-century  sermon :  "I 
can  never  forget  my  vehement  struggles  at  the  throne  of 
grace  just  before  I  was  here  ordained  a  pastor,  lest  I  should 
fail  of  success  among  this  people."  Immediately  after  his 
settlement  religion  was  greatly  revived.  In  a  communica- 
tion published  in  "  Prince's  Christian  History,"  giving  an 
account  of  the  work  of  God  among  his  people  in  1741-2,  he 
says :  "  There  was,  soon  after  my  settling  here  by  the  favor 
of  God,  some  considerable  abatement  of  that  too  common 
profaneness  and  other  vicious  practices  visible  among  us, 
and  within  the  space  of  two  years  we  had  a  very  large 
addition  to  the  church,  more  than  doubling  the  number  of 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  437 

communicants."  In  five  years'  time  eighty-one  persons  were 
added  to  the  church,  the  most  of  them  on  profession  of  faith. 

In  the  years  1741-2  there  was  enjoyed  a  season  of  great 
religious  prosperity.  The  labors  of  the  pastor  were  abundant 
and  successful.  It  was  a  season  of  great  religious  excitement 
throughout  New  England.  This  powerful  and  wonderful 
work  of  God  in  this  town  continued  for  some  months,  with 
various  degrees  of  power.  It  seemed  to  be  free  in  a  great 
measure  from  those  excesses  that  were  witnessed  in  some 
other  places.  Dr.  Hall  set  himself  resolutely  against  these, 
and  discountenanced  all  extravagances ;  though  some  over- 
zealous  brethren  (as  he  calls  them)  gave  him  considerable 
trouble. 

By  this  religious  interest  the  whole  face  of  the  community 
was  changed.  The  additions  to  the  church  during  this  period 
were  ninety-eight  by  profession  and  forty  by  letter. 

During  the  first  fifteen  years  of  Dr.  Hall's  ministry,  two 
hundred  and  sixty-one  persons  were  added  to  the  church ; 
one  hundred  eighty-one  by  profession,  and  eighty  by  letter. 
These  additions,  considering  the  small  number  of  inhabit- 
ants, show  that  the  people  had  been  greatly  prospered  in 
spiritual  things.  There  were  at  times  during  the  ministry 
of  this  faithful  pastor,  seasons  of  revived  religious  interest, 
and  others  of  great  trial  from  laxness  and  indifference.  Dr. 
Hall  continued  to  labor  and  feed  the  flock  over  which  the 
Holy  Ghost  had  made  him  overseer,  until  the  time  of  his 
departure  drew  near.  He  closed  his  labors  in  the  pulpit  but 
a  short  time  before  he  was  called  to  a  higher  and  purer  ser- 
vice in  the  sanctuary  above.  He  died  May  8th,  1789,  aged 
eighty-four  years  ;  having  preached  the  gospel  to  this  town 
more  than  sixty  years.  He  came  to  his  grave  "  in  a  full  age 
like  as  a  shock  of  corn  cometh  in  his  season." 

As  an  able  and  faithful  minister  of  the  gospel  he  was  excelled  by  few  in  his 
or  any  other  age.  It  is  only  as  a  Christian  and  a  preacher  that  we  can  view 
him  at  this  late  day.  From  his  first  settlement  in  the  ministry  he  was  pecu- 
liarly distinguished  for  the  candor  with  which  he  engaged  in  his  Master's  ser- 
vice. From  the  first  his  determination  seemed  to  be  "  not  to  know  anything 
among  men  save  Jesus  Christ  and  him  crucified."  As  a  Christian  his  char- 
acter was  above  suspicion  as  well  as  reproach.  His  piety  was  consistent, 
uniform  and  fervent.  He  possessed  a  well-balanced  mind  and  was  a  man  of 
excellent  judgment.  He  was  eminently  a  peace-maker  among  the  people  of 


438  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

his  charge.  As  a  preacher  he  was  both  pungent  and  popular.  He  was  bold 
in  rebuking  sin.  The  effect  of  his  labor,  like  that  of  Whitfield's,  resulted  in 
part  from  his  manner  of  presenting  truth.  That  he  was  a  popular  preacher 
appears  from  the  great  demand  for  his  labors  abroad  and  the  success  which  he 
often  had  with  those  opposed  to  him  and  his  views  of  truth.  He  left  the 
impress  both  of  his  character  and  his  ministry  upon  the  people  of  the  town 
to  whom  he  was  for  so  many  years  the  messenger  of  God,  an  impress  that  has 
never  been  effaced. 

The  successor  of  Dr.  Hall  in  the  ministry  of  the  first 
church  in  Sutton  was  Rev.  Edmund  Mills,  who  was  a  native 
of  Kent,  Connecticut.  He  preached  his  first  sermon  on 
Sabbath,  October  25th,  1789,  about  six  months  from  the 
date  of  Dr.  Hall's  decease.  "  The  next  spring  he  received 
an  invitation  from  the  church  and  people  to  settle  with  them 
in  the  evangelical  ministry,  which  invitation  he  accepted  and 
was  ordained  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  church  and 
congregation  in  Sutton  on  the  22d  day  of  June  1790,"  a  lit- 
tle more  than  a  year-after  the  decease  of  Dr.  Hall.  At  his 
ordination  his  brother,  Rev.  Samuel  John  Mills  of  Torring- 
ford,  Connecticut,  preached  the  sermon  ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Frost 
of  Milford  gave  the  charge,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Chaplin  of  the 
north  parish  gave  the  right-hand  of  fellowship.  In  May, 
1790,  immediately  preceding  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Mills, 
the  following  important  articles  or  by-laws  were  adopted  : 

1st.  We  are  fully  of  the  opinion  that  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper 
is  designed  particularly  for  the  real  friends  of  Christ  or  those  savingly  con- 
verted, and  that  of  consequence  we  ought  to  proceed  in  admitting  members 
on  the  ground  that  they  are  such. 

2.  For  the  satisfaction  of  the  church  in  regard  to  the  qualifications  of  per- 
sons to  be  admitted,  we  think  it  most  wise  for  the  church  and  person  or 
persons  to  be  admitted,  to  meet  in  some  convenient  place  for  mutual  confer- 
ence. 

3.  We  are  fully  of  the  opinion  that  the  half-way  practice,  as  it  is  called,  is 
not  supported  by  scripture  and  ought  not  to  be  favored. 

4.  That  a  strict  regard  to  discipline  is  an  indispensable  duty  and  necessary 
for  the  happiness  and  prosperity  of  the  church,  and  that  the  outlines  of  it  are 
contained  in  the  eighteenth  chapter  of  Matthew . 

It  appears  from  the  records  of  the  church  that  soon  after 
Mr.  Mills'  ordination,  the  rule  in  receiving  members  to  the 
church  was  adopted,  requiring  a  narrative  of  their  religious 
experience  to  be  publicly  read.  In  a  few  years  this  was 
changed  and  the  following  was  adopted:  "  Voted,  that  it 
is  agreeable  to  this  church  when  any  person  or  persons  desire 


TOWN  OF    SUTTON.  439 

to  become  members  of  it,  that  it  be  signified  to  the  pastor ; 
that  on  his  receiving  satisfaction  they  be  propounded,  and 
that  on  the  second  sabbath  following,  no  objection  arising  in 
the  interim,  they  be  received." 

Not  long  after  this  decision  the  deacons,  by  vote,  were 
chosen  a  committee  ' '  to  aid  the  pastor  in  the  examination  of 
persons  proposing  to  make  a  public  profession  of  religion 
and  thus  to  unite  with  the  church." 

No  particular  articles  of  faith  had  been  drawn  up  to  which 
assent  was  required  from  those  who  were  admitted  to  the 
church.  All  hitherto  had  been  admitted  by  giving  assent  to 
the  covenant  first  adopted  and  subscribed  at  the  organization 
of  the  church.  This  covenant  made  special  reference  to  the 
Westminster  confession  of  faith  as  containing  the  principles 
of  the  religion  professed  by  those  owning  and  subscribing 
the  same. 

In  "April,  1811,  the  church  being  regularly  convened, 
proceeded  to  the  consideration  and  adoption  of  the  follow- 
ing confession  of  faith,  unanimously  :  " 

1.  We  believe  there  is  one  God  subsisting  in  three  persons,  whose  appella- 
tions in  scripture  are  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  who  are  the  same  in  essence 
and  equal  in  every  divine  perfection. 

2.  We  believe  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  were  written 
by  men  divinely  inspired,  and  contain  all  the  truths  necessary  to  be  known  in 
order  to  salvation. 

3.  We  believe  that  God  hath  a  perfect  knowledge  of  all  his  works,  of  the 
final  issue  of  every  event,  and  of  the  endless  condition  of  every  intelligent 
creature,  consequently  a  concerted  plan  relative  to  creation,  providence  and 
redemption  from  eternity. 

4.  We  believe  that  God  created  man  in  his  own  image,  holy  or  upright,  and 
constituted  him  in  regard  to  the  moral  state  of  his  posterity  their  public  head 
and  representative. 

5.  We  believe  that,  consequent  upon  man's  fall  and  apostacy  from  God, 
human  creatures  come  into  existence  with  hearts  deceitful  above  all  things 
and  in  a  state  of  entire  moral  depravity. 

6.  We  believe  that  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  forward  the  great  work  of 
man's  redemption,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  hath  suffered  and  died  in  their 
room  and  stead,  and  in  this  way  wrought  out  a  complete  atonement,  tasted 
death  for  every  man,  magnified  the  divine  law  and  became  its  end  to  every 
one  who  believe th  in  him. 

7.  We  believe  that  divine  and  saving  grace  correspondent  to  the  immutable 
and  eternal  design  of  God,  and  in  a  sovereign  way  and  manner,  will  be  so  far 
displayed  in  the  recovery  and  salvation  of  the  hell  deserving,  and  particularly 
in  the  millennial  state  of  the  world,  as  shall  be  on  the  whole  most  promotive 
of  his  glory  and  the  happiness  of  the  intelligent  universe. 


440  CHTIKCHES    OF    THE 

8.  We  believe  that  in  order  for  the  impenitent  to  become  the  subjects  of 
right  affections  of  heart,  and  interested  by  faith  in  the  atonement  of  Christ, 
they  must  be  renewed  in  the  temper  of  their  minds  by  the  irresistible  and 
gracious  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

9.  We  believe  that  a  dutiful  celebration  of   the  Lord's  supper  requires  a 
sincere  and  cordial  friendship  to  Christ,  and  that  a  profession  of  this  friend- 
ship ought  to  be  required  of  all  those  who  are  received  to  communion. 

10.  We  believe  that  sprinkling  is  the  proper  mode,  and  infants  and  children 
of  believing  parents  proper  subjects  of  Christian  baptism. 

11.  We    believe   that   God  hath  mercifully  engaged  to  keep  all  who  are 
renewed  by  the  Divine  Spirit  from  final  apostacy,  and  enable  them  to  perse- 
vere in  holiness  until  they  shall  be  made  perfect  in  glory. 

12.  We  believe  that  God  hath  appointed  a  day  in  the  which  he  will  judge 
the  world  in  righteousness  by  Jesus  Christ,  when  he  will  admit  the  godly  to 
everlasting  happiness  and  doom  the  wicked  to  everlasting  sorrow. 

The  above  confession  of  faith  was  for  a  number  of  years 
used  in  the  admission  of  members  to  the  church,  and  is  sub- 
stantially the  creed  of  the  church  to  this  day.  It  has  been 
twice  revised,  and  at  the  last  revision  materially  modified  in 
expression. 

"  In  the  fall  of  the  year  1820  several  meetings  of  the  church  were  by  regu- 
lar appointment  holden,  and  a  number  of  inquiries  were  attended  to. 

"  1.  Whether  professors  of  religion  who  have  opportunity  to  give  their 
children  the  advantages  of  the  sabbath-school  are  under  obligation  to  im- 
prove it  ?  It  was  agreed  that  they  were. 

"  2.  Whether  the  baptized  children  of  the  church  are  entitled  to  any  particu- 
lar attention  by  reason,  and  if  so,  to  what  extent  ?  It  was  agreed  that  they 
were,  and  that  extent  is  pointed  out  by  their  solemn  covenant  engagements. 

"  3.  Whether  the  brethren  of  a  church  can  deprive  themselves  of  voting  in 
ecclesiastical  and  church  concerns  without  violating  important  obligations  ? 
united  in  the  opinion  that  they  cannot." 

The  records  of  the  church  during  Mr.  Mill's  ministry  are 
very  imperfect.  From  October  1804  to  April  1810,  there 
is  no  record  of  any  transaction,  and  from  1811  to  1819 
there  is  a  similar  omission.  It  will  be  seen  from  these  facts 
that  materials  for  a  history  of  the  church  during  this  period 
are  very  meager.  Many  of  the  following  facts  were 
gathered  from  living  witnesses  in  the  autumn  of  1841,  and 
incorporated  in  a  historical  discourse  by  the  fifth  pastor  of 
the  church,  then  in  charge  of  the  congregation.  The  num- 
ber of  members  in  the  church  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Mill's 
ordination  was  eighty-five.  For  a  long  period  after  he  took 
the  pastoral  charge  of  the  people,  there  was  no  special  relig- 
ious interest ;  iniquity  abounded,  and  the  church  was  greatly 


TOWN   OF  SUTTON.  441 

reduced  in  numbers  as  well  as  in  power.  Infidelity,  brought 
into  the  country  during  the  revolutionary  war  from  France — 
where  it  had  deluged  the  land  in  blood,  burnt  the  Bible, 
blotted  out  the  Sabbath,  and  annihilated  the  church  —  swept 
over  the  nation  like  the  sirocco  of  the  desert,  and  blighted 
every  thing  with  its  touch.  The  land  mourned  and  all  was 
dark.  The  pastor  of  this  church,  undismayed  amid  all  the 
scorn  and  open  blasphemy  of  an  infidel  club,  still  wielded 
the  sword  of  the  Spirit,  and  not  without  elfect.  Infidelity 
was  checked,  its  most  able  champions  came  to  an  untimely 
end,  and  their  memory  perished  with  them. 

Though  there  was  some  increase  of  religious  interest  in 
the  year  1800,  and  a  few  were  added  to  the  church,  yet  the 
number  of  members  in  the  church  was  reduced  by  death  and 
dismission  nearly  one-half  in  twenty  years.  In  1810  there 
were  but  lifty-five  members.  During  this  year  and  the  fol- 
lowing religion  was  greatly  revived,  and  the  interest  pre- 
vailed generally  through  the  town.  A  universal  seriousness 
pervaded  the  face  of  society.  All  minds  were  more  or  less 
affected  by  religious  truth.  Sixty-seven  were  added  to  the 
church  as  fruits  of  this  revival,  the  majority  of  whom  were 
heads  of  families.  The  number  of  members  in  the  church 
was  increased  from  fifty-five  to  one  hundred  and  twenty-five. 
Again  in  1820  there  was  another  season  of  special  religious 
interest  that  greatly  strengthened  the  church.  Between 
forty  and  fifty  were  added  to  its  membership.  From  this 
time  to  the  close  of  Mr.  Mill's  ministry  there  was  no  unusual 
attention  given  to  the  subject  of  religion,  and  piety  was  in 
a  languishing  condition  at  his  decease. 

The  venerable  pastor  continued  to  preach  with  his  usual 
ability  and  acceptance  till  seized  with  disease  a  short  time 
before  his  death.  A  few  weeks  before  the  close  of  his 
earthly  pilgrimage  he  preached  his  last  sermon  with  unusual 
animation  and  solemnity.  He  calmly  anticipated  his 
approaching  dissolution,  and  cheerfully  committed  his  spirit 
into  the  hands  of  his  Redeemer,  November  7,  1825,  aged 
seventy-three  years ;  having  sustained  the  pastoral  office 
thirty-five  years  and  five  months.  Dr.  Hall  and  Mr.  Mills 
served  this  people  in  the  ministry  ninety-six  years. 

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442  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

Mr.  Mills  was  an  uncommon  man.  His  erect  and  com- 
manding person,  the  dignity  and  urbanity  of  his  manner,  and 
his  great  sensibility  and  kindness  of  heart,  fitted  him  in  an 
admirable  degree  to  gain  the  respect  and  good  will  of  all 
who  knew  him.  These  traits  of  character,  as  much  as  his 
original  and  interesting  manner  of  unfolding  and  presenting 
truth,  deeply  seated  him  in  the  affections  of  his  people.  He 
was  a  man  universally  respected  and  admired. 

The  successor  of  Mr.  Mills  was  the  Rev.  John  Maltby. 
He  was  born  in  Northford,  Connecticut,  graduated  at  Yale 
College  in  1822,  received  his  theological  education  at  Ando- 
ver,  and  was  ordained  June  28,  1826  —  a  little  more  than 
seven  mouths  from  the  decease  of  Mr.  Mills.  At  his  ordi- 
nation Rev.  Mr.  Hoadly  of  the  Calvinist  church,  Worcester, 
preached  the  sermon,  Rev.  Dr.  Crane  of  Northbridge  gave 
the  charge,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Pond,  then -of  Ward,  now  of 
Bangor  theological  seminary,  gave  the  right  hand  of  fellow- 
ship. The  church  consisted  at  this  time  of  one  hundred  and 
forty-three  members. 

There  was  no  unusual  interest  in  religion  among  the  peo- 
ple for  two  or  three  years  after  his  settlement.  In  1828  a 
few  individuals  were  hopefully  converted  and  united  with 
the  church.  This  year  was  characterized  by  a  serious  calam- 
ity to  the  church  and  society — their  house  of  worship, 
erected  in  1751,  and  endeared  to  them  by  many  precious 
associations,  was  consumed  by  fire,  in  November.  Measures 
were  immediately  adopted  for  the  erection  of  another ;  and 
in  fourteen  months  the  beautiful  and  commodious  house  of 
worship  that  now  adorns  the  centre  of  the  town  was  com- 
pleted and  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  the  one  only  living 
and  true  God,  the  Father,  the  Son  and  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Soon  after  this  there  seemed  an  evident  increase  in  piety 
in  the  church ;  and  the  way  was  evidently  preparing  for  the 
rich  shower  of  divine  grace  which  watered  this  part  of  the 
Lord's  vineyard  not  long  after. 

In  1830  there  was  a  season  of  considerable  interest,  which 
continued  for  a  short  time,  and  about  twenty  were  added  to 
the  church  on  profession  of  faith.  The  summer  following, 
Christians  were  more  than  usually  awake,  and  many  began  to 


TOWN    OF   STJTTON.  443 

feel  that  the  set  time  to  favor  Zion  had  indeed  come.  There 
appeared  an  unusual  willingness  on  the  part  of  God's  people 
to  make  sacrifices  and  labor  personally  for  the  good  of  their 
fellow-nien.  They  "  went  forth,  weeping,  hearing  precious 
seed,  and  came  again  rejoicing,  bringing  their  sheaves  with 
them."  A  series  of  meetings,  continuing  through  four  days, 
held  in  the  month  of  August,  gave  great  impulse  to  the 
revival.  The  work  of  grace  in  its  progress  was  remarkably 
rapid.  Multitudes  seemed  to  press  into  the  kingdom  of 
God ;  the  interest  was  general,  though  some  neighborhoods 
were  more  blessed  than  others.  It  produced  a  great  change 
in  the  town,  and  many  of  the  subsequent  fruits  have  been 
exceedingly  happy.  The  revival  continued  a  shorter  time 
than  any  previous  season  of  special  religious  interest.  It 
prevailed  with  power  but  for  a  few  months.  Among  the 
subjects  were  numbered  many  heads  of  families,  and  a  mul- 
titude of  youth.  The  Sabbath-school  was  greatly  blessed. 
Most  of  those  converted  were  members,  and  many  of  them 
ascribed  their  first  impressions  and  subsequent  hope  to  the 
influence  of  Sabbath-school  instruction. 

There  were  added  to  the  church  as  fruits  of  the  revival 
more  than- one  hundred  individuals,  increasing  the  church  to 
two  hundred  and  thirty-one  members  ;  of  the  number  added 
thirty-six  were  heads  of  families  —  twenty  of  these  were 
husbands  and  wives  jointly.  The  voice  of  prayer  was  hence- 
forth heard  in  many  habitations  where  before  God  had  not 
been  called  upon. 

In  1834  there  was  a  revision  of  the  articles  of  faith  and 
covenant  of  the  church,  which  were  published,  with  the  names 
of  all  who  had  been  members  of  the  church  since  its  organ- 
ization. In  the  same  year  the  church,  with  great  unanimity, 
adopted  the  principles  of  total  abstinence  from  all  intoxi- 
cating liquors  as  a  beverage,  as  a  qualification  for  member- 
ship, but,  owing  to  several  circumstances,  the  resolutions 
were  not  placed  on  record.  The  matter,  however,  for  many 
years,  was  made  a  subject  of  examination  in  the  admission 
of  members  to  the  church,  and  a  pledge  or  promise  of  total 
abstinence  from  intoxicating  liquors  required.  The  church 
continued  to  enjoy  an  unusual  degree  of  prosperity  during 


444  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

the  remainder  of  Rev.  Mr.  Maltby's  ministry.  Mr.  Malthy 
closed  his  short  but  successful  ministry  with  the  church  in 
June  1834,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  the  oversight  of  the 
Hammond  street  church  in  Bangor,  Maine,  where  he  was 
permitted  to  reap  the  fruits  of  his  labor.  His  dismission 
was  caused  by  no  dissatisfaction  on  the  part  of  the  people, 
or  their  pastor ;  but  by  the  prospect  of  greater  usefulness  in 
the  Held  to  which  he  was  invited.  Mr.  Maltby  continued  in 
the  ministry  in  Button  eight  years. 

The  next  pastor  was  Mr.  Hiram  A.  Tracy,  a  native  of 
Lisbon,  Connecticut,  who  obtained  his  classical  education  at 
Plainfield  academy,  while  engaged  as  a  teacher  in  the  same. 
His  theological  education  was  obtained  at  Andover.  He  was 
invited  to  supply  the  pulpit  while  yet  a  student  at  Andover, 
and  came  directly  from  the  seminary  to  Suttou,  preaching 
here  for  the  first  time  on  the  second  sabbath  in  September 
1834.  In  October  following  he  received  a  call  to  become 
the  pastor  of  the  church.  Having  accepted  this  invitation, 
he  was  ordained  pastor  January  1st,  1835,  a  little  more  than 
five  months  from  the  dismission  of  his  predecessor.  At  his 
ordination  Rev.  Dr.  Woods  of  the  theological  seminary  at 
Andover  preached  the  sermon ;  Rev.  Benjamin  Wood  of 
Upton  gave  the  charge ;  and  Rev.  John  Wilde  of  Grafton 
gave  the  right  hand  of  fellowship.  The  number  of  members 
in  the  church  at  Mr.  Tracy's  settlement  was  two  hundred 
and  twenty-two. 

During  the  first  five  years  of  Mr.  Tracy's  ministry  only 
eighteen  persons  united  with  the  church  on  profession  of 
faith.  In  the  autumn  of  1839  this  church,  in  view  of  the 
low  state  of  piety  in  the  community,  was  impressed  witli 
the  importance 'of  earnestly  seeking  the  Lord  by  repentance 
and  prayer. 

For  this  purpose  they  united  with  the  three  Congrega- 
tional churches  in  Millbury,  and  assembled  weekly,  alter- 
nately in  the  different  houses  of  worship,  for  prayer  and 
mutual  exhortation.  Soon  there  was  a  manifest  increase  of 
interest  among  Christians. 

In  the  latter  part  of  February  1840,  sinners  began  to 
inquire  the  way  to  Zion,  and  not  long  after  many  were  solic- 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  445 

itous  to  know  what  they  should  do  to  be  saved.  The  work 
increased  in  power  and  extent  through  the  months  of  March 
and  April.  After  this  there  was  a  gradual  abatement  in  the 
number  of  those  who  were  specially  interested.  Most  of 
the  subjects  of  the  revival  were  youth,  and  nearly  all  mem- 
bers of  the  sabbath-school.  As  fruits  of  this  revival  forty- 
eight  individuals  were  added  to  the  church,  increasing  its 
membership  to  two  hundred  sixty-one,  the  largest  number 
that  has  been  connected  with  it  at  any  one  time. 

The  church  continued  to  enjoy  prosperity  and  peace  dur- 
ing the  remaining  ten  years  of  Mr.  Tracy's  ministry.  There 
were  occasional  additions  to  the  church  during  this  period, 
but  no  seasons  of  general  interest  like  that  in  1840. 

In  August  1842  the  church,  upon  the  recommendation  of 
a  committee,  voted  unanimously  to  dispense  with  the  use  of 
alcoholic  wine  in  the  administration  of  the  ordinance  of  the 
Lord's  Supper.  This  vote  has  been  adhered  to  from  that 
time  to  this. 

November  24th,  1850,  Mr.  Tracy  resigned  the  pastoral 
office  to  accept  the  appointment  of  district  secretary  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions  in 
the  district  of  Cincinnati,  which  embraced  southern  Ohio, 
Indiana  and  southern  and  central  Illinois.  A  council  con- 
vened December  llth,  1850,  dissolved  the  relation  which 
had  continued  with  great  harmony  for  sixteen  years.  The 
number  of  members  in  the  church  at  the  close  of  his  minis- 
try was  two  hundred  and  five. 

After  several  attempts  to  unite  in  calling  a  pastor,  the 
church  and  society  agreed  upon  Mr.  George  Lyman  of  East- 
harnpton,  and  to  him  an  invitation  was  extended  to  become 
their  pastor  and  teacher.  This  invitation  was  given  to  Mr. 
Lyman  September  26th,  1851,  and  accepted  October  18th, 
1851.  He  was  ordained  November  12th  following,  Rev.  R. 
S.  Stone  of  Easthampton  preaching  the  sermon  ;  Rev.  J. 
H.  Bisbee  of  Worthington  giving  the  charge,  and  Rev.  L. 
F.  Clark  of  Whitinsville  the  right-hand  of  fellowship.  The 
number  of  members  in  the  church  at  the  ordination  of  Mr. 
Lyman  was  one  hundred  ninety-three. 


446  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

There  does  not  appear  from  the  records  of  the  church  to 
have  been  any  season  of  special  religious  interest  for  several 
years  after  Mr.  Lyman's  settlement.  There  were  occasional 
conversions  and  additions  to  the  church.  In  October  1858 
nine  persons  were  admitted  to  membership,  indicating  a  pre- 
vious state  of  revived  religious  feeling  in  the  church  and 
congregation.  Again  in  1863  the  church  was  enlarged  by  the 
addition  in  May  of  nineteen  on  profession  of  faith,  and  in 
November  following  thirteen  were  added.  From  this  time 
to  the  close  of  Mr.  Lyman's  ministry  there  was  no  season  of 
special  religious  interest.  Mr.  Lyman  resigned  the  pastor- 
ate June  30th,  1867,  to  take  effect  the  twelfth  of  November 
following,  the  anniversary  of  his  ordination  and  settlement 
as  pastor  of  the  church. 

A  council  was  called  which  met  October  15th  and  sanc- 
tioned the  action  of  pastor  and  churcn,  and  Mr.  Lyman 
retired  from  his  labors  here  November  12th,  1867. 

After  considerable  delay  and  several  attempts  to  unite 
upon  a  pastor,  the  church  and  society  gave  a  call  to  the  Kev. 
F.  E.  Fellows,  who  had  been  previously  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Bridgton,  Maine.  This  invitation  was 
accepted  July  4th,  1869,  and  Mr.  Fellows  was  installed  by 
council  October  26th  following.  Mr.  Fellows'  ministry  was 
a  short  but  successful  one.  He  labored  among  this  people 
a  little  more  than  eighteen  months,  but  during  this  period 
there  was  a  season  of  great  religious  interest,  bringing  into 
the  church  upon  profession  of  their  faith  forty-three  persons. 

In  December  1870  Mr.  Fellows  resigned,  and  closed  his 
labors  as  pastor  of  the  church  on  the  second  sabbath  of 
January  1871.  The  following  sabbath  the  pulpit  was  sup- 
plied by  Rev.  Mr.  Tracy,  who  had  returned  from  Ohio  on 
account  of  the  health  of  his  family. 

On  Monday,  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  society,  he  was 
invited  to  be  the  acting  pastor  for  one  year,  which  invitation 
he  accepted,  thus  renewing  his  labors  in  the  field  of  his  first 
settlement  after  a  lapse  of  twenty  years.  From  this  time 
on  during  a  period  of  four  years  and  nine  mouths,  the  church, 
under  the  labors  of  Mr.  Tracy,  performed  for  the  greater 
part  of  the  time  through  severe  infirmities,  enjoyed  an 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  447 

unusual  degree  of  prosperity.  Thirty-three  persons  were 
added  to  the  church  on  profession  of  faith,  the  congregation 
was  increased,  and  great  harmony  and  peace  abounded.  The 
articles  of  faith,  covenant  and  by-laws  of  the  church  were 
revised  and  largely  changed  in  phraseology,  but  not  in  sub- 
stance, and  published  in  a  manual  containing  a  brief  history 
of  the  church,  together  with  the  names  of  the  officers  and 
members  of  the  church  from  the  first. 

Early  in  September  1875,  Mr.  Tracy  gave  notice  that  he 
must  close  his  labors  after  the  second  sabbath  in  October. 
In  the  meantime,  upon  his  recommendation,  Rev.  William 
A.  Benedict  of  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  was  engaged  to  sup- 
ply the  pulpit  for  six  months,  and  commenced  his  labors  on 
Sabbath,  October  16th,  following  Mr.  Tracy's  retirement. 
There  was  almost  immediately  a  revived  state  of  religious 
feeling,  and  during  the  winter  many  souls  were  converted. 
In  January  Mr.  Benedict  received  an  invitation  from  the 
church  and  society  to  become  their  pastor,  which  invitation 
he  accepted,  and  was  installed  by  council  Feb.  16th,  1876. 

Rev.  J.  Taylor,  D.  D.,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  preached  the 
sermon,  Rev.  T.  E.  Babb  of  Oxford  gave  the  charge,  and 
Rev.  J.  R.  Thurston  of  Whitinsville  the  right  hand  of 
fellowship. 

There  was  a  renewal  of  religious  interest  the  following 
winter,  and  as  the  result  the  church  has  been  largely  increased 
in  membership.'  In  less  than  two  years  there  has  been  an 
addition  of  forty-nine  persons  on  profession  of  faith.  At 
this  time  both  church  and  congregation  are  larger  than  they 
have  been  at  any  time  during  the  last  fifteen  years,  and  both 
are  now  enjoying  great  prosperity. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  those  who  have  served  the 
church  in  the  office  of  deacon  : 

The  year  named  is  the  year  of  their  election. 

Timothy  Manning,  .  .  .  1720. 

Percival  Hall,  .  .  .  1721. 

Elisha  Putnam,  .  .  .  1731. 

Samuel  Sibley,  .  .  .  1737. 

Cornelius  Putnam,  .  .  .  1744. 


448  CHURCHES  or  TTTE 

Benjamin  Woodbury, 

Dr.  Benjamin  Morse, 

John  Fry, 

Tarrant  Putnam ,  1765. 

Willis  Hall,    .  1775. 

John  Haven,   .  •                           1775. 

Nathan  Putnam,  1791. 

Daniel  Torrey,  1794. 

Reuben  Putnam,  1794. 

Benjamin  Hicks, 

Jonathan  Leland, 

William  Bond,  .                                       1811. 

Sylvester  Morse,  .                                         1819. 

Dr.  David  March,  .             .                          1819. 

John  Morse,    .  •                           1825. 

Palmer  Marble,  .                                         1826. 

Alvan  Leland, 

Luther  Hall,    . 

Sumner  B.  King,  .                                         1845. 

Dr.  William  Terrey,  .             .                           1854. 

Edwin  H.  Hutchinson,  .                          1860. 

John  W.  Marble,  .             .             .             1864. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  449 


HISTORY  OF  THE  SECOND  CHURCH  IN  SUTTON, 

FKOM  1747  TO  1813. 


The  inhabitants  of  the  north  part  of  Sutton  were  incor- 
porated a  parish,  called  the  North  Parish,  by  the  General 
Court,  October  28,  1743.  The  first  meeting  was  warned 
and  held  at  the  dwelling-house  of  Mr.  Richard  Singletary,  by 
virtue  of  a  warrant  from  Richard  Moore,  Esq.,  of  Oxford,  to 
organize  said  parish,  on  the  twenty-sixth  of  December,  1743. 
At  this  meeting  it  was  voted  to  choose  a  committee  to  find 
the  centre  of  the  parish,  striking  off  one  mile  from  the  east 
end  of  the  parish,  and  to  prepare  the  materials  for  the  build- 
ing of  a  meeting-house. 

One  year  after  this,  the  male  members  of  the  church  in 
Sutton,  residing  within  the  bounds  of  the  north  parish,  sent 
a  petition  to  said  church  desiring  to  be  "  dismissed  and  com- 
mended to  the  work  of  embodying  together  in  a  church- 
state,  and  asking  assistance  therein."  Upon  this  petition 
and  request,  the  church  took  the  following  action  at  a  meet- 
ing held  December  13,  1744  : 

1.  Voted,  that  our  brethren  living  iu  the  north  parish,  or  precinct,  as  many 
of  them  as  are  disposed  to  embody  among  themselves  into  a  church-state,  and 
as  shall  subscribe  to  a  church  covenant,  agreeable  to  the  church  covenant 
which  the  church  of  Christ  in  Sutton  are  under,  be  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended thereto. 

2.  That  such  as  shall  thus  form  and  embody,  be  by  us  acknowledged  a 
church  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

3.  That  we  will  send  our  elder  and  messengers  to  assist  them  in  embodying 
and  procuring  some  officers,  and  to  give  them  the  right  hand  of  fellowship 
when  so  embodied. 

57 


CHURCHES    OF    THE 

The  brethren  of  the  north  parish  did  not  at  once  avail 
themselves  of  the  above  action,  but,  some  months  later, 
renewed  their  request,  and  were  answered  that  their  petition 
had  already  been  granted  upon  condition  that  they  subscribed 
to  a  church  covenant  agreeable  to  what  we  are  now  under. 
It  is  added  on  the  records  of  the  church  in  relation  to  this 
matter,  ' '  but  their  conduct  -of.  late  had  given  us  some  rea- 
son to  suspect  their  wavering  respecting  principles,  and 
therefore  desired  this  first,  that  they  would  be  joining,  in 
the  renewal  of  the  covenant  with  us,  removing  the  matter  of 
our  jealousy,  so  then  we  should  be  ready  to  prosecute  our 
former  votes  in  answer  to  their  former  petition." 

These  brethren  in  the  meantime  had  taken  some  measures 
to  procure  some  meet  person  to  preach  the  gospel  in  the 
parish.  This  was  done,  and  a  call  was  given  to  two  persons 
to  become  their  pastor,  but  the  invitation  in  each  case  was 
declined.  In  March  1747  they  gave  Mr.  James  Wellman 
a  call  to  settle  with  them  in  the  ministry.  This  invitation 
Mr.  Wellman  accepted.  All  this  transpired  before  the 
church  was  organized  or  embodied.  This  was  effected  Sep- 
tember 10,  1747,  three  years  after  the  petition  and  request 
to  the  first  church  in  Sutton. 

The  record  respecting  this  transaction,  in  the  hand-writing 
of  Rev.  Mr.  Wellman,  the  first  pastor,  is  as  follows : 

"  Sutton,  Sept.  10,  1747.  The  second  Church  of  Christ 
in  Sutton,  was  embodied  in  the  presence,  and  with  the 
assistance  of  Rev.  Messrs.  John  Campbell  of  Oxford,  and 
Nathan  Webb  of  Uxbridge." 

They  then  adopted  and  signed  a  covenant  similar  in  all 
respects  to  that  of  the  first  church  from  which  the  members 
were  dismissed.  The  covenant  was  signed  by  forty  brethren, 
whose  names  are  as  follows  : 

Thomas  Lovell,  jr.  Joshua  Carter, 
*Samuel  Buck,  jr.  William  Waite, 

*Nathaniel  Waite,  *Amos  Singletary, 

*William  Fiske,  *Thomas  Gould,  jr. 

Daniel  Gale,  *Daniel  Buckman, 

*Elisha  Goddard,  *Daniel  Kenney, 

Elisha  Barton,  *  Charles  Roberts, 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  451 

John  Holland,  *Thomas  Gould, 

Charles  Richardson,  *Abel  Chase, 
James  Wellman,  Francis  Kidder, 

*Jonathan  Fuller,  *Jonathan  Dwinnel, 

*John  Singletary,  *Daniel  Greenwood, 

Timothy  Carter,  *Isaac  Gale, 

*  Samuel  Buck,  *Richard  Singletary, 

*John  Waite,  *Edmund  Barton, 
*Robert  Goddard,  Joseph  Singletary, 

Jonathan  Park,  *Thomas  Holman, 

*Josiah  Bond,  *Gershom  Waite, 

*Solomon  Holman,  *John  Grove, 

*Isaac  Barnard,  *Ebenezer  Stearns. 

The  names  above  marked  with  a  *  were  dismissed  from  the 
first  Congregational  church.  The  others  may  have  united 
upon  profession  of  faith,  or  been  admitted  upon  letters  of 
dismission  from  other  churches.  •  All  are  represented  as 
having  signed  the  covenant  at  the  embodiment  of  the  church. 

"Oct.  7,  1747,  James  Wellman  was  separated  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry  and  ordained  pastor  of  the  second 
church  of  Christ  in  Sutton.  The  Council  was  composed  of 
the  Elders  and  delegates  from  the  following  churches.  The 
first  church  in  Sutton,  the  church  in  Oxford,  the  church  in 
Uxbridge,  the  church  in  Worcester,  the  second  church  in 
Lynn,  the  church  in  Wilmington,  the  first  in  Westboro,  and 
the  church  in  Southboro."  The  council  met  upon  the  occa- 
sion, "and  after  having  consulted  upon  the  affair  of  ordina- 
tion, and  taken  the  previous  necessary  steps,  the  Council  as 
well  as  Church,  and  said  Wellman  repaired  to  the  meeting- 
house, and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall  of  Sutton  began  with  prayer, 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Chase  of  Lynn  preached  a  sermon  suitable  to 
the  occasion  from  Rev.  1,  20.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Campbell  of 
Oxford  gave  the  charge,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Parkman  of 
Westboro  gave  the  Right  Hand ;  the  whole  was  carried  on 
with  decency  and  good  order." 

In  respect  to  receiving  members  to  the  church  the  follow- 
ing rule  was  adopted  on  the  twenty-ninth  of  October  fol- 
lowing the  ordination  : 


452  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

"With  regard  to  admitting  persons  to  our  fellowship, 
Voted  that  the  Pastors  relating  to  the  church  something 
agreeable  to  the  conversation  he  hath  with  those  that  desire 

O 

to  join  in  full  communion  with  us  should  serve  instead  of  a 
relation." 

Thomas  Gould  and  Abel  Chase  were  chosen  first  deacons 
of  the  church.  It  will  be  noticed  that  the  church  was 
organized  solely  with  male  members.  It  was  not  till  Nov. 
12th  following  that  any  females  were  received.  Under  this 
date  it  is  recorded  : 

"  The  following  females  were  admitted  to  full  communion 

O 

with  this  church,  viz.  : 

Eunice  Lovell,  Anna  Allen, 

Sarah  Chase,  Hannah  Hiscock, 

Hannah  Holman,  Mary  Waters, 

Sarah  Fisk,  Dorothy  Genison, 

Elizabeth  Kenney,  Susanna  Fuller, 

Mehitabel  Dwinnel,  Abigail  Park, 

Elizabeth  Bond,  jr.  Joanna  Waite, 

Martha  Gould,  Sarah  Barnard, 

Phebe  Buckmau,  Hannah  Gould, 

Mary  Singletary,  Judith  Gaile, 

Mary  Stockwell,  Rachel  Bigelow, 

Jane  Stearns,  Elizabeth  Bond, 

Thankful  Singletary,  Elizabeth  Pratt, 

Mary  Singletary,  Anna  Barton, 

Martha  Singletary,  Sarah  Wait. 

"These  all  being  dismissed  and  recommended  to  our 
sacred  Fellowship  from  the  First  Church  in  Sutton." 

Including  the  above  named  females,  the  second  church  in 
Sutton  began  its  history  with  a  membership  of  seventy. 

The  materials  for  a  history  of  the  church  during  Mr. 
Wellman's  ministry  are  quite  meager.  It  was  not,  for  a 
part  of  the  time,  either  a  successful  or  happy  one.  During 
the  thirteen  years  of  its  existence,  there  was  no  special 
religious  interest  in  the  congregation.  Forty  persons,  thirty- 
one  by  profession  and  nine  by  letter,  were  received  to  fellow- 
ship in  the  church,  and  according  to  the  records  no  two  were 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  453 

received  on  the  same  day.  The  latter  part  of  Mr.  Well- 
man's  ministry  was  prosecuted  under  great  difficulties,  by 
reason  of  differences  that  had  arisen  between  him  and  his 
people.  According  to  memoranda  found  in  the  handwriting 
of  Rev.  Joseph  Goffe,  the  third  pastor,  these  differences 
commenced  in  1755.  There  are  no  means  of  knowing  the 
ground  of  them ;  but,  as  these  troubles  were  so  prominent, 
and  continued  so  long,  no  history  of  the  church  could  be  a 
faithful  one  which  did  not  notice  them. 

In  March  1758  matters  had  reached  such  a  crisis  that  a 
council  was  proposed  by  the  church  to  settle  the  difficulties. 
The  record  of  this  transaction,  as  kept  by  Mr.  Wellman,  is 
as  follows  : 

"Tuesday  March  28,  1758.  The  church  met,  and,  after 
prayer,  the  standing  part  of  the  church  voted : 

"  1st.  To  call  in  the  advice  of  a  Council  before  we  pro- 
ceed to  act  anything  further.  It  was  then  put  to  the  with- 
drawing members  whether  they  would  join  the  standing  part 
of  the  church  in  calling  in  advice  and'they  refused. 

"  2nd.  To  invite  the  following  churches,  viz.  :  The  first  in 
Mendon,  First  in  Shrewsbury,  First  in  Westboro,  the  church 
in  Sturbridge,  and  the  church  in  Dudley. 

"3d.  That  they  be  invited  to  sit  on  the  affair  on  Tuesday 
the  13th  day  of  June  next." 

Subsequently  the  second  church  in  Shrewsbury  was  added . 
The  council  met  on  the  day  appointed. 

June  13,  1758.  The  churches  that  were  sent  for  agreeable  to  the  fore- 
going votes  all  came  by  their  Pastor  and  delegates,  except  the  Pastor  of  the 
church  in  Dudley,  and  formed  into  an  Ecclesiastical  Council.  A  paper  hav- 
ing been  sent  to  them  signed  Robert  Goddard  and  others  intimating  that  the 
churches  convened  were  imposed  upon  by  the  Pastor  and  Church  in  their 
letter  missive,  the  Council  passed  the  following  vote,  viz. :  Voted  by  the 
Council  here  sitting  that  a  paper  signed  per  Robert  Goddard  and  others,  inti- 
mating that  the  churches  here  convened  have  been  imposed  upon,  and  that  when 
the  vote  was  passed  to  call  this  Council  there  were  but  nine  that  voted  when 
at  the  same  time,  there  were  twelve  in  the  negative  the  remaining  part  of  the 
church  sitting  neutral  —  and  respecting  what  was  said,  designed  in  confirma- 
tion of  said  paper  —  [it  was  voted]  — that  said  paper  contains  a  great  mistake, 
and  that  this  Council  was  fairly  voted  for  by  the  church,  and  chosen  by  a 
considerable  majority  of  the  members,  in  regular  standing  present.  Where- 
fore upon  the  whole,  it  most  clearly  appears  to  the  Council  that  there  was  no 
imposition  upon  the  churches  contained  in  the  letter  missive,  but  the  churches 
were  regularly  convened  upon  the  call  of  the  second  church  in  Sutton. 

JOSEPH  DORR,  Moderator. 


454  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

The  above  seems  to  be  but  a  part  of  what  the  council  did, 
though  they  came  to  no  result  upon  the  merit  of  the  case, 
according  to  the  following  record  : 

The  Council  was  then  dissolved  without  coming  to  any  result  upon  the 
merits  of  the  case  by  reason  of  divers  proposals  made  on  one  side  and  the 
other  in  order  for  an  accommodation  by  another  church  meeting,  and,  if  that 
did  not  succeed,  by  a  mutual  Council,  all  of  which  proved  abortive.  But  after  a 
long  controversy,  various  Councils,  and  many  Church  meetings,  an  exact  jour- 
nal of  which  has  been  kept  —  but  which  was  not  thought  expedient  to  insert 
in  this  book  especially,  it  being  so  lengthy  —  the  Pastor  and  church,  the  with- 
drawing brethren  and  others,  in  the  Parish,  agreeable  to  the  advice  and  a 
letter  missive  prepared  by  Mr.  Trowbridge  of  Cambridge,  consented  to  call  a 
mutual  Council  to  end  the  matter,  whose  result  is  as  follows  : 

A  council  of  four  churches  —  the  first  church  in  Cambridge,  the  church  in 
Charlestown,  the  second  church  in  Cambridge,  and  the  new  north  church  in 
Boston  —  convened  by  their  elders  and  delegates  in  the  Second  Parish  in  Sut- 
ton,  July  1,  1760,  at  the  request  of  the  pastor  and  church,  there  to  answer  two 
questions  which  the  said  pastor  and  church  have  submitted  to  them  for  their 
consideration  and  determination.  After  repeated  supplications  to  the  Father 
of  Light,  and  a  full  hearing  of  the  matter  in  controversy  between  the  parties, 
so  far  as  adjudged  necessary  to  the  forming  a  right  judgment,  came  unani- 
mously to  the  following  result : 

The  first  question  was  whether  Mr.  James  Wellman  is,  or  is  not,  minister 
of  the  second  church  and  parish  in  Sutton.  Previous  to  the  resolution  of  this 
question,  the  council  thought  proper  to  take  into  their  consideration  the  valid- 
ity of  the  suspension  of  the  thirteen  brethren  by  vote  of  the  church  at  their 
meeting  the  eighteenth  of  October  last,  and  considering  the  dubious  circum- 
stances attending  that  affair  and  exceptions  to  which  the  proceedings  then 
had  were  justly  liable,  the  council  apprehend  that  such  censure  ought  not  to 
be  accounted  valid  to  the  abridging  those  brethren  of  the  right  of  voting  with 
other  brethren  of  the  church,  or  of  the  exercise  or  enjoyment  of  other  church 
privileges.  This,  notwithstanding  upon  duly  weighing  the  proceeding  after- 
wards had  in  the  supposed  dismission  of  the  Kev.  Mr.  James  Wellman  from 
his  pastoral  office,  it  was  resolved  by  the  council  in  answer  to  the  first  ques- 
tion proposed  and  submitted,  that  Mr.  James  Wellman  is  the  pastor  of  the 
second  church  and  parish  in  Sutton. 

The  second  question  was  whether  Mr.  James  Wellman  shall  continue  as 
pastor  of  the  second  church  and  parish  in  Sutton,  or  his  pastoral  relation  to 
them,  or  any  of  them,  shall  be  dissolved.  In  relation  to  this  question  the 
council,  considering  the  very  perplexed  and  unhappy  situation  of  affairs  in  this 
place,  are  of  opinion,  and  do  accordingly  advise  that  if  the  second  parish  in 
Sutton  shall,  within  fourteen  days  from  the  date  of  these  presents,  pay  or  give 
security  to  their  present  pastor,  Mr.  James  Wellman,  or  of  Mr.  Edmund 
Trowbridge  of  Cambridge,  to  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  him,  the  said  James, 
his  executor  or  administrators,  on  or  before  the  third  day  of  July  next,  the 
sum  of  sixty  pounds,  lawful  money  of  this  province — exclusive  of  what  will 
become  due  to  him  for  his  salary  from  the  day  when  such  payment  shall  be 
made,  or  security  given  — that  in  such  case  the  Rev.  James  Wellman,  within 
one  week  next  after  such  payment  or  security  given,  do  ask  a  dismission  from 
his  pastoral  relation  to  said  church  and  parish,  and  we  advise  them  to  grant  it 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  455 

accordingly.  And  in  case  of  his  failing  to  ask  a  dismission,  agreeable  to  the 
preceding  advice,  then,  upon  application  made  to  him  to  call  a  church  meet- 
ing by  any  five  of  the  brethren  of  said  church,  if  he  shall  not  appoint  one  to  be 
held  within  three  days  next  after  such  application  for  the  purpose  before  men- 
tioned, in  which  case  it  is  advised  by  this  council  that  the  same  five  brethren, 
or  the  major  part  of  them,  signifying  their  desire  in  writing  under  their 
hands  to  the  brethren  that  the  church  may  meet  in  such  time  and  place  as 
in  such  writing  they  shall  appoint,  and  causing  due  notice  or  warning  to  be 
given  thereof  to  all  the  brethren  dwelling  within  the  limits  of  said  parish ;  that 
at  that  meeting  so  obtained,  the  church  proceed  to  his  dismission,  as  they 
might  have  done  in  case  such  church  meeting  had  been  appointed  by  their 
pastor. 

And  now  to  the  Rev.  pastor  and  beloved  brethren  of  the  church  we  would 
say,  that  we  heartily  lament  the  sad  contentions  and  intemperate  heat  toward 
each  other  which  have  for  so  many  years  subsisted  among  you,  whereby  God 
has  been  dishonored,  the  progress  of  religion  in  the  place  greatly  obstructed, 
your  characters  greatly  disparaged,  and  which  have  led  you  into  many  unbe- 
coming and  unjustifiable  actions  toward  each  other.  And  we  hope  you  will 
all  humble  yourselves  before  God  for  whatever  you  are  sensible  has  been  amiss 
in  you,  and  although  we  don't  expect  there  should  be  any  particular  and 
explicit  confession  of  your  fault  one  to  another ;  yet  we  hope  you  will  forgive 
one  another  as  you  trust  God,  for  Christ's  sake  will  forgive  you. 

Particularly  we  exhort  the  pastor  of  this  flock  seriously  to  consider  how  far 
any  conduct  of  his  has  been  the  cause  of  those  unchristian  heats  and  animosi- 
ties that  must  arise  in  a  separation  between  you  and  the  church  and  people  of 
this  place.  Yet  we  are  glad  to  find  they  have  not  charged  you  with  the  least 
unsoundness  of  doctrine ;  and  that  amidst  the  trials  no  imputation  has  been 
fixed  on  your  moral  character.  Upon  which  accounts  we  may  and  do  recom- 
mend you  to  the  gospel  ministry  whenever  God  shall  open  a  door  of  service 
for  you.  And  with  respect  to  you,  the  beloved  flock  and  congregation  of  the 
Lord  in  this  place,  we  hope,  under  the  present  grievous  division,  there  are 
great  searchings  of  heart;  and  may  every  one  of  you  consider  how  far  you,  by 
any  way,  have  been  the  means  of  begetting,  increasing,  and  continuing  these 
divisions  among  you.  We  hope  that  when  you  and  your  pastor  shall  part  it 
will  be  with  mutual  love  and  charity,  and  that  although  his  pastoral  relations 
to'you  will  cease,  yet  his  relation  to  you  as  a  brother  will  continue  while  he 
remains  with  you,  and  we  pray  God  you  may  love  and  live  together  as  breth- 
ren. May  you  the  brethren  of  this  flock  so  conduct  toward  one  another, 
especially  in  all  your  measures  for  settling  another  pastor  among  you,  and. 
may  your  treatment  of  him  be  such  as  to  gain  the  character  of  a  loving,  quiet 
and  peaceable  people.  And  may  the  God  of  love  and  peace  be  with  you. 

Amen. 

Sutton,  July  3,  1760. 

NATHANIEL  APPLETON,  Moderator. 

Samuel  Danforth,  Thomas  Prentice, 

John  Winthrop,  Samuel  Cooke, 

Samuel  Grant,  Andrew  Elliot, 

Richard  Carey,  Thomas  Hall, 

Samuel  Whittemore,  Samuel  Dexter. 


456  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

Mr.  AVellman,  in  explanation  of  some  things  in  relation 
to  the  council  above  and  its  results,  records  as  follows : 

"  N.  B.  By  means  of  party  councils  which  gave  different 
results,  one  of  which  obtained  by  the  opposite  party  advised 
to  the  dismission  of  the  pastor,  and  upon  the  vote  of  a  num- 
ber of  brethren,  consisting  of  those  that  had  been  censured 
by  the  church,  and  a  number  of  others  whom  they  collected, 
the  moderator  of  said  council  declared  the  pastor  dismissed 
from  his  pastoral  relations  to  the  church  and  people  of  the 
second  parish  in  Sutton,  which  occasioned  a  dispute  among 
the  people,  some  thinking  that  he  was  validly  dismissed,  and 
others  that  he  was  not.  He  was  then  opposed  in  going  into 
the  pulpit  to  preach  on  the  sabbath,  and  there  was  consider- 
able disturbance,  whereupon  application  was  made,  as  I  take 
it,  to  Edmund  Trowbridge,  Esq.,  who  as  I  suppose  was 
then  King's  attorney,  and  he  recommended  a  council  and  the 
form  of  a  letter  missive  which  was  the  means  of  the  two 
questions  being  put  to  the  council  as  mentioned  in  the  result 
above." 

The  parties  acquiesced  in  the  result,  and  Mr.  Wellman 
was  dismissed  July  22,  1760. 

During  the  interregnum  from  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Well- 
man to  the  settlement  of  another  pastor,  a  period  of  more 
than  four  years,  there  was  a  very  happy  adjustment  and  set- 
tlement of  the  long  controversy  with  the  first  church.  This 
controversy  had  arisen  from  the  dissatisfaction  of  the  church 
with  the  part  the  second  church  had  taken  in  the  ex-parte 
council  called  by  a  brother  and  his  wife,  who  were  under 
censure  of  the  first  church.  During  this  period  of  more 
than  four  years,  two  persons  were  called  in  succession  to  the 
pastorate — Mr.  Joshua  Paine,  who  afterwards  settled  in 
Framingham,  and  Mr.  Ezra  Weld.  Both  these  gentlemen 
declined  the  invitation. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  second  church  in  Sutton,  of  which 
the  following  is  a  record,  Mr.  Ebenezer  Chaplin  was  chosen 
pastor. 

"  September  12,  1764.  The  church  of  Christ  in  the  sec- 
ond parish  in  Sutton  being  met  at  the  meeting-house  in  said 
parish  pursuant  to  a  vote  of  said  church  past  on  Wednesday, 


TOWN  OF    SUTTON.  457 

the  third  day  of  August  1764,  viz.,  to  come  to  a  choice 
of  a  candidate  to  settle  with  us  in  the  work  of  the  ministry, 
and  being  met  at  time  and  place  came  to  the  following  votes  : 

"  1.  Made  choice  of  the  Rev.  David  Hall  to  serve  as  mod- 
erator of  said  meeting. 

"  2 .  They  made  choice  of  Mr.  Ebenezer  Chaplin  for  their 
pastor,  there  being  twenty-seven  votes  for  him,  and  not  one 
in  the  negative,  and  all  that  were  present  in  the  church  I 
think  voted  except  three,  and  two  out  of  these  three 
declared  they  had  nothing  against  Mr.  Chaplin." 

Mr.  Chaplin  accepted  the  invitation,  and  the  following  is 
a  record  of  his  ordination  : 

Sutton  second  parish,  November  14,  1764. 

A  council  of  seven  churches  being  invited  by  the  second  Church  of  Christ 
in  Sutton  to  come  and  assist  in  the  ordination  of  their  pastor,  Mr.  Ebenezer 
Chaplin :  five  were  present.  Windham  second  parish  and  Mansfield  churches 
by  their  delegates,  Sutton  first  parish,  Uxbridge,  Southboro',  and  Mendon 
second  parish  with  their  pastors,  forming  into  an  ecclesiastical  council.  Chose 
Rev.  David  Hall  of  Sutton  moderator,  and  Mr.  Amariah  Frost  of  said  Mendon 
scribe.  After  prayer  to  the  Great  Head  of  the  church  for  direction  and  assist- 
ance. Five  persons  in  the  parish  presenting  with  a  paper  containing  objec- 
tions against  said  ordination  detailed  the  same.  But  finding  those  objections 
of  no  great  weight  and  as  chiefly  disowned  by  most  of  the  signers  of  said 
paper,  voted  to  proceed  by  a  great  majority. 

Accordingly  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hall  preached  and  gave  the  charge:  Rev.  Mr. 
Webb  gave  the  right  hand  of  fellowship,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Frost  made  the  first 

and  last  prayer. 

As  attest, 

AMARIAH  FROST,  Scribe. 

Previous  to  Mr.  Chaplin's  ordination,  some  articles  of 
agreement  were  drawn  up  by  which  the  government  of  the 
church  was  to  be  administered,  and  were  mutually  agreed  to 
by  the  church  and  the  pastor  elect.  They  are  as  follows : 

For  steps  of  civil  order  in  prosecuting  the  commands  of  Christ  in  church 
government,  or  discipline,  made  and  concluded  by,  and  between  Ebenezer 
Chaplin,  elect  pastor  of  the  second  church  in  Sutton,  and  said  church,  the 
19  day  of  October  1764,  which  articles  are  to  take  place  and  be  in  full  force 
on  the  said  Chaplin  being  settled  in  the  ministerial  work  in  and  over  said 
church. 

Article  1.    We  agree  to  take  the  Cambridge  platform  as  our  rule  —  as  to 
such  steps  —  so  far  as  it  is  reducible  to  practice  with  such  exceptions,  expla- 
nations and  additions  as  are  hereafter  agreed  and  expressed. 
58 


458  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

EXCEPTIONS. 

Article  1.  We  agree  that  we  will  not  insist  on  what  is  said  in  the  Platform 
of  Ruling  or  Teaching  Elders  distinct  from  the  Pastor  or  Minister. 

Article  2.  We  agree  that  whatever  has  been  or  might  be  understood  in 
said  Platform  as  giving  the  negative  to  the  minister ;  or  the  power  to  null  the 
vote  of  the  brethren  be  rejected. 

EXPLANATIONS. 

Article  1.  We  agree  that  the  term  Elder  or  Elders  used  in  the  Platform 
shall  be  taken  and  used  in  that  sense  as  though  it  were  expressed  Pastor  or 
Minister;  and  that  all  that  Rule,  place  or  office  therein  belonging  to  them,  or 
predicated  of  them,  shall  be  and  belong  to  the  minister,  except  as  it  is  excepted 
in  the  2nd  Article  of  exceptions  or  may  be  further  ascertained  and  explained 
by  agreement. 

Article  2.  Whereas  there  are  in  the  3d  section  of  the  10  Chap,  these 
words,  "  Nor  may  they  oppose  or  contradict  the  judgment  or  sentence  of  the 
Elders  without  sufficient  or  weighty  cause,"  which  we  think  leaves  room  for 
endless  dispute  and  cavil.  We  therefore  agree  that  it  be  explained  as  followeth, 
viz. :  That  whenever  anything  shall  so  labor  between  the  minister  and  any 
brother,  the  matter  shall  be  determined  by  a  vote  of  the  Brethren. 

ADDITIONS. 

Article  1.  We  agree  that  when  it  shall  so  happen  that  anything  labors 
between  the  Pastor  and  Brethren  wherein  he  can't  in  conscience  agree  with 
them ;  it  shall  be  in  the  power  and  at  the  discretion  of  the  Pastor  to  suspend 
the  matter  from  coming  to  a  final  issue  for  the  space  of  two  months  for 
farther  light,  in  which  time  there  shall  be  a  Council  called  in  if  either  side 
desire  it.  After  which  term  of  time  it  shall  pass  into  a  valid  vote  as  the  Brethren 
shall  then  agree  to  vote,  and  if  the  Minister  is  still  uneasy  and  can't  in  con- 
science agree  to  what  is  concluded,  he  may  redress  himself  by  being  dismissed 
from  his  people. 

Article  2.  We  agree  that  if  any  difficulty  or  uneasiness  whatever  shall  at 
any  time  arise  between  the  Pastor  and  Brethren,  or  against  him,  which  arises 
to  that  degree  that  a  major  part  qf  the  Brethren  shall  desire  him  to  resign 
his  relations  to  them,  and  signify  such  desire  to  him  by  subscription,  the 
pastor  in  such  case  shall  have  one  year  to  see  if  the  matter  can  be  recon- 
ciled—  except  in  case  of  moral  scandal  or  Heresy  evidently  proved  —  in 
which  time  there  shall  be  a  Council  called  in  if  either  side  desire  it,  and  if  at 
the  end  of  said  term  the  difficulty  remains  and  a  major  part  of  them  shall 
appear  to  sign  a  desire  of  his  resigning  his  Relation  to  them,  together  with  a 
vote  of  the  Parish,  such  desire  by  subscription  and  vote  being  presented  to 
him  within  one  month  after  the  end  of  said  term,  his  Relation  shall  thereupon 
be  dissolved,  and  it  is  hereby  agreed  and  declared  in  such  case  to  be  dissolved 
to  all  Intents  and  Purposes.  Nevertheless  we  think  it  would  be  proper  in 
such  case  to  call  in  a  Council  as  is  usual  to  dismiss  a  minister,  and  it  is  hereby 
agreed  so  to  do,  and  said  Council  may  be  called  in  by  either  side  if  the  other 
refuses  to  join,  and  shall  be  witnesses  of  the  dissolution  of  said  Relation. 

Proviso.  Provided  nevertheless  that  if  such  difficulty  or  uneasiness  arises 
in  part  or  in  whole  from  any  Bodily  weakness  or  infirmity  in  the  minister 
whereby  he  is  rendered  more  or  less  unable  to  fill  up  the  place  of  his  relation, 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  459 

the  Parish  still  making  him  some  allowance  or  consideration  as  he  and  they 
can  agree,  or  as  shall  be  adjudged  just  and  reasonable  by  indifferent  men 
mutually  chosen  for  that  purpose,  or  appointed  by  one  side  only,  if  the  other 
refuses  to  join. 

In  witness  whereof  and  evidence  of  our  agreement  as  aforesaid  the  said 
Chaplain  hereunto  sets  his  hand ;  and  the  Church  copy  of  the  vote  for  accept- 
ance of  it  is  annexed. 

EBENEZKR  CHAPLAIN,  Elect  Pastor. 

Oct.  the  20th,  1764. 

At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  Brethren  of  the  second  Church  in  Button  held  at 
the  Meeting  House  in  the  second  Precinct  of  said  Town  on  Friday  the  19th 
day  of  October  1764,  they  having  chose  a  Moderator,  the  Committee  laid 
before  the  church  the  Articles  of  Agreement  which  were  drawn  up  by  them 
and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Chaplain  the  Elect  Pastor  of  the  Church,  and  upon  mature 
consideration  of  the  same  the  church  passed  the  following  vote  (viz. ) :  To 
accept  of  the  Articles  of  Agreement  consented  to  and  drawn  up  by  the  Com- 
mittee and  our  Elect  Pastor,  viz. :  Ebenezer  Chaplain  relating  to  church  gov- 
ernment or  Discipline.  A  true  copy,  attest, 

KOBERT  GODDARD,  Scribe. 

DANIEL  GREENWOOD,  Moderator. 

There  seems  to  have  been  some  dissatisfaction  with  this 
departure  from  the  platform  from  the  first,  and  it  is  probable 
that  this  was  the  ground  of  protest  against  Mr.  Chaplain's 
ordination. 

In  November  1767  the  church  voted  to  take  the  Cam- 
bridge platform  in  full  as  a  rule  of  church  discipline.  At 
the  same  meeting  two  ruling  elders  were  chosen :  Deacon 
Abel  Chase,  and  Deacon  Daniel  Greenwood. 

At  a  meeting  held  February  4,  1768,  "It  was  proposed 
that,  if  it  would  not  be  a  grievous  to  any  of  the  Brethren,  a 
Hymn  out  of  Dr.  Watts  should  be  sung  at  the  communion 
and  if  it  would  be  a  grievous  to  any  they  were  desired  to 
speak.  After  three  or  four  hymns  being  read  that  were 
pertinent  for  that  purpose  no  objections  appeared,  but  sev- 
eral spoke  agreeable." 

The  difficulties  in  regard  to  the  agreement  in  relation  to 
church  government  did  not  vanish  with  the  adoption  of  the 
Cambridge  platform  in  full,  but  continued  for  some  time. 
An  ex-parte  council  was  called  by  the  aggrieved  portion, 
who  pronounced  them  the  true  second  church  in  Sutton, 
inasmuch  as  they  had  adhered  to  the  original  constitution 
and  covenant.  But  they  were  advised,  if  no  redress  could 


460  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

be  obtained,  as  they  were  few  in  numbers,  to  connect  them- 
selves with  other  churches  in  the  neighborhood,  to  which 
the  council  recommended  them.  Mr.  Chaplin's  ministry, 
which  continued  for  twenty-eight  years,  was  passed  amid 
much  controversy.  This  culminated  at  last  in  calling  a 
council,  which  met  December  20,  1791. 

On  the  twenty-second  of  March,  1792,  the  church  were 
assembled  in  church  meeting  by  the  authority  of  the  ruling 
elders,  Amos  Singletary  and  Daniel  Greenwood,  upon  peti- 
tion of  the  brethren,  and  formally  voted  the  dismission  of 
Mr.  Chaplin,  and  ordered  the  door  of  the  meeting-house 
to  be  shut  against  him,  which  was  done  accordingly. 

This  action  of  the  parish  was  confirmed  by  the  supreme 
court  sitting  at  Worcester,  to  which  Mr.  Chaplin  had 
appealed  in  a  suit  to  recover  his  salary. 

No  season  of  general  religious  interest  was  enjoyed  by 
the  church  during  Mr.  Chaplin's  ministry  of  twenty-eight 
years.  During  this  period  one  hundred  and  eight  persons 
were  received  to  membership.  There  are  no  means  of 
knowing  from  the  records  what  proportion  of  this  number 
were  received  on  profession  of  their  faith. 

The  next  pastor  of  the  church  was  Mr.  Joseph  Goffe. 
He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  and  minister  of  the 
north  parish  in  Sutton  by  an  ecclesiastical  council,  Sept. 
10,  1794.  Records  of  the  church,  1792  to  1827,  having 
been  kept  in  a  book  of  pamphlet  form  are  lost,  and  the 
materials  for  a  history  of  the  church  for  the  remaining 
period  of  its  continuing  to  be  the  second  church  in  Suttoii 
are  therefore  wanting.  Some  general  statements  therefore 
concerning  this  period  must  suffice. 

The  church  and  parish  under  Mr.  Goffe  became  united 
and  prosperous.  The  pastor  in  his  intercourse  with  the 
former  pastor,  Rev.  Mr.  Chaplin,  was  "wise  as  a  serpent 
and  harmless  as  a  dove."  He  treated  the  ex-pastor  with 
great  deference  and  kindness,  and  the  old  wounds  were 
largely  healed.  In  a  conversation  with  the  writer  of  this 
history,  and  near  the  close  of  Mr.  Goffe's  life,  he  stated 
that  when  he  was  settled  in  the  ministry  he  was  convinced 
that  God  never  designed  him  to  be  an  orator.  Neither  his 


TOWN   OF   BUTTON.  461 

person,  voice,  or  character  of  mind  fitted  him  to  become 
such,  and  hence  he  made  up  his  mind  to  win  his  way  by 
giving  instruction. 

The  results  of  his  ministry  show  the  wisdom  of  his  deter- 
mination. He  built  up  a  strong  church  ;  strong  in  number 
and  in  influence.  Many  of  the  members  were  men  of  mark 
for  their  knowledge  of  God  and  divine  things,  showing  that 
they  had  been  apt  scholars  under  the  wise  teaching  of  their 
pastor. 

In  the  years  1800  and  1810  there  were  powerful  revivals 
of  religion,  which  brought  large  numbers  into  the  church ; 
and  so  on  to  the  close  of  Mr.  Gofte's  ministry,  once  in  five 
years  there  were  refreshing  showers  of  divine  grace. 

During  his  pastorate  of  thirty-six  years  there  were  seven 
seasons  of  revival,  which  brought  three  hundred  persons 
into  the  church.  In  the  year  1813  the  north  parish  was 
erected  into  a  town  and  called  Millbury,  from  which  time 
the  second  church  in  Sutton  has  been  the  first  church  in 
Millbury,  and  its  history  merges  in  the  history  of  that 
town. 


FIRST  BAPTIST  CHURCH.* 


The  first  Baptist  Church  in  this  town  was  organized  Sep- 
tember 16th,  1735.  It  was  the  fourth  oldest  church  of  the 
denomination  in  Massachusetts.  Backus,  the  Baptist  histo- 
rian, says,  in  regard  to  the  founding  of  this  first  Baptist 
church  at  Sutton,  that  a  Mr.  James  Bound,  a  sensible  Bap- 
tist, who  had  immigrated  from  England,  and  located  in 
Salem  village,  and  had  with  others  become  imbued  with 
Baptist  principles,  removed  and  began  a  Baptist  society  in 
Sutton. 


*  Chiefly  from  a  history  by  Rev.  C.  P.  Myers,  published  in  the  Minutes  of 
the  Worcester  Baptist  Association,  1875. 


462  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

In  1737,  two  years  after  the  organization  of  the  church, 
Benjamin  Marsh  and  Thomas  Green  were  ordained  its  joint 
pastors.  Marsh  came  to  Sutton  from  Danvers,  and  Green 
from  Maiden.  The  same  year  in  which  these  two  men  were 
ordained,  a  branch  went  off  from  this  Suttou  church  and 


BAPTIST    CHURCH,  WEST    SUTTON. 

became  a  Baptist  church  in  Leicester,  of  which  Elder  Green 
became  pastor.  Elder  Marsh  remained  pastor  of  the  church 
in  Sutton  until  his  death. 

During  all  the  forty  years  of  his  pastorate  the  church  in 
Sutton  seems  to  have  been  full  of  life  and  vigor. 

In  the  year  1771  the  Warren  Baptist  Association  met  with 
this  church.  It  reported  that  year  forty-five  members,  and 
was  for  that  time  a  strong  and  important  church.  Elder 
Marsh  died  in  the  year  1775.  The  church  was  soon  after 


TOWN   OF   BUTTON.  463 

dropped  from  the  Warren  Association.  The  reason  given 
was  "because  rent  with  dissension."  It  now  disbanded  and 
became  extinct. 

From  1775  to  1785  were  years  of  great  trial  and  affliction 
to  the  country.  The  revolutionary  war  raged.  The  town 
of  Sutton,  and  the  churches  in  it,  felt  the  influences  of  the 
war. 

Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional church  in  the  town  at  that  time,  wrote  : 

"The  gates  of  Zion  tremble.  New  England  never  saw 
such  a  day  as  this.  Gloom,  troubles,  distresses  and  trials  are 
on  every  side.  We  are  in  fear,  in  jeopardy,  in  war ;  a  war 
pregnant  with  the  fate  of  thousands  —  on  the  event  of  which 
much  depends  —  the  rights  and  liberties  of  America." 

This  war  and  its  hardships  had,  no  doubt,  something  to  do 
with  the  struggles  of  this  church  at  that  time.  The  health- 
ful, evangelical  element,  however,  of  the  original  church 
seems  to  have  been  preserved,  and  in  1785  another  Baptist 
church  was  organized,  which  continues  its  existence  till  this 
day.  Ebenezer  Lamson  was  chosen  pastor  of  this  new 
organization. 

In  1788  the  churches  at  Charlton  and  Leicester  sent  dele- 
gates to  sit  in  council  with  this  church.  Brother  Lamson 
was  regularly  ordained  pastor. 

The  same  year  Moses  Putnam  and  Samuel  Waters  were 
chosen  the  first  deacons  of  the  church. 

We  find  the  following  laid  down  as  the  office  work  of  the 
deacons : 

1.  To  provide  for  the  communion  table.  2.  The  minis- 
ter's table.  3.  To  take  care  of  the  poor.  4.  To  see  that 
the  church  faithfully  performs  its  duty  as  pointed  out  in  the 
word  of  God. 

It  appears  that  there  was  an  open  communion  Baptist 
church  in  the  south-east  part  of  Sutton  with  which  this  church 
inter-communed  in  1793,  for  about  six  months,  when  it 
passed  the  following  vote  : 

"  Whereas  open  communion  seems  inconsistent  to  the 
major  part  of  our  members,  therefore  voted  to  rescind  all 
previous  action  in  regard  to  this  matter." 


464  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

In  1794  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  E.  Lamson,  made  known  to 
the  church  that  he  believed  in  open  communion  and  univer- 
sal salvation.  The  church  met  and  voted  to  consider  his 
ordination  and  pastorship  a  nullity,  and  that  he  be  deposed 
from  the  church  and  pulpit.  This  is  the  only  instance  of 
this  church  ever  having  excluded  a  pastor  or  clergyman  from 
its  membership.  Elder  William  Batchellor  was  now  for  a 
time  pastor. 

In  1799  delegates  from  Sturbridge,  Charlton,  Leicester, 
Northbridge,  Wrentham  and  Sutton,  and  free  communion 
church,  Sutton,  met  in  council  and  ordained  Samuel  Waters 
pastor  over  this  church. 

Elder  Waters  was,  in  many  respects,  a  remarkable  man  ; 
noted  for  his  vigor,  integrity  and  determination.  In  1829 
he  passed  away. 

The  minutes  of  the  association  of  that  year  say :  ' '  We 
sorrowfully  regret  the  death  of  our  venerable  father,  Rev. 
Samuel  Waters  of  Sutton,  and  especially  pray  that  God  may 
raise  up  others  to  fill  his  place." 

In  1825  Elder  Waters,  at  his  own  request,  retired  from 
the  pastorate,  and  a  young  man  by  the  name  of  Moses  Har- 
rington, a  licentiate  of  the  Weston  and  Framing-ham  church, 

O  7  O 

received  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  this  church  on  a  salary  of 
$200  a  year.  The  following  churches  sent  delegates  to  his 
ordination  :  Weston  and  Framingham,  Worcester,  Grafton, 
Warren,  Charlton,  Southbridge,  Thompson,  Douglas  and 
Sutton.  Mr.  Harrington  held  the  pastorate  for  about  three 
years. 

This  church  for  a  long  time  belonged  to  the  Warren 
association,  but  in  1802  was  dismissed  to  join  the  Stur- 
bridge association.  In  1819  this  was  one  of  the  churches 
constituting  the  Worcester  association.  From  1819  to  1829 
the  membership  reported  each  year  was  between  ninety  and 
one  hundred — the  largest  during  any  decade. 

August  19  and  20,  1829,  the  Worcester  association  met 
with  this  church.  It  reported  external  prosperity,  and  as 
having  nearly  completed  a  convenient  house  of  worship  at 
West  Sutton,  more  eligibly  situated  than  the  old  one. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  465 

The  autumn  of  the  next  year  this  new  edifice  was  dedica- 
ted. The  congregation  from  that  time  is  said  to  have  more 
than  doubled. 

In  1831  Rev.  John  Walker  was  installed  pastor,  and  nine- 
teen were  baptized. 

In  1835  the  church  reports  Perley  Howard  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday-school.  Ten  teachers,  one  hundred  pupils 
and  one  hundred  volumes  in  the  library. 

In  1836  Rev.  John  Walker  resigned,  and  brother  L.  B. 
Cole,  a  licentiate  from  the  Newton  theological  institution, 
supplied  the  pulpit  for  the  most  part  of  the  year. 

In  1837  Rev.  Charles  H.  Peabody  settled  as  pastor,  and 
twenty-one  were  added. 

In  1840  Rev.  Otis  Converse  became  pastor.  The  mem- 
bership was  seventy-nine. 

In  1842  Rev.  Samuel  Richards  was  pastor,  and  twenty-one 
were  added.  The  church  is  described  as  having  renewed  its 
youth. 

In  1843  Rev.  George  Deland  was  pastor. 

In  1846  Rev.  Job  B.  Boomer  was  installed  pastor. 

In  1849  Rev.  G.  W.  Benton  became  incumbent.  That 
year  nine  were  baptized,  and  an  old  debt  was  discharged  and 
the  meeting-house  was  painted. 

In  1850  Rev.  J.  Thayer  took  the  pastorate,  and  twenty- 
one  were  added. 

In  1852  Rev.  L.  O.  Lovell  succeeded  the  former  pastor, 
and  the  Worcester  Baptist  association  met  October  6th  and 
7th  of  that  year  at  West  Sutton.  The  association  was  cor- 
dially welcomed  to  the  church  and  homes  of  the  people. 

Rev.  Dr.  Stearns,  now  Hebrew  professor  at  Newton,  was 
moderator,  and  preacher  of  the  doctrinal  sermon.  During 
the  pastorate  of  Rev.  L.  O.  Lovell  the  church  prospered. 
The  membership  was  eighty-two. 

In  1856  the  pastor  resigned.  The  church  was  now  until 
1860  without  a  settled  pastor.  It  depended  on  supplies,  and 
kept  up  its  prayer  meetings  as  best  it  could.  During  one 
of  these  years  (1857)  it  contributed  $101.20  for  benevolent 
purposes.  We  find  the  following  remarkable  entry  in  the 
records  of  1859  : 

5<J 


466  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

"  We  think  it  our  duty  to  investigate  for  the  whereabouts 
and  what  about  of  our  members.  We  suffer  from  the  want 
of  a  pastor.  We  now  feel  that  if  God  should  direct  a  man  of 
faith,  and  patience  and  self-denial  to  us,  we  would  try  and 
support  him." 

Rev.  O.  Crane  preached  a  part  of  1859  as  supply.  But 
he  sickened  and  died  in  the  midst  of  his  labors.  The  church 
records  "its  high  esteem  for  his  efficient,  faithful  and  self- 
denying  labor." 

During  the  winter  months  of  1860  the  house  was  closed. 

In  May  1860,  Rev.  J.  D.  Donovan  was  settled  as  pastor. 

In  1861  the  record  says  much  credit  is  due  the  sisters  for 
repairs  on  our  house  of  worship.  That  year  two  sons  of  the 
pastor,  one  a  member  of  the  church,  and  a  number  of  other 
young  men  from  this  village,  took  up  arms  in  defense  of 
their  country.  The  church  says,  "we  feel  our  trust  is  in 
God,  for  ourselves  and  for  our  country." 

The  church  was  closed  from  August  1861,  until  April 
1862.  Rev.  David  Avery  then  served  as  pastor  one  year. 

In  1863  Rev.  C.  L.  Baker  was  pastor.  The  membership 
was  sixty-five  that  year,  the  same  as  is  reported  in  1875. 
The  church  says,  "The  Sabbath  services  are  well  attended, 
but  our  weekly  meetings  have  been  sustained  with  some 
difficulty." 

In  1864  the  church  says  in  its  letter  to  the  association, 
"  The  past  year  has  been  to  us  one  of  changeful  and  afflictive 
experience.  Five  of  our  number  have  been  removed  by 
death.  Among  them  we  sorrowfully  record  the  name  of 
our  beloved  pastor,  Rev.  C.  L.  Baker. '* 

In  1864  Rev.  J.  Barber  was  chosen  pastor,  in  whom  the 
church  say :  "We  are  united,  and  whose  labors  we  pray  the 
Lord  to  bless." 

In  1865  the  Rev.  G.  Stone  became  pastor.  In  1866  the 
church  say :  "A  small  legacy  has  been  left  us  from  the 
estate  of  our  late  sister  Kidder,  which  we  have  invested  as 
a  permanent  fund." 

In  1867  the  church  reports  no  pastor,  and  as  having  had 
preaching  only  part  of  the  time.  The  membership  was 
soon  reduced  to  fifty-three.  Rev.  N.  Medbury  supplied  the 


TOWN   OF  SUTTON.  467 

pulpit  for  a  time,  under  favorable  auspices.  During  his 
systematic  and  earnest  labors  the  congregations  increased 
and  the  church  was  revived. 

In  1868  the  church  write:  "There  are  counteracting 
influences,  such  as  Sabbath-breaking,  intemperance  and 
other  kindred  evils,  which  make  it  hard  to  sustain  our  visi- 
bility as  a  church.  There  is  money  and  material  enough  to 
build  up  a  strong  church,  if  it  could  be  sanctified  to  religious 
purposes.  Yet  amid  all  our  short-comings,  we  trust  there 
are  some  faithful  ones  among  us  who  remember  Zion." 

In  1869  Rev.  A.  E.  Battelle  settled  as  pastor.  The  church's 
letter  to  the  association  that  year  says  :  "In  Bro.  Battelle 
all  seem  united,  and  we  hope  God  will  bless  us." 

In  1870  Deacon  S.  Sibley  was  appointed  clerk,  and  still 
remains  in  that  office. 

In  1870  Rev.  A.  E.  Battelle  baptized  twelve.  The  mem- 
bership was  sixty. 

In  1871  the  church  raised  for  all  purposes,  $802.50. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Tilton  supplied  the  pulpit  a  portion  of  the 
year. 

The  first  part  of  1872  the  church  was  supplied  under  the 
direction  of  "Father  Fitz."  Among  those  who  came  was 
the  Rev.  E.  J.  Stevens,  who  wa,s  settled  as  pastor,  and 
remained  one  year  and  six  months.  During  his  ministry 
the  church  and  society  were  aroused  and  quickened — much 
gospel  seed  was  sown.  Three  were  added  to  the  member- 
ship. 

In  1873  Rev.  C.  F.  Myers  was  called  to  the  pastorate. 
During  two  years  labor  thirteen  were  added.  The  church 
having  had  no  regularly  appointed  deacons,  three  brothers 
were  chosen  to  the  office.  The  meeting-house  was  newly 
carpeted  and  substantial  horse-sheds  erected. 

In  1876  Mr.  Myers  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  E.  J.  Stevens, 
who  still  remains  the  pastor. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  those  who  have  been  and 
are  deacons :  Moses  Putnam,  Samuel  King,  Solomon 
Marble,  John  Titus,  Stephen  Putnam,  Samuel  Waters, 
Samuel  Rich,  Sylvanus  Dana,  R.  K.  Merriam,  P.  King,  R. 
Lamb,  S.  Sibley. 


468  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

Large  numbers  have  from  time  to  time  gone  from  this 

o  ° 

church  and  joined  others.  This  church  has  had  in  all,  from 
its  organization,  about  six  hundred  members,  twenty-five 
pastors  and  twelve  deacons. 

Who  can  tell,  or  even  imagine,  the  influence  this  church 
has  exerted  on  the  community  at  large  during  all  these  one 
hundred  and  forty  years  of  its  history.  With  all  its  imper- 
fections it  has  accomplished  a  vast  work  for  Jesus  and  truth 
and  humanity.  The  church  is  still  trusting  in  a  covenant 
keeping  God,  and  is  buoyant  with  expectant  hope  of  long 
and  continued  usefulness  in  the  future. 

It  is  satisfactory  to  know  that  since  1735  the  town  of 
Sutton  has  had  a  Baptist  church,  the  oldest,  and  for  two 
years  the  only  one  in  all  this  part  of  the  state. 

Its  members  reach  over  six  generations,  which  in  rapid 
succession  have  followed  each  other,  as  wave  of  the  ocean 
succeeds  wave.  The  majority  of  the  prophets  who  have 
here  taught,  and  the  people  who  have  here  worshipped, 
have  long  since  gone  to  their  reward.  Their  voices  are  now 
silent.  The  church  no  longer  echoes  with  their  prayers  and 
praise.  Their  bodies,  like  the  old  temples  in  which  they 
served  God,  have  crumbled  into  dust.  It  seems  befitting 
that  we  should  rescue  from  oblivion  what  we  can  with  regard 
to  the  people  who  worshipped  and  the  teachers  who  taught 
in  this  place.  Many  important  things  are  doubtless  lost  for 
want  of  record,  and  what  we  have  recorded  but  imperfectly 
epitomizes  the  doings  of  this  ancient  church.  Pious, 
devoted  and  faithful  servants  of  God  have  preached  the 
gospel  to  this  church.  The  members  of  it  to-day  are  the 
descendants  of  a  pious  ancestry.  The  homes  they  occupy 
have  long  been  places  of  prayer. 

Our  ancestors  have  bequeathed  to  us  a  rich  and  noble 
legacy  of  pious  example  and  influence. 

God  has  copiously  poured  out  his  spirit  during  all  these 
years  upon  this  church. 

Some  still  living,  as  well  as  many  long  since  dead,  have 
here  witnessed  precious  seasons  of  refreshing  from  the 
presence  of  the  Lord. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  469 

REV.  SAMUEL  WATERS.* 

Rev.  Samuel  Waters,  who  was  for  twenty-five  years  pastor  of  the  first  Bap- 
tist church,  lived  in  the  house  on  the  north  side  of  "  Sutton  street,"  just  oppo- 
site the  road  leading  to  the  residence  of  his  brother,  Ebenezer  Waters,  Esq., 
subsequently  known  as  the  "  Bullard  place."  In  the  rear  of  his  house  were 
his  shops  for  the  manufacture  of  hoes  and  scythes,  also  his  distillery,  near  the 
site  now  occupied  by  the  mills  of  Mr.  H.  H.  Phelps.  He  became  interested  in 
connection  with  his  son-in-law,  Amos,  and  others  in  a  company  manufactur- 
ing cotton  fabrics  at  "Village  Factory,"  now  Webster,  in  which  enterprise  all 
the  Sutton  stockholders  and  endorsers  lost  heavily. 

Being  unable  to  meet  his  obligations,  he  was,  in  accordance  with  a  law  then 
in  force,  arrested  for  debt,  and  incarcerated  in  the  Worcester  jail. 

While  there  imprisoned  he  delivered  six  sermons  to  his  fellow  prisoners, 
some,  or  all,  of  which  were  published.  His  granddaughters,  Elizabeth  and 
Olivia  Waters,  have  in  their  possession  only  two  of  his  published  sermons,  one 
of  which  was  written  by  "Samuel  Waters  Mechanick"  and  published  by 
Isaiah  Thomas  in  1791  —  the  other  is  one  of  the  series  "delivered  in  jail  by 
Samuel  Waters,  Pastor  of  the  1st  Baptist  Church  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  July  1817." 

The  preface  to  this  sermon  reads  thus : 

"The  following  is  one  of  six  sermons  preached  within  the  walls  of  Worces- 
ter Jail,  at  the  request  of  those,  who,  by  confinement,  were  deprived  of  the 
privilege  of  attending  public  worship,  joined  by  others  within  the  limits. 

"  The  doors  were  benevolently  thrown  open  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
persons  confined  in  the  several  apartments." 

From  this  it  is  not  unreasonable  to  infer  that,  at  that  time,  the  inmates  of 
that  institution  did  not  enjoy  regular  preaching,  and  it  is  not  impossible  that 
the  preaching  of  these  sermons  was  the  inauguration  of  what  subsequently 
developed  into  the  regular  "  chapel  service."  The  text  of  this  sermon  was 
from  Matt,  v:  2,  "  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart,  for  they  shall  see  God."  The 
sermon  concludes  as  follows : 

" My  dear  Fellow  Prisoners  and  Companions  in  Tribulation:  The  respect 
you  have  shown  me  excites  in  me  sentiments  of  esteem  and  regard  for  you. 
Permit  me  to  address  a  few  words  to  you  by  way  of  advice.  Jesus  has  been 
wont  to  visit  prisons.  Paul  and  Silas  were  in  the  inner  prison.  We  ought 
not,  however,  to  rank  ourselves  with  these  ancient  saints.  They  suffered  for 
well  doing ;  but  we,  generally,  for  our  imprudent  conduct.  Men  ought  never 
to  extend  their  business  beyond  the  resources  of  their  capital.  If  they  do, 
they  expose  their  families  and  friends  to  difficulty  and  distress.  These  evils 
may  have  happened  in  consequence  of  the  imprudent  conduct  of  some  of  us ; 
while  pure  misfortune  has  borne  down  others,  and  some,  perhaps,  may  suffer 
under  the  hand  of  oppression. 

Under  any  of  these  circumstances,  let  us  look  to  Jesus  whose  official  work 
is  to  forgive  sins,  and  cleanse  the  heart ;  to  cancel  our  debts  by  becoming  trust 
for  us;  to  proclaim  liberty  to  the  captives  and  the  opening  of  the  prison  to 
them  that  are  bound. 

May  God  forbid  that  we  should  utter  a  murmuring  word  against  our  credi- 
tors or  against  the  laws  of  our  country.  But  may  we  pray  heartily  to  God 
that  in  the  course  of  his  providence  he  may  furnish  us  with  means  for  the 
payment  of  our  debts ;  and  that  in  the  future  we  may  owe  no  more. 


*  By  Mr.  Jason  Waters. 


470  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

For  my  own  part  the  loss  of  my  property  is  merely  nothing  in  comparison 
with  the  keen  remorse  I  feel  from  the  reflection  that  my  creditors  will  suffer 
loss  in  consequence  of  my  inconsiderate  conduct 

I  venture  to  give  my  advice  to  those  who  believe  that  by  the  hand  of  oppres- 
sion they  have  been  dragged  from  the  bosom  of  their  families  and  the  comforts 
of  home,  and  shut  up  in  prison.  Admit  that  oppressors  have  extorted  money 
from  you  to  make  themselves  rich.  Why  should  you  indulge  a  spirit  of 
revenge  or  wish  for  an  opportunity  to  retaliate  ?  If  they  possess  the  charac- 
ters you  supple,  and  if  they  live  and  die  oppressors,  according  to  the  word  of 
God,  they  must  be  locked  up  in  a  prison  from  which  there  is  no  release.  They 
must  sink  to  remain  eternally  under  the  weight  of  the  hand  of  Justice.  And 
you  and  I,  if  we  live  and  die  with  the  spirit  of  revenge,  must  sink  and  remain 
with  them ;  for  no  extortioner,  or  revengeful  man  can  inhabit  heaven.  So  my 
advice  is,  that  we  pray  for  them,  that  God  would  give  them  a  holy  temper  of 
heart ;  and  that  He  would  dispose  us  to  render  good  for  evil,  that  they,  seeing 
our  good  works,  may  be  stimulated  to  glorify  our  Father  who  is  in  heaven. 

May  God  grant  that  we  may  return  to  our  families  in  peace ;  and  that  these 
light  afflictions  may  work  for  us  a  far  more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of 
glory.  Amen. 

Reverend  Ebeuezer  Lainsou  was  the  son  of  one  of  two  brothers  who  emi- 
grated to  this  country  from  Ireland  early  in  the  last  century.  He  was  born 
in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  April  13th,  1741.  He  ministered  to  the  Baptist 
church  iu  Sutton  for  a  period  of  twenty-two  years.  He  also  lived  and  preached 
for  a  time  in  Ashford,  Connecticut.  The  cause  of  his  separation  from  his 
charge  in  Sutton  was  a  change  in  his  religious  views.  Having  become 
impressed  with  the  belief  that  he  had  been  in  error  in  preaching  the  evangeli- 
cal doctrine  of  the  endless  damnation  of  mankind  by  an  angry  God ;  and  hav- 
ing proclaimed  its  opposite,  the  ultimate  restoration  of  all  to  endless  bliss  by  a 
God  of  love,  his  people  could  not  sustain  him  with  such  views. 

This  change  in  his  religious  belief  was  brought  about  through  the  instru- 
mentality of  the  Rev.  Elhanan  Winchester,  who  also  had  been  a  Baptist 
preacher  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  the  author  of  Winchester's 
dialogues. 

Elder  Lamsou  was  married  to  Ruth  Phillips,  daughter  of  Joseph  Phillips  of 
Oxford,  April  28th,  1763.  They  raised  a  family  of  eight  children,  five  sons 
and  three  daughters.  Elder  Lamson  spent  his  declining  years  with  his 
several  children.  For  the  most  part  with  his  eldest  sou,  Isaac,  at  Mount 
Washington,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died,  and  was  buried  July  4th,  1832, 
aged  91  years.* 


*  Prepared  from  a  sketch  by  the  Rev.  D.  R.  Lamson. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  471 


HISTORY  OF  THE  SECOND  BAPTIST  CHURCH, 

SOUTH  SUTTON. 
Compiled  from  the  Records  by  Miss  EMMA  E.  BATCHELLER. 


The  second  Baptist  church  was  organized  Oct.  9th,  1792. 
Thirty-six  persons  subscribed  the  confession  of  faith,  entered 
into  covenant  one  with  another,  and  were  incorporated  into 
a  visible  church. 

The  meetings  were  held  at  the  house  of  Elder  William 
Batcheller  before  the  church  was  built,  and  often  of  a  Sun- 
day afternoon  as  many  as  fifteen  or  twenty  people  would 
remain  to  partake  of  the  temporal  things,  after  hearing  and 
receiving  the  spiritual. 

(There  are  no  means  whereby  we  can  know  which  most 
benefitted  them.) 

It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  here  state  that  land  was 
given  for  a  building  spot,  by  Elder  Batcheller,  to  the  society 
for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  church,  and  he  with  his  sons 
were  foremost  in  the  work. 

In  the  year  1804  the  church  and  society  agreed  to  build  a 
meeting-house,  which  was  raised  May  24th,  1804,  and  dedi- 
cated July  2d,  1805. 

Dr.  Stephen  Gano  preached  the  dedication  sermon  from 
Prov.  xxiv  :  3  :  "Through  wisdom  is  an  house builded,  and 
bv  understanding  it  is  established." 

»/  O 

In  the  year  1809,  brother  Nathan  Leonard,  2d,  was  called 
to  preach,  and  ordained  (preached  his  own  sermon)  and  set- 
tled November  15, 1809,  as  their  pastor ;  remained  one  year. 


472 


CHURCHES    OF    THE 


From  that  time  forward  Elder  William  Batcheller  contin- 
ued the  pastor  of  the  church  until  November  1816,  when  he 
wished  to  be  released  from  the  whole  watch-care  of  the 
church,  on  account  of  old  age,  though  he  often  supplied. 

Rev.  William  Batcheller  died  October  29,  1821,  in  the 
seventy-ninth  year  of  his  age. 


BAPTIST    CHURCH,  SOUTH    SUTTON. 


Brother  Job  B.  Boomer  was  ordained  June  9,  1819,  and 
became  the  settled  pastor.  He  remained  until  April  1841. 

The  church  was  repaired  and  re-dedicated  Oct.  9,  1845. 
Sermon  preached  by  Rev.  Nelson  Jones. 

The  second  Baptist  church  of  Sutton  joined  the  Worces- 
ter association  in  1818. 

The  number  of  church  members  in  1875  was  sixty-three. 

Samuel  Prentice  and  wife  (both  members)  have  since 
died. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON. 


473 


The  Pastors  of  the  church  have  been  as  follows  : 


Elder  William  Bateheller, 
Brother  Nathan  Leonard, 
Elder  William  Batcheller, 
Brother  Job  B.  Boomer, 
"       Austin  Robbins, 
Elder  U.  Underwood, 

"     Nelson  B.  Jones, 
Brother  Joseph  Thayer, 
"      J.  B.  Boomer, 
"      R.  G.  Lamb, 
"       Charles  A.  Snow, 
Rev.  Abial  Fisher,  D.D. 
Brother  Justus  Aldrich, 
Rev.  J.  B.  Boomer, 
"     Joseph  P.  Burbank, 
"     N.  J.  Pinkham, 
"     J.  P.  Burbank, 
"     Philip  Berry, 
"     J.  P.  Burbank, 


1792. 

1809.  Ordained. 
1810. 

1819.  Ordained. 
1841. 
1842. 
1845. 

Oct.  1847.  Ordained. 
1849. 
1852. 
1853. 
1855. 
1858. 
1859. 
1862. 
1869. 
1870. 
1873. 
1875. 


THE  THIRD  BAPTIST  CHURCH. 


This  church  seems  to  have  had  its  origin  in  an  association 
of  a  few  persons  who  had  been  connected  with  the  Baptist 
church  in  Thompson,  Connecticut.  Difficulties  arose  in  this 
church,  which  led  in  1797  to  a  separation,  the  one  part 
adhering  to  the  elder  John  Martin,  and  the  other  to  deacon 
Parsons  Crosby,  who  was  ordained  their  elder. 

Elder  John  Martin  died  November  14,  1800,  and  Solomon 
Wakefield  —  a  member  of  the  church — was  ordained  by  a 
council  May  27,  1801,  as  an  evangelist,  and  became  pastor 
of  the  church. 

60 


474  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

Mr.  Wakefield  did  not  have  the  confidence  of  all  compris- 
ing his  church,  which  gradually  scattered,  and  we  find  no 
record  of  meetings  in  Thompson  after  September  18,  1809, 
only  as  held  occasionally  at  private  houses. 

February  10,  1810,  a  church  meeting,  "legally  notified," 
was  held  at  the  house  of  Amos  Fuller  in  Sutton ;  at  which 
several  persons,  who  had  been  "  previously  baptized,"  were 
received  into  fellowship. 

March  3,  1810,  a  meeting  was  held  at  the  house  of  Dea. 
Stephen  Waters  in  Sutton,  and  six  were  received  by  bap- 
tism, and  one  who  had  been  "  baptized  before." 

March  27,  1810,  another  meeting  was  held  at  the  same 
place,  in  the  record  of  which  it  is  said  "  all  things  appeared 
in  love  and  harmony." 

Turner  Fuller  was  licensed  by  this  church  to  exercise  his 
gifts  as  a  preacher  of  the  gospel. 

August  17,  1814.  A  council  was  called  to  meet  at  the 
house  of  Dea.  Stephen  Waters  in  Sutton,  for  the  purpose  of 
ordaining  Mr.  Turner  Fuller  as  pastor  of  the  church. 

In  consequence  of  the  failure  of  several  of  the  brethren, 
who  had  been  invited  to  attend,  the  ordination  services  were 
postponed,  but  the  council  organized,  and  the  proceedings 
of  the  same  and  the  church  are  thus  recorded  on  the  church 
records. 

"Proceeded  to  the  reading  of  the  church  articles,  and 
their  proceedings  to  this  date. 

' '  The  council  considered  and  received  us  to  be  the  church 
of  Christ  in  Thompson  and  Killingly,  formerly  under  the  care 
of  Elder  John  Martin,  and  to  have  an  undoubted  right  to 
bear  the  title  of  the  "Third  Close  Communion  Baptist 
Church  in  Sutton." 

"  After  the  giving  of  this  opinion,  Put  it  to  vote  to  know 
the  mind  of  the  Church,  and  it  was  a  clear  vote  of  the  Church 
to  be  re-established  the  Third  Close  Communion  Baptist 
Church  in  Sutton. 

"The  Council  proceeded  according  to  the  request  of  the 
Church,  and  voted  the  Church  to  be  the  Third  Close  Com- 
munion Baptist  Church  in  Sutton." 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  475 

April  10,  1819.  At  a  meeting  held  at  the  house  of  Mr. 
John  Waters  ' '  the  Brethren  agreed  to  renew  their  covenant 
and  Church  travail." 

There  were  twenty-two  signatures  to  the  renewal. 

At  this  meeting  ' '  the  brethren  also  agreed  to  keep  up 
Covenant  Meetings,  and  to  meet  once  a  month  at  the  house 
of  Bro.  John  Waters  in  Sutton." 

A  committee,  consisting  of  Deacon  Elijah  Rich,  and 
brethren  Wm.  Hewett  and  Abraham  Briggs,  was  appointed 
"to  visit  all  the  absent  Brethren  of  this  Church,  and  to 
make  their  return  at  our  next  Covenant  meeting." 

About  this  time  the  church  seems  to  have  dropped  the 
name  "The  Third  Close  Communion  Baptist  Church,"  and 
assumed  that  of  "The  Free  Communion  Church." 

June  2,  1819.  Under  this  title  they  give  a  letter  of  dis- 
missal and  recommendation  to  one  of  their  members. 

Under  date  August  11,  1819,  a  letter,  addressed  to  Mr. 
John  Waters,  signed  by  Moses  Putnam,  church  clerk,  is 
recorded,  giving  permission  to  occupy  Elder  Samuel  Waters' 
meeting-house  for  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Turner  Fuller. 

October  13th,  1819.  A  council  called  by  the  church, 
"for  the  purpose  of  ordaining  Mr.  Turner  Fuller  to  the 
office  of  an  evangelist,"  met  at  the  house  of  Mr.  John 
Waters;  and  after  an  examination  of  the  candidate,  it  was 
voted  to  assist  in  his  ordination,  and  the  services  were 
appointed  for  the  next  day  at  the  meeting-house  ;  Elder  C. 
Stone  to  preach  the  sermon,  Elder  J.  Knight  to  make  the 
consecrating  prayer,  Elder  Rufus  Tift  to  give  the  charge, 
and  Elder  J.  Knight  the  right  hand  of ,  fellowship —  all  of 
which  parts  were  performed  as  proposed. 

October  13,  1821.  The  church  voted  "to  meet  at  Elder 
Waters'  meeting-house — the  second  Sunday  in  every  month 
excepted — for  social  and  divine  worship  with  his  people  as 
long  as  the  Church  shall  see  fit." 

April  6,  1823.  The  church  vote  that  "Elder  Turner 
Fuller's  improvements  and  gifts,  and  his  preaching  is  satis- 
fying to  the  Brethering." 

It  was  also  "Voted  that  our  Sunday  Meetings  be  removed 
to  Bro.  John  Warterses." 


476  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

April  26,  1823.  A  letter  of  admonition  to  one  of  the 
members,  in  behalf  of  "The  Independent  Baptist  Church 
in  Sutton,"  is  recorded,  which  shows  that  the  church  was 
one  of  many  names. 

April  28,  1825.  Mr.  John  Waters  "requested  to  be 
dismissed  to  seek  him  a  home  manifesting  to  the  Church 
that  he  was  dissatisfied  because  two  or  three  brethren  prayed 
at  once  in  the  meeting,  and  for  going  into  the  grove  to 
pray."  Aaron  Darling  and  his  wife  and  Matilda  Waters 
also  ask  for  letters  of  dismissal,  "manifesting  the  same  trials 
as  Br.  John  Waters." 

All  these  requests  were  granted. 

May  10,  1828.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  visit  the 
"negligent  Brethering." 

October  25,  1828.  It  was  "Voted  that  Elder  Turner 
Fuller  should  be  discharged  from  the  care  and  oversight  of 
the  Church,  but  that  he  should  remain  an  Elder,  and  a 
Brother  in  the  Church."  Also  "Voted  that  Br.  Reuben 
Fuller  be  appointed  to  take  the  lead  in  Meeting." 

Of  the  proceedings  of  this  church  no  further  record  is 
found.  Their  action  in  dismissing  certain  members  in  1834, 
is  referred  to  upon  the  records  of  the  Free-will  Baptist 
church,  as  will  appear  in  the  history  of  the  same. 

It  is  presumed  that  about  this  time  it  ceased  to  exist. 


TOWN   OF  SUTTON.  477 


ST.    JOHN'S    CHURCH, 

WILKINSONVILLE. 


This  society  was  incorporated  March  10,  1827,  under  the 
name  and  title  of  St.  John's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 
The  present  house  was  built  in  the  year  1828.  The  corner 
stone  was  laid  June  24,  1828. 

The  first  rector  was  the  Rev.  Daniel  Le  Baron  Goodwin, 
who  commenced  his  services  July  17,  1825,  and  closed  in 
April  1854 ;  length  of  service  nearly  twenty-nine  years.  A 
tablet  bearing  the  following  inscription  has  been  erected  to 
his  memory  in  the  church  : 

"To  the  memory  of  the  Rev.  Daniel  Le  Baron  Goodwin 
the  first,  and  for  29  years  Rector  of  this  Church. 

' '  His  memory  is  affectionately  cherished  by  his  former 
parishioners  and  Friends,  by  whom  as  a  Testimony  of  his 
long  and  faithful  service  this  Tablet  is  erected. 

"He  was  born  in  Easton,  Mass.,  July  28,  A.  D.  1800, 
closed  his  service  in  this  Parish  April  9,  A.  D.  1854,  and 
died  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  Dec.  25,  A.  D.  1867. 

"He  rests  from  his  labors." 

His  successor  was  Rev.  Benjamin  H.  Chase,  whose  service 
commenced  in  April  1854,  and  closed  in  April  1858.  He  was 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  A.  Decatur  Spalter,  whose  term  of 
service  commenced  in  June  1858,  and  closed  in  December 
1859.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  William  George 
Hawkins,  who  commenced  his  services  in  April  1860,  and 
closed  in  April  1862.  He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  George 
Sturges  Paine,  whose  term  of  service  commenced  in  Sept. 


478 


CHURCHES    OF    THE 


1862,  and  closed  in  Sept.  1863  ;  who^was  succeeded  by  the 
Kev.  Samuel  S.  Spear,  whose  term  of  service  commenced  in 
January  1864,  and  closed  in  January  1867  ;  who  was  suc- 
ceeded by  .the  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Randolph,  whose  term  of 
service  commenced  in  January  1867,  and  closed  in  Dec. 
1870.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Henry  A.  Metcalf, 
who  commenced  his  services  in  June  1871,  and  closed  in 


ST.  JOHN'S    CHURCH,  WILKINSONVILLE. 

June  1874.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  present  rector,  Rev. 
James  S.  Ellis,  who  commenced  his  services  July  5,  1874. 

Number  of  baptisms,  380;  confirmed,  191;  marriages, 
127  ;  burials,  318. 

Two  young  men,  viz.  :  Daniel  Goodwin  and  Daniel  G. 
Anderson,  from  this  parish  have  been  fitted  for  the  ministry, 
and  are  now  laboring  in  other  parishes.* 


*  Prepared  by  Joel  Houghtoii  and  R.  R.  Dodge,  Esqrs. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  479 

Rev.  Daniel  Le  Baron  Goodwin,  B.  U.,  class  of  1822,  died  in  Providence, 
December  25,  1867,  aged  sixty- seven  years  four  months  and  twenty-seven 
days.  He  was  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Polly  (Briggs)  Goodwin,  and  was  born  in 
Easton,  Massachusetts,  July  20,  1800.  He  was  one  of  twelve  children,  of 
whom  two  died  in  infancy  and  five  became  ministers :  four  Episcopalians  and 
one  Congregationalist.  Mr.  Goodwin  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips' 
academy,  Andover.  In  college  he  sustained  high  rank  as  a  scholar,  and  grad- 
uated with  distinguished  honor.  He  spent  one  year  as  a  private  tutor  on  a 
plantation  at  Chantilly,  near  the  battle  field  of  Bull  Run,  where  Mrs.  Gen. 
Lee  and  other  relatives  of  General  Washington  were  among  his  pupils.  His 
theological  education  was  obtained  at  the  Andover  theological  seminary.  He 
was  ordained  a  deacon  of  the  Episcopal  church,  by  Bishop  Griswold,  May  3, 
1825.  After  preaching  at  different  places,  he  was  invited  to  East  Sutton,  now 
Wilkinsonville,  where  he  gathered  a  society ;  a  church  was  built  and  he  was 
established  as  rector.  He  received  priest's  orders  July  26,  1829. 

Mr.  Goodwin  remained  with  this  church  twenty-nine  years,  laboring  with 
singular  devotion  and  faithfulness,  and  there  "his  memory  is  affectionately 
cherished."  In  1854  he  removed  to  Providence  and  took  charge  of  a  mission 
at  the  Woonasquatucket  print  works,  out  of  which  mission  grew  the  present 
church  of  the  Messiah  at  Olneyville.  In  1855  he  was  appointed  city  mission- 
ary of  the  Church  Missionary  Union,  and  labored  in  that  capacity  for  six 
years;  when,  on  account  of  the  war,  its  operations  were  discontinued.  He 
still,  however,  continued  his  missionary  labors  among  the  poor,  and  in  1864 
was  again  employed  for  two  years  as  city  missionary,  by  the  convocation  of 
the  diocese.  He  frequently  assisted  the  pastors  of  the  Episcopal  churches  of 
Providence  in  their  Sunday  ministrations,  and  was  the  regular  assistant  at 
St.  John's  at  the  communion  services.  Mr.  Goodwin  married  December  12, 
1825,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  William  Wilkinson  (B.  U.  1783).  They  had  ten 
children,  five  of  whom  with  their  mother  survive."  * 


*  By  Miss  Sarah  L.  B.  Goodwin. 


480  CHURCHES    OF   THE 


THE  FREE-WILL  BAPTIST  CHURCH. 


This  church  was  organized  November  1,  1834,  under  the 
labors  of  Rev.  Willard  Fuller,  with  a  membership  of 
eleven — five  brethren  and  six  sisters. 

The  record  is  as  follows  : 

"The  five  brethren  and  six  sisters  came  together,  having 
letters  of  dismission  and  commendation  from  the  third  Bap- 
tist church  in  Sutton,  then  visible. 

"  The  following  is  a  true  copy  : 

"Agreed  to  a  request  of  brother  Simeon  Fuller  for  a 
dismission  from  the  third  Baptist  church  of  Sutton  to  join 
with  some  other  church.  We  do  hereby  dismiss  you,  and 
recommend  you  to  any  other  church  of  Christ  where  you 
may  find  a  home,  and  when  received  by  them,  we  shall  con- 
sider you  dismissed  from  us." 

Having  presented  these  letters,  they  "Agreed  to  unite 
and  embody  themselves  together,  and  form  a  church  of 
Christ,  and  to  take  the  Holy  Scriptures  for  their  only  rule 
of  faith  and  practice ;  and  then  all  kneeled  down  before 
God,  and  in  the  most  solemn  manner  gave  themselves  to 
God  and  one  another,  while  the  consecrating  prayer  was 
offered  *by  the  elder  present.  The  scene  was  very  solemn 
and  heart-melting. 

"After  prayer  the  elder  gave  them  the  Right  Hand  of 
Fellowship,  and  commended  them  to  God  and  his  holy 
Word." 

The  creed  of  the  church  and  the  covenant  are  as  follows  : 


TOWN  OF    SUTTON.  481 

THE  CREED. 

We  are  agreed  in  repairing  to  the  Scriptures  of  truth  as  our  only  and  all 
sufficient  rule  of  faith  and  practice.  We  will  give,  in  short,  a  few  reasons. 

1st.  We  believe  that  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  has  given  us  a  perfect  law  of 
liberty,  and  we  are  not  willing  to  exchange  a  perfect  law  for  an  imperfect  one. 

2nd.  We  therefore  consider  that  the  Scriptures  are  sufficient  for  the 
Church  to  make  their  appeal  to  on  any  and  every  occasion,  for,  saith  Paul  to 
Timothy,  all  Scripture  is  given  by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  profitable  for 
doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruction  in  righteousness,  that  the 
man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  unto  all  good  works. 

3d.  If,  therefore,  we  are  thoroughly  furnished,  we  need  nothing  more 
than  to  consider  the  Scriptures  of  truth  as  our  only  and  all  sufficient  rule  of 
faith  and  practice,  hoping  and  praying  that  we  shall  be  led  by  the  same  spirit 
by  which  they  were  written. 

THE  CHURCH  COVENANT. 

We,  having  given  ourselves  to  God,  to  serve  him  during  life,  give  ourselves 
to  each  other  in  love  and  fellowship,  taking  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  as 
our  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice  in  all  our  duties,  both  to  God  and  man, 
and,  as  a  Church  of  Christ,  receive  them  for  our  instruction  and  only  book  of 
discipline,  especially  the  New  Testament,  agreeing  that  we  understand  the 
faith  of  Christ  and  the  practice  of  his  church,  to  be  as  explained  in  the  treatise 
on  the  faith  of  the  Freewill  Baptists.  Having  given  ourselves  to  each  other 
by  the  will  of  God,  we  agree  to  watch  over  each  other  for  good,  and  build  each 
other  up  in  the  most  holy  faith,  and  bear  one  another's  burdens,  and  so  fulfill 
the  law  of  Christ.  And  now  as  brothers  and  sisters  in  Christ,  as  children  of 
one  family,  and  heirs  of  the  grace  of  God,  we  covenant,  unite,  and  agree  to 
stand  by  each  other,  and  do  all  we  can  to  strengthen  and  encourage  each  other 
on  our  heavenly  journey,  and  also  to  preserve  the  union  and  harmony  in  the 
church,  by  attending  to  the  worship  of  God  on  the  Lord's  day,  and  the  monthly 
conference,  and  all  the  ordinances  of  the  house  of  God,  together  with  all  such 
other  meetings  of  the  church  as  shall  not  interfere  with  family  duties,  if  God 
will. 

Understanding  this  to  be  a  brief  outline  of  our  covenant  with  God  and  the 
church  as  given  in  the  Bible,  we  will  endeavor  to  practise  it,  by  the  grace  of 
God  assisting  us. 

Meetings  were  held  at  the  house  of  Elder  Willard  Fuller 
until  1838,  when  a  meeting-house  was  built  on  his  land, 
about  a  mile  west  of  Manchaug.  The  cost  of  this  house  was 
borne  for  the  most  part  by  himself,  though  some  contributions 
of  money  and  material  were  made  by  members  of,  the  church, 
and  others,  and  it  remained  in  his  possession  after  the  church 
became  extinct. 

The  church  was  received  into  the  ' '  Western  Rhode  Island 
Quarterly  Meeting"  June  2,  1841. 

September  15,  1844,  Elder  W.  Fuller  makes  this  entry 
upon  the  record  book  of  the  church : 
61 


482  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

"The  Pastor  of  this  Church  covenanted  with  his  God  to 
pray  to  him  seven  times  a  day,  and  when  he  left  off,  to  set 
it  down  in  this  book  if  he  was  alive." 

In  1853  he  records  "The  Pastor  has  failed  in  the  above 
numbers,  but  not  in  daily  praying." 

Under  date  March  19,  1842,  we  find  this  record : 

THE  FBEEWILL,  BAPTIST  TEMPERANCE  PLEDGE. 

We  the  undersigners  pledge  ourselves  not  to  use  any  intoxicating  liquors, 
or  to  encourage  their  use  except  as  a  medicine  in  sickness,  when  it  is  evident 
that  they  are  useful  to  restore  health  and  save  life. 

Services  continued  to  be  held  until  1858  or  '59,  and  per- 
haps occasionally  later  than  that  date. 

The  church  had  but  one  minister,  Rev.  Mr.  Fuller.  It 
was  his  request  that  after  his  death  the  meeting-house  should 
be  sold,  and  the  proceeds  given  to  the  Freewill  Baptist  Home 
Missionary  Society,  which  was  done.  He  died  Decembers, 
1875. 

It  is  fitting  in  this  connection  to  say  of  him,  that  "  in  the 
public  and  private  relations  of  life,  he  eminently  illustrated 
the  graces  of  the  Christian." 


UNIVERSALIST  SOCIETY. 

BY  S.  DEXTEB  KING. 


In  the  summer  of  1840  a  paper  was  circulated  asking 
those  persons  known  to  favor  the  views  of  the  denomination 
known  as  Universalists,  to  meet  for  the  purpose  of  organiz- 
ing a  society,  and  about  a  dozen  signatures  were  obtained. 

Accordingly,  on  the  eighth  of  August  following,  a  meeting 
was  held  in  the  hall  of  Whiting's  hotel,  at  which  a  majority 
of  the  signers  were  present,  and  a  society  organized  with 
the  following  Preamble  and  Constitution  for  its  government : 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  483 

Preamble:  We  the  subscribers,  being  desirous  to  "grow  in  grace  and  in 
the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,"  do  hereby  form  our- 
selves into  a  society  that  we  may  be  helps  to  each  other,  and  that  by  our  uni- 
ted energies  we  may  better  serve  the  purposes  of  religion  and  of  truth,  we 
cheerfully  adopt  and  subscribe  to  the  following  Constitution  as  the  basis  of 
our  government. 

Article  1st.     The  name :    First  Universalist  Society. 

Article  2d.  The  object  of  the  society :  The  promotion  of  truth  among  its 
members  and  in  the  world  at  large ;  also  to  support  the  preaching  of  the  gospel 
according  to  the  society's  ability. 

Article  3d.    Its  profession  of  faith. 

We  believe  that  the  Holy  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  con- 
tain a  revelation  of  the  character  of  God,  and  of  the  duty,  interest  and  final 
destination  of  mankind. 

We  believe  there  is  one  God  whose  nature  is  Love,  revealed  in  one  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  by  one  Holy  Spirit  of  grace,  who  will  finally  restore  the  whole 
family  of  mankind  to  holiness  and  happiness. 

We  believe  that  holiness  and  true  happiness  are  inseparably  connected,  and 
that  believers  ought  to  maintain  order  and  practise  good  works,  for  these 
things  are  good  and  profitable  unto  men. 

Article  4th.     How  persons  may  become  members  of  the  society. 

Article  5th.     The  duty  of  members  defined. 

Article  6th.  States  when  the  annual  meeting  shall  be  held,  and  the  busi- 
ness to  be  transacted. 

Article  7th.     What  the  officers  of  the  society  shall  be,  and  their  duties. 

Article  8th.     Tells  how  the  meetings  shall  be  called. 

Article  9th.    Number  of  members  to  constitute  a  quorum. 

Article  10th.     How  the  constitution  can  be  altered  or  amended. 

At  its  organization  the  Kev.  A.  Bugbee  of  Charlton  being  present,  was 
invited  to  take  the  chair,  and  the  organization  effected  by  the  choice  of  the  fol- 
lowing officers : 

Clerk,  Solomon  D.  King;  Collector  and  Treasurer,  Paris  Tourtellot;  Exec- 
utive Committee,  Veranus  C.  Hooker,  Pliny  Slocomb,  Stephen  Marble. 

The  society  had  occasional  preaching  during  the  year.  At 
the  annual  meeting  held  the  next  March,  the  committee  were 
instructed  to  procure  the  services  of  the  Rev.  Alvan  Abbott 
one-half  the  time  for  the  ensuing  year,  provided  he  would 
move  into  the  place,  the  society  at  Oxford  desiring  his  ser- 
vices the  other  half. 

The  committee  were  able  to  arrange  with  Mr.  Abbott  as 
instructed,  and  he  commenced  his  labors  with  the  society  the 
first  of  April. 

The  first  season  the  meetings  were  held  in  the  hall  at 
West  Sutton.  The  next  year  the  same  arrangements  for 
preaching  were  made,  and  the  meetings  were  held  in  the 
academy  building.  At  the  close  of  the  year  the  society, 


484  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

having  gained  strength  sufficient  to  pay  expenses,  employed 
Mr.  Abbott  all  the  time,  and  this  continued  for  two  years, 
the  congregations  in  pleasant  weather  numbering  from  150 
to  200.  A  sabbath-school  was  organized  and  quite  a  library 
procured. 

At  the  end  of  that  time  circumstances  occurred  which 
rendered  it  necessary  for  several  of  the  more  prominent 
members  to  remove  from  the  place,  which  so  weakened 
the  society,  not  only  numerically  but  financially,  that  it 
was  thought  best,  in  accordance  with  the  wishes  of  the 

o 

members  at  the  east  part  of  the  town,  to  remove  the 
meeting  to  the  centre ;  accordingly  the  Masonic  hall  was 
procured  and  fitted  up  in  which  to  hold  the  meetings.  At 
,the  same  time  Mr.  Abbott  had  a  call  which  he  did  not  feel 
at  liberty  to  decline,  and  his  removal  tended  still  farther  to 
weaken  them,  and  although  moving  to  the  centre  added  some 
to  the  congregation,  it  never  was  as  strong  as  before.  After 
Mr.  Abbott  left,  the  society  gave  a  call  to  a  young  man  by 
the  name  of  Tingley,  to  become  their  pastor.  He  com- 
menced his  labors  in  the  spring  of  1846,  and  was  ordained 
here  early  in  the  fall,  but  his  labors  not  being  very  success- 
ful, and  the  society  becoming  still  farther  weakened,  at  the 
close  of  one  year  he  retired.  After  that,  the  society  not 
being  able  to  raise  sufficient  funds  to  procure  a  preacher  all 
the  time,  held  occasional  meetings. 

The  last  meeting  of  which  there  is  any  record  was  held 
April  5,  1847,  which  was  an  adjourned  meeting  from  March 
18th,  and  called  to  hear  the  report  of  Sylvanus  Putnam  in 
relation  to  procuring  the  services  of  Rev.  B.  H.  Davis  of 
Milford.  He  reported  Mr.  Davis  engaged  to  supply  at 
another  place.  Their  failure  to  procure  him  seems  to  have 
discouraged  them,  and  no  farther  effort  was  made. 

The  whole  number  that  united  with  the  society  was  forty- 
three,  though  there  were  others  that  attended  the  meetings 
and  contributed  to  its  support. 

Of  the  members,  twenty-four  are  dead,  the  present  resi- 
dence of  five  ig  unknown ;  four  reside  in  Worcester,  three 
in  Webster,  two  in  Oxford,  one  in  Southbridge,  and  four 
remain  in  Sutton. 


TOWN   OF  SUTTON.  485 


BAPTIST  CHURCH  IN  MANCHAUG. 

Prepared  by  Rev.  C.  L.  THOMPSON. 


This  church  was  organized  May  18,  1842,  with  thirty 
members,  and  was  named  "The  Mauchaug  Baptist  Church." 
A  few  of  the  original  members  still  survive  and  bear  an 
honorable  record. 

Its  house  of  worship  is  situated  in  the  manufacturing  vil- 
lage of  the  same  name,  and  as  most  of  its  resident  member- 
ship and  of  the  congregation  are  employes  and  operatives  in 
the  mills,  the  Manchaug  company  have  ever  borne  a  noble 
and  principal  part  in  supporting  the  pastors.  It  has  been 
supplied  with  earnest  and  faithful  pastors,  and  though  its 
membership  is  ever  small,  owing  to  the  constant  changes  inci- 
dental to  a  manufacturing  village,  yet  it  occupies  a  very 
commendable  place  in  the  esteem  of  surrounding  churches 
of  all  denominations. 

Its  early  interest  for  the  spread  of  truth  and  the  salvation 
of  souls  is  manifest,  for  we  read  a  few  months  after  its 
organization,  that  the  church  voted  that  it  was  "In  favor  of 
a  series  of  religious  meetings  to  be  holdeu  the  last  week  in 
December,  and  a  committee  of  arrangements  was  appointed." 

Their  trust  in  the  Lord  was  not  in  vain,  for  within  a  year 
the  records  show  an  addition  of  twenty-four  to  its  member- 
ship by  baptism,  and  ten  by  letter. 

Its  liberal  spirit  toward  churches  of  other  denominations, 
in  their  membership  relations,  was  likewise  early,  and  has 
ever  been  continuously,  manifest. 

We  read  that  July  5,  1846,  it  was  voted  to  give  two  of 
its  members  "Letters  of  dismission  and  recommendation  to 


486  CHURCHES    OF   THE 

any  Christian  church  where  they  may  in  providence  be  loca- 
ted."    This  has  often  been  repeated,  as  the  records  show. 

The  noble  attitude  of  the  church  against  the  curse  of 
intemperance,  appears  from  the  fact  that  it  voted  to  abstain, 
wholly  from  all  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage,  and  to  use 


BAPTIST    CHURCH,   MANCHAUG. 

all  suitable  means  to  restrain  others  from  the  same.  This 
was  adopted  as  a  part  of  their  covenant  on  Dec.  3,  1859; 
and  their  continuous  warfare  against  this  vice  is  a  bright 
mark  in  her  history,  and  worthy  of  commendation. 

The  church  has  had  repeated  evidences  of  the  presence 
and  favor  of  God,  in  a  goodly  number  of  revivals  and 
ingatherings  or  harvest  seasons. 


TOWN    OP   BUTTON.  487 

Including  her  original  membership,  her  total  of  additions 
reaches  two  hundred  and  twenty,  more  than  one-fifth  of 
whom  were  received  under  the  labors  of  the  present  pastor, 
Rev.  C.  L.  Thompson.  Of  the  total  number,  many  have 
been  dismissed  to  other  churches,  many  have  died,  and  a 
few  excluded  for  disorderly  walk.  Our  present  number  is 
less  than  one  hundred  members,  and  many  of  these  non- 
residents. Its  present  resident  membership  constitutes  a 
body  of  earnest  workers  ;  and  their  influence  in  the  church, 
in  a  sabbath-school  of  unusual  interest,  and  in  the  com- 
munity generally,  is  such  as  to  gain  the  church  a  welcome 
place  in  the  hearts  of  all  who  love  moral  and  spiritual 
progress.  As  is  usual  with  such  churches,  the  change  of 
pastors  has  been  frequent.  Ten  have  served  her  in  the 
pastoral  office  since  the  organization,  besides  a  number  of 
supplies  during  the  intervals  of  change.  The  following  is  a 
list  of  pastors,  with  their  terms  of  service,  as  nearly  as  can 
be  readily  attained  by  the  records  : 

Rev.  W.  H.  Dalrymple,  1  year,  2  months. 

"  N.  B.  Jones,  1  "  4  " 

"  Rev.  George  Daland,  I  "  6  " 

"  Abial  Fisher,  4  " 

"  N.  Chapman,  2  " 

"  J.  S.  Harradon,  6  "  9  " 

"  N.  J.  Pinkham,  1  "  7  " 

"  Addison  Browne,  7  " 

"  D.  A.  Dearborn,  4  " 

"  C.  Jj.  Thompson,  4  "  5  " 

The  time  of  the  last  includes  two  seasons  of  service  in 
the  pastoral  office. 


488  CHURCHES  or  THE 


UNITED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 

WILKINSONVILLE. 
BY   REV.    P.    Y.    SMITH. 


This  congregation  was  organized  by  the  Associate  Pres- 
bytery of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  continued  from  1855  until 
1858  in  connection  with  that  body ;  when  at  the  union  of 
the  Associate  and  Associate  Reformed  Churches,  which  took 
place  in  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  May  26,  1858,  it  became  one  of 
the  congregations  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  of 
North  America. 

The  Associate  Church  to  which  the  Sutton  United  Pres- 
byterian congregation  first  belonged,  was  originally  a  seces- 
sion from  the  church  or  kirk  of  Scotland  in  the  year  1733  ; 
and  was  known  as  the  "  Seceder  Church,''  and  had  four 
ministers  at  first,  viz.  :  Ebenezer  Erskine,  William  Wilson, 
Alexander  Mancrieft  and  James  Fisher.  The  first  mission- 
ary that  came  to  this  country  was  Alexander  Gellatly,  in 
connection  with  the  Scottish  Associate  Church;  and  he,  and 
Andrew  Arnott,  a  settled  minister,  formed  a  presbytery 
under  the  name  of  the  Associate  Presbytery  of  Pennsylvania, 
subordinate  to  the  associate  anti-burgher  synod  of  Scotland. 
The  original  founders  of  the  Sutton  United  Presbyterian 
congregation  were  families  from  the  province  of  Ulster, 
Londonderry  county,  Ireland ;  and  were  from  their  earliest 
associations  trained  up  in  the  Presbyterian  faith,  and  when 
here,  longed  for  the  church  of  their  choice,  in  which  their 
children  could  be  taught  the  shorter  catechism,  and  other- 
wise instructed  in  the  distinctive  principles  of  that  faith 
which  they  had  carried  with  them  from  their  home-land 
beyond  the  seas. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  489 

For  several  years  before  the  present  church  building  was 
erected,  divine  services  were  held  in  school-houses  and  in 
private  dwellings  in  the  villages  around,  extending  from 
Millbury  to  North  Uxbridge.  The  first  settled  minister  was 
the  Rev.  James  Williamson,  who  was  installed  February 
1856,  and  continued  in  his  pastorate  nearly  eight  years. 
Mr.  Williamson  was  a  native  of  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  and 
was  educated  in  the  Glasgow  college,  and  also  studied  the- 
ology under  the  celebrated  Doctors  McCrie  and  Paxton  of 
Edinburgh,  in  connection  with  the  original  Seceder  church. 
Mr.  Williamson  as  a  preacher,  so  say  his  co-presbyters,  was 
a  man  of  no  ordinary  ability,  always  preaching  with  great 
acceptance  and  edification,  evincing  in  his  pulpit  exercises  a 
logical  train  of  thought,  the  result  at  all  times  of  a  well 
polished  and  educated  mind.  Mr.  Williamson  died  in  the 
house  of  his  son,  the  Rev.  James  A.  Williamson  of  Johnston, 
Fulton  county,  N.  Y.,  in  March  1866,  in,  I  think,  his 
sixtieth  year,  deeply  regretted  among  his  friends  and 
brethren.  The  elders  or  members  of  the  session  during  the 

O 

incumbency  of  Mr.  Williamson  were  Messrs.  William  Gould, 
John  Young,  Alexander  Brown,  James  Boyd,  Matthew 
Caldwell  and  Andrew  Kerr.  The  present  pastor,  the  Rev. 
P.  Y.  Smith,  was  ordained  and  installed  February  28,  1866, 
by  the  united  Presbyterian  presbytery  of  Boston,  the  Rev. 
William  McLoren,  D.  D.,  of  Fall  River,  preaching  the  ser- 
mon, and  the  Rev.  Alexander  Blaikie,  D.  D.,  of  Boston, 
moderator,  leading  in  the  ordination  prayer. 

Mr.  Smith  was  sent  by  the  general  assembly  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  to  supply  in  the  presbytery  of  Boston 
for  six  months,  and  was  assigned  by  the  Rev.  John  P.  Robb 
of  Providence,  R.  I.,  to  occupy  the  pulpit  of  the  Sutton 
United  Presbyterian  church  one  Sabbath,  October  1,  1865, 
and  has  continued  from  that  time  until  the  present  year 
(1877),  making  a  pastorate  of  nearly  twelve  years.  Mr. 
Smith  was  educated  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
and  studied  Hebrew  and  theology  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
and  was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel  by  the  second  presby- 
tery of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York  City, 
September  15,  1863.  This  congregation  has  a  membership 

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490  CHURCHES    OF    THE 

of  a  hundred.  The  present  members  of  the  session  are 
Messrs.  William  Gould,  Andrew  Kerr  and  James  Young. 
The  treasurer  of  the  congregation  is  Mr.  George  Woodburn, 
who  has  held  the  office  with  great  acceptance  since  1866. 
The  church  building  is  of  wood,  built  on  a  hill  overlooking 
the  Blackstone  river,  and  cost  about  two  thousand  three 
hundred  dollars,  and  is  free  of  debt. 


METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

PREPARED  BY  A  FORMER  MEMBER. 


During  the  autumn  and  winter  of  1852,  a  few  families  of 
the  Methodist  faith,  desirous  of  worshiping  in  accordance 
with  their  belief,  invited  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jones  of  East  Doug- 
las to  hold  occasional  meetings  in  Washington  hall.  The 
meetings  were  well  attended  and  a  good  degree  of  interest 
manifested.  A  class-meeting  was  formed,  with  Mr.  James 
Prentice  as  leader.  The  meetings  were  held  weekly,  and 
increased  in  numbers  and  interest  to  such  a  degree  that  they 
felt  justified  in  petitioning  the  New  England  Conference,  at 
its  annual  meeting  in  April  1853,  to  send  them  a  preacher. 
The  petition  was  favorably  entertained,  and  the  Rev.  John 
W.  Lee  stationed  here.  Washington  hall  was  procured, 
and  he  entered  at  once  upon  his  labors,  with  a  congregation 
not  large,  but  constantly  increasing.  A  church  was  organ- 
ized June  12th,  which  at  the  end  of  the  year  numbered 
thirty  members,  with  twenty-seven  on  probation.  A  sab- 
bath school  was  organized,  which,  with  the  bible-class, 
embraced  nearly  the  entire  congregation.  A  library  was 
procured,  a  part  of  the  books  being  a  gift  from  the  Millbury 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The  ladies  of  the  church  and 
society  established  a  sewing  circle,  the  object  of  which  was  to 


TOWN   OF  STJTTON.  491 

advance  the  interests  of  the  church  in  a  pecuniary  point  of 
view.  They  labored  together  with  great  unanimity  and  were 
very  successful.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year,  the  church 
finding  they  had  been  able  to  support  their  minister  and 
meet  all  liabilities,  felt  encouraged  to  go  forward  in  their 
work. 

April  1854  Mr.  Lee  was  returned  to  this  charge.  A  good 
degree  of  interest  was  manifested,  the  congregation  increased 
and  it  soon  became  apparent  that  the  number  inclined  to 
worship  with  them  would  be  too  large  to  be  accommodated 
in  Washington  hall.  It  therefore  seemed  advisable  to  erect 
a  church  edifice,  if  sufficient  means  could  be  procured  for 
that  purpose.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  ascertain  what 
could  be  raised  by  subscription,  and  in  a  short  time  two- 
thirds  the  amount  necessary  was  pledged,  and  it  was  thought 
safe,  with  such  encouragement,  to  commence  the  house. 

A  lease  of  a  lot  for  the  church,  upon  the  west  side  of  the 
common,  was  granted  by  the  town.  See  "Annals,"  1854. 
After  the  usual  preliminaries  of  choosing  building  commit- 
tees, trustees,  etc.,  a  contract  was  made  with  Andrew  J. 
Morse  to  erect  the  building  at  a  cost  of  thirty-four  hundred 
dollars.  The  corner  stone  was  laid  on  the  fourth  of  July 
by  Mr.  Charles  Taylor  of  Northbridge.  A  large  number 
were  present  to  witness  the  ceremony.  The  house  was 
raised  the  tenth  of  November,  completed  in  March  1855, 
and  dedicated  the  twenty-second  of  the  month.  Rev. 
Miner  Raymond  of  Wilbraham  preached  the  dedication 
sermon.  The  house  was  very  tasteful  and  commodious,  the 
walls  beautifully  frescoed,  and  all  were  satisfied  with  their 
new  home.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Lee  had  labored  here  earnestly 
and  successfully  for  two  years ;  and,  according  to  the  usages 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  the  time,  could  remain 
no  longer,  and  preached  his  last  sermon  April  8th.  The 
church  then  numbered  sixty-three  members,  with  eleven  on 
probation.  The  Rev.  George  Prentice,  D.  D.,  professor  of 
languages  in  the  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Conn., 
and  the  Rev.  Daniel  C.  Babcock  of  Philadelphia,  district 
secretary  of  the  United  States  temperance  society,  were 
members  of  this  church.  After  leaving  Sutton,  Mr.  Lee's 


492  CHUKCHES    OF    THE 

appointments  were  in  the  western  part  of  the  state,  and  at 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  he  assisted  in 
raising  a  company  with  which  he  went  as  captain.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  received  an  appointment  in  the  custom 
house  at  Boston.  Mr.  Lee  was  an  Englishman  by  birth, 
but  truly  American  in  all  his  views  and  sympathies. 

Rev.  John  H.  Gaylord  was  his  successor.  He  was  an 
acceptable  preacher,  and  the  church  was  united  and  prosper- 
ous under  his  ministration.  At  the  end  of  the  year  the 
church  numbered  fifty-nine  members,  with  twenty-five  on 
probation.  In  1856  Rev.  Rodney  Gage  was  stationed  here. 
Mr.  Gage  was  an  earnest  preacher  and  devoted  to  his  work. 
Mrs.  Gage  was  a  most  estimable  lady,  of  ardent  piety, 
pleasing  address  and  had  a  happy  faculty  of  interesting 
the  young.  She  gave  life  and  animation  to  the  sewing 
circle  and  the  prayer  meetings.  Through  her  influence,  and 
under  her  guidance,  the  young  people  gave  an  exhibition 
for  the  benefit  of  the  church,  which  was  quite  a  success. 
So  well  pleased  were  the  people^with  the  effort,  that  persons 
outside  of  the  society  requested  its  repetition.  The  Misses 
Putnam  of  Worcester  kindly  volunteered  to  sing  and  play 
for  the  occasion,  which  added  much  to  the  interest.  Those 
who  took  part  in  that  exhibition  cannot  fail  to  remember 
Mrs.  Gage  with  interest  and  affection. 

yTA  debt  which  it  was  impossible  to  meet,  hindered  the 
prosperity  that  might  otherwise  have  attended  the  society. 
The  church  had  also  been  weakened  by  the  removal  of  some 
of  it's  most  prominent  and  influential  members.  But  in  the 
midst  of  all  discouragements  Mr.  Gage  was  cheerful  and 
hopeful.  At  the  end  of  the  year  the  church  numbered  sixty 
members,  with  ten  on  probation. 

The  next  year  (1857)  Mr.  Gage  was  returned  to  this  charge. 
His  labors,  trials  and  success  were  about  the  same  as  last 
year.  On  account  of  the  great  financial  depression  of  this 
year,  the  society  failed  to  meet  the  payment  of  his  salary,  a 
deficiency  of  one  hundred  and  forty  dollars  remaining.  The 
church  numbered  sixty  members,  with  three  on  probation. 
The  next  year  Rev.  Newell  S.  Spaulding  was  the  preacher  in 
charge.  He  was  an  elderly  man  who  had  had  much  experience. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  493 

He  was  a  successful  preacher,  but  having  other  business  he 
left  in  autumn  or  early  winter,  and  his  place  was  supplied 
by  a  young  man  by  the  name  of  Brown.  At  the  end  of 
the  year  the  church  numbered  sixty-one  members,  with  five 
on  probation.  In  1859  Rev.  William  A.  Clapp  was  the 
preacher  in  charge.  Mr.  Clapp  was  a  conscientious,  good 
man,  and  a  faithful  worker  in  the  cause  he  loved. 

During  this  year  a  special  effort  was  made  to  reduce  the 
debt — which  amounted  to  fourteen  hundred  dollars  —  with 
the  hearty  co-operation  and  sympathy  of  the  presiding 
elder,  Rev.  Loranus  Crowell.  But  on  account  of  the  great 
financial  trouble  it  was  impossible  to  raise  money,  some  of 
the  members  became  discouraged,  all  the  church  property 
had  been  mortgaged,  and  no  way  out  of  the  trouble  seemed 
to  present  itself. 

In  1860  Rev.  J.  J.  Woodbury  was  in  charge.  Not  being 
able  to  obtain  the  minutes  of  the  conference,  the  writer  can 
give  no  statistics.  In  1861  Rev.  Charles  W.  Macreading, 
jr.,  was  in  charge.  He  was  a  very  acceptable  preacher,  and 
the  young  people  were  deeply  interested  in  him.  Amid 
discouragements  consequent  upon  the  debt,  he  left  for  a  few 
weeks,  and  his  place  was  supplied  by  the  Rev.  Horace 
Moulton. 

Mr.  Macreading  subsequently  returned,  and  remained 
through  the  year. 

In  1862  and  '63  Rev.  S.  O.  Brown  was  in  charge.  He 
united  the  profession  of  homoeopathic  physician  with  that  of 
preacher.  It  became  evident  that  the  church  could  not  meet 
its  liabilities,  and  the  conference  in  1864  transferred  all  the 
members  to  the  Millbury  church.  The  church  property  was 
given  without  reserve  into  the  hands  of  the  creditors. 

Mr.  Paris  Tourtellott  held  a  mortgage  upon  the  house,  and 
Mr.  Ezra  Jones  of  East  Douglas,  and  Mr.  Joseph  Dudley  of 
Northbridge,  had  mortgages  on  the  personal  property. 

Messrs.  Jones  and  Dudley  divided  the  property.  Mr. 
Jones,  who  was  a  member  of  the  church,  retained  the  Sab- 
bath-school library  and  communion  service  as  a  part  of  his 
share.  The  library  he  gave  Elder  Willard  Fuller  for  the 
use  of  his  sabbath-school. 


494  CHURCHES  or  STJTTON. 

After  Mr.  Fuller  became  so  feeble  as  to  be  obliged  to 
abandon  preaching,  he  gave  the  library  to  the  Methodist  church 
at  East  Douglas.  The  communion  service,  which  it  is  said 
was  a  gift  from  George  W.  Putnam,  a  prominent  member  of 
this  church,  but  now  of  Anoka,  Minnesota,  was  kept  by  Mr. 
Jones,  and  is  now  in  possession  of  his  widow.  The  tent 
was  sold  to  the  Brookfield  church. 

The  house  was  sold  at  auction,  and  purchased  by  the  late 
Stephen  B.  Holbrook,  which  he  moved  and  made  into  the 
beautiful  house  that  his  heirs  at  present  occupy. 


THE  SCHOOLS  OF  SUTTON. 


The  common  schools  of  this  country  were  commenced  and 
sustained  on  two  distinct  plans.  In  one  section  the  neces- 
sity of  educating  the  children  of  all,  irrespective  of  rank  or 
condition  in  life,  was  recognized,  and  schools  were  estab- 
lished by  law  and  attendance  upon  them  made  compulsory. 
In  other  sections  no  provision  was  made  by  law  for  the 
establishment  of  schools,  but  the  whole  matter  of  education 
was  left  to  the  inclination  or  caprice  of  the  people.  Each 
plan  has  its  advocates  now,  as  in  earlier  times.  The  first 
has  been  attended  by  results  which  show  the  wisdom  of  its 
adoption ;  the  latter  by  evils  which  reveal  its  short-sighted 
policy. 

The  first  settlers  of  this  state  were  the  founders  of  the 
free  school  system.  They  had  received  some'  inspiration 
from  the  schools  of  learning  in  Europe,  established  for  the 
favored  classes,  and  more  from  revelation.  They  did  not 
believe  that  knowledge,  power  and  wealth  were  intended  for 
the  few,  but  that  the  avenues  to  their  attainment  should  be 
open  to  all.  They  believed  in  civil  and  religious  freedom. 

It  was  because  they  saw  no  hope  of  securing  to  themselves 
and  their  posterity  their  God-given  rights,  that  they  crossed 
a  stormy  ocean,  seeking  a  home  as  remote  as  possible  from 
opposing  influences  made  strong  by  long  continued  growth 
and  prejudice ;  and  here  in  this  western  wilderness,  amid 
the  toils,  anxieties  and  perils  attending  a  new  settlement 


496  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

so  remote  from  sources  whence  supply  of  almost  every  want, 
aside  from  food,  must  come,  they  inaugurated  a  system  of 
education  for  the  masses,  which,  improved  from  time  to 
time,  gradually  extended  through  the  New  England  states 
and  over  a  large  portion  of  the  country. 

In  1642  a  law  was  passed  requiring  that  those  chosen  to 
manage  ' '  the  prudentials  of  every  town  in  the  several  pre- 
cincts and  quarters  where  they  dwell,  shall  have  a  vigilant 
eye  over  their  neighbors,  to  see,  first  that  none  of  them  shall 
suffer  so  much  barbarism  in  any  of  their  families  as  not  to 
endeavor  to  teach  by  themselves  or  others,  their  children 
and  apprentices  so  much  learning  as  may  enable  them  to 
read  perfectly  the  English  tongue,  and  a  knowledge  of  the 
capital  laws,  upon  penalty  of  twenty  shillings  for  each  neg- 
lect therein." 

It  was  not,  however,  until  1647  that  a  law  was  enacted 
ordering  the  establishment  in  every  town  of  fifty  household- 
ers of  a  public  school,  in  which  the  children  should  be  taught 
to  read  and  write,  and,  when  the  families  shall  have  increased 
to  an  hundred,  of  a  grammar  school  in  which  the  young  men 
might  be  fitted  for  the  university.  A  fine  of  five  pounds, 
to  be  paid  to  the  next  school,  was  imposed  in  case  of  neg- 
lect to  conform  to  the  above  requirements. 

Great  importance  was  attached  to  the  moral  and  religious 
training  of  the  young. 

In  1654  it  was  ordered  by  the  general  court  that  the 
selectmen  of  the  town  take  care  that  no  teachers  unsound  in 
the  faith  be  employed. 

In  1671  the  law  imposing  a  penalty  of  five  pounds  upon 
towns  neglecting  to  provide  grammar  schools,  was  re-enacted. 
This  fine  was  afterward  increased  to  ten  pounds. 

In  1683  an  addition  was  made  to  the  school  laws,  requiring 
towns  consisting  of  more  than  five  hundred  householders 
to  sustain  two  grammar  schools  and  two  writing  schools. 
The  penalty  for  failure  to  provide  schools  as  the  law  directs 
was  increased  from  ten  to  twenty  pounds  where  there  were 
two  hundred  families. 

When  common  schools  were  first  established,  it  was  left 
optional  with  the  towns  to  support  them  by  taxation,  or  by 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  497 

rate-bill,*  to  be  paid  by  those  sending  children.  The 
grammar  schools  were,  in  all  cases,  to  be  sustained  by  the 
towns. 

For  many  years  after  the  settlement  of  the  country,  the 
course  of  study  in  our  common  schools  was  very  limited. 
It  embraced  little  more  than  reading,  writing  and  the  ele- 
ments of  arithmetic,  in  teaching  which  the  schoolmaster 
frequently  used  no  book,  but  wrote  the  examples  to  be  solved 
upon  the  slates  of  the  pupils.  Spelling  was  not  considered 
of  sufficient  importance  to  be  made  a  study,  and  the  orthog- 
raphy of  the  day  was  as  various  as  the  fancy  of  the  writers. 
The  use  of  capitals  was  also  left  to  the  taste  of  the  writers, 
and  the  old  records  show  the  pages  profusely  dotted  with 
them.  In  printing  these  records  verbatim  et  literatim,  any 
modern  font  of  type  would  soon  be  wanting  in  capitals,  as 
the  printers  of  the  "Annals"  of  this  history  can  testify. 

The  study  of  geography  and  grammar  was  not  considered 
necessary  for  any  but  those  designing  to  obtain  a  liberal  edu- 
cation with  a  view  to  professional  life.  For  the  sons  of  toil, 
to  be  able  to  read  and  write,  and  perhaps  cypher  a  little, 
was  thought  to  be  enough  ;  consequently  common  schools 
were  in  most  of  the  towns  maintained  but  a  small  part  of 
the  year ;  frequently  only  three  or  four  months. 

The  condition  of  the  schools  at  the  beginning  of  the  last 
century  was  evidently  not  what  the  fathers  had  expected  it 
would  be,  nor  what  it  would  have  been  had  the  laws 
pertaining  to  the  education  of  the  young  been  faithfully 
enforced. 

It  is  evident  from  the  records  of  the  times  that  the 
descendants  of  the  fathers,  of  the  third  and  foifrth  genera- 
tions, had  greatly  declined  in  both  intelligence  and  piety. 
Reasons  for  the  deterioration  may  be  found  in  part  in  the 
exhausting  cares  incident  to  the  construction  of  homes  and 
the  defense  of  them  against  hostile  Indians,  and  in  the  labor 
required  to  subdue  the  forest  and  obtain  a  livelihood. 

These  cares  and  labors  would  fcto  a  great  extent  engross 
thought  and  energy,  and  enlist  in  the  service  the  aid  of 


*See  Records  of  Massachusetts,  Vol.  II.,  Jp.  203. 
63 


498  SCHOOLS  or  THE 

children  old  enough  to  lend  a  helping  hand.  Such  devotion 
to  secular  affairs  would  naturally  be  attended  by  a  waning 
interest  in  those  of  a  more  spiritual  nature. 

And  then,  teachers  of  the  requisite  qualifications  were  by 
no  means  equal  in  number  to  the  demand.  The  records  of 
some  of  the  towns  show  that  in  responding  to  a  legal  pre- 
sentment for  delinquency  in  the  matter  of  schools,  the  im- 
practicability of  obtaining  a  teacher  was  given  as  an  excuse 
for  failure  in  conforming  to  the  requirements  of  law.  That 
the  delinquency  was  common,  if  not  general,  appears  from 
the  action  of  the  general  court  in  passing,  in  1701,  an  addi- 
tional act  in  relation  to  schools  and  schoolmasters.  In  the 
preamble  to  this  act  it  is  said :  "The  wholesome  and  neces- 
sary Law  [see  requirements  of  law  of  1642  as  given  on  pre- 
ceding page]  was  shamefully  neglected  by  divers  towns,  and 
the  penalty  thereof  not  required,  tending  greatly  to  the 
nourishment  of  ignorance  and  irreligion,  whereof  grievous 
complaint  is  made."  It  was  at  this  time  that  the  penalty  for 
the  non-observance  of  the  law  was  increased  to  twenty 
pounds. 

In  1718  the  general  court  increased  the  penalty  for  failure 
to  observe  the  laws,  especially  those  with  reference  to  gram- 
mar schools,  to  thirty  pounds  for  towns  containing  one 
hundred  and  fifty  families,  and  to  forty  pounds  for  those 
containing  two  hundred  families. 

It  was  in  December  of  this  year  that  the  organization  of 
this  town  was  effected  by  the  choice  of  the  proper  officers. 
Between  thirty  and  forty  families  had  settled  within  its  lim- 
its. These  came  from  Salem,  Newbury  and  other  towns  in 
the  vicinity  of  Boston,  and  undoubtedly  represented  the 
average  intelligence  of  those  towns,  but  the  fact  that  among 
them  not  less  than  sixteen  make  their  mark  upon  the  treas- 
urer's book,  and  quite  a  number  of  the  other  signatures  can 
with  difficulty  be  made  out,  shows  how  wide-spread  and 
common  was  the  delinquency  complained  of  by  the  general 
court,  as  it  respects  providing  the  required  means  of  instruc- 
tion for  the  children. 

When  we  consider  that  the  early  settlers  of  this  town  had 
had  only  the  most  limited  advantages  of  schools,  and  some 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  499 

of  them  none  at  all,  we  are  not  surprised  that  so  little  inter- 
est was  at  first  manifested  in  education.  There  is  no  men- 
tion of  a  school  until  1725,  and  then  only  in  connection  with 
a  proposed  sale  of  the  school  land — two  hundred  acres  — 
which  had  been  given  by  the  proprietors  in  accordance  with 
the  conditions  of  the  grant  of  the  general  court  confirming 
the  purchase  of  the  township  from  the  Indians. 

The  children  may  have  had  instruction  in  private  schools, 
but  no  action  seems  to  have  been  taken  by  the  town  in  the 
matter  of  the  establishment  of  a  public  school  previously  to 
1730,  when  it  was  voted  that  a  school  should  be  kept  for 
four  months  in  four  places,  at  the  discretion  of  the  selectmen, 
one  mouth  in  a  place.* 

In  1731  it  was  voted  that  there  should  be  school  dames. 

No  record  can  be  found  of  an  appropriation  for  the  sup- 
port of  a  school  until  1732.f  The  name  of  John  Smith 
appears  upon  the  treasurer's  book  as  the  schoolmaster  for 
this  year.  The  school  was  kept  at  the  house  of  Mr.  John 
Gibbs,  who  was  paid  fifteen  shillings  for  its  use.  About 
this  time  the  town  was  presented  at  the  court  for  failure  to 
employ  a  schoolmaster  as  the  law  required,  and  a  fine  was 
imposed,  notwithstanding  the  remonstrance  of  Dea.  Percival 
Hall,  Kobert  Goddard,  John  Stockwell  and  John  Bound, 
who  appeared  in  behalf  of  the  town  as  defendants  in  the 
case. 

Nathaniel  Goodwin,  Daniel  Greenwood  and  Jonathan 
Marsh  are  each  paid  in  1733  for  keeping  school  one  month. 
John  Smith  is  also  paid  for  teaching ;  time  not  specified. 
In  1734  he  was  called  "ye  town's  schoolmaster,"  and  seems 
to  be  the  only  one  employed  for  1734  and  1735. 

In  February  1736,  Solomon  Holman  is  paid  for  "  going  to 
Newbury  for  Mr.  Parker  Morse  to  keep  school." 

Mr.  Morse  seems  to  have  been  the  schoolmaster  for  this 
year.  He  was  succeeded  by  a  Mr.  Paige  in  1737,  and  he  by 
Daniel  Wilkins.  That  the  school  was  a  "moving  one" 


*  See  Annals,  1830. 

t  For  the  amount  appropriated  this  and  each  succeeding  year  to  1876,  see 
"  School  Tax,"  Part  VI. 


500  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

(see  Annals,  1733)  is  evident  from  the  bill  paid  by  the  town 
for  board  of  the  teacher,  which  bill  included  "keeping  his 
horse." 

That  the  requirements  of  law  were  not  yet  conformed  to  by 
the  town,  appears  from  the  fact  that  in  March  1738,  Samuel 
Chase  is  paid  for  the  money  he  had  "  expended  and  paid  to 
git  of  the  presentment  for  want  of  a  school." 

A  committee  was  appointed  in  1735  to  see  how  many 
school-houses  were  wanted,  but  no  action  was  taken  in  the 
matter. 

In  March  1740,  the  town  voted  that  there  be  six  places  or 
squadrons  where  the  school  should  be  kept,  provided  that 
each  squadron  do  build  a  school-house  in  each  particular 
place  upon  their  own  cost  or  charge,  or  find  some  other 
house  to  keep  the  school.  The  places  are  designated. 

In  the  May  meeting  of  the  same  year  in  which  the  above 
action  was  taken,  the  committee  of  the  last  year  for  procur- 
ing a  schoolmaster  were  instructed  to  find  a  master,  and 
direct  where  the  school  should  be  kept.  There  had  been 
only  one  public  school  as  yet  in  town. 

After  Daniel  Wilkins,  we  find  as  teachers  the  names  of 
Timothy  Brown,  Josiah  Chase,  Edward  Gerl,  Ebenezer 
Dagget,  Jr. ,  and  Jacob  Green. 

In  March  1745,  the  town  vote  that  the  school  shall  be 
kept  in  each  parish  according  to  the  tax  paid  by  each,  and 
that  each  parish  have  liberty  to  send  to  either  school. 

A  committee  was  chosen  in  the  autumn  of  this  year  to 
give  deeds  to  purchasers  of  the  school  lands  —  the  sale  of 
which  had  been  ordered — and  it  was  voted  that  the  inter- 
est of  the  proceeds  should  be  forever  applied  for  the  benefit 
of  schools  in  the  town. 

In  March  1751,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  decide 
where  the  school  shall  be  kept  in  each  parish.  This  com- 
mittee reported  at  the  May  meeting,  but  their  report  was 
not  accepted. 

It  is  evident  that  at  this  date  the  schools  were  still  kept  at 
private  houses. 

In  1752  the  selectmen  are  instructed  to  provide  a  school- 
master. The  successor  of  Jacob  Green  seems  to  have  been 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  501 

Stephen  Minot.  The  name  of  Samuel  Trask  also  occurs, 
then  Stephen  Minot  again,  who  was  succeeded  by  Thomas 
Brown,  and  he  by  James  McPherson. 

In  1755,  '56  and  '57  Asaph  Rice,  Thomas  Rice,  Willard 
Wheeler  and  Willis  Hall  were  employed  as  teachers. 

In  March  1761,  permission  was  given  by  vote  of  the  town 
to  "set  a  school-house  on  the  highway  near  to  Mr.  Jeptha 
Putnam's." 

Mr.  Putnam  lived  upon  the  place  now  owned  by  Asa  P. 
Dodge. 

The  people  in  that  part  of  the  town  were  to  build  the 
house. 

In  1766  a  committee  was  again  raised  to  divide  the  town 
into  districts,  and  at  the  same  time  a  proposition  to  build 
school-houses  was  defeated.  There  were  at  this  date  sev- 
eral schools  maintained  for  three  or  four  months  during  the 
year,  and  provision  was  also  made  for  summer  schools. 

In  1768  one-fifth  of  the  amount  raised  was  to  be  expended 
for  "paying  school  dames"  for  summer  schools. 

In  1773  the  town  was  regularly  divided  into  school  dis- 
tricts, fourteen  in  number,  and  the  boundaries  of  each  are 
recorded. 

A  proposition  to  make  the  schools  free  was  defeated,  by 
which  action  it  would  seem  that  the  patrons  were  expected 
to  pay  in  part  for  their  support.  We  find  no  evidence  that 
a  grammar  school  was  regularly  maintained  at  this  time. 
The  only  reference  to  teachers  of  such  a  school  that  the 
records  contain,  is  found  in  a  vote  passed  at  a  town  meeting 
in  which  the  report  of  the  committee  dividing  the  town  into 
districts  was  accepted,  to  the  effect  that,  "no  schoolmaster 
employed  in  keeping  school  in  any  particular  squadron  of 
this  town — grammar  schoolmasters  excepted  —  shall  instruct 
any  scholars  sent  to  them  from  other  squadrons."  The 
districts,  as  laid  out  by  the  committee,  were  not  regularly 
numbered,  but  were  known  by  the  name  of  some  prominent 
resident,  as  Captain  John  Putnam's  district,  Colonel  Sib- 
ley's  district,  etc.  The  teachers  were  generally  males ;  a 
lady's  name  appears  only  occasionally  upon  the  treasurer's 
book  as  teacher  for  a  few  weeks  in  the  summer.  During  the 


502  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

excitement  preceding  and  consequent  upon  the  revolution- 
ary struggle,  comparatively  little  interest  was  taken  in  the 
schools.  About  the  usual  amount  of  money  was  however 
appropriated  for  their  support  year  by  year,  except  1775, 
when  nothing  was  granted.  In  1781  the  town  was  re-divided. 
The  number  of  districts  reported  was  fifteen. 

In  1790  a  committee  was  appointed  to  "  new-district  the 
school  districts  of  the  town,  or  make  such  alterations  in 
them  as  they  may  think  proper."  This  committee  was  also 
instructed  to  report  what  sum  of  money  may  be  needed  for 
building  more  school-houses. 

At  a  subsequent  meeting  they  reported  that  in  their 
opinion  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  would  be 
required,  and  recommended  the  appropriation  of  such  an 
amount. 

The  report  was  accepted,  and  a  committee  of  twenty-five 
appointed  to  make  such  changes  in  the  districts  as  may  be 
expedient,  and  to  designate  places  for  the  school-houses  in 
those  districts  which  have  failed  to  agree  upon  a  suitable 
site.  The  above  action  was  reconsidered  at  a  meeting  in 
November,  and  nothing  farther  done  in  the  matter. 

The  treasurer's  book  contains  no  order  for  the  payment  of 
a  grammar  schoolmaster,  regularly  employed  as  such,  previ- 
ously to  1793. 

Persons  might  have  been,  and  probably  were,  delegated  to 
give  instruction  to  any  who  might  wish  to  pursue  the  studies 
which  were  then  considered  as  belonging  to  such  a  school. 
There  were  very  few  of  this  class  of  pupils  before  the  time 
above  mentioned.  Joseph  Hall,  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  David,  is 
the  first  and  only  one  who  seems  to  have  been  appointed 
grammar  schoolmaster,  and  authorized  to  present  his  bills 
as  such.  His  first  bill  was  in  1794,  for  teaching  grammar 
school  in  1793,  £4,  8s.  2d,  and  as  his  bill  varied  from  year 
to  year,  it  is  evident  that  his  salary  depended  upon  the 
number  of  his  scholars.  About  this  time  summer  schools, 
for  terms  of  four  or  six  weeks,  were  established  in  most  of 
the  districts.  The  winter  schools  were  kept  from  eight  to 
ten  weeks,  and  taught  exclusively  by  male  teachers.  The 
course  of  study  had  been  somewhat  advanced.  Spelling 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  503 

and  geography  hud  been  introduced,  and  were  by  many  con- 
sidered important  branches  of  study  ;  good  hand-writing  and 
a  more  extended  knowledge  of  arithmetic  were  also  encour- 
aged. Each  district  employed  its  own  teacher,  and  had  the 
general  supervision  of  its  schools.  The  only  official  visits 
made  the  schools  at  this  time  were  those  of  the  minister  of 
the  parish,  for  the  purpose  of  catechising  the  children.  A 
more  liberal  appropriation  was  made  for  their  support,  and 
they  were  taught  for  longer  terms,  both  summer  and  winter. 

A  desire  for  advantages  the  common  schools  and  the  gram- 
mar school,  as  taught  by  Mr.  Hall,  did  not  furnish,  began 
to  find  expression  in  the  establishment  of  private  schools. 
Among  the  first  of  these  were  those  taught  in  1806  by 
Miss  Mary  T.  Morse  in  the  south  parish,  and  Miss  Caroline 
M.  Warren  in  the  north  parish. 

Miss  Morse's  school  was  for  young  ladies  only,  in  which 
instruction  was  given  in  "  Reading,  writing,  orthography, 
and  English  grammar ;  also  plain  sewing,  marking,  working 
muslin  and  embroidery ;  also  drawing  and  painting  in  water 
colors  and  filigree  work."  Miss  Warren's  school  was  open 
to  youth  of  both  sexes,  and  "instruction  was  given  in 
reading,  writing,  orthography  and  English  grammar,  rhetoric, 
logic,  and  English  composition ;  also  arithmetic,  geometry, 
geography,  astronomy  and  the  Latin  language."  Young 
ladies  were  likewise  instructed  in  the  ornamental  branches. 
In  1811  Miss  Thayer  advertises  in  the  Massachusetts  Spy  her 
"Boarding  school  for  young  ladies,"  in  which  she  promises 
superior  advantages  for  the  pursuit  of  the  several  branches 
of  literature  and  the  fine  arts."  Miss  T.  was  an  accom- 
plished teacher,  and  her  school  was  well  patronized.  These 
private  schools  had  much  influence  in  stimulating  parents 
whose  children  could  not  have  their  advantages  to  desire 
means  for  the  improvement  of  the  public  schools,  and  we 
find  the  town  making  larger  appropriations  for  them. 
Teachers  of  higher  attainments  were  sought  for,  and  addi- 
tional studies  were  introduced.  But  there  was  no  regular 
system  of  instruction,  and  the  text-books  were  such  as 
families  might  chance  to  have  or  the  teacher  might  choose 
to  recommend. 


504  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

The  committees  chosen  by  the  districts  controlled  their 
own  schools  in  their  own  way,  and  not  infrequently  rival 
parties  existed,  whose  petty  jealousies  and  opposition,  when 
defeated,  to  whatever  the  successful  one  might  do,  operated 
disastrously  upon  the  school  and  sometimes  caused  its  sus- 
pension. 

Many  of  the  towns  in  the  commonwealth  had  built  the 
school-houses,  assumed  the  supervision  of  the  schools,  and 
appointed  committees  to  provide  teachers,  designate  text- 
books, prescribe  a  regular  course  of  study,  and  visit  the 
schools. 

The  improvement  in  the  schools  in  these  towns  was  so 
marked  that  it  was  deemed  desirable  the  plan  of  supervision 
adopted  should  be  introduced  in  all  the  towns  of  the  com- 
monwealth, so  in  1826  an  act  was  passed  by  the  legislature 
"providing  for  the  further  instruction  of  youth,"  in  which 
every  town  was  required  to  make  choice  of  three  or  more 
persons  of  requisite  qualifications  to  take  the  general  super- 
inteudance  of  the  schools,  examine  teachers,  designate  text- 
books, compel  the  attendance  upon  schools  of  all  children 
of  a  suitable  age,  etc.  This  town  chose  committees  as 
required  by  law,  but  many  of  the  districts  were  not  cor- 
dial in  their  support  of  the  measures  they  recommended, 
and  the  harmonious  blending  of  the  town  and  the  district 
system  was  found  to  be  a  difficult  matter. 

In  1828  there  was  a  new  division  of  the  town  into  twelve 
school  districts.  The  feeling  that  the  town  committees 
assumed  authority  over  the  schools  which  did  not  belong  to 
them,  is  manifest  in  the  following  action  of  the  town,  as 
recorded  in  the  proceedings  of  the  March  meeting,  1832. 

' '  The  attention  of  the  meeting  being  called  to  the  choice 
of  a  school  committee,  after  general  discussion  it  was  voted 
to  choose  three  persons  for  this  committee  who  shall  examine 
teachers  and  visit  the  several  schools  with  the  prudential 
committees,  when  invited  by  said  prudential  committee ;  and 
when  thus  invited,  shall,  on  performing  said  duty,  be  paid 
a  reasonable  sum  for  their  services,  their  accounts  being 
audited  by  the  selectmen,  by  each  district  who  shall  thus 
invite  them,  out  of  the  portion  of  money  said  districts  draw 
from  the  treasury." 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  505 

It  is  impossible  to  give  a  history  of  the  many  private 
schools  that  were  established  in  town  after  1811,  as  no 
records  were  kept,  and  the  "oldest  inhabitants"  can  impart 
little  information. 

A  few  of  these  schools,  however,  are  remembered,  and 
worthy  of  particular  mention.  One  of  them,  called  "  Sutton 
High  School,"  was  established  by  Rev.  George  A.  Willard,  in 
1835,  in  the  hall  of  the  brick  mansion  built  by  Mr.  James 
Freeland,  afterward  removed  to  West  Sutton  and  continued 
several  years.  Mr.  Willard  was  a  superior  teacher,  as 
several  of  his  former  pupils  now  resident  in  town  can  testify. 
Mr.  Willard  was  succeeded  by  Charles  A.  Peabody. 

During  the  autumn  of  1850,  Mr.  Newell  Wedge  was 
induced  to  open  a  select  school  in  Wilkinson ville,  through 
the  solicitation  of  Dea.  John  McClellan,  Rev.  L.  B.  Good- 
win, Seth  Hartwell,  William  Newton,  William  Hall,  Asa 
Woodbury,  Horatio  Slocomb,  Mr.  Cowan,  Hon.  William  R. 
Hill,  Joshua  Armsby  and  others. 

In  the  spring  of  1851  this  school,  which  was  in  successful 
operation,  was  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  closed,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  hall  in  which  it  was  held  being  fitted  up  for 
tenements.  It  was,  however,  resumed  and  kept  at  different 
places  —  at  the  bank  room,  and  at  Saundersville  through  the 
liberality  of  Mr.  Esek  Saunders,  who  gave  the  use  of  his 
school-house  for  the  purpose.  Mr.  Wedge  also  taught  in  his 
own  house,  and  several  terms  in  a  building  near  by,  fitted 
up  for  his  school ;  also  in  the  school-house  at  the  centre,  and 
the  new  school-house  at  Wilkinsonville.  The  number  of  his 
pupils  varied  from  thirty,  the  first  term,  to  sixty  at  the  end 
of  the  third  year,  at  which  time  he  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  S. 
E.  Wedge. 

In  the  autumn  of  1869  he  again  taught  a  select  school  in 
the  school-house  at  Wilkinsonville,  with  sixty-three  pupils, 
twenty-six  of  whom  were  over  fifteen  years  of  age.  Of  those 
who  have  been  under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Wedge,  more 
than  seventy  are  known  to  have  engaged  in  teaching,  many 
of  whom  were  eminent  in  their  profession.  One  taught  in 
the  normal  school  of  Rhode  Island,  one  in  the  normal  school 
of  Westfield,  and  two  are  now  teaching  in  the  public  schools 

64 


506  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

of  Worcester.  Two,  while  attending  his  school,  volunteered 
for  the  defense  of  their  country  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 
Many  others  who  had  been  his  pupils  entered  the  army. 
Two  served  in  the  signal  corps  ;  five  became  captains.  One 
has  represented  this  town  in  the  legislature. 

Mr.  Henry  J.  Crippen,  who  was  a  pupil  of  Mr.  Wedge 
in  his  school  at  Grafton,  taught  a  private  school  at  the  cen- 
ter. He  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  college. 

Mr.  A.  W.  Putnam  was  also  a  successful  teacher  in  our 
public  schools,  and  also  in  private  schools. 

In  1849  a  committee  was  appointed  to  make  a  revision  of 
the  school  districts,  if  upon  examination  it  should  be  deemed 
expedient.  This  committee  reported  a  revision  in  1850, 
which  report  was  accepted  in  part,  and  as  a  whole  in  1851. 
The  number  of  districts  reported  was  thirteen,  and  their 
boundaries  as  then  defined  are  substantially  those  of  the  dis- 
tricts of  the  town  at  the  present  time.  The  appropriation 
made  by  the  town  from  year  to  year  for  the  support  of  its 
schools  has  upon  the  whole  been  liberal,  but  the  equitable 
division  of  the  money  has  been  a  matter  of  difficulty,  from 
the  fact  that  the  wages  paid  teachers  have  been  determined 
by  the  prudential  committees,  and  those  paying  the  highest 
have  insisted  upon  the  same  number  of  school  weeks  as 
those  paying  the  least  wages.  The  school  committee  were 
powerless  in  the  matter,  as  the  town  by  vote  placed  the  em- 
ployment of  teachers  in  the  hands  of  the  prudential  commit- 
tees. An  attempt  to  secure  something  like  uniformity  was 
made  by  the  introduction  in  the  town  meeting  of  March 
1850,  of  the  following  resolution  : 

"Resolved,  that  the  money  raised  and  appropriated  for  the 
support  of  schools  be  subject  to  the  order  of  the  selectmen, 
and  be  divided  among  the  several  school  districts  in  such  a 
manner  as  that  each  district  shall  have  a  school  or  schools 
of  equal  length.  No  male  teacher  shall  receive  from  the 
public  funds  more  than  twenty-two  dollars  per  month,  and 
no  female  teacher  more  than  ten  dollars  per  month,  exclusive 
of  board.  If  a  female  be  employed  in  the  winter  where 
there  is  no  male  teacher,  she  may  receive  fifteen  dollars  per 
month." 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  507 

This  resolution  was  adopted,  but  at  the  next  May  meeting 
the  vote  adopting  it  was  reconsidered,  and  the  following 
order  made  with  reference  to  the  division  of  the  school 
money:  "One-third  equally  among  the  districts,  the  other 
two-thirds  by  the  number  of  families  in  the  several  school 
districts." 

This  method  of  dividing  the  money  was,  after  several 
years'  trial,  found  to  be  defective  in  its  working,  and  aban- 
doned. Another  plan,  and  one  which  still  prevails,  was 
adopted,  by  which  the  school  committee  were  instructed  to 
divide  the  money  as  follows  :  "One-third  equally  among  the 
districts,  one-third  upon  the  average  attendance  in  each  dis- 
trict, and  one-third  at  the  discretion  of  the  committee." 

From  1800  to  1876  the  town  raised  $113,511.  If  to  this 
we  add  the  amount  received  from  the  State  since  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  school  fund,  the  interest  on  the  Cole  legacy, 
and  the  dog  money,  we  shall  have  an  aggregate  of  not  less 
than  $125,000.  This  is  a  large  sum  for  a  rural  township 
like  this  to  expend  upon  its  schools,  and  ought  to  have 
placed  them  in  an  efficient  condition  to  afford  instruction  in 
all  the  common  branches  of  study,  and  also  furnish  facilities 
for  the  prosecution  of  the  higher  branches  taught  in  gram- 
mar schools. 

But  the  common  schools  of  the  town  have  not  been  in  the 
past  what  they  should  have  been,  nor  are  they  to-day  what 
they  ought  to  be,  in  view  of  the  generous  appropriations 
made  for  their  support. 

There  are  causes  for  their  inefficiency,  and  these  will  be, 
and  ought  to  be,  without  prejudice,  investigated. 

This  town  has  by  a  large  majority  of  its  voters  continued 
to  favor  the  district  system,  and  placed  the  employment  of 
the  teachers  of  its  schools  in  the  hands  of  its  prudential  com- 
mittees. In  reference  to  the  wisdom  of  this  plan  there  are 
honest  differences,  and  many  of  the  earnest  friends  of  our 
common  schools  think  it  the  best  that  can  be  devised. 

If  it  is  better  than  the  town  system,  the  schools  of  this 
and  the  few  towns  in  the  State  which  adhere  to  it  should 
surpass  in  excellence  all  others.  We  find  the  schools  in 
those  towns  in  the  most  efficient  state  in  which  teachers  only 


508  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

of  superior  qualifications  are  employed,  and  retained  as  long 
as  possible  in  the  same  place. 

In  a  few  of  the  schools  of  this  town  the  best  of  teachers 
have  been  employed,  and  in  some  instances  retained  for 
many  successive  terms,  and  these  schools  will  compare 
favorably  with  those  of  any  town,  but  in  many  cases  teach- 
ers with  no  fitness  for  their  work  have  been  engaged,  and 
not  infrequently  a  new  one  for  each  term.  Schools  cannot 
prosper  under  such  management,  and  the  wonder  is  not 
that  they  are  no  better,  but  no  worse. 

In  searching  for  the  causes  of  the  present  condition  of 
our  schools,  we  shall  also  find  that  the  town  committee  have 
sometimes  been  incompetent,  and  sometimes  when  compe- 
tent derelict  in  duty.  Many  who  have  been  upon  this  com- 
mittee have  possessed  all  the  requisite  qualifications,  and 
been  deserving  of  high  commendation  for  their ' '  work's  sake," 
but  it  is  at  the  same  time  true  that  others  have  been  men  of 
no  special  fitness.  These  have  sometimes  allowed  teachers  to 
remain  who  should  have  been  promptly  dismissed,  either 
from  inability  to  judge  of  their  qualifications,  or  fear  of 
offending  some  of  their  political  constituents.  The  office 
has  been  altogether  too  much  a  political  one,  and  held 
not  infrequently  by  men  whose  only  recommendation  was 
loyalty  to  party.  Such  have  taken  little  interest  in  the 
schools — visited  them  only  occasionally,  and  then  disgusted 
both  teachers  and  pupils  by  talking  politics  when  there  was 
any  one  to  converse  with,  and  closing  the  scene  with  a  "few 
remarks,"  suggestive  only  of  the  fact  that  the  speaker  had 
nothing  to  say.  The  office  of  school  committee  should  be 
wholly  removed  from  party  politics,  and  filled  by  those  who 
know  what  education  is,  and  the  best  means  of  securing  its 
advantages  —  by  those  only  who  have  time  for  the  faithful 
discharge  of  the  duties  involved. 

There  are  other  causes  which  might  be  mentioned  that 
have  had  much  influence  in  retarding  the  progress  of  our 
schools,  and  preventing  the  attainment  of  the  standard  of 
excellence  they  ought  to  have  reached ;  these  will  readily 
suggest  themselves  to  the  mind  inclined  to  institute  inquiry, 
and  desirous  of  applying  a  remedy. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  509 

But  while  admitting  that  our  schools  are  not  what  they 
ought  to  be,  we  note  with  pleasure  the  fact  that,  comparing 
them  with  the  past,  they  show  improvement  in  many 
respects  ;  upon  the  whole  great  improvements. 

As  it  regards  these  improvements,  Mr.  Wedge,  in  his  sug- 
gestions, mentions  the  tasteful  and  commodious  school- 
houses  which  have  taken  the  place  of  the  rude  structures  of 
olden  time — the  attractive  furnishing  of  most  of  these 
houses — the  introduction  of  maps,  blackboards  and  appara- 
tus affording  facilities  for  the  illustration  of  the  various 
branches  of  study,  text-books  adapted  to  the  wants  of  schol- 
ars of  every  grade,  singing  and  drawing,  the  encouragement 
of  a  taste  for  the  useful  and  beautiful,  less  severity  in  pun- 
ishment, more  governing  by  love,  and  an  appeal  to  the  rea- 
son of  a  child  rather  than  his  sense  of  physical  pain.  As 
furnishing  incentive  to  improvements  and  imparting  hints  as 
to  the  direction  in  which  they  should  be  made,  Mr.  Wedge 
also  mentions  with  commendation  the  work  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education  in  collecting  and  sending  into  the  towns 
important  facts  relative  to  what  is  being  done  elsewhere,  as 
well  as  at  home,  in  the  matter  of  education,  and  likewise  in 
endeavoring  by  means  of  detectives  to  learn  whether  the 
school  laws  are  enforced.  He  likewise  refers  to  the  libraries 
with  which  most  of  the  schools  were  at  one  time  furnished, 
as  calculated  to  foster  a  taste  in  the  minds  of  the  young  for 
general  literature,  and  expresses  regret  that  they  were  not 
appreciated  more  highly,  and  maintained.  In  referring  to 
the  disposition  which  was  made  of  them,  he  notes  with  indig- 
nation the  fact,  that  in  one  of  the  districts  the  people  voted 
that  the  "  school  library  be  sold  for  old  paper." 

On  several  of  the  above  topics  he  enlarges,  and  we  should 
be  glad  to  give  place  to  his  reflections  if  the  space  allotted 
for  this  article  would  admit. 

For  the  gratification  of  the  antiquarian  of  one  hundred 
years  hence,  and  the  benefit  of  the  future  historian,  we 
append  a  list  of  the  text-books  in  use  in  our  common  schools 
in  1876: 

Readers,  the  Franklin  series  ;  Speller,  Monroe's  Practical ; 
Arithmetic,  Greeuleaf's  new  series ;  Geography,  Warren's 


510  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

primary  and  common  school ;  Grammar,  Harper's  language 
series;  History,  Scott's  United  States;  Writing,  Payson's 
writing  books,  six  numbers. 

o  * 


HIGH    SCHOOL. 

BY  I.  B.  HABTWELL. 


In  this  brief  historical  sketch  of  the  efforts  of  the  friends 
of  a  more  liberal  education,  and  the  action  of  the  town  which 
culminated  in  the  establishment  of  our  present  popular  high 
school,  we  shall  omit,  here  and  now,  the  history  of  such 
boarding,  select  and  private  high  schools  as  from  time  to 
time  have  been  sustained  by  subscription,  and  confine  these 
notes  to  such  facts  as  have  reference  to  high  schools  recog- 
nized by  legislative  acts,  and  maintained  by  the  town  in  its 
municipal  capacity.  We  regret  the  necessity  for  this  omis- 
sion, for  these  subscription  schools,  by  introducing  some  of 
the  higher  branches,  induced  a  more  correct  appreciation  of 
such  branches,  and  created  a  demand  for  high  schools. 

The  historians  of  our  common  school  system  begin  by 
referring  to  the  legislative  acts  of  the  Massachusetts  colon- 
ists in  1647,  as  the  inception  and  foundation  of  that  system. 
By  this  early  legislation  the  support  of  schools  was  made 
compulsory,  and  the  means  of  education  became  common 
and  free.  The  same  legislation  laid  the  foundation  for  the 
high  school,  for  it  included  an  enactment  requiring  every 
town  of  one  hundred  families  or  householders  to  set  up  and 
maintain  a  "  Grammar  school,"  under  a  master  competent  to 
instruct  youth  in  such  branches  as  were  required  to  fit  them 
for  the  university. 

In  obedience   to   these  enactments  "  Grammar  schools"* 


*No  text-books  on  English  grammar  had  been  prepared  and  introduced 
into  the  schools  of  Massachusetts  eighty  years  ago.  And  it  was  thought  that 
a  knowledge  of  grammar  could  be  acquired  only  by  the  study  of  Latin  Acci- 
dents as  found  in  Latin  grammars.  Hence  high  schools  in  which  the  languages 
and  mathematics  were  taught,  were  called  Grammar  Schools. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  511 

were  maintained  in  many  of  the  towns  of  Massachusetts  dur- 
ing the  remainder  of  the  seventeenth  and  the  larger  part  of 
the  eighteenth  century ;  but  in  the  latter  part  of  the  last 
century  and  early  part  of  this,  seminaries  of  learning  of  a 
higher  grade  than  ' '  grammar  schools "  but  inferior  to  uni- 
versities or  colleges,  and  called  academies,  began  to  be  incor- 
porated and  put  in  operation  in  various  parts  of  the  State, 
some  of  which  were  well  endowed  and  became  permanent 
institutions.  And  because  they  had  better  instructors  and 
other  facilities  for  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  the  languages 
and  other  higher  branches  than  were  found  in  the  "gram- 
mar schools,"  the  latter  were  pretty  generally  discontinued. 
Young  ladies  and  gentlemen  desiring  a  higher  culture  than 
they  had  obtained  in  the  common  district  school,  and  ambi- 
tious for  the  prestige  and  fame  which  the  academy  was  sup- 
posed to  confer  upon  its  students,  resorted  to  the  academy  ; 
while  the  children  of  the  more  wealthy,  particularly  lads  in 
a  course  of  preparation  to  enter  the  college,  were  sent  to  the 
academy.  And  the  comparative  poverty  of  the  inhabitants 
of  the  rural  towns  and  districts  did  not  preclude  the  expend- 
iture of  the  moderate  sum  necessary  for  a  few  terms  of 
academic  attendance  of  their  more  promising  youth,  where 
there  was  a  just  appreciation  of  a  higher  culture,  and  an 
earnest  desire  therefor. 

During  what  may  be  called  this  academic  period  the  stat- 
ute school  acts,  in  reference  to  "grammar  schools"  from 
time  to  time  revised  and  amended,  but  never  as  we  think 
repealed,  had  become  inoperative  and  nearly  obsolete.  And 
not  until  after  the  passage  of  the  act  establishing  the  State 
school  fund  in  1834,  and  the  establishment  of  the  school 
board  in  1837,  and  not  until  after  the  zealous  and  efficient 
efforts  of  the  late  Horace  Mann,  the  great  apostle  of  a 
reformed  common  school  gospel,  aided  by  a  more  stringent 
legislation  and  the  increasing  wealth  of  the  cities  and  large 
towns,  did  high  schools,  properly  so  called,  and  as  defined 
in  our  statutes,  begin  to  be  established.  And  even  so  late 
as  1863,  nearly  twenty  years  after  the  statutes  had  assumed 
substantially  the  same  form  and  meaning  that  they  now  have, 
by  which,  at  that  time,  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight  towns 


512  SCHOOLS  or  THE 

in  the  commonwealth  were  required  under  penalty  to  main- 
tain a  high  school,  forty-six  of  these  towns,  including  Sut- 
ton,  were  delinquent,  either  by  having  no  high  school  or  by 
not  having  such  an  one  as  conformed  to  the  requirements  of 
the  statutes. 

Hoping  that  these  preliminary  considerations  may  help  in 
forming  a  more  correct  judgment  of  the  action,  or  want  of 
action,  of  the  town  of  Sutton  in  the  premises  than  would  be 
otherwise  entertained,  we  come  now  to  a  special  history  of 
our  High  School,  beginning  with  its  embryonic  state. 

Because  the  wish  is  often  parent  to  the  thought,  the 
thought  to  action,  and  the  action  to  beneficial  results,  we 
are  pleased  to  find  in  the  report  of  the  schooj  committee  for 
1859,  Foster  Freeland,  chairman,  a  strongly  expressed  wish 
that  Sutton  might  have  the  advantage  of  grammar  school  * 
instruction ;  and  a  recommendation  that  the  excess  of  school 
money  raised  by  the  town,  above  a  specified  amount,  then 
deemed  sufficient  for  the  common  district  schools,  should  be 
appropriated  to  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  two 
' '  grammar  schools  ; "  and  this  followed  by  a  suggestion  that 
the  school  acts  should  be  so  amended  as  to  give  the  income 
of  the  State  school  fund  to  the  several  towns  of  the  Com- 
monwealth to  aid  in  the  maintenance  of  such  schools. 

In  the  warrant  of  the  selectmen,  Horace  Leland,  chairman, 
for  the  annual  meeting  of  1860,  we  find  : 

"Art.  13.  To  see  if  the  Town  will  establish  a  High 
School  or  act  or  do  any  thing  relative  to  the  same." 

It  is  believed  that  the  article  was  inserted  in  the  warrant 
by  the  selectmen  in  compliance  with  the  request  of  the  late 
Paris  Tourtellott. 

Mr.  Tourtellott  strenuously  defended  the  affirmative  of 
this  article,  on  the  position  that,  first,  Sutton  should  wipe  out 
the  stigma  on  her  fair  fame  for  dereliction  to  legal  duty. 
Second,  that  the  town  was  liable  to  a  fine  of  four  thousand 
($4,000)  dollars  f  for  neglecting  to  maintain  a  high  school, 


*It  is  evident  from  the  context  that  Mr.  Freeland  used  the  term  Grammar 
School  in  its  original  sense. 

t  See  Section  2d  and  14th,  Chapter  38,  General  Statutes. 


TOWN    OF    RUTTON.  513 

and  lastly,  that  the  more  advanced  scholars  in  town  sadly 
needed  such  a  school. 

The  negative  was  defended  by  arguments  not  even  now 
•wholly  removed,  which  were  concisely,  correctly  and  can- 
didly set  forth  in  the  following  quotation  from  the  report 
of  the  school  committee,  Foster  Freeland  chairman,  for 
the  year  ending  March  5th,  1860,  and  presented  to  this 
meeting : 

"Your  committee  concur  in  the  opinion  that  whatever  is 
appropriated  for  this  noble  cause"  —  a  higher  education- — 
"  considering  the  territorial  structure  of  our  town  and  the 
sparsely  located  proper  recipients  of  High  School  privileges, 
the  greatest  good  to  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  will  be 
attained  by  the  division  of  the  fund*  in  the  districts .n 

Notwithstanding  the  above  "opinion,"  the  chairman  of 
the  school  committee  did  not  oppose  the  establishment  of  a 
high  school,  but  seemed  rather  to  favor  the  enterprise,  by 
showing  how  his  own  objections  might  in  part  be  overruled, 
by  having  successive  terms  or  successive  years  of  a  high 
school,  by  equitable  rotation,  in  different  parts  of  the  town. 
After  a  fair  and  full  discussion,  it  was  voted  by  a  large  ma- 
jority to  pass  over  the  article  and  postpone  the  subject 
indefinitely. 

But  by  this  discussion,  if  not  by  the  vote,  something  was 
gained  in  the  right  direction  ;  for  it  at  least  vitalized  the 
question,  and  many  who  voted  for  postponement  were  unwil- 
ling to  accept  the  conclusion  that  Sutton  was  not  to  have, 
for  many  years  in  the  then  future,  a  legally  established  high 
school.  For  several  years,  and  during  our  unhappy  civil 
war,  when  large  sums  of  money  were  required  for  defending 
the  flag  of  the  Union,  though  the  question  was  not  formally 
submitted  to  the  town,  yet  it  was  informally  discussed  by  its 
citizens,  and  was  not  totally  ignored  in  the  yearly  school 
reports. 


*The  term  "fund,"  as  appears  from  the  context,  was  intended  to  include 
all  school  money  raised  hy  the  town,  received  from  the  income  of  the  State 
school  fund  and  all  other  sources. 

65 


514  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

Nor  was  the  secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Education 
remiss  in  charging  upon  delinquent  towns  what  he  consid- 
ered an  unwise,  niggardly  and  reprehensible  economy,  in 
refusing  to  appropriate  money  as  required  by  law. 

Previously,  and  during  these  years,  there  had  been  and 
was  a  partial  and  imperfect  compliance  with  the  intentions 
of  the  statutes,  by  employing  occasionally  in  several  of  the 
school  districts  teachers  amply  qualified  in  the  higher 
branches,  in  which  instruction  was  given  to  the  more  advanced 
scholars.  Prominent  among  these  teachers  was  our  respected 
citizen,  Newell  Wedge,  a  graduate  of  Amherst,  who  came  to 
this  town  in  1849,  and  has  been  a  popular  and  successful 
teacher  of  subscription  high  schools. 

It  is  not  within  the  scope  of  this  article  to  consider  the 
wisdom  of  making  laws  with  penalties  annexed,  without 
providing  means  which  shall  be  swift  and  sure  in  penal  inflic- 
tion. It  is  apparent,  however,  that  our  legislature  thought 
our  school  acts  might  be  improved  in  relation  to  a  penalty 
which  had  seldom,  if  ever,  been  inflicted  on  delinquent 
towns ;  from  the  recommendations  of  the  State  school  board, 
it  enacted  (see  section  1st,  chapter  142,  acts  of  1865), 
"That  no  distribution  or  apportionment  of  the  annual  income 
of  the  State  school  fund  should  be  made  to  towns  not  com- 
plying with  certain  requisitions  of  chapter  38,  sections  1 
and  2,  general  statute,  including  the  maintenance  of  a  high 
school." 

(The  apportionment  to  Sutton  at  this  period,  1865,  was 
$116.85,  and  was  increasing  yearly  ;  in  1875  it  was  $290.95.) 

This  act  was  a  coup  de  maitre,  the  effect  of  which  Sutton 
could  not  easily  evade.  It  said  virtually — To  them  that  do 
shall  be  given,  but  from  them  that  do  not  shall  be  taken  that 
which  they  expect  to  have. 

Not  far  from  this  time,  it  having  been  noticed  that  recent 
school  legislation  originated  with  the  school  board,  the  school 
committee  initiated  a  correspondence  with  the  secretary  of 
the  board,  Joseph  White,  Esq.,  reiterating  the  substance  of 
the  "  opinion "  heretofore  quoted,  that  no  one  high  school 
could  be  so  located  as  to  be  practically  beneficial  to  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  town,  according  to  the  wording  of  the 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  515 

statute,  because  the  centers  of  population  were  on  the  extremi- 
ties of  the  town  and  widely  distant,  and  that  the  honorable 
secretary  was  stopped  from  recommending  a  moveable,  a 
rotary,  school,  by  his  own  emphatic  condemnation  of  peri- 
patetic high  schools. 

It  was  deemed  too  obvious  then  to  be  mentioned  that  the 
expense  of  two  or  more  high  schools  would  be  dispropor- 
tionate to  the  ability  of  the  town,  and  the  beneficial  results 
to  all  the  inhabitants. 

The  influence  of  the  board  was  solicited  in  favor  of  sev- 
eral suggested  amendments  of  the  school  acts,  which,  while 
they  would  not  relieve  such  towns  as  Sutton  from  an  expense 
equivalent  to  that  of  maintaining  a  high  school,  would  pro- 
vide for  a  more  equitable  distribution  of  the  benefits  procured 
by  such  an  expense  to  "all  the  inhabitants  of  the  town." 

Not  having  the  correspondence  before  me,  and  relying  on 
memory  for  the  substance  of  the  same,  it  undoubtedly  had 
some  expressions  which  justified  the  secretary  in  saying  in 
his  reply  that  our  construction  of  the  statute  was  unwar- 
ranted ;  that  benefit  to  all  the  inhabitants  did  not  mean  a 
direct  and  equal  benefit  to  each  individual,  or  to  each  district 
even,  but  a  general  benefit,  direct  and  indirect,  to  all  the 
inhabitants,  and  that  the  contemplated  school  should  be  open 
and  free  to  all  the  pupils  of  the  town,  qualified  to  enter 
upon  the  study  of  the  higher  branches.  The  secretary  also 
suggested  that  we  were  not  prevented  by  the  statute  from 
having  two  or  more  high  schools ;  and  lastly,  that  Sutton 
was  in  a  delinquent  company  that  was  rapidly  diminishing, 
there  being  only  thirty-seven  towns  *  that  failed  to  comply 
with  the  statute  requirements  in  the  matter  of  high  schools. 

,In  1866  the  school  committee  submitted  informally  to  the 
selectmen,  I.  A.  Dodge  chairman,  several  articles  on  school 


*  These  were  reduced  to  two  or  three  in  1873.  By  an  act  of  1866,  chapter 
208,  section  2,  towns  maintaining  a  high  school  thirty-six  weeks  in  each 
year,  instead  of  forty  weeks,  as  required  by  section  2,  chapter  38,  general 
statute,  were  not  liable  to  forfeiture  of  their  share  of  the  income  of  the  State 
school  fund.  But  the  fine  designated  in  section  14,  chapter  38,  general 
statute,  though  by  no  means  imminent,  is  very  gently  impending  over  all 
towns  required  to  maintain  a  high  school,  which  do  not  maintain  the  same 
forty  weeks  in  each  year,  exclusive  of  vacations. 


516  SCHOOLS    OF    THE 

matters,  to  be  inserted  in  the  forthcoming  warrant  for  the 
annual  meeting,  two  of  which  were  substantially  as  follows  : 

1st.  To  see  if  the  town  will  establish  a  high  school,  or 
act  or  do  anything  relative  thereto. 

2nd.  To  see  if  the  town  will  raise  and  appropriate  five 
hundred  dollars,  to  aid  the  pupils  in  Sutton  in  prosecuting 
their  studies  in  the  higher  branches  in  some  of  the  high 
schools  and  academies  of  the  neighboring  towns,  or  act  or 
do  anything  relating  thereto. 

Objection  being  made  to  the  word  establish,  in  the  first 
article,  that  it  might  appear  to  the  voters  as  imposing  a 
prospective  permanent  tax,  the  article  was  amended  by  sub- 
stituting the  word  maintain,  as  not  necessarily  implying  more 
than  a  temporary  tax. 

Thus  amended,  the  article  was  put  in  the  warrant  as  num- 
ber seventeen.  The  second  article  was  rejected,  as  having 
no  features  which  the  town  would  be  likely  to  receive  with 
favor. 

In  the  annual  meeting  which  followed,  March  19,  1866, 
and  during  a  temporary  absence  of  the  writer,  who  had 
hoped  for  a  discussion  that  might  indicate  the  sentiments 
of  the  leading  men  of  the  town,  article  seventeen  was 
hastily  reached  and  passed  over  without  comment  I)}'  an 
indefinite  postponement. 

By  an  act  of  the  legislature  of  1869  the  school  district 
system  was  abolished  throughout  the  State,  very  much  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  State  school  board,  but  very  much  to 
the  dissatisfaction  of  more  than  two-thirds  of  the  voters  of 
Sutton.  By  an  act  of  the  legislature  of  1870,  "  Towns 
which  had  not  voluntarily  abolished  the  district  system," 
Avere  permitted,  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  to  return  to  that 
system ;  very  much  to  the  satisfaction  of  more  than  two- 
thirds  of  Sutton's  voters,  who  very  soon  re-established  what 
they  had  reluctantly  abandoned.  This  going  out  of  and  into 
the  district  system  was  the  occasion  of  not  a  little  discussion 
and  party  feeling,  of  some  necessary  and  more  unnecessary 
expense,  and  of  serious  injury  to  the  cause  of  education. 
The  excitement  consequent  to  these  measures  seemed  to 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  517 

obscure  the  interests  of  our  prospective  high  school,  for  the 
school  reports  made  no  favorable  allusion  to  the  subject 
until  1873. 

During  the  session  of  the  legislature  of  1871,  our  respected 
fellow-citizen,  Edwin  H.  Hutchinson,  Esq.,  then  a  member 
of  the  house,  had  a  conference  with  the  secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  with  a  view  to  have  the  act  of  1865  so 
amended,  that  on  condition  that  such  towns  as  Sutton  pro- 
vided for  instruction  in  the  higher  branches  by  other  means 
than  that  of  maintaining  a  high  school,  they  might  be 
relieved  from  the  forfeiture  of  their  proportional  part  of  the 
income  of  the  State  school  fund.  A  bill  emanating  from 
the  State  school  board,  to  establish  a  school  fund  by  a  half- 
mill  tax  on  the  whole  taxable  property  of  the  Common- 
wealth, was  introduced  into  the  legislature  of  1873.  The 
consequence  to  Sutton  of  the  passage  of  such  a  bill  is  shown 
in  the  following  quotation  from  the  report  of  the  school 
committee  of  1872-3  : 

"For  many  years  the  town  of  Sutton  has  been  delinquent 
in  relation  to  a  high  school;  and,  as  a  consequence,  that 
which  would  otherwise  be  our  share  of  the  State  school  fund, 
amounting,  perhaps,  to  two  hundred  dollars,  has  been  with- 
held from  us.  Let  us  also  add  to  this  consideration  that  a 
bill  has  been  lately  introduced  into  our  present  legislature 
to  establish  what  is  called  the  half-mill  school  fund.  If  the 
bill  passes  to  be  enacted,  as  is  probable,*  it  will  increase  the 
annual  state  tax  on  Sutton  about  six  hundred  dollars ;  but 
from  the  school  fund  thus  raised  by  a  half-mill  f  tax  on  the 
whole  Commonwealth,  Sutton  will  receive  back  annually  about 
fourteen  hundred  dollars,  on  condition  that  the  town  comply 
with  statute  requirements  in  reference  to  a  high  school,  etc.  ; 
otherwise  the  town  must  raise  six  hundred  dollars  annually 
for  the  support  of  schools  in  other  towns  of  the  common- 
wealth. With  these  considerations  before  us,  it  seems  but 
little  less  than  suicidal  folly  for  the  town  to  delay  any  longer 
the  maintenance  of  a  high  school.  And  such  a  school  need 


*  No  bill  of  the  kind  has  yet  beeii  passed  to  be  enacted. 
t  Half -mill  011  one  dollar.  • 


518  SCHOOLS    OF   THE 

not  subject  the  town  to  a  very  great  expense ;  indeed  the 
balance  in  our  favor  from  the  '  half-mill  school  fund,'  if  the 
bill  becomes  a  law,  and  our  share  from  the  old  school  fund 
[then  withheld]  may  be  made  to  pay  nearly  all  the  extra 
expense  of  a  high  school,  besides  conferring  on  the  town  all 
the  benefits  which  may  result  from  such  a  school. 
*  *  *  *  And  this  school  may  be  conducted 
in  our  common  school-houses,  one  year  in  one  part  of  the 
town,  the  next  year  in  some  other  part,  and  so  on ;  and  may 
take  the  place  of  what  are  now  called  'grammar  depart- 
ments' (in  our  common  schools)." 

About  the  time  the  above  extract  was  written,  the  school 
committee  prepared  the  two  following  articles,  which,  with 
the  approbation  and  concurrence  of  the  whole  school  com- 
mittee and  board  of  selectmen,  William  Abbott,  Esq. ,  chair- 
man, were  inserted  in  the  warrant  for  the  approaching  annual 
meeting : 

"Article  14.  To  see  if  the  town  will  maintain*  a  high 
school  according  to  the  requirements  of  statute  law,  or  act 
or  do  anything  in  relation  to  the  same." 

"Article  15.  To  see  if  the  town  will  raise  money  for 
the  maintenance  of  a  high  school." 

After  a  dispassionate  discussion  and  a  more  detailed  state- 
ment of  the  case  than  is  found  in  the  foregoing  extract,  the 
affirmative  of  both  articles  was  sustained  by  an  almost  unani- 
mous vote  of  the  persons  present  and  voting. 

Under  article  14  —  "  Voted  that  the  town  will  maintain  a 
high  school  to  hold  one  term  of  three  months  at  Wilkinson- 
ville,  one  term  of  three  months  at  Sutton  Centre,  one  term 
of  three  months  at  West  Sutton,  and  one  term  of  three 
months  at  Manchaug  Village." 

Under  article  15  —  "Voted  to  raise  and  appropriate  five 
hundred  dollars  for  the  maintenance  of  the  high  school." 

No  single  action  of  the  town  for  the  previous  fifteen 
years  afforded  such  joy  and  exultation  to  the  writer  as  did 


*  Remembering  how  the  word  establish  had  been  rejected,  as  ominous  to  a 
certain  class  of  tax-payers  of  a  permanent  incubus,  the  word  maintain  was 
here  used. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  519 

the  birth  of  our  beloved  high  school.  We  trust  that  it  will 
not  be  thought  that  we  impute  to  Button  such  sordid  motives 
as  are  not  found  elsewhere,  if  we  say  that  doubtless  some  of 
the  votes  in  the  affirmative  were  given  from  motives  of 
economy.  But  the  success  of  the  measure  was  principally 
due  to  a  higher  standard  of  public  opinion,  and  an  apprecia- 
tion of  a  higher  culture  and  a  demand  therefor.  Many  good 
citizens  had  labored  to  bring  about  this  improvement  in 
public  opinion,  prominent  among  whom  were  Rev.  H.  A. 
Tracy  and  James  W.  Stockwell,  Esq.  Agreeably  to  the 
foregoing  vote  the  first  term  of  the  high  school  was  com- 
menced at  Wilkinsonville,  April  14th,  1873,  under  the 
tuition  of  Walter  A.  Wheeler.  It  was  well  known  that 
this  district  alone  could  furnish  only  a  small  number  of 
pupils  qualified  to  enter  with  profit  on  the  curriculum  of  a 
veritable  high  school,  and  earnest  efforts  were  made  to  bring 
in  scholars  from  other  districts,  with  indifferent  success. 
The  whole  number  of  scholars  registered  was  26.  Average 
attendance  23.7.  By  the  consent  of  all  concerned,  the  next 
or  fall  term  was  held  at  West  Sutton,  under  the  charge  of 
Miss  M.  E.  Manly.  Whole  number  of  scholars  42  ;  average 
attendance  32.5.  The  winter  term  at  Sutton  Centre  ;  whole 
number  of  scholars  40;  average  attendance  34.45  ;  tinder 
charge  of  Miss  Fannie  E.  Lawrence.  For  a  further  account 
of  our  first  year's  experiment,  we  quote  from  the  report  of 
the  school  committee  for  the  year  ending  March  1874. 

"During  six  [seven]  years  previous  to  the  last  annual 
meeting  of  the  town,  that  which  would  have  been  its  share 
of  the  income  from  the  State  school  fund,  amounting  to  $200 
at  first,  and  finally  to  $245  yearly,  was  withheld,  as  a  punish- 
ment for  our  delinquency  in  the  matter  of  a  high  school. 
Immediately  after  your  vote,  at  our  last  annual  meeting,  to 
maintain  a  high  school,  we  notified  the  secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Education  of  the  same,  and,  better  than  we  ex- 
pected, and  before  our  official  and  certified  returns  were 
made,  and  even  before  our  high  school  had  been  in  session 
the  legal  time  of  nine  (school)  months,  as  a  reward  for  our 
repentance  and  good  intentions,  we  received  through  our 
town  treasurer  our  share  of  the  income  of  the  State  school 


520  SCHOOLS  or  THE 

fund,  amounting  to  $244.92.  This  amount  pays  very  nearly 
the  extra  expense  of  our  high  school  over  what  the  gram- 
mar schools  [departments]  superseded  by  the  high  school 
would  have  cost.  In  this,  our  first  experiment,  the  high 
school  has  had  three  sessions  in  three  different  places,  and 
under  three  different  teachers.  We  recommend  that  here- 
after the  high  school  be  at  one  place  only  during  the  year, 
and  that  it  be  under  the  charge  of  one  and  the  same  teacher. 
About  forty  per  ce,ntum  of  the  pupils  of  the  high  school  at 
Sutton  Center,  thirty  per  centum  at  Wilkinsonville,  and  still 
less  at  West  Sutton,  were  engaged  in  the  study  of  the  higher 
branches.  We  believe  that  the  qualifications  of  our  high 
school  teachers  have  been  amply  sufficient  to  meet  the 
demands  of  their  pupils,  and  we  also  believe  that  by  continu- 
ing our  high  school,  the  number  and  qualifications  of  its 
pupils  in  the  higher  branches  will  greatly  advance." 

At  the  time  the  above  was  written,  the  committee  had 
some  fears  about  the  next  vote  of  the  town  on  the  high 
school  question. 

The  three  terms  of  the  school,  with  the  vacations,  had 
consumed  the  whole  school  year  without  reaching  Manchaug, 
but  it  was  the  intention  of  the  school  board  that  the  first 
term  of  the  second  year  should  be  held  at  Manchaug,  accord- 
ing to  the  vote  of  the  town. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  1874  it  was  "  Voted  to  maintain 
a  high  school,  and  the  same  be  held  at  Sutton  Center  during 
the  year." 

Manchaug,  for  some  small  consideration,  had  very  gener- 
ously waived  her  right  to  the  next  term  of  the  high  school 
before  the  vote  was  taken. 

The  vote  of  the  town  at  this  meeting  was  reassuring,  and 
the  second  year  of  the  high  school,  Walter  A.  Wheeler 
preceptor,  began  at  Sutton  Centre  in  a  newly  repaired  and 
pleasant  school-room,  under  more  favorable  auspices,  that 
were  fully  justified,  as  is  shown  by  the  following  report  of  the 
school  committee,  ending  March  1875  : 

"  Whole  number  of  scholars,  summer,  25;  fall,  27  ;  win- 
ter, 32.  In  the  higher  branches,  summer,  23  :  winter,  27. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  521 

' '  We  take  this  opportunity  to  present  thanks  and  congrat- 
ulations to  the  town  for  having  two  years  ago  inaugurated  a 
high  school,  and  if  the  success  of  the  experiment  for  the 
first  year  was  sufficiently  satisfactory  to  procure  a  strong 
vote  in  favor  of  its  continuance,  much  more  does  the  experi- 
ment of  the  second  year  justify  the  town  in  liberally  sus- 
taining and  advancing  the  interests  of  the  Sutton  high  school. 
We  frankly,  and  in  justice  to  the  tutor,  admit  that  our  pres- 
ent success  is  largely  owing  to  our  good  fortune  in  securing 
the  services  of  Mr.  Wheeler,  whose  genius,  sympathies  and 
qualifications  so  abundantly  prove  that  he  has  not  mistaken 
his  calling." 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  1875,  it  was  "Voted,  on  motion 
of  I.  B.  Hartwell,  that  the  high  school  be  maintained  at 
Sutton  center  the  ensuing  year." 

The  success  of  the  school  in  the  third  year  of  its  existence 
is  apparent  from  the  following  extracts  from  the  report  of 
the  school  committee,  James  W.  Stockwell  chairman,  for 
the  year  ending  March  1876  : 

"The  high  school,  Walter  A.  Wheeler  teacher,  has  had 
a  year  of  continual  prosperity.  Started  as  it  was  in  1873, 
as  an  economic  arrangement  for  obtaining  the  share  of  the 
State  money  which  we  had  hitherto  forfeited  through  non- 
fulfilment  of  law,  it  has  proved  not  only  our  wisdom  in 
establishing  and  maintaining  it,  but  the  wisdom  of  the  State 
law  which  we  had  neglected. 

"The  average  whole  number  of  scholars  for  the  three 
terms  has  been  thirty-five. 

"We  have  added  to  the  number  of  branches  of  study 
taught,  Ancient  and  Modern  History,  and  English  Litera- 
ture and  Composition.  A  regular  course  of  study  has  been 
prescribed,  and  five  scholars,  Mary  E.  Sibley,  Sarah  J.  King, 
Frances  J.  W.  Freeland,  Sarah  A.  Waters  and  Charlotte  E. 
Lackey,  complete  the  course  with  the  close  of  this  term, 
and  will  receive  the  diploma  from  the  committee  that  their 
scholarship  richly  merits. 

"If  it  were  possible  to  say  more  in  praise  of  Mr.  Wheeler, 
as  a  teacher,  than  was  said  by  the  school  committee  last  year, 
we  would  gladly  do  so.  We  can  only  add  that,  besides  his 


522  SCHOOLS    OF    SUTTON. 

rare  faculty  of  imparting  knowledge,  and  the  love  of  it,  he 
is,  as  a  moral  teacher  of  our  youth,  a  fit  exemplar  of  the 
duties  and  virtues"  [inculcated  by  the  founders  of  this  Com- 
monwealth.] 

Signed,  JAMES  W.  STOCKWELL, 

M.  E.  GROSSMAN, 
C.  L.  THOMPSON, 

/School  Committee. 
SUTTON,  March  4,  1876. 

It  is  but  a  tribute  due  to  I.  B.  Hartwell,  Esq.,  who  kindly 
prepared  the  foregoing  "  historical  sketch,"  to  say  that  no 
one  in  town  has  labored  more  earnestly,  both  in  a  private 
and  public  capacity,  to  improve  our  common  schools,  to  fos- 
ter the  desire  for  a  more  generous  course  of  study  than  they 
afford,  and  to  furnish  facilities  for  the  gratification  of  such 
desire.  He  was  chairman  of  the  school  committee  during 
several  years  preceding  the  establishment  of  the  high  school, 
and  at  the  time  when  the  agitation  attending  the  discussion 
of  the  matter  was  the  greatest,  and  brought  all  the  influence 
which  his  position  commanded,  to  bear  in  support  of  the 
measure.  His  faith  in  the  good  sense  of  the  people,  and  in 
their  ultimately  favorable  action,  never  faltered.  And  when 
by  an  emphatic  vote  the  measure  he,  with  others,  had  so 
long  advocated,  was  carried,  and  the  high  school  became  a 
fact,  his  efforts  to  gain  it  popularity  and  thus  place  it  upon 
a  sure  basis,  were  as  untiring  as  were  those  to  secure  its 
establishment.  At  the  hold  it  has  taken  upon  the  public 
mind,  and  at  the  influence  it  is  having  in  elevating  the  stand- 
ard of  education  in  the  town,  no  one  rejoices  more  than  he. 


HISTORY  OF  SUTTON 

!Part    IV. 


MANUFACTURES. 

It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  England,  for  a  long  period, 
discouraged  manufacturing  in  her  colonies.  She  thought  by 
so  doing  to  increase  the  demand  for  her  own  products,  and 
make  her  dependencies  more  dependent.  The  policy  was  a 
short-sighted  one,  and  in  the  end  brought  upon  her  disaster 
instead  of  profit. 

Among  the  American  colonies  the  manufacture  of  such 
articles  as  were  needed  for  home  use  had,  from  their  first 
settlement,  been  encouraged  by  the  colonists,  and  iron  works 
had  been  established  in  several  places,  and  certain  of  the 
coarser  kinds  of  woolen  goods  were  also  made.  There  were 
a  few  paper  mills,  and  many  who  had  wrought  at  some  trade 
before  coming  to  this  country,  were  engaged  in  a  small  way 
in  the  business  with  which  they  were  familiar ;  but  so  restric- 
tive were  the  laws  of  parliament  with  reference  to  the  prod- 
ucts of  American  manufacture,  that  the  industries  of  the 
people  had  mostly  been  employed  in  other  pursuits. 

When  the  measures  of  the  mother  country  became  too 
oppressive  to  be  endured,  and  were  set  at  defiance,  first  by 
a  non-importation  agreement  among  the  merchants  of  the 
leading  commercial  cities,  and  later  by  open  opposition,  it 
was  evident  that  something  must  be  done,  and  promptly 
done,  to  stimulate  home  manufactures. 


524  MANUFACTURES    OF    THE 

The  first  provincial  congress  of  Massachusetts,  which  met 
at  Salem,  October  5,  1774,  took  the  matter  in  hand,  and 
appealing  to  the  patriotism  of  the  people,  strongly  recom- 
mended the  production  of  wool,  the  raising  of  flax  and  hemp, 
the  making  of  nails,  steel,  tin-plate,  fire-arms,  saltpetre, 
gunpowder,  paper,  glass,  buttons,  salt,  combs,  cards,  and 
the  establishment  of  all  such  arts  and  manufactures  as  might 
be  useful  to  the  people.* 

As  early  as  1768  the  people  of  this  town,  in  hearty  sym- 
pathy with  every  movement  designed  to  relieve  the  colonies 
from  dependence  upon  England  for  necessary  articles  of  wear 
and  use,  passed  a  resolution  encouraging  manufactures.! 

Most  earnestly  did  the  people  set  themselves  at  work  to 
provide  for  their  necessities.  Every  house  was  a  manufac- 
tory of  cloth,  every  farmer  a  producer  of  wool  and  flax.  As 
the  carding  was  all  done  by  hand,  it  was  natural  that  the 
first  manufacturing  of  the  town  should  be  the  production  of 
those  articles  most  needed  in  making  woolen  and  linen  cloth. 
So  we  find 

HAND    CARDS 

among  the  first,  if  not  the  first  articles  manufactured  in  Sut- 
ton.  These  were  made  by  Jonathan  Hale,  who  came  from 
Newbury  not  far  from  1747,  his  name  appearing  upon  both 
the  church  and  town  records  that  year. 

Deacon  Leland  describes  the  manufacturing  process  as  fol- 
lows :  the  teeth  were  made  by  hand,  several  wires  being 
placed  in  a  bundle  and  the  whole  cut  off  with  shears  the 
desired  length ;  then  taken  and  bent  or  doubled  ten  or  twelve 
at  a  time  over  an  iron  guage  by  the  thumb,  which  was  cov- 
ered with  a  leather  cot  for  the  purpose.  The  wires  were 
then  taken  one  by  one  and  crooked  ;  sometimes  by  the  thumb 
and  finger,  and  sometimes  by  a  small  machine  which  was  of 
very  simple  construction.  The  leathers  were  lined  and  then 
pricked  by  a  punch  containing  only  two  needles.  This 
method  of  pricking  continued  until  about  1765  or  1766, 


*See  "  Journals  of  the  Provincial  Congress  of  Massachusetts,"  pp.  63,  '4,  '5. 
tSee  "Annals,"  p.  86. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  525 

when  a  machine  was  introduced  which  did  very  rapid  work. 
This  machine  had  punches  corresponding  in  number  with  the 
length  of  the  card ;  the  bar  in  which  they  were  placed  had 
an  upward  and  downward  movement,  so  regulated  that  the 
puncture  was  made  the  instant  the  leather  or  leaf  was  fed  up 
by  an  ingenious  contrivance  to  the  required  point.  The 
machine  was  the  joint  invention  of  Jonathan  Hale,  Elisha 
Goddard  and  Peregrine  White. 

Mr.  Hale  used  to  peddle  his  cards,  carrying  them,  in  large 
bags,  on  horseback.  Mr.  Hale  removed  to  Coos,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1771,  and  the  business  of  card  making  was 
carried  on  in  town  for  two  or  three  years  by  Joseph  Rock- 
well, born  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  who  learned  his 
trade  of  Mr.  Hale. 

Rockwell  employed  Simon  Willard  of  Grafton,  who  with 
his  brothers  Ephraim  and  Benjamin,  were  clock-makers,  to 
construct  a  machine  for  cutting  and  crooking  the  teeth  at  the 
same  time.  The  wires  were  fed  up  by  hand ;  the  machine 
cut  and  crooked  only. 

Rockwell  went  from  Sutton  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  con- 
tinued his  trade.  He  was  succeeded  in  the  card-making: 

O 

business  by Sibley,  who  made  a  great  improvement  in 

the  machine  for  cutting  and  bending  the  teeth.  Mr.  Sibley 
continued  the  business  until  about  1795,  from  which  time 
nothing  farther  was  done  in  that  line  in  town. 

Mr.  Sibley  used  to  carry  his  cards  about  the  country  for 
sale,  in  a  horse-cart.  He  said  he  believed  Mr.  Jonathan 
Hale,  senior,  was  the  first  manufacturer  of  cards  in  this  part 
of  the  country. 

COMB    MAKING 

was  introduced  in  town  about  1780,  by  Simeon  Carpenter, 
who  came  from  Attleboro',  and  continued  by  him  until  1815. 
Levi  and  Jonathan  Fuller,  who  came  from  Attleboro'  about 
the  same  time  with  Mr.  Carpenter,  were  also  comb-makers 
by  trade,  and  carried  on  the  business  for  many  years.  These 
combs  were  made  from  horn,  bone,  ivory,  tin  and  lead. 
Deacon  Leland  remarks,  "Mr.  Carpenter  says  that  there 
was  a  belief  that  red  hair  combed  daily  with  a  lead  comb 


526  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

would  become  black ;  and  many  people,  male  and  female, 
have  directed  him  to  make  them  for  the  purpose  of  getting 
rid  of  a  carrotty  top." 

Combs  were  also  manufactured  by  one  of  the  Chases,  on 
the  place  now  occupied  by  Andrew  Boyce,  in  the  Slocomb 
district. 

SCYTHE,    HOE    AND   AXE 

making  were  also  carried  on  at  an  early  date — scythe  mak- 
ing in  particular.  All  these  were  at  first  beaten  out  by 
hand,  afterward  by  the  trip-hammers,  operated  in  some  cases 
by  water-power  and  in  some  by  horse-power. 

There  are  several  places  in  town  which  lay  claim  to  the 
introduction  of  the  first  trip-hammer. 

Mr.  Oliver  Hall  says  the  first  was  put  into  operation  by 
horse  power  by  Mr.  Nathan  Putnam,  who  had  a  scythe  shop 
near  the  house  in  which  Mr.  Hall  now  lives. 

Mr.  Putnam  afterwards  erected  a  building  (the  founda- 
tions of  which  may  still  be  seen)  on  the  stream  emptying 
into  Manchaug  pond,  just  below  the  village  of  West  Sutton, 
a  little  west  of  the  road  to  Manchaug,  in  which  he  had  a 
trip-hammer  operated  by  water-power.  He  forged  his  scythes 
in  this  building  and  finished  them  in  the  shop  near  his  house. 
Scythes,  hoes  and  axes  were  made  at  West  Sutton  —  hoes 
and  axes  by  Elder  Samuel  Waters  and  his  son-in-law,  Amos 
Waters,  and  axes  by  Cornelius  Putnam.* 

Scythes  and  hoes  were  also  made  by  Abel  Chase  and 
Nathaniel  Whitmore  and  sons,  on  the  place  now  owned  by 
Lewis  Griggs.  Scythes  were  likewise  made  near  the  place 
where  Estes  Putnam  now  has  a  shingle  mill ;  at  Marbleville 
by  some  of  the  members  of  the  Marble  family ;  at  Man- 
chaug by  Joseph  and  Cornelius  Putnam  and  Colonel  Reuben 
Waters ;  in  the  union  district  by  Joel  Lackey ;  at  South 
Sutton,  and  in  what  is  now  Millbury,  on  the  stream  running 
from  Crooked  Pond,  which  will  have  more  particular  men- 
tion in  connection  with  what  will  be  said  upon  the  early 
manufacturing  along  this  stream. 


*See  "Homes  of  Sutton,"  pagea  185, 186. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  527 

That  few  towns  in  this  State,  as  early  as  1793,  surpassed 
Sutton  in  manufacturing  enterprise,  is  evident  from, the  fact 
that  at  that  time  there  were  within  the  limits  of  the  town,  one 
paper  mill,  one  oil  mill,  ten  grist  mills,  six  saw  mills,  seven 
trip-hammers,  five  scythe  and  axe  shops,  one  hoe  maker, 
six  works  for  manufacturing  potash,  and  several  nail  makers.* 

The  fine  water  privileges  along  the  outlet  of  Crooked  Pond 
(now  Singletary  Lake)  were  at  an  early  date  utilized  for 
manufacturing  purposes.  The  first  privilege,  where  W.  H. 
Wheeler's  cotton  mill  stands,  was  occupied  by  the  grist  mill 
built  by  John  Singletary,  who  bought  the  "mill-lot"  of 
Ebenezer  Dagget,f  to  whom  it  was  given  upon  condition 
that  he  should  "  keep  a  grist  mill  for  the  use  of  the  town." 
The  grant  of  this  lot  carried  with  it  the  ' '  privilege  of  the 
stream  to  the  lower  falls."  The  exact  date  of  the  building 
of  this  mill  cannot  be  ascertained.  Mr.  John  Singletary 
came  to  town  about  the  year  1720,  and  undoubtedly  bought 
the  right  of  Mr.  Dagget,  and  built  the  mill  soon  after.  He 
and  his  son  Amos,  who  succeeded  him,  owned  the  mi  11  for  many 
years.  It  had  two  run  of  stones,  and  the  supply  of  water 
being  unfailing,  was,  in  very  dry  seasons,  for  a  long  time 
the  only  mill  in  town  where  grinding  was  done.  On  the 
next  privilege  it  is  said  there  was  a  blacksmith  shop,  with  a 
trip-hammer,  in  which  scythes  were  made  on  a  small  scale, 
and  perhaps  other  articles  used  on  a  farm.  The  next  privi- 
lege, where  the  mill  of  M.  A.  Lapharn  now  is,  was  occupied 
by  the  paper  mill  of  Abijah  Burbank.  This  was  the  first 
paper  mill  built  in  the  county,  and  the  fourth  or  fifth  in 
Massachusetts.  Its  erection  appears  to  have  been  suggested 
by  a  resolution  passed  in  a  convention  of  the  committees  of 
correspondence  and  delegates  from  the  several  towns  of  the 
county  of  Worcester. 

The  convention  held  its  first  session  August  9,  1774,  and 
adjourned  from  time  to  time,  holding  its  last  meeting  May 
31,  1775.  At  this  meeting  the  resolution  above  mentioned 
was  passed,  and  was  as  follows  : 


*  See  Whitney's  History  of  Worcester  County, 
t  See  "Annals,"  pages  18  and  22. 


528  MANUFACTURES    OF    THE 

"  Resolved,  that  the  erection  of  a  paper  mill  in  this  county 
would  be  of  great  public  advantage ;  and  if  any  person  or 
persons  will  undertake  the  erection  of  such  a  mill  and  the 
manufacture  of  paper,  that  it  be  recommended  to  the  people 
of  the  county  to  encourage  the  undertaking  by  generous 
contributions  and  subscriptions." 

In  view  of  the  interest  displayed  by  the  public,  and  the 
encouragement  given,  Mr.  Burbank  immediately  set  about 
building  a  paper  mill,  which  was  finished  in  the  early  part 
of  the  year  1776,  and  put  in  operation  in  June  of  that  year. 

November  13,  1777,  the  following  advertisement  appears 
in  the  Massachusetts  Spy  : 

"THE  PAPER  MILL  and  of  consequence  the  PRINTING 
OFFICE  in  the  county  must  immediately  stop  unless  the  good 
people  its  inhabitants  are  more  careful  in  preserving  their 
RAGS.  The  advanced  price  of  THREE  PENCE  per  pound, 
for  clean  jLinen  or  Cotton  and  Linen  RAGS  is  now  given  by 
the  PRINTER,  which,  together  with  the  invaluable  benefit 
the  public  must  derive,  from  having  a  plentiful  supply  of 
PAPER,  BOOKS,  &c.  he  flatters  himself  cannot  fail  of  the 
desired  effect." 

In  May  1778  Mr.  Burbank  informs  the  public  that  "The 
Paper  Manufactory  at  Sutton  is  now  carried  on  to  great  per- 
fection. The  good  people  of  this  county  are  desired  to  be 
careful  in  saving  their  rags,  as  by  that  means  the  Paper 
makers  will  be  enabled  to  supply  them  plentifully,  with  as 
good  paper  as  can  be  made  in  the  State." 

And  again  in  June  of  the  same  year  "  Abijah  Burbank, 
Hereby  informs  the  public,  that  he  has  lately  procured  a 
workman  who  is  a  Complete  Master  of  the  art  of  Paper 
Making,  and  hopes  for  the  future  (provided  the  good  people 
of  this  county  will  be  careful  to  save  their  rags)  to  be  able 
to  supply  them  with  as  good  Paper  as  any  Paper  Maker  in 
the  State,  and  at  least  as  cheap.  N.  B.  Two  shillings  per 
pound  given  for  Calves  Pates,  at  the  Paper  Mill  in  Sutton, 
or  at  the  Printing  Office  in  Worcester." 

Advertisements  for  rags  appear  frequently  in  the  Spy,  for 
the  nature  of  which  see  "Annals,"  page  112, 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  529 

This  mill  was,  during  most  of  the  revolutionary  war,  the 
main  dependence,  and  at  times  the  sole  dependence,  for 
paper,  of  the  printing  office  of  Isaiah  Thomas  in  Worcester. 

Its  capacity,  according  to  Deacon  Leland,  was  thirty 
reams  per  week,  during  eight  months  of  the  year.  It  was 
not  kept  in  operation  during  the  coldest  weather. 

Mr.  Caleb  Burbank,  son  of  Abijah,  was  associated  with  his 
father,  and  succeeded  him  in  the  business  of  paper  making, 
increasing  somewhat  the  production,  and  greatly  improving 
the  quality. 

Mr.  Burbauk  kept  a  team  employed  distributing  his  paper 
in  this  State,  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut.  He  was  also 
a  publisher  of  books,  among  which  are  a  hymn  book  con- 
taining the  psalms,  hymns,  and  spiritual  songs  of  Isaac 
Watts,  and  various  school  books. 

Just  below  the  paper  mill  was  an 
OIL  MILL, 

jointly  owned  by  Jonathan  Holman,  Abijah  Burbank,  Jona- 
than Waters  and  Andrew  Elliot.  The  building  of  this  mill 
was  begun  in  1769,  as  appears  by  a  charge  in  the  memoran- 
dum book  of  Colonel  Holman,  in  which  he  makes  note  of 
money  due  him  for  getting  timber  for  the  oil  mill. 

The  same  book  contains  several  entries  giving  the  number 
of  gallons  of  oil  sold  to  various  persons,  by  which  it  is  seen 
that  quite  an  extensive  business  was  done. 

Just  below  this  was  a  carding  and  fulling  mill ;  still  further 
down  the  stream  a  powder  mill,  which  seems  to  have  been 
run  but  a  few  of  the  first  years  of  the  revolutionary  war. 
We  learn  the  disposition  made  of  this  mill  by  the  following 
advertisement  from  the  Massachusetts  Spy,  of  date  July  15, 
1779: 

' '  We  the  Subscribers  being  a  Committee  appointed  by 
the  General  Court,  to  make  sale  of  the  Powder  Mill  and 
appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  in  the  town  of  Sutton, 
either  by  private  sale  or  public  vendue  :  Do  hereby  give 
public  notice  to  all  persons  inclined  to  purchase  the  same, 
that  said  Mill  and  appurtenances  are  to  be  sold  at  private 
sale,  at  any  time  between  this  and  the  last  Wednesday  of 
August  next;  and  if  not  sold  at  that  time  by  private  sale, 
67 


530  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

then  to  be  sold  at  public  vendue  at  the  premises.  The  sale 
to  begin  at  one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  on  said  day,  if  not 
sold  before. 

"  Said  Mill  and  appurtenances  may  be  shown  to  any  per- 
son inclining  to  purchase  the  same  by  Captain  Abijah  Bur- 
bank,  living  near  the  premises. 

AMOS    SlNGLETARY, 

SETH  WASHBURN, 
EDWARD  DAVIS." 

Next  to  the  powder  mill  was  a  gun  manufactory ;  changed 
afterward  into  a  manufactory  of  scythes,  axes,  saws,  mill- 
irons,  steel  plates,  etc.,  in  which  an  extensive  business  for 
that  day  was  done. 

TANNING   AND    CURRYING 

was  also  carried  on  by  John  Morse,  Captain  Joseph  Griggs, 
and  possibly  others  whose  names  have  not  been  brought 
to  our  notice. 

PRINTING 

was  done  previously  to  1813,  by  Sewall  Goodrich,  in  a 
building  which  stood  near  the  residence  of  Mr.  Tyler  Waters, 
in  the  part  of  the  town  which  became  Millbury  the  above 
date. 

THE    BOOT    AND    SHOE 

business  was  also  quite  extensively  carried  on  at  the  centre 
of  the  town,  and  something  in-  the  same  line  was  done  in 
several  other  places. 

As  early  as  1837,  according  to  statistics  furnished  for 
"  Barker's  Historical  Collections,"  there  were  made  9,314 
pairs  of  boots  and  51,968  pairs  of  shoes,  of  the  value  of 
$55,656. 

The  business  was  started  not  far  from  1835,  and  carried 
on  by  various  parties,  the  principal  of  whom  were  Simon  J. 
Woodbury,  N.  G.  King,  W.  C.  Chase  and  F.  F.  Sibley,  B. 
L.  and  Henry  C.  Batcheller,  B.  F.  and  D.  A.  Tenney,  Loren 
C.  Howard  and  E.  A.  Dudley,  afterward  L.  C.  Howard 
alone. 

In  1855  the  business  had  increased  to  such  a  degree  that 
it  amounted  to  about  one  thousand  dollars  a  day,  but  soon 


TOWN  OF   StJTTON. 


531 


began  to  decline  in  consequence  of  the  tendency  to  concen- 
trate in  large  places  and  in  the  hands  of  large  capitalists. 
The  small  manufactories  could  not  compete,  and  were  forced 
to  close  their  shops.  Nothing  in  this  line  of  manufacture  is 
now  done  in  town,  only  in  the  way  of  finishing,  which  is  still 
continued  by  quite  a  number  of  persons. 

There  have  also  been  shops  in  various  parts  of  the  town 
for  carriage-making,  for  the  manufacture  of  cabinet  furni- 


E.  S.  MARBLE  S    SHUTTLE    SHOPS. 

ture,  chairs,  etc.,  but  nothing  very  extensive  has  been  done 
in  either  of  these  lines. 

The  places  where  manufacturing  is  at  present  carried  on 
will  now  have  particular  mention. 

MARBLEVILLE. 

Joseph  Hathaway  began  the  manufacture  of  shuttles  at 
this  place.  He  sold  to  Mr.  Ezra  S.  Marble,  who  carried  on 
the  same  business  until  his  death,  making  from  five  thousand 


MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

to  seven  thousand  dollars  worth  of  shuttles  per  year.  Since 
his  death  the  business  has  been  continued  by  his  son,  Ezra 
W.  Marble,  who  suffered  a  heavy  loss  by  the  burning  of  the 
shop  in  1874.  He  rebuilt  in  1875  and  resumed  business  in 
the  spring  of  1876.  He  has  invented  and  patented  an 
ingenious  contrivance  for  holding  the  bobbin,  which  is 
attached  to  the  spindle,  making  his  shuttle  one  of  the  best, 
if  not  the  best  now  in  use. 

WOODBURY  VILLAGE. 

Where  the  Woodbury  factory  now  stands,  there  was,  in 
the  early  settlement  of  the  town  a  saw  mill,  built  and  owned 
by  Deacon  Percival  Hall,  then  owned  by  his  son  Willis. 
Captain  Josiah  Hall  built  a  new  saw  and  grist  mill  there  in 
1797.  The  mill  work  was  done  by  Captain  Francis  Putnam. 
Captain  Hall  sold  to  Captain  David  Dudley  in  1813.  Capt. 
Dudley,  Charles  Hale,  Luther  Woodbury  and '  Leonard 
Woodbury  commenced  manufacturing  scythes  there  the 
same  year,  continuing  the  business  two  or  three  years, 
when  they  sold  to  Captain  Asa  Woodbury,  who  continued 
the  same  business  a  few  years. 

The  old  building  was  repaired,  enlarged  and  changed  into 
a  woolen  mill  or  factory,  burnt  in  1835,  rebuilt  soon  after, 
and  operated  by  him  and  Henry  Boyden,  under  the  name 
and  firm  of  Woodbury  and  Boyden.  It  was  afterwards 
operated  by  Woodbury  alone. 

It  was  burnt  in  1855  and  rebuilt  in  1856.  The  new  mill 
was  first  operated  by  Woodbury,  Brown  and  Cooper,  owned 
by  Woodbury,  and  afterwards  run  by  him  alone.  Stockwell 
and  Prescott  run  the  mill  for  him  a  while.  Hall  and  Pres- 
cott  hired  the  mill  and  run  it  for  a  year  or  so,  making  very 
nice  jeans..  After  the  death  of  Captain  Woodbury  it  was 
sold  at  auction  to  Crawford  and  Fisher,  and  run  from  1866  to 
1871  by  Crawford;  rented  to  Wright,  Messenger  and  com- 
pany, who  run  it  a  while,  I.  R.  Barber  acting  as  agent. 
They  underlet  to  John  Ross.  It  was  next  hired  by  John 
C.  Scott,  who  now  runs  the  factory,  making  satinet.  He 
lives  in  Millville.  The  agent  or  superintendent  here  is 
Winfield  Scott.  Captain  Woodbury  made  a  very  superior 
article  of  Kentucky  jeans  for  many  years. 


TOWN  OF  SUTTON.  535 

PLEASANT  VALLEY. 

A  carding  and  fulling  mill  was  built  at  this  place  by 
Thomas  Harback  about  1776.  His  son,  Thomas,  jr.,  built 
in  1822,  near  the  site  of  the  old  fulling  mill,  a  factory  for 
the  manufacture  of  broadcloth,  and  here,  first  in  town,  was 
cloth  woven  by  powerlooms. 

Farmers  in  the  vicinity  were  astonished  at  the  ease  and 
rapidity  with  which  wool  could  be  worked  into  cloth  by 
machinery,  and  when  an  ofi'er  was  made  to  take  their  wool 
and  work  it  on  shares  into  better  than  home-made  cloth, 
many  availed  themselves  of  the  opportunity,  and  gradually 
wool-spinning  by  hand,  except  that  of  yarn  for  knitting, 
ceased.  The  factory  was  next  owned  by  Mallalieu,  Roberts 
and  Graham,  then  by  the  Goodale  manufacturing  company. 
They  sold  in  1836  to  Freeman  and  Sibley.  In  1837  the 
company  was  incorporated  as  the  Sutton  Woolen  Mills'  Com- 
pany, and  the  property  was  mortgaged  to  Francis  Sibley. 
In  1841  the  factory  was  burned,  and  Sibley  took  possession 
on  his  mortgage  soon  after.  He  sold  to  Stephen  B.  Hoi- 
brook  and  Sumner  F.  Sutton  in  August  1845,  who  built  in 
1846  the  main  building  of  the  present  factory. 

Partridge  and  Wakefield  rented  and  operated  it  from  1846 
to  1849,  manufacturing  print-cloths.  They  also  built  the 
small  house  and  saw  mill. 

William  Yearnshaw  made  bags  there  ;  Leander  Lackey 
made  bits,  bit-stocks,  etc. 

William  Nolan  manufactured  print-goods  in  1850. 

Holbrook  made  cotton  flannel. 

John  M.  Daniels  and  son  made  satinet  warps  from  1860 
to  1864. 

H.  H.  Chamberlain  engaged  in  wool-cleansing  and  the  man- 
ufacture of  woolen  warps  and  cotton  yarn.  Holbrook  sold  to 
James  C.  Southwick,  and  he  to  George  C.  Ripley  of  New 
York,  he  to  E.  B.  Stoddard  of  Worcester,  Stoddard  to  Hol- 
brook, and  he  to  Smith,  the  present  owner,  September  1870. 

Mr.  Smith  has  made  many  improvements  in  the  mill ; 
built  a  picker-room  of  brick,  fire-proof,  forty  feet  by  thirty 
feet,  an  engine-house,  forty  feet  by  fifteen  feet,  and  put  in  a 
fine  engine  of  thirty  horse-power. 


536  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

The  fall  is  twenty-seven  feet,  and  could  be  connected  with 
the  privilege  above,  which  is  twenty-two  feet,  making  forty- 
nine  feet.  The  wheel  is  forty  horse-power.  The  capacity 
of  the  mill  for  the  manufacturing  purposes  to  which  it  is 
now  devoted,  is  one  ton  of  shoddy  or  fifteen  hundred  pounds 
of  flocks  per  day. 

WlLKINSONVILLE . 

Asa  Waters  of  Millbury  purchased  of  Jeremiah  Stone,  in 
1815,  what  was  known  as  the  Dudley  farm,  including  water 
power,  etc.  Said  Waters  deeded  the  premises  to  David 
Wilkinson  of  North  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  by  deed 
bearing  date  of  April  1823.  Mr.  Wilkinson  built  the  east 
part  of  the  stone  factory  the  same  year,  and  in  1828  added 
the  west  end,  and  in  1832  the  brick  wing,  twenty-four  by 
twenty-five  feet. 

The  main  building  is  one  hundred  and  eleven  feet  long  by 
thirty-eight  feet  wide,  four  stories  high  with  attic. 

During  Mr.  Wilkinson's  administration  the  place  was  very 
much  improved  in  the  erection  of  the  hotel  buildings,  the 
Episcopal  church  and  several  dwelling  houses.  A  bank  was 
also  established  through  his  effort  and  influence,  and  chartered 
by  the  legislature.  In  the  year  1829,  when  the  manufac- 
turing interests  throughout  New  England  were  in  a  depressed 
condition,  the  financial  affairs  of  the  proprietor  of  the  village 
were  such  that  the  property  passed  into  the  hands  of  Samuel 
Slater  and  sons.  In  1832  an  act  of  incorporation  was 
obtained,  under  the  name  of  Sutton  Manufacturing  Company. 
The  capacity  for  manufacturing  purposes  has  increased  from 
time  to  time,  and  is  now  ten  thousand  spindles  and  two 
hundred  and  forty-one  looms. 

The  annual  production  is  two  million  yards  sixty-four 
square  printing  cloths,  which  are  sold  at  different  printing 
establishments  in  New  England,  New  York  and  Philadel- 
phia. 

It  was  during  the  time  of  Mr.  Waters'  ownership  that  the 
first  dam  was  built ;  also  a  saw  mill,  grist  mill,  and  a  small 
factory  for  manufacturing  cotton  yarn.  The  latter  was 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1822.  H.  N.  Slater  of  Providence  is 


TOWN   OP   BUTTON.  537 

the  treasurer  of  the  corporation,  G.  H.  Searle  the  superin- 
tendent of  the  mill  at  the  present  time.  The  name  of  the 
post  office  is  Wilkinsonville.*  We  are  told  that  Deacon 
Jonathan  Lelaud,  Simon  Hutchinson,  John  Morse  and 
Sylvester  Morse  operated  the  mill  that  was  burnt  in  1822, 
and  that  John  Morse  was  the  agent. 

SHUTTLE  WORKS  OF  D.  T.  DUDLEY  AND  SON. 

These  works  are  situated  in  Wilkinsonville,  on  the  road 
from  the  village  to  Millbury.  They  were  built  in  the  fall  of 
1866  by  Warren  Wilder. 

January  1,  1867,  D.  T.  and  H.  T.  Dudley  purchased  a 
two-thirds  interest  in  the  business  and  carried  it  on  with  Mr. 
Wilder  until  the  fall  of  1867,  when  the  partnership  was  dis- 
solved, the  Dudleys  purchasing  the  whole  property,  and 
carrying  on  the  business  under  the  name  of  D.  T.  Dudley 
and  son. 

At  first  they  manufactured  shuttles  only,  employing  six 
or  seven  hands.  But  the  business  was  soon  enlarged. 
Machinery  was  introduced  for  making  shuttle  irons,  and  the 
business  increased  to  such  an  extent  that  seventeen  hands 
were  employed. 

The  machinery  is  operated  most  of  the  year  by  water- 
power,  furnished  by  streams  from  what  are  known  as  the 
Sutton  and  the  Sibley  reservoirs,  uniting  at  Woodburyville. 
A  steam  engine  has  been  provided  for  running  the  machin- 
ery when  water  fails. 

There  is  a  large  demand  for  their  goods,  which  are  sent  to 
all  parts  of  the  United  States,  the  Canadas,  South  America 
and  Mexico. 

The  buildings  are  wooden  structures.  In  the  main  one, 
which  is  two  and  a  half  stories  high,  shuttles  are  made  ;  in 
the  low  building  adjoining  this,  the  shuttle  irons  are  forged. 
About  one  hundred  feet  south-east  of  this  is  another  build- 
ing two  and  one-half  stories  high,  used  for  storage  and  dry- 
ing purposes.  The  dwelling  which  stands  near  this  building 
is  occupied  by  the  junior  partner. 

*  By  William  R.  Hill. 


538  MANUFACTURES    OF    THE 

The  senior  partner  is  the  son  of  David  Dudley,  Esq.,  and 
has  been,  since  1842,  engaged  in  the  shuttle  business,  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  years  in  which  he  acted  as  station 
agent  for  the  Providence  and  Worcester  railroad,  and  at  the 
same  time  carried  on  quite  extensively  the  flour  and  grain 
business.* 

MANCHAUG. 
BY  CHARLES  H.  CHASE. 

The  village  of  Manchaug  is,  under  the  blessing  of  Divine 
Providence,  largely  the  result  of  the  sagacity,  energy  and 
successful  industry  of  her  own  people,  who  have  just  reason 
for  the  exercise  of  an  honest  pride  in  their  achievements. 
Like  most  manufacturing  places,  its  capital  was  originally 
furnished  from  outside  sources.  But  capital,  unless  well 
employed  and  carefully  managed,  will  not  bring  thrift  to  a 
community.  That  Manchaug  has  prospered  to  a  degree  that 
places  it  in  the  front  rank  of  manufacturing  villages,  is 
undoubtedly  due  to  the  fact  that  those  who  have  managed 
the  capital  invested  and  wrought  in  its  interests,  have  done 
so  with  an  intelligent  understanding  of  the  true  means  of 
success,  and  ability  and  will  to  put  them  in  exercise.  Some 
of  the  reverses  incident  to  manufacturing  have  been  experi- 
enced, but  upon  recovering  from  their  effects,  renewed 
prosperity  has  been  enjoyed.  The  capital  invested  has, 
upon  the  whole,  proved  a  productive  force  second  to  none 
in  the  State. 

The  business  has  been  managed  with  a  thrift  and  exact- 
ness seldom  attained  ;  and  with  the  fact  steadily  in  view  that 
"this  is  a  progressive  world,"  those  who  have  had  the  man- 
agement of  affairs  have  ever  been  desirous  to  profit  by  all 
improvements  in  machinery  and  processes  of  manufacture,  and 
to  keep  fully  up  with  the  demand  of  educated  labor.  They 
have  also  done  their  utmost  to  promote  the  interest  of  their 
employes  in  the  matter  of  wages,  hours  of  labor,  and  men- 
tal and  physical  culture,  never  forgetting  that  the  interests 
of  employer  and  employed  are  identical. 


*  From  data  f  urnished^by  D.  T.  Dudley,  Esq. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  541 

The  village  of  Manchaug  (as  also  the  pond)  derives  its 
name  from  a  noted  Indian  chief  who  was  drowned  in  the 
pond  now  known  by  that  name,  and  is  situated  upon  the 
north  branch  of  Mumford  river,  a  tributary  of  the  Black- 
stone.  Its  hydraulic  power  is  derived  from  this  stream, 
which  is,  in  reality,  the  outflow  of  a  chain  of  ponds  lying 
within  a  radius  of  four  or  five  miles,  and  covering  an  area  of 
one  thousand  acres,  nearly.  Among  the  number  may  be 
mentioned  Manchaug  pond,  Douglas  reservoir  and  Stevens 
pond,  which,  in  addition  to  being  fed  by  perennial  springs, 
have  a  large  and  increasing  supply  from  other  extensive 
sheets  of  water.  The  extent  of  country  drained  is  estimated 
as  follows  :  Douglas  reservoir,  six  to  seven  thousand  acres  ; 
Manchaug  reservoir,  three  thousand  to  three  thousand  five 
hundred  acres,  and  Stevens  reservoir,  one  thousand  five  hun- 
dred acres.  The  quantity  of  power  derived  is  attributed  to 
the  springs  alluded  to,  and  the  great  and  rapid  fall  of  the 
river,  which  in  less  than  one-fourth  of  a  mile  is  eighty-three 
feet.  The  remarkable  advantages  of  this  stream  as  a  motive 
power  have  been  increased  by  building  a  dam  at  the  outlet 
of  each  of  these  ponds  or  reservoirs,  which  give  the  water 
an  additional  fall  of  several  feet. 

It  was  about  the  beginning  of  the  year  1826  that  a  num- 
ber of  gentlemen  from  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  on  their 
way  to  Worcester  and  Boston,  conceived  the  idea  of  utiliz- 
ing this  stream  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing.  Upon  a 
more  extensive  examination  and  inquiry,  they  found  that  the 
most  eligible  site  for  commencing  operations  was  the  land  at 
that  time  owned  by  Aaron  Elliot,  who  carried  on  the  busi- 
ness of  manufacturing  scythes  by  hand,  and  upon  the  com- 
pletion of  a  dozen,  would  take  them  on  foot  to  Boston  and 
Worcester  for  sale,  returning  in  the  same  way.  Readers 
will  readily  understand  that  this  was  before  the  introduction 
of  steamboats  and  railroads. 

After  many  interviews  with  Mr.  Elliot  a  sale  was  effected, 
and  in  January  1826,  the  deed  conveying  forty-eight  and 
one-half  acres  was  passed  from  Aaron  Elliot  and  his  wife, 
Susan  Elliot,  to  Jonathan  Congdon,  Randall  H.  Green  and 
Samuel  Congdon  (merchants),  all  of  the  city  of  Providence, 


542  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

State  of  Rhode  Island.  This  land  was  all  clear  or  pasture 
land.  It  was  bounded  nearly  as  follows  :  Beginning  at  the 
bridge  which  crosses  the  river  at  the  lower  part  of  the  vil- 
lage, on  the  road  from  Douglas  to  Sutton,  and  running  east- 
erly by  the  river  to  land  of  Simeon  Morse,  and  northerly 
twenty-six  and  three-quarters  rods ;  then  westerly  nine- 
teen rods  to  said  road,  crossing  the  same,  and  by  said  road 
to  land  of  Enos  Buxton,  and  by  land  of  Euos  Buxton  one 
hundred  and  seven  rods,  then  southerly  eighty-nine  rods, 
and  then  easterly  forty-nine  and  three-quarters  rods  to  bridge 
or  place  of  beginning. 

We  are  more  explicit  in  regard  to  these  boundaries  because 
they  are  the  nucleus  of  this  manufacturing  enterprise.  There 
was  purchased  at  the  same  time  an  additional  tract  of  wood- 
land, said  to 'contain  about  fifty  acres,  of  the  same  parties, 
and  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  May  following,  there  was 
purchased  by  the  same  parties,  of  Simeon  and  Azula  Morse, 
thirty-eight  and  one-half  acres  adjoining  the  above  mentioned 
property,  and  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  January  1827,  still 
another  purchase  was  made  of  Darius  Putnam  of  twenty 
acres. 

Matters  beginning  to  assume  the  aspect  of  a  determined 
manufacturing  business,  we  find  that  Arnold  Congdon  was 
admitted  as  a  partner  in  the  business. 

The  lower  mill,  as  it  was  then  called,  but  as  termed  at  the 
present  day  number  one  mill,  was  drawing  to  completion, 
as  was  also  the  upper  or  number  two  stone  mill,  as  it  is  now 
designated.  The  wooden  mill,  which  stands  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  road  from  the  number  one  mill,  was  completed 
the  following  year.  Theodore  and  Luther  Stone  were  the 
master  masons,  and  Archelaus  Stone  the  master  carpenter. 
The  number  one  or  lower  mill,  when  completed,  was  arranged 
as  follows  :  The  first  floor  was  devoted  to  carding,  and  the 
cards  in  use  at  that  time  were  what  are  termed  twenty  inch  — 
thirty-six  inch  are  used  at  the  present  day  ;  the  second  floor 
to  spinning  and  dressing,  and  the  third  floor  to  weaving. 

The  old  wooden  mill,  or  as  it  is  termed  at  the  present  day 
the  "Bee  Hive,"  had  dressers  on  the  first  floor  and  forty- 
eight  looms  on  the  second  floor.  The  upper  or  number  two 


TOWN   OF   BUTTON.  547 

mill,  is  arranged  as  follows  :  First  floor,  spooling  and  warp- 
ing ;  second  floor  carding,  and  third  floor  spinning. 

In  each  of  these  mills  were  what  are  termed  old  fash- 
ioned breast  wheels,  located  in  the  basement  of  each  mill, 
which  furnished  the  motive  power. 

Colonel  J.  P.  Eddy  of  Providence  was  the  resident  man- 
ager at  this  time. 

In  addition  to  the  mills  were  three  brick  dwelling  houses, 
situated  upon  what  is  now  known  as  Brick  Lane,  the  build- 
ing now  known  as  number  one  boarding  house,  the  two  and 
one-half  story  dwelling  which  now  stands  nearly  south  of 
the  agent's  house,  the  two  story  dwelling  house  nearly  north 
of  the  agent's  house,  the  two  double  gable  roof  houses  oppo- 
site, and  the  small  shingled  cottage  opposite  what  is  now 
the  ice  house. 

The  dam  at  the  upper  or  number  two  mill,  had  a  fall  of 
twenty-three  and  one-half  feet,  and  the  breast  wheel,  which 
served  as  a  driver,  or  furnished  the  motive  power,  was  twenty- 
four  and  one-half  feet  in  diameter.  This  being  located  in  the 
basement,  was,  in  the  year  1847,  taken  out  and  a  new  one 
(built  by  Veranus  C.  Hooker)  substituted,  and  placed  in  a 
wheel-house  built  of  brick,  which  formerly  stood  on  the  site 
of  the  granite  one  now  in  use.  The  brick  wheel-house  was 
removed  in  1866,  and  the  granite  one  referred  to  built  in  its 
place.  The  old  breast-wheel  giving  way  to  the  march  of 
improvement,  was  replaced  by  an  iron  turbine.  The  wooden 
weave  shed,  three  hundred  feet  by  fifty  feet,  containing  three 
hundred  forty-inch  looms,  was  built  in  connection  with  num- 
ber two  stone  mill,  by  James  Woodward  of  Norwich,  Connect- 
icut, in  the  year  1871.  The  old  breast-wheel  in  number  one 
or  lower  mill,  continued  to  furnish  the  power  for  that  mill 
until  September  2,  1856.  It  was  at  this  time  that  the  idea 
was  conceived  of  building  a  wheel-house  to  number  one  mill, 
which  was  carried  into  eflect,  and  July  1,  1857,  saw  it  com- 
pleted, and  a  wheel  twenty-eight  feet  ten  and  one-eighth 
inches  in  diameter,  fourteen  feet  wide  on  face,  was  placed  in 
position,  and  made  three  and  eighty-four  one-hundredths 
revolutions  per  minute. 


548  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

Additions  having  been  made  to  mill  number  one,  and  the 
machinery  largely  increased,  the  building  of  another  wheel 
became  a  necessity,  and  in  1866  a  duplicate  one  was  placed 
in  position,  and  these  continued  to  furnish  the  power  until 
1876  (with  the  help  at  intervals  of  a  twenty-inch  Corliss 
engine,  forty-eight  inch  stroke,  in  connection  with  three 
Harrison  boilers,  two  of  fifty  and  one  of  seventy-five  horse- 
power) ,  when  the  wheels  were  replaced  by  a  turbine  of  the 
Swain  pattern,  which  now  occupies  the  original  wheel-pit  in 
the  basement  of  number  one  mill. 

We  will  now  return  to  the  original  members  of  the  firm 
as  it  stood  in  1827. 

February  12th,  Welcome  and  Samuel  Congdon  becoming 
members  of  the  firm,  the  standing  was  as  follows  :  Jona- 
than Congdon,  one-fourth  ;  Randall  H.  Green,  three-eighths  ; 
Arnold  Congdon,  one-eighth ;  Welcome  Congdon,  one- 
eighth  ;  Samuel  Congdon,  one-eighth. 

May  17,  1828,  Baxter  Morse  sold  to  the  Manchaug  com- 
pany, as  constituted  above,  twenty-eight  acres  of  land. 
This  completed  the  purchase  of  real  estate,  as  far  as  known, 
by  the  originators  of  this  company.  A  successful  business 
is  supposed  to  have  been  done  by  the  gentlemen  composing 
the  company,  until  July  29,  1829,  when  they  sold  out  all 
their  interest  to  Peter  Pratt  and  William  R.  Staples,  they 
in  turn  transferring  it,  May  1,  1830,  to  Samuel  Shore,  pre- 
vious purchases  and  improvements  having  augmented  this 
estate  to  nearly  two  hundred  acres  improved  and  wood  laud, 
three  cotton  mills,  eleven  dwelling  houses,  etc.  Unfortu- 
nately, February  1,  1834,  after  a  somewhat  checkered,  e,xperi- 
ence,  Samuel  Shore  transferred  all  the  above  property  by 
deed  of  assignment  to  John  Whipple  and  Dexter  Thurber 
for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors.  The  assignees  above  named, 
on  the  28th  of  May  1835,  sold  to  Gluey  Whipple  of  North 
Providence  all  the  above  property,  and  August  21st  of  the 
same  year,  Benoni  Cook,  Isaac  Brown  and  Dexter  Thurber 
(manufacturers),  Earl  Douglass  Pierce  (gentleman),  and 
Lewis  Dexter  (yeoman),  all  of  Providence,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Lewis  Dexter,  who  was  a  resident  of  Smithfield, 
Rhode  Island,  purchased  the  entire  property,  and  Charles 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  551 

Thurber  was  appointed  resident  manager.  Under  his  manage- 
ment the  business  was  materially  improved,  and  quite  suc- 
cessful until  September  13,  1839,  when  he  died,  Mr.  Dexter 
Thurber  assuming  the  management,  and  continuing  in  that 
capacity  until  October  1,  1841,  when  Messrs.  Asahel  Wall 
and  company,  together  with  Stephen  Randall  as  resident 
manager,  leased  the  mills,  agreeing  to  furnish  eighty-seven 
and  a  half  pounds  of  print  cloth  for  every  one  hundred 
pounds  of  cotton,  and  to  receive  two  and  three-fourths  cents 
per  yard  for  manufacturing  the  same ;  the  owners  keeping 
in  repair  all  dams,  flumes,  permanent  shafting,  wheels,  etc., 
and  furnishing  all  necessary  supplies  for  the  maintenance  of 
the  same.  This  they  continued  to  do  until  April  1,  1843, 
when  the  contract  was  annulled,  and  the  business  was  again 
conducted  under  the  management  of  the  old  company,  Mr. 
Randall  continuing  in  the  capacity  as  manager  until  1846. 
Messrs.  Thomas  and  Colt  leased  the  mills  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  print  cloths,  and  continued  from  July  21,  1846, 
until  March  29,  1847,  when  Mr.  Colt  took  the  lease,  and 
continued  until  May  eighth  to  manufacture  by  the  yard  on 
the  same  terms  as  A.  Wall  and  company  (two  and  three- 
fourths  cents  per  yard)  ;  they,  as  in  the  case  of  Wall  and 
company,  having  the  waste.  Thread  was  manufactured  at 
number  two  mill,  and  woven  into  print  cloths  at  the  other 
mills. 

At  this  period  the  village  of  Manchaug  consisted  of  the 
following :  two  stone  mills,  one  wooden  mill,  one  store,  one 
school-house,  thirteen  dwelling  houses. 

During  the  previous  year  Earl  Douglass  Pierce,  one  of 
the  owners,  died,  and  John  Pitman,  executor  of  his  will, 
sold  to  Cook  and  Brown  of  Providence,  and  Lewis  Dexter 
of  Smithfield,  all  of  Rhode  Island,  his  interest,  which  at 
this  time  was  one  quarter,  for  $18,750  cash.  September  1, 
1853,  James  M.  CunlifF  of  Providence  was  admitted  as  a 
partner,  having  been  in  1848  appointed  resident  manager, 
which  position  he  held  until  April  1,  1870. 

Scott  W.  Mo  wry  was  also  admitted  as  a  partner  at  the 
same  time  with  Mr.  Cunliff,  Mr.  Dexter  Thurber  retiring 


552  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

from  the  copartnership  and  returning  to  Providence,  where 
he  died  May  23,  1871,  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-one 
years.  Mr.  Mo  wry  remained  as  a  partner  in  the  business 
until  March  24,  1864,  when  he  retired.  It  was  during  the 
administration  of  Mr.  Cunliff  that  several  valuable  improve- 
ments were  made  in  connection  with  this  property.  An 
addition  was  made  to  the  lower  or  number  one  mill  in  1855, 
of  granite,  two  stories  high,  of  the  style  called  "Rough 
Ashlar,"  fifty  feet  by  one  hundred  and  eighteen  feet.  It 
was  built  by  Lafayette  Reynolds  of  Pascoag,  Rhode  Island. 

In  1862  a  further  addition  of  four  stories  of  granite, 
seventy  feet  by  one  hundred  and  forty-three  feet,  was  built 
by  John  Peck,  now  of  East  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  Upon 
the  completion  of  the  first  addition  of  the  old  or  number  one 
mill,  the  machinery  in  the  wooden  mill  referred  to  as  one  of 
the  three  original  mills,  was  removed  into  it,  as  it  was  found 
that  the  wooden  structure  could  not  sustain  the  wear  and 
strain  put  upon  it  by  the  motion  of  so  much  machinery. 

It  was  after  this  removal  that  this  mill  was  changed  into  a 
tenement  house  (a  portion  of  it  being  reserved  as  a  store- 
house for  surplus  machinery) .  In  1868  the  foundation  of 
the  new  or  number  three  mill  was  laid,  and  the  building 
erected  under  the  care  of  Nathan  Staples  and  sons  of  Lowell. 

It  was  constructed  of  granite  obtained  from  the  quarries 
of  this  village,  and  is  of  the  style  called  "Rough  Ashlar." 

All  the  machinery  for  this  mill  was  manufactured  by  the 
Saco  Water  Power  Company  of  Biddeford,  Maine.  The 
motive  power  is  funished  by  a  forty-two  inch  turbine,  manu- 
factured by  the  Swain  Turbine  Manufacturing  Company  of 
Lowell,  and  a  twenty-three  inch  Corliss  engine,  sixty  inch 
stroke,  with  two  Corliss  boilers  of  one  hundred  and  forty 
horse-power  each. 

The  dimensions  of  this  mill  are  as  follows :  three  hundred 
and  ten  feet  long,  fifty-two  feet  wide,  four  stories  high  with  two 
towers  to  connect  the  several  stories,  twenty  feet  square.  A 
picker  house  eighty-four  feet  long  by  forty  feet  wide,  three 
stories  high ;  one  boiler  house  forty-eight  feet  long  by  thirty- 
six  feet  wide,  one  story  high. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  555 

After  the  completion  of  this  mill,  print  cloths  were  manu- 
factured until  the  summer  of  1873,  when  there  was  a  change 
to  what  is  known  as  "Fruit  of  the  Loom." 

Mr.  James  M.  Cunliff,  after  a  successful  management  of 
twenty-two  years,  retired,  leaving  it  in  the  hands  of  his  son, 
Lemuel  H.  Cunliff,  under  whose  superintendence  the  inter- 
ests of  the  company  became  somewhat  clouded.  He 
remained  until  January  1,  1873,  when  he  resigned.  Previ- 
ously to  this  time  Cook  and  Brown  had  retired  from  the 
firm,  and  Mr.  Lewis  Dexter  having  died,  his  interest  was 
purchased  by  his  son,  Mr.  Lewis  Dexter,  who  became 
treasurer  of  the  company,  a  position  he  holds  at  the  present 
time.  At  this  period  Messrs.  B.  B.  and  R.  Knight  of  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  purchased  an  interest,  and  the  other 
parties  retired,  with  the  exception  of  Mr.  Dexter,  the  firm 
then  standing,  as  at  the  present  time:  "Lewis  Dexter,  B. 
B.  and  R.  Knight." 

Messrs.  B.  B.  and  R.  Knight,  in  addition  to  their  ownership 
in  this  property,  are  the  owners  of  the  following  villages 
and  mills.  Dodgeville  and  Hebronsville,  Mass.,  Grant  mills 
of  Providence,  Pontiac  mills,  in  connection  with  which  is 
their  bleachery,  to  which  all  the  goods  manufactured  at  their 
various  mills  are  sent  to  be  bleached ;  and  White  Rock 
mills  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  The  senior  partner, 
Knight,  was  born  at  Cranston,  Rhode  Island,  October  3, 
1813,  and  the  junior  at  Warwick,  January  8,  1826,  and 
have  been  from  boyhood  engaged  in  the  cotton  business. 
Upon  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Lemuel  H.  Cunliff  as  manager, 
Mr.  S.  I.  Abbott,  who  was  at  this  time  his  assistant,  assumed 
the  entire  management,  and  continued  until  October  twenty- 
fifth  of  the  same  year,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the 
management  of  a  mill  at  River  Point,  Rhode  Island. 

With  the  increase  of  wealth  and  skill  in  manufacture,  and 
the  entrance  upon  the  stage  of  action  of  young  men  of  enter- 
prise and  ability,  new  projects  were  formed,  and  it  was 
evident  that  none  but  a  man  of  ability  and  strict  business 
integrity  could  assume  the  responsibility  of  the  large  prop- 
erty and  make  it  a  successful  and  profitable  business.  Hence 
the  owners  were  anxious  to  secure  the  services  of  a  man  who 


556  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

could  meet  the  requirements  of  the  time  and  place.  After 
several  interviews  with  different  parties,  Robert  McArthur, 
at  the  time  located  at  Millville,  New  Jersey,  was  induced  to 
accept  the  management.  Mr.  McArthur  assumed  the  entire 
control  as  resident  manager  and  agent  in  the  fall  of  1873, 
and  continues  as  such  at  the  present  time.  It  is  but  justice 
to  Mr.  McArthur  to  say,  that  through  his  untiring  energy 
and  careful  discrimination,  the  business  'has  been  made 
successful. 

This  company  has  an  interest  in  numerous  reservoirs  and 
ponds ;  some  they  own  entire,  and  others  have  been  con- 
structed in  the  interest  of  several  parties  whose  business 
derives  a  benefit  from  the  flow  of  water  which  passes  down 
this  stream.  Mauchaug  pond  originally  covered  about  two 
hundred  and  fifty  acres,  but  in  1852  a  heavy  stone  wall  was 
put  in  at  the  outlet  for  the  purpose  of  enlarging  its  capacity, 
increasing  the  fall,  and  also  for  the  better  security  of  the 
dam ;  in  the  construction  of  which  over  one  thousand  cords 
of  heavy  stone  were  used.  A  heavy  stone  culvert  nearly 
fifty  feet  long  was  built  at  the  same  time.  This  wall,  or 
dam,  cost  $2,500.  It  was  raised  ten  feet  four  inches  above 
the  gate  sills  of  the  old  dam,  and  the  pond  now  covers  an 
area  of  three  hundred  and  eighty  acres.  The  names  of  the 
parties  owning  the  land  overflowed,  and  number  of  acres 
belonging  to  each,  are  given  below : 

Lewis  Torry,  3  acres.  Asa  Putnam,                2  acres. 

John  Waters,  21  "  John  Titus,           11-2  " 

Peter  Stockwell,  16  "  John  Buxton,       11-2  " 

Oliver  Adams,  12  "  John  Rich,                   1  " 

Pelatiah  Parker,  8  "  Luther  Goddard,        1  " 

Joseph  Putnam,  8  "  John  Rich,  Jr.,           1  " 

Cyrus  Putnam,  5  "  Elijah  Bigelow,           1  " 

Simeon  Larned,  3  "  Geo.  A.  Tourtellott,    1  " 

Willard  Fuller,  3  "  Lot  Simpson,           1-2  " 

Nathan  Waters,  4  "  Joseph  Wallis,     11-2  " 

Benjamin  Dudley,  2  " 

The  dam  which  originally  furnished  the  water-power  of 
number  one  mill,  and  was  located  at  a  point  near  where  the 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON. 


559 


company's  office  now  stands,  was  changed  from  that  location 
some  one  hundred  feet  further  down  the  stream  and  enlarged 
to  its  present  dimensions.  The  stone  bridge  is  located,  at 
the  present  day,  nearly  on  the  spot  occupied  by  the  original 
dam.  The  stone  bridge  mentioned  was  substituted  in  place 
of  an  old  wooden  one.  The  stone  bridge  on  the  Douglas 
road  was  built  in  the  year  1875,  and  during  the  freshet  of 
the  succeeding  spring  was  carried  away,  but  was  immedi- 
ately rebuilt. 

In  1864  a  large  granite  dam  and  roll-way  were  built  nearly 
opposite  what  is  now  the  number  three  mill.  Mr.  Ivory 
Stevens  supervised  the  construction  of  this  dam,  and  this 
pond  took  the  name  of  Stevens'  pond,  retaining  it  to  this 
day.  It  covers  in  the  aggregate  about  one  hundred  acres, 
having  been  raised  several  times  since  the  dam  was  originally 
built. 

The  amount  of  the  property  overflowed  by  the  Stevens 
pond,  so  called,  and  the  names  of  the  owners,  are  as  follows  : 


John  Parker, 

Ezra  Jones, 

Aaron  Stockwell,  6  1-2 

E.  E.  Hall,  6 

J.  Marsh,  8 

Wm.  Walker,  6 

Obed  Morse,  14  1-2 


2  1-2  acres. 
4 


Manchaug  Co., 
Leander  Putnam, 
Ira  Darling, 
Reuben  White, 
William  Abbott, 
Elijah  Bigelow, 
Tourtellott, 


7  acres. 

4     " 

1  " 
1-2  " 

1  •" 
30  " 


In  the  spring  of  1866  a  new  reservoir  was  commenced 
upon  what  was  called  the  Tucker  stream ;  and  about  forty 
rods  below  the  site  of  what  was  known  as  Tucker  dam,  a 
new  stone  dam  was  built  three  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet 
long,  exclusive  of  the  roll-way,  which,  when  completed,  will 
increase  its  length  some  fifty  feet.  This  reservoir  covers 
about  sixty  acres.  It  is  now  in  contemplation  to  put  in  still 
another  reservoir  directly  opposite  the  one  alluded  to  above, 
which  will  cover  about  eighty  acres. 

In  illustrating  the  progress  made  by  this  company  in  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  goods,  a  statement  giving  the  average 
number  of  yards  produced  from  year  to  year  may  not  be 


560 


MANUFACTURES    OF    THE 


amiss,  and  it  certainly  will  be  interesting  to  our  readers  to 
notice  to  what  extent  this  business  has  been  increased.  Such 
a  statement  is  given  below. 


Yeare. 
1826, 

1827, 
1828, 
1829, 
1830, 
1831, 
1832, 
1833, 
1834, 
1835, 
1836, 
1837, 
1838, 
1839, 
1840, 
1841, 
1842, 
1843, 
1844, 
1845, 
1846, 
1847, 
1848, 
1849, 
1850, 
1851, 
1852, 
1853, 
1854, 


No  record  of  products. 


No.  of  Yards. 

Yearn. 

No.  of  Yards. 

ucts. 

Prints,                            1855, 

1,650,375 

"                                1856, 

1,676,304 

"                              1857, 

1,688,016 

Prints,  £  and  $,            1858, 

1,377,840 

"            "                   1859, 

2,046,960 

"            "                   1860, 

2,444,832 

"            "                   1861, 

1,550,780 

"            "                   1862, 

1,735,500 

"           "                   1863, 

926,244 

640,650 

"            "                   1864, 

1,980,750 

610,640 

Cambrics  and  Prints,  1865, 

2,450,875 

€74,485 

"          "        "        1866, 

3,000,540 

605,762 

"        1867, 

3,960,850 

684,680 

1868, 

4,083,480 

634,775 

"          "        "        1869, 

4,084,716 

818,720 

"         "        "        1870, 

4,065,320 

1,070,540 

1871, 

5,260,670 

1,320,680 

Muslins  and  Prints,     1872, 

6,080,480 

1,250,450 

Fruits,                           1873, 

5,328,790 

1,350,800 

"                                1874, 

5,480,293 

1,280,490 

1875, 

5,567,549 

1,270,850 

"                                1876, 

6,328,050 

1,290,840 

1,350,850 

1,300,480 

1,250,550 

1,200,500 

1,350,750 

1,675,980 

THE  STORE. 


In  tracing  the  history  of  Manchaug,  it  is  necessary  to 
speak  of  the  different  changes  which  have  occurred  in  the 
only  store  which  has  been  located  in  this  village. 

In  1830  Mr.  S.  J.  C.  Bartlett  opened  the  store  and  con- 
tinued in  the  business  until  1855,  a  period  of  twenty-five 
years.  Mr.  Bartlett,  by  strict  economy,  accumulated  a  few 
thousand  dollars,  and  at  the  period  above  named,  sold  out 
his  interest  and  removed  to  Connecticut,  and  engaged  in  the 
thread  manufacturing  business.  In  this,  however,  he  was 
unsuccessful,  losing  his  entire  property.  Mr.  Bartlett's 
successors  were  Ezra  Jones  and  William  Metcalf.  They 


71 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  563 

continued  to  carry  on  the  business,  dealing  in  groceries, 
hardware,  dry  goods,  crockery,  green  provisions  and  pro- 
duce, for  nearly  four  years.  At  the  expiration  of  Messrs. 
Jones'  and  Metcalf's  term,  the  store  was  kept  by  the  Man- 
chaug  Company,  at  that  time  under  the  management  of  Scott 
Mowry.  Mr  Mowry,  after  a  somewhat  eventful  experience 
in  that  particular  line,  became  convinced  that  a  company 
store,  run  upon  the  basis  which  had  been  established, 
involved  an  unprofitable  investment,  and  it  was  sold  by  his 
advice  to  William  Metcalf  and Smith.  They  contin- 
ued to  carry  on  the  business  for  nearly  five  years.  About 
the  year  1864,  Mr.  Metcalf  bought  out  Smith's  interest,  and 
for  a  short  time  was  sole  proprietor  and  manager.  Owing 
to  ill  health,  he  was  compelled  to  relinquish  the  business  or 
take  a  partner. 

April  1,  1864,  Mr.  Metcalf  sold  one  half  of  the  business 
to  William  Abbott  of  Douglas,  who  took  charge  of  the  store, 
living  at  Douglas  until  April  1,  1866.  At  this  time  Mr. 
Metcalf  left  the  store,  retiring  to  his  farm,  retaining  his 
share  in  the  business  until  April  1,  1867,  when  Mr.  Abbott 
purchased  his  interest  and  became  sole  proprietor  and  man- 
ager. During  the  time  Mr.  Abbott  managed  the  store  the 
business  increased  from  $20,000  to  $100,000  per  annum. 

April  1,  1874,  Mr.  Abbott  sold  his  entire  stock  and  trade 
to  the  Manchaug  Company,  and  in  June,  same  year,  removed 
to  Douglas.* 

The  company  selected  Mr.  J.  S.  Page,  formerly  in  the 
employ  of  Messrs.  A.  and  W.  Sprague,  to  assume  the  con- 
trol of  the  store,  and  he  entered  at  once  upon  his  duties. 

From  the  time  it  was  first  opened,  in  1830,  until  the 
retirement  of  Mr.  Abbott  in  1874,  a  period  of  forty-four 
years,  the  business  was  conducted  in  an  old  building  which 
stood  in  front  of  what  is  now  the  agent's  house,  on  the  main 
street,  but  which  was  moved  to  its  present  location  at  the 
north  end  of  the  village,  and  altered  into  tenements. 


*  We  are  informed  by  Mr.  Abbott  that  during  the  ten  years  he  had  charge 
of  the  store,  not  an  unkind  or  unpleasant  word  passed  between  any  member 
of  the  company  and  himself.  In  relinquishing  the  business,  he  did  so  with 
his  best  wishes  for  the  future  prosperity  of  the  company. 


564  MANUFACTURES    OF    THE 

The  store  into  which  Mr.  Page  removed  the  goods,  at  the 
expiration  of  Mr.  Abbott's  time,  is  a  massive  granite  struc- 
ture, built  of  the  style  called  "Rough  Ashlar,"  and  is  two 
stories  high,  eighty  feet  by  fifty  feet,  with  a  basement.  The 
first  story  is  used  for  the  store  proper,  and  has  its  various 
departments  separated  with  taste  and  care.  This  was  done 
under  the  personal  supervision  of  Mr.  J.  S.  Page,  upon 
whom  it  reflects  much  credit.  The  basement  is  devoted  to 
a  meat  and  vegetable  market,  and  in  the  second  story  is  a 
hall  the  entire  size  of  the  building. 

Mr.  J.  S.  Page  continued  in  charge  of  the  store  until  he 
was  called  to  a  larger  and  more  responsible  field  of  duties 
with  the  Messrs.  Knights,  in  taking  charge  of  all  their  stores 
in  their  several  villages,  and  he  resigned  his  charge  of  the 
one  in  this  village  to  his  brother,  Mr.  T.  C.  Page,  who  had 
been  book-keeper  for  his  brother  in  the  same  place  for  the 
preceding  two  years,  which  enabled  him  to  enter  upon  his 
new  position  with  much  knowledge  of  the  business  and  the 
employes  in  the  village.  Mr.  T.  C.  Page  took  the  entire 
charge  of  this  store  in  May  1876,  and  still  continues  in  that 
capacity,  a  place  he  has  filled  with  honor  and  fidelity.  The 
duties  are  manifold,  and  it  requires  clear  discrimination  to 
be  enabled  to  deal  with  such  a  large  and  varied  community, 
in  which  nearly  every  nationality  is  represented. 

GUN   MAKING. 
BY  COL.  ASA  H.  WATKBS. 

Among  the  pioneer  families  which  first  came  to  subdue 
the  primeval  forests  of  Sutton,  were  four  bearing  the  name  of 
Waters ;  two  brothers,  Nathaniel  and  Richard,  and  two  sons 
of  the  former,  Nathaniel,  second,  and  Jonathan. 

It  may  perhaps  with  truth  be  said  that  few  families  have 
left  here  more  foot-prints  on  the  sands  of  time  or  more 
numerous  descendants.  They  came  from  Salem  about 
1720,  a  full  half  century  before  the  revolution,  and  on  refer- 
ring to  the  early  records  of  that  ancient  town,  it  is  found 
that  Nathaniel  and  Richard  were  of  the  third  generation 
from  Richard  Waters,  the  progenitor  and  terminus  a  quo  of 
all  who  bear  the  Waters  name  or  lineage  in  this  region. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  567 

Richard,  the  progenitor,  emigrated  from  England  about 
1632,  twelve  years  after  the  Mayflower,  was  a  contemporary 
of  Governor  Winthrop.  and  probably  came  about  the  same 
time,  as  in  a  letter  to  his  wife  he  speaks  of  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Waters,  as  being  a  member  of  his  household.  Richard 
was  by  profession  a  gun  manufacturer ;  married  the  daughter 
of  a  gun  maker,  and  it  is  a  noteworthy  fact  that  the  busi- 
ness of  gun  making  has  been  hereditary  in  some  branch 
of  the  Waters  families  almost  continually  since.  From  the 
original  stripe,  Richard,  down  to  the  present  time,  they 
trace  their  genealogy  by  official  records  in  an  unbroken  line 
through  nine  generations. 

Nathaniel,  grandson  of  Richard,  was  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  the  Sutton  township,  owning  one-tenth  of 
(estimated)  thirty  thousand  acres,  which  he  bought  February 
14,  1715.  He  married  in  Salem,  Elizabeth,  sister  of  Wm. 
King,  who  was  also  an  original  proprietor,  and  they  formed 
a  colony  of  emigrants  from  Salem  to  Sutton  about  1716. 
Nathaniel  afterward  removed  to  Salem,  where  he  died  in 
1718.  He  left  eight  children,  of  whom  four  with  their 
families  removed  from  Salem  to  Sutton  in  1739;  two  sons, 
Nathaniel,  second,  and  Jonathan,  and  two  daughters,  Ruth, 
wife  of  Benjamin  Marsh,  and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Isaac  Cook. 

Nathaniel,  second,  settled  in  North  Sutton,  now  West 
Millbury,  upon  the  farm  belonging  to  the  heirs  of  Captain 
Amasa  Wood ;  but  the  estate  did  not  long  remain  in  the 
family  line. 

Jonathan,  who  inherited  much  the  largest  portion  of  his 
father's  estate,  settled  upon  the  farm  now  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  Jonathan  E.  Waters,  and  it  has  remained  in  the 
continued  possession  of  a  Jonathan  Waters  for  four  genera- 
tions. 

Jonathan,  first,  had  ten  children,  of  whom  two  sons,  Asa 
and  Andrus,  inherited  the  mechanical  talent  of  their  pro- 
genitor, Richard. 

When  the  revolutionary  war  broke  out,  they  were  at  once 
called  into  requisition.  There  were  no  national  armories, 
and  few,  if  any,  private  ones  of  much  account.  Guns  were 
scarce,  gun  makers  more  so,  and  neither  could  be  imported. 


568  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

To  supply  the  great  demand,  Asa  and  Andrus  erected  on 
the  Singletary  stream  a  gun  factory  or  armory,  which  they 
fitted  up  with  tools  and  machinery  for  making  guns  by 
water-power.  Hitherto  they  had  been  made  mostly  by  hand- 
power,  both  here  and  in  England.  Steam-power  had  not 
been  introduced.  Even  the  barrels  were  made  in  England 
by  hand-power,  and  the  process  of  making  them  by  motive 
power  was  not  discovered  till  the  next  generation  of  this 
family,  as  will  appear  farther  on.  Water-power,  however, 
was  used  in  this  armory  to  aid  in  the  manufacture,  and  so 
far  as  we  can  learn,  was  here  first  introduced  for  that  pur- 
pose—  it  being  long  before  it  came  into  use  in  England. 

These  brothers  early  discovered,  what  has  proved  to  be 
true  to  the  present  day,  that  the  best  iron  for  gun  barrels 
lay  in  the  mines  of  Salisbury,  Connecticut.  They  obtained 
it  there  in  pigs,  had  it  carted  through  the  forests  to  a  forge 
in  Douglas,  where  it  was  converted  into  refined  iron,  and 
carted  thence  to  their  armory  in  North  Sutton,  where  it  was 
wrought  into  the  various  parts  of  the  gun.  Andrus  died  in 
about  two  years,  from  exposures  at  Salisbury,  and  was 
buried  at  West  Point.  He  possessed  uncommon  mechanical 
genius,  and  his  death,  occurring  when  the  country  was  in 
such  urgent  need  of  his  services,  was  deplored  as  a  public 
calamity. 

Asa  was  thus  left  alone  to  pursue  the  business,  which  he 
did  with  vigor  and  success  through  the  whole  period  of  the 
war. 

It  is  a  tradition,  highly  probable,  that  he  received  the 
support  and  patronage  of  the  State. 

On  a  site  next  above  his  armory  the  State  erected  a  large 
powder  mill,  which  was  the  one  referred  to  in  the  resolve 
passed  by  the  Massachusetts  Council,  October  18,  1776. 

"Resolved,  that  Mr.  Nathan  Putnam  be  appointed  as  the 
committee  for  building  a  powder  mill  at  Sutton,  in  the  room 
of  Colonel  Holman  (who  was  called  away  to  the  field), 
and  that  the  further  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds  be  paid 
out  of  the  public  treasury  of  the  State  to  the  aforesaid 
committee  to  enable  them  to  carry  on  the  building  of  said 
mill." 


72 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  571 

This  mill  had  a  long  row  of  pestles  and  mortars  on  each 
of  its  four  sides,  and  was  run  by  water-power.  Mr.  Waters 
had  the  charge  of  it,  and  was  often  heard  to  say  "  there  was 
hardly  a  barn  in  Worcester  county  under  which  he  had  not 
bent  his  back  to  scrape  up  saltpetre." 

Asa  Waters,  second,  born  November  2,  1769,  was  quite 
as  much  distinguished  as  his  father  for  his  mechanical  and 
inventive  talents,  and  he  was  constantly  engaged  in  the 
armory  business  most  of  his  life.  Congress  having  estab- 
lished two  national  armories,  one  at  Springfield  and  one  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  passed  a  law  in  1808,  appropriating  $200,000 
annually  for  furnishing  arms  and  equipments  to  the  different 
States.  For  this  purpose  they  selected  six  well  known 
mechanics,  among  whom  were  Eli  Whitney  of  New  Haven 
and  Asa  Waters  of  Sutton ;  to  whom  contracts  were  issued 
from  time  to  time,  for  a  term  usually  of  five  years.  In  that 
same  year  of  1808,  Asa  and  his  brother  Elijah  erected  on 
the  Blackstone  river,  below  the  Singletary,  the  armory 
building,  which  still  remains  in  the  Armory  village  of  now 
Millbury,  and  hence  its  name.  Elijah  died  a  few  years 
after,  leaving  Asa  to  prosecute  the  business  alone,  which  he 
did  with  energy  and  success,  and  he  was  continued  in  the 
contract  service  of  the  United  States  until  the  day  of  his 
death,  which  was  December  24,  1841. 

His  armory  was  in  active  operation  and  of  useful  service 
in  the  war  with  England  in  1812,  and  its  business  was 
largely  increased  by  the  manufacture  of  scythes,  saw  mill 
saws,  smelting  iron,  cast  steel,  etc.  Mr.  Waters  at  the  time 
of  the  separation  of  Millbury  from  Sutton,  in  1813,  was 
forty-four  years  of  age.  He  was  therefore  essentially  a 
product  of  Sutton,  and  it  may  not  be  considered  out  of 
place  if  a  few  more  incidents  of  his  life  and  his  armory  are 
given  in  these  pages. 

While  in  the  contract  service  of  the  United  States  he 
introduced  various  improvements,  among  which  were  two 
which  completely  revolutionized  the  English  mode  of  making 
gun  barrels,  which  was  to  weld  them  by  hand,  and  then 
grind  them  by  hand  before  a  revolving  stone.  Mr.  Waters 


572  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

invented  a  process  of  welding  them  by  power  under  trip- 
hammers, by  which  the  work  was  done  much  better,  quicker 
and  cheaper. 

It  was  adopted  at  all  the  armories  in  the  United  States, 
by  many  in  Europe,  and  is  still  in  use.  He  took  out  a 
patent,  October  25,  1817,  and  his  claim  to  originality  has 
never  been  disputed. 

Grinding  them  down  was  found  to  leave  the  metal  of 
unequal  thickness,  and  the  barrels  liable  to  explode.  In 
December  1818  he  took  out  a  patent  for  turning  them  in  a 
lathe.  In  this  he  succeeded  until  he  came  to  the  irregular 
shape  of  the  butt ;  there  he  was  completely  foiled,  and  so 
were  the  most  ingenious  mechanics  in  all  the  armories. 

At  last,  in  sheer  desperation,  he  sent  for  a  young  man 
living  in  a  border  farming  district,  of  whom  he  had  heard 
as  having  some  genius  for  mechanics.  When  he  came  he 
seemed  a  stranger  to  all  present,  appeared  uncouth  and 
awkward,  had  a  stammering  tongue,  and  little  was  expected 
of  him.  But  he  had  no  sooner  glanced  his  eye  over  the 
machine,  and  seen  what  was  wanted,  than  he  suggested  an 
additional  but  very  simple  motion,  which  relieved  the  diffi- 
culty at  once,  and  proved  a  perfect  success.  It  was  adopted 
at  all  the  armories  in  the  United  States,  and  has  been  in 
constant  use  ever  since ;  and  as  it  saves  more  than  half  a 
dollar  on  each  gun,  some  estimate  may  be  formed  of  its 
value  to  this  country.  This  verdant  youth,  then  called 
"Stammering  Tom,"  was  none  other  than  the  now  famous 
Thomas  Blanchard,  whose  inventive  genius  has  rarely  been 
surpassed  in  this  or  any  other  age.  It  was  then  and  there, 
as  he  afterwards  said,  that  he  first  conceived  the  idea  of  his 
world  renowned  machine  for  turning  irregular  forms,  such  as 
gun  stocks,  shoe  lasts,  tackle  blocks,  spokes,  busts,  and  so  on 
ad  infinitum,  and  it  was  here  he  exhibited  his  first  model. 

Mr.  Waters  was  the  founder  of  Millbury  bank.  He 
obtained  its  first  charter,  and  was  for  many  years  its  first 
president.  He  was  also  the  founder  of  five  water  privileges 
on  the  Blackstone,  as  follows  :  the  Berlin  mills,  the  sash  and 
blind  works  of  C.  D.  Morse,  the  Atlanta  mills  or  old  armory, 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  575 

the  Cordis  mills,  and  the  Wilkinsonville  mills,  for  all  of 
which  he  built  the  dams  and  canals,  except  for  the  Berlin 
mills.  This  he  saved  from  its  threatened  utter  obliteration, 
by  purchasing  it  of  the  Blackstone  Canal  Company,  at  the 
time  the  canal  was  abandoned  and  the  lands  reverted  to  their 
original  owners.  For  his  moral  and  general  character  refer- 
ence is  made  to  his  "  obituary,"  written  by  Dr.  Buckingham, 
then  of  Millbury,  now  of  Springfield,  and  published  in  the 
Worcester  Palladium  soon  after  his  death,  December  24, 
1841. 

After  his  death,  his  son,  Asa  Holman  Waters,  who  was 
also  born  in  Sutton,  carried  on  the  armory  business  till  the 
expiration  of  the  United  States  contract  with  A.  Waters  and 
son,  January  1,  1845,  when  the  business  came  to  a  sudden, 
abrupt  and  almost  final  termination,  and  not  of  this  armory 
alone,  but  of  all  the  private  armories  in  the  United  States 
service,  of  which  there  were  six. 

These  armories  were  established  under  a  law  of  Congress, 
passed  in  1808,  which  has  never  been  repealed,  unless 
recently ;  they  had  been  repeatedly  recognized  by  the  secre- 
taries of  war,  from  John  C.  Calhoun  down,  as  a  part  of  the 
United  States  system  of  supplying  arms,  and  the  duty  of 
sustaining  them  had  been  repeatedly  enjoined  upon  Con- 
gress. The  owners,  therefore,  had  regarded  them  as  perma- 
nent establishments,  and  had  invested  largely  in  tools  and 
machinery,  which  were  nearly  worthless  for  any  other  pur- 
pose. This  sudden  and  untimely  surcease  was  a  great 
disappointment,  a  great  injury,  and  an  act  of  eminent  injustice 
to  the  contractors,  and  also  to  their  workmen,  who  had 
become  expert  on  certain  parts,  knew  no  other  trade,  and 
had  settled  down  in  comfortable  homes  near  the  armories. 
Their  vocation  was  gone.  The  real  cause  of  this  unjust  act 
was  for  some  time  concealed.  W'hen  the  contractors  remon- 
strated to  the  chief  of  ordnance,  Colonel  George  Talcott,  he 
said  ' '  it  was  done  in  obedience  to  instructions  from  the  Hon- 
orable Secretary  of  War."  This  honorable  secretary  was 
Wilkins  of  Pennsylvania,  who  soon  after  retired  from  the 
office,  and  when  inquired  of  why  he  issued  the  order,  said, 


576  MANUFACTURES    OF   THE 

"he  did  not  know  he  had;  that  Talcott  sent  in  so  many 
papers  it  was  much  as  he  could  do  to  sign  them ;  he  had  no 
time  to  read  them." 

The  condition  of  things  at  the  department  appeared  to  be, 
that  while  honorable  secretaries  were  coming  and  going  every 
few  months,  Talcott  remained  there  in  permanence ;  had 
been  there  many  years,  and  had  become  a  perfect  autocrat 
in  the  office.  The  only  use  he  had  for  honorable  secretaries 
was  to  sign  his  papers,  and  if  any  complaint  arose,  his 
uniform  reply  was,  "Done  in  obedience  to  instructions  from 
the  Honorable  Secretary  of  War,"  thus  making  the  secretary 
the  scape-goat  for  all  his  sins.  But  a  terrible  retribution 
came  at  last. 

When  President  Polk  came  into  power,  he  appointed  as 
secretary  of  war  a  lawyer  from  New  Orleans  by  the  name 
of  Conrad,  whose  knowledge  of  war  office  business  was 
confined  chiefly  to  the  "  code  and  pistols  for  two."  He  took 
the  customary  round  of  visiting  the  armories  and  arsenals, 
and  wherever  he  went  he  noticed  vast  stacks  and  pyramids 
of  cannon  ball.  On  his  return  he  sent  a  simple  order  to 
(now)  General  Talcott  to  issue  no  more  contracts  for  cannon 
ball. 

Not  long  after,  among  the  papers  sent  in  for  him  to  sign, 
he  happened  to  notice  a  new  contract  for  cannon  ball.  He 
writes  to  Talcott  to  know  why  it  was  issued.  Talcott  replies 
in  his  usual  style,  "done  in  obedience  to  instructions,"  etc. 
Conrad  answers  that  "so  far  from  being  in  obedience,  it  was 
in  disobedience  to  instructions,"  etc.  Talcott,  in  reply,  had 
the  presumption  to  reaffirm  his  former  statement.  Conrad's 
ire  was  raised  at  once ;  said  he  did  not  know  much  about 
cannon  ball,  but  on  questions  of  veracity  he  was  at  home. 
Being  in  official  station  he  could  not  challenge  Talcott,  and 
so  he  ordered  him  to  be  tried  by  court  martial  before  a  board 
of  which  General  Winfield  Scott  was  made  judge  advocate. 
Much  more  was  proved  on  the  trial  than  was  expected.  It 
appeared  in  evidence  that  General  Talcott  was  the  owner 
of  a  large  iron  foundry  in  Richmond,  Virginia,  devoted  to 
making  cannon  ball ;  that  it  was  in  charge  of  his  nephew,  to 


TOWN  OF   SUTTON.  577 

whom  he  issued,  from  time  to  time,  large  contracts  upon 
most  favorable  terms ;  that  he  had  become  very  rich ;  was 
the  owner  of  large  blocks  in  Washington,  where  he  was  liv- 
ing in  the  style  of  an  eastern  nabob. 

The  mystery  of  the  discontinuance  of  the  private  armories 
was  now  revealed.  The  moneys  intended  for  their  support 
found  their  outlet  chiefly  through  this  channel. 

General  Scott,  with  his  high  sense  of  honor,  was  greatly 
shocked  that  a  government  official  so  high  in  position,  a 
graduate  of  West  Point,  a  Brigadier-General  in  the  army, 
and  chief  of  the  ordnance  department,  should  be  found 
guilty  of  such  corrupt  embezzlement.  His  sentence  was 
terribly  severe,  almost  without  precedent.  In  brief,  it  was 
that  General  Talcott  should  be  removed  from  the  office  of 
chief  of  ordnance ;  be  deprived  of  his  commission  of  Brig- 
adier-General ;  his  name  erased  from  the  roll  of  army  officers, 
and  he  sent  in  disgrace  out  of  Washington. 

The  surviving  contractors  had  thus  the  satisfaction  of  see- 
ing the  author  of  their  great  wrongs  brought  to  condign 
punishment,  but  not  of  having  their  business  reinstated. 
The  system  had  been  broken  up,  and  most  of  the  armories 
converted  to  other  pursuits. 

When  the  late  civil  war  broke  out,  the  government  were 
surprised  to  learn  that  the  retiring  secretary  of  war,  Floyd 
of  Virginia,  had  surreptitiously  sent  down  south  nearly  all 
the  arms  contained  in  northern  arsenals,  and  they  had  but 
one  armory  left — Springfield — to  supply  the  instant  demand. 

In  this  emergency  they  stretched  out  their  arms  implor- 
ingly to  the  private  armories  to  resurrect  them,  but  they 
were  all  dead,  utterly  dead,  but  two,  which  had  barely 
survived.  These  were  Waters'  of  Sutton,  now  Millbury, 
and  Whitney's  of  New  Haven.  These  were  at  once  resusci- 
tated, greatly  enlarged,  and  given  all  the  work  they  could 
possibly  do.  As  the  prices  paid  were  liberal,  they  at  last 
obtained  some  just  compensation  for  the  wrongs  they  had 
suffered. 


73 


HISTORY  OF  SUTTON, 

Part 


GENEALOGICAL. 

The  genealogical  record  of  the  families  of  the  town,  to 
which  we  now  introduce  the  reader,  is  not  the  least  interest- 
ing portion  of  this  history. 

It  has  been  truly  said, 

"If  you  would  know  who  you  are, 
Learn  whence  you  came." 

Some  speak  of  genealogical  study  as  dry  and  unprofita- 
ble ;  and  they  do  this  from  misapprehension  of  its  importance 
and  interest ;  but  even  these  have  some  pride  in  being  con- 
sidered as  belonging  to  "good  families."  Under  this  head, 
"good  families,"  some  very  appropriate  remarks  are  made 
in  an  article  found  in  a  recent  number  of  the  ' '  Popular  Sci- 
ence Monthly,"  from  which  we  make  the  following  extract : 

"There  can  be  no  doubt  that,  as  each  person  now  living 
has  had  a  father  and  mother,  grandfathers  and  grandmothers, 
and  so  on,  every  one  really  comes  of  as  old  a  family  as  every 
one  else.  Moreover,  every  living  eldest  son  is  the  heir  male 
of  either  the  senior  or  a  junior  branch,  not  only  of  the  fam- 
ily of  the  man  who  first  bore  his  name,  but  of  progenitors 
hidden  still  deeper  in  the  mists  of  antiquity.  We  so  often 
hear  of  families  dying  out  altogether  or  ending  in  females, 
that  we  come  to  think  that  such  a  fate  is  the  eventual  end  of 
all  families  ;  but  this  is  far  from  being  the  case.  Every  man 


580  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

living  could,  if  he  only  knew  the  data,  count  up  from  son  to 
father,  from  father  to  grandfather,  from  generation  to  gene- 
ration, until  he  came  to  Adam  himself.  And  this  is  the 
great  difference  between  good  families  and  families  of  all 
other  kinds :  the  members  of  a  good  family  can  tell  who 
their  forefathers  were,  where  they  lived  and  whom  they  mar- 
ried ;  while  those  who  belong  to  no  families  in  particular 
are  classed  in  a  body,  as  those  who  don't  know  their  own 
grandfathers,  or  who  perhaps  never  had  any  to  know.  The 
goodness  of  a  family  depends  much  more  on  the  number  of 
its  own  generations  than  on  any  other  condition.  Given  two 
families  in  which  the  number  of  recorded  generations  are 
equal,  doubtless  the  family  whose  numbers  have  been  the 
more  illustrious  would  be  reckoned  the  better  of  the  two. 
*  *  *  If  to  be  educated  and  cultivated  is 

an  object  of  ambition, and  if  there  is  anything  in  the  doctrine 
of  heredity,  it  may  be  supposed  that  the  members  of  a  fam- 
ily who  have  been  of  importance  enough  to  leave  their  names 
scattered  on  the  bank  of  the  river  of  time,  have  had  a  better 
chance  of  being  polished,  and  of  handing  down  their  good 
qualities  to  their  ^posterity,  than  those  who  were  swept  away 
by  the  tide  without  leaving  any  mark." 

We  regret  that  our  record  is  incomplete.  The  defect  in 
it  arises  mainly  from  two  causes,  the  imperfection  of  the 
town  records  —  especially  the  early  records — and  the  fact 
that  many  of  the  families  to  whom  circulars  were  sent  (and 
these  were  sent  to  every  family  in  town)  failed  to  make  any 
return ;  so  if  these  families  who  did  not  furnish  the  informa- 
tion called  for,  and  which  they  would  gladly  see  embodied 
in  this  history,  should  be  disposed  to  find  fault  because  of 
their  omission,  let  it  be  understood  that  they  have  them- 
selves only  to  blame. 

"In  tracing  the  genealogy  of  our  ancestry,  the  inquiry  una- 
voidably arises,  what  motives  prompted  them  to  leave  for- 
ever their  native  country,  sever  the  ties  of  kindred,  and  part 
from  the  scenes  and  associations  of  early  life,  so  dear  to  the 
human  heart  ?  And  the  answer  comes  on  every  page  of  his- 
tory, in  every  important  act  of  their  lives,  that  it  was  not  for 
themselves  alone,  but  mainly  for  their  posterity. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  581 

' '  Selfishness  is  averse  to  sacrifices  ;  but  their  sacrifices  were 
manifold.  They  wrought  for  the  future,  planting  the  seed 
of  truthful  principle  that  others  might  reap  an  abundant  har- 
vest. Here  upon  these  forest  covered  hill-sides  they  settled, 
amidst  the  rigors  of  a  New  England  climate,  patiently 
enduring  the  hardships  and  dangers  of  a  pioneer  life,  and 
left  to  posterity  the  result  of  their  labors.  How  they  could 
perform  so  much,  is  a  problem  difficult  of  solution  to  the 
present  generation. 

' '  They  rose  superior  to  the  circumstances  with  which  they 
were  environed,  and  by  dint  of  the  most  arduous  effort 
achieved  success,  in  the  face  of  a  multitude  of  obstacles. 
Honest  as  well  as  earnest,  they  put  their  own  hands  to  the 
axe,  the  plow  and  the  distaff.  Industry  was  deemed  an 
honor  and  indolence  a  disgrace,  wherever  found.  Their 
principles  were  not  for  sale  at  any  price.  Dishonesty  was 
at  so  great  a  discount,  that,  so  far  from  passing  current,  it 
could  not  pass  at  all.  Genuine  goodness  in  the  character  of 
the  person  was  demanded,  and  no  hypercritical  counterfeit 
was  accepted  in  lieu  thereof.  They  adored  realities  and 
abhorred  shams.  In  such  a  society,  mutual  and  implicit 
confidence  was  certain,  and  fellowship  and  co-operation,  the 
basis  of  the  strength  of  society,  became  inevitable.  In  this 
manner  they  sought  to  promote  the  general  welfare  of  soci- 
ety. To  this  end  they  made  personal  sacrifices  and  endured 
unremitting  toil  in  the  performance  of  obligations  incumbent 
upon  them  as  citizens.  They  did  not  shirk  the  performance 
of  disagreeable  duties,  but  assumed  the  responsibilities  of 
life  heroically  and  discharged  all  duty  faithfully.  They  were 
not  clannish,  believing  all  the  excellencies  of  human  charac- 
ter were  concentered  in  their  own  family,  but  were  free  to 
criticise  and  censure  any  wrong  act  of  any  member  thereof. 
They  sought  not  to  hold  their  convictions  in  abeyance  to  win 
applause  or  catch  the  current  of  popular  favor.  They  were 
modest  and  reserved,  ready  to  confer  favors  upon  others, 
but  quite  averse  to  soliciting  them  for  themselves. 

"Possessing  these  qualities,  they  did  not  attain  to  high 
political  distinction.  Their  tastes  and  characteristics  did  not 
incline  them  to  tread  the  sinuous  avenues  which  too  often 


582  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

lead  to  political  preferment.  They  deemed  themselves  of 
the  people,  and  preferred  to  remain  with  the  people,  and  to 
discharge  their  duties  to  society  with  fidelity  as  private  citi- 
zens, rather  than  assume  the  responsibilities  of  official  life. 
Thus  they  were  enabled  to  wield  a  greater  influence  for 
good ;  for  official  position  often  neutralizes  the  influence  of 
strong  men.  Great  and  true  men,  under  any  form  of  gov- 
ernment, are  not  always  found  in  official  station,  while  many 
are  found  outside  of  it. 

"Thus,  in  early  times,  did  the  fathers  and  mothers  live ; 
and  though  we  knew  them  not,  let  us  sacredly  cherish  their 
memories  for  the  noble  achivements  which  they  wrought  for 
their  country  and  their  race.  By  the  assistance  they  ren- 
dered in  making  justice,  equality  and  freedom — the  great 
fundamental  principles  of  human  society — practical  realities, 
they  gave  a  richer  legacy  than  was  ever  bequeathed  to  pos- 
terity ;  and  their  posterity  can  secure  no  greater  benefit  to 
themselves,  perform  no  greater  service  to  their  country,  nor 
bestow  a  more  enduring  blessing  upon  humanity,  than  to 
live  their  virtues  and  transmit  the  principles  they  honored, 
in  all  their  strength  and  purity,  to  those  who  shall  come  after 
them."  * 

ADAMS. 

Samuel  Adams  of  Ipswich,  according  to  J.  Quincy 
Adams,  was  a  descendant  of  William  of  Cambridge. 
Deacon  Leland  says  :  ' '  This  William  was  probably  one  of 
the  eight  sons  of  Henry.  Samuel  was  probably  either  of 
the  third  or  fourth  generation  from  William  of  Cambridge, 
who  is  supposed  to  have  removed  to  Ipswich."  Deacon 
Leland  also  says  that  Samuel,  senior,  had  seven  sons.  He 
gives  the  names,  however,  of  but  six,  viz.  : 

Samuel,  b.  and  d.  at  Ipswich;  Nathaniel  removed  to  Worcester  and  d. 
there;  James  d.  in  Sutton  Aug.  4,  1804;  Andrew  settled  in  Graf  ton;  Jona- 
than settled  in  Shrewsbury ;  John  settled  in  Sutton. 

James2,  (Samuel1,)  m.  Elizabeth  Dean.  Ch. — 1,  James,  b. ,  d.  in  child- 
hood ;  2,  Nathaniel  m.  Lucy  Woods  of  Southboro ;  3,  Francis,  m.  Abigail 
Taft,  Apr.  11,  1780;  4,  Elizabeth,  m.  David  Temple  of  Graftou;  5,  Samuel,  , 
m.  Olive  Jones  of  Grafton;  6,  Israel,  7,  Anna,  twins  —  Israel  d.  May  10, 
1811;  Anna,  m.  Ezekiel  Goldthwait;  8,  Lydia;  9,  Moses,  m.  Elizabeth  Whip- 
pie  of  Grafton;  10,  James  (probably). 

*  By  Mr.  Jason  Waters. 


TOWN   OF   BUTTON.  583 

Israel,3  (James2,  Samuel1,)  m.  Joanna  Dodge,  Jan.  10, 1787.  Ch.— 1,  Phila, 
b.  Mar.  22,  1789;  2,  Tyler,  b.  June  2,  1791;  3,  Eunice,  b.  May  29,  1793; 
4,  Moses,  b.  May  29,  1796 ;  5,  Lucy,  b.  June  23,  1799. 

James3,  (James,2  Samuel1,)  m.  Hannah  Potter,  Nov.  29,  1787.  Ch.— 1, 
Palmer,  b.  June  14,  1788;  2,  Schuyler,  b.  Mar.  28,  1791;  3,  Ezbon,  b.  Feb. 
11,  1796. 

Abner  Adams  m.  Ruth ;  m.  2nd,  Lucy  Holbrook,  Nov.  4,  1795.  Ch. — 

1,  Lois,  b.  Mar.  8,  1785;  2,  Parley,  Apr.  30,  1787;  3,  Warren,  Feb.  9,  1792; 
4,  Silvanus,  b.  Oct.  17,  1796 ;  5,  Washington,  b.  Dec.  11,  1799. 

The  Adams  families  were  set  off  to  Northbridge.  See 
"Annals"  of  date  April  10,  1780. 

ALLEN. 

John  Allen,  son  of  Samuel  Allen  of  Sudbury,  came  to 
Sutton  between  the  years  1722  and  1730,  and  settled  on 
the  west  side  of  Crooked  Pond.  There  is  no  record  of  his 
children;  but  the  John  Allen,  jr.,  whose  name  does  appear 
on  the  record,  is  presumed  to  have  been  his  son. 

John  Allen,  jr.,  m.  Hannah .  Ch. — 1,  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  12,  1738;  2, 

Timothy,  b.  June  14,  1742;  3,  John,  b.  Dec.  20,  1744;  4,  Abner,  b.  Jan.  9, 
1748;  5,  Simeon,  b.  Dec.  21,  1749;  6,  Obadiah,  b.  Jan.  16,  1754;  7,  Eunice,  b. 
Apr.  30,  1756. 

Daniel  Allen  (relation  to  the  above  unknown),  m.  Mary  Holman, 
May  30,  1753.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  14,  1754;  2,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  10,  1756 ; 
3,  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  20,  1758 ;  4,  Eleazur,  b.  Aug.  20,  1760 ;  m.  Margaret  Har- 
wood,  Jan.  21,  1784;  5,  Solomon,  b.  Sept.  19,  1763;  m.  Ruth  Putnam,  Apr. 
27,  1788. 

Jonas  Allen  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Prudence  .  Ch. — 1,  Joseph, 

b.  July  12,  1784;  2,  Jonas,  b.  Feb.  10,  1786;  3,  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  18,  1784. 

Elijah  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Hannah  Potter,  May  12,  1782.  Ch. — 1, 
Mary,  b.  May  24,  1787;  2,  Timothy,  b.  Mar.  30,  1789. 

ARMSBY. 

Enos  Armsby  came  from  Wrentham  in  1786,  and  settled 
first  in  Leicester,  moved  thence  to  Sutton  and  resided  on  the 
farm  now  occupied  by  Samuel  Hall.  He  married  (probably 
in  Wrentham)  Joanna  Perry,  and  had  one  son,  Silas,  and 
several  daughters. 

Anna,  m.  Nathan  Woodward,  Sept.  23,  1797 ;  Marib,  m.  John  Hall,  Mar. 
31,  1803 ;  Esther,  m.  Caleb  Hicks,  Jan.  5,  1805 ;  Eunice,  m.  Solomon  Hicks, 
Jan.  6,  1807;  he  d.  Apr.  26,  1818. 

Silas2  (Enos1)  m.  Elizabeth  Kingsbury.  Ch. — Roxa,  b. ;  m.  Simon 

Blanchard,  Feb.  17,  1817;  2,  Rena,  b. ;  m.  Thomas  Davis,  Dec.  7,  1816; 

3,  Elizabeth  Kingsbury,  b.  July  10,  1797 ;  m.  Nathaniel  Colburn,  Apr.  15, 
1822;  4,  Joanna  Perry,  b.  July  9,  1799;  m.  Dr.  Alden  March, 1824;  5, 


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Charlotte  K,  b.  June  2,  1805;  m.  Silas  Dudley, 1829;  6,  James  H.,  b. 

Dec.  1,  1809;  m.  1st. 1841,  Anna  L.  daughter  of  Hon.  Gideon  Hawley ;  she 

d. ,  1846 ;  m.  2nd, 1852,  Sarah  Winne ;  d.  Dec.  3,  1875. 

Joshua  Armsby,  son  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Kingsbury),  was  b.  in 
Foxboro,  Nov.  28,  1787 ;  d.  in  Sutton  May  4,  1858 ;  he  m.  1st,  Martha  Mc- 
Clellan,  April  19,  1813;  she  d.  at  Smithfield,  R.  L,  Feb.  2,  1816;  m.  2nd, 
Sarah  Woodbury,  May  11,  1823;  she  d.  Apr.  24,  1859.  Ch.— 1,  Lewis,  b. 

June  25,  1814;  d.  Feb. ,  1873;  2,  Joshua  McClellan,  b.  Jan.  22,  1816;  d. 

Dec.  6,  1873;  3,  Fayette,  b.  Aug.  30, 1824;  4,  Benjamin  Woodbury,  b.  Oct.  13, 
1825 ;  d.  Feb.  13,  1855 ;  5,  George  Augustine,  b.  Feb.  7, 1827 ;  6,  John  Dudley, 
b.  Apr.  25,  1830;  7,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  June  13,  1832,  m.  Newell  Wedge, 
Feb.  26,  1852;  d.  Oct.  30,  1863;  8,  Mary  Anna,  b.  Feb.  9,  1835;  m.  Samuel 
Prescott;  d.  Jan.  6,  1860. 

John  D.3  (Joshua,2  Joshua,1),  m.  Harriet  Emma  Morse,  Apr.  24,  1866. 
Ch.— 1,  Emma  Ethel,  b.  Jan.  6,  1873;  2,  Hattie  Mabel,  b.  Nov.  3,  1874. 

* 

BACON. 

Jonathan  Bacon  m.  Ruth  .  Ch. — 1,  Amos,  b.  ;  d.  Sept  12, 

1741 ;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  28,  1741 ;  m.  Joshua  Hicks,  Aug.  23,  1759 ;  3, 
David,  b.  Apr.  26,  1744;  m.  Tabitha  Wakefield,  Dec.  17,  1767;  4,  Ruth,  b. 
May  28,  1746 ;  m.  David  Keith,  Nov.  5,  1765. 

William  Bacon,  m.  Mary .  Ch.  —1,  Dorothy,  b.  Sept.  17,  1755 ;  2, 

William,  b.  Dec.  27,  1756;  3,  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  9,  1762;  4,  Nathan,  b.  Apr. 
17,  1764;  5,  Eunice,  b.  July  16,  1767;  6,  Joel,  b.  Nov.  29, 1770. 

Jonathan  Bacon  lived  in  the  part  of  the  town  which  is  now 

Upton. 

BANCROFT  . 

Moses  Bancroft  m.  1st,  Mary ;  m.  2nd,  Elizabeth  Lamson  of  Weston, 

June  22,  1753.  Ch.— 1,  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  13,  1756 ;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  12, 
1759;  3,  Mollie,  b.  Nov.  5,  1766;  4,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  4,  1769. 

Joseph2  (Moses1)  m.  Hannah  Tainter,  Sept.  14,  1780;  she  d.  Nov.  22, 
1791 ;  m.  2nd,  Esther  Bond,  Apr.  9,  1793.  Ch.— 1,  Simon,  b.  June  11,  1781 ; 
2,  Lucy,  b.  Mar.  16,  1783;  3,  Moses,  b.  Jan.  18,  1786;  4,  Wiley,  b.  Mar.  9, 
1794;  5,  Salmon,  b.  Mar.  15,  1796;  6,  Neley,  b.  May  22,  1799;  7,  Hannah, 
Aug.  28,  1800;  8,  Joseph,  b.  June  13,  1805. 

Jacob  Bancroft  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Lydia  Hayden,  July  22,  1784. 
Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  July  12,  1786 ;  2,  Isaac,  b.  Feb.  10,  1789. 

Benjamin  Bancroft  (ancestry  unknown),  in.  Abigail  Greenwood,  Feb.  13, 
1783.  Ch.— 1,  Nabby,  b.  Jan.  9,  1789. 

BARNARD. 

Isaac  Barnard  came  from  Watertown  and  settled  in  Graf- 
ton  ;  from  there  he  came  to  Sutton  and  settled  upon  a  farm 
near  the  gun  factory  of  Asa  Waters,  Esq.,  in  what  is  now 
Millbury.  From  Sutton  he  removed  to  Worcester,  into 
that  part  of  the  town  called  New  Worcester,  and  died  there 
March  18,  1788, 


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He  m.  Sarah ;  she  d.  Apr.  9,  1806.     Ch.— 1,  Isaac,  b.  May  27,  1727;  d. 

Aug.  11, 1741;  2,  Sarah,  b.  July  11, 1729;  m.  Rev.  James  Wellman  Nov.  8, 
1750;  3,  Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  31,  1732;  4,  Joshua,  b.  Dec.  4,  1734;  5,  Solomon, 
b.  May  15,  1737;  d.  July  19,  1741:  6,  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  3,  1739;  m.  Rev.  Arch- 
ibald Campbell  Nov.  16, 1762 ;  7,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  13,  1741;  m.  Dr.  Benjamin 
Morse,  jr.,  Nov.  27, 1760;  8,  John,  b.  Aug.  11,  1743;  d.  in  Worcester  1830;  9, 
Phoebe,  b.  Mar.  6,  1746;  10,  Judith,  b.  Apr.  11,  1751. 

Isaac  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  James  Freeland,  and 
established  himself  in  practice  in  Thomaston,  Me.  He  was 
sent  from  that  place  a  representative  to  the  legislature  at 
Boston  several  times,  before  the  erection  of  the  district  of 
Maine  into  a  State. 

Jonathan  lived  on  the  estate  which  had  been  owned  and 
occupied  by  his  father.  According  to  Dea.  Leland  his  house 
was  occupied  in  1780  as  a  small-pox  hospital,  who  says, 
"Hon.  Jonas  Sibley  informs  me  that  he  was  there  innocu- 
lated,  and  remained  about  four  weeks.  There  were  nearly 
sixty  at  the  same  time  in  the  hospital.  Only  two  of  all  who 
were  iunoculated  died.  Dr.  James  Freeland  was  the  attend- 
ing physician.  Mr.  Barnard  left  Sutton  between  1780  and 
1786  and  settled  in  Petersham.  From  there  he  removed  to 
Vermont  and  settled  in  Springfield,  where  he  died." 

He  m.  Abigail  Gould  of  Danvers,  Apr.  10,  1760.  Ch.— 1,  Isaac,  b.  Oct.  29, 
1761 ;  2,  Mary,  b.  May  1,  1763 ;  m.  Ezekiel  Moore  Nov.  13, 1783 ;  3,  Samuel,  b. 
July  11,  1764;  4,  Mehetable,  b.  Oct.  9,  1769;  5,  Jennison,  b.  May  1,  1773. 

Joshua  m.  Abigail  Hazeltiue  Sept.  5,  1754.  Ch. — 1,  Lucy,  b.  Dec.  15, 1756; 
2,  Abigail,  b.  July  18,  1759;  3,  Joshua,  b.  Dec.  31,  1761;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Oct. 
18,  1763;  5,  Solomon,  b.  July  7,  1765;  6,  Eli,  b.  July  17,  1767;  7,  John,  b. 
Feb.  14, 1770;  8,  Silas,  b.  Apr.  24,  1772;  9,  Alpha,  b.  Feb.  26,  1774. 

John  m.  Sarah  Fisk  Oct.  30,  1766.     Ch.— Sarah,  b.  Feb.  1,  1770. 

BAETLETT. 

The  ancestry  of  Richard  Bartlett  can  be  traced  back  to 
the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror.  A  record  is  found  in  a 
church  which  stands  upon  the  old  family  estate,  commencing 
in  the  year  1300,  and  continuing  to  the  time  of  Richard's 
settling  in  Sutton.  John,  Richard  and  Thomas  came  to 
America,  Richard  and  John  landing  in  Newbury,  John  in 
1634  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  and  Richard  in  1635. 
Thomas,  probably  a  brother  of  John  and  Richard  (accord- 
ing to  Bond's  History  of  Watertown) ,  became  a  freeman  in 
74 


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1635-'36;  was  selectman  for  several  years;  he  died  April 
26,  1654,  aged  about  twenty-six.  Richard  died  1647. 

Ch.— 1,  Richard,  jr.,  b. ,  1621;  2,  Christopher,  b. ,  1623;  3,  John, 

b. ;  4,  Joaiina,  b. ;  m.  William  Titcomb,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 

Newbury. 

Richard2  (Richard1)  m.  Abigail .  Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  20,  1646;  m. 

Elizabeth  Titcomb;  2,  Richard,  b.  Feb.  21,  1649;  3,  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  7,  1650; 

m.  Tiza Titcomb;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Mar. 1653;  5,  John,  b.  June  22, 1655;  m. 

Mary  Rust;  6,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  18,  1657;  d.  June  16,  1676;  7,  Rebeckah,  b. 
May  23,  1661. 

Richard2,  father  of  the  above,  is  spoken  of  as  having  been  a  very  intelligent 
and  facetious  man.  He  was  representative  to  the  legislature ;  d.  in  1698. 

Richard3  (Richard2,  Richard1},  m.  Hannah  Emoj-y  Nov.  18,  1673.  Ch.— 1, 
Hannah,  b.  Nov.  8,  1674;  2,  Richard,  b.  Oct.  20,  1676;  3,  John,  b.  Sept.  3, 
1678;  4,  Samuel,  b.  July  8,  1680;  d.  Nov.  20,  1685;  5,  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  8, 1682; 
6,  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  18,  1686;  7,  Samuel,  b.  May  2,  1689;  8,  Stephen,  b.  Apr. 
21,  1690;  9,  Thomas,  b.  July  14,  1695;  10,  Mary,  b.Sept.  15,  1697. 

Richard4  (Richard3,  Richard2,  Richard1),  m.  Margaret  Woodman  Apr.  12, 
1699 ;  m.  2d,  Mary  Ordway,  Nov.  18, 1702.  Ch.— 1,  Richard,  b.  June  27, 1700 ; 

2,  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  18,  1702. 

Richard5  (Richard4,  Richard3,  Richard2,  Richard1),  m.  Mary  Safford  of  Graf- 
ton,  Nov.  18,  1744.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Feb.  26, 1746 ;  2,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  24, 1748. 

John6  (Richard5,  Richard4,  Richard3,  Richard2,  Richard1),  m.  Rebeckah 
Chase  Apr.  23,  1772.  Ch.— 1,  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  15,  1744;  2,  Josiah,  b.  Oct. 
20,  1776;  3,  Anne,  b.  Apr.  30,  1779. 

John  H.  Bartlett  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Hannah  Marsh  May  15,  1803;  d. 
May  5,  1817.  Ch.— 1,  Cynthia,  b.  Apr.  8,  1804;  2,  Lucina,  b.  Apr.  15,  1809; 

3,  Phineas,  b.  Oct.  17,  1811. 

Roger  Bartlett  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Tamesia .     Ch. — 1,  Sarah,  b. 

Mar.  4,  1764. 

BARTON. 

Samuel  Barton  was  one  of  the  original  thirty  families  who 
settled  on  the  four  thousand  acres.  His  name  is  entered  as 
the  owner  of  lot  number  five  of  the  eight  lots. 

.He  married  Elizabeth .  Ch.— 1,  Amariah,  b.  Aug.  30,  1716;  d.  Dec.  8, 

1730;  2,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  14,  1718;  3,  Bezaleel,  b.  July  26,  1722;  4,  Samuel,  b. 
Aug.  12,  1724;  5,  Ebenezer,  b.  Dec.  10,  1726;  6,  Betty,  b.  Feb.  10,  1729;  7, 
Amariah,  b.  Nov.  18,  1731. 

Bezaleel2  (Samuel1),  m.  Phoebe  Carlton  Apr.  30,  1747.  Ch.— 1,  Phoebe,  b'. 
Jan.  24,  1748;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  9,  1750;  3,  Bezaleel,  b.  June  4,  1754;  4, 
Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  21, 1758;  5,  Rebeckah,  b.  Apr.  18,  1760;  6,  Peter,  b.  Sept. 
3,  1763. 

Samuel2  (Samuel1),  m.  1st,  Mary  Stockwell  Mar.  11,  1745;  she  d.  Mar.  1, 
1747;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Lilley,  May  5,  1748.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Apr.  27,  1746; 
2,  Hannah,  b.  May  8,  1751 ;  3,  Susanna,  b.  Nov.  4,  1753. 

Edmund  Barton  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Anna  Flynt.  Ch. — 1,  Stephen,  b. 
June  10,  1740;  2,  Mary,  b.  June  11,  1742;  3,  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  22,  1744;  4, 
Jedediah,  b.  May  6,  1747;  5,  Fiynt,  b.  Dec.  3,  1749;  6,  Elijah,  b.  Apr.  22, 


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1751;  d.  young;  7,  Gideon,  b.  Apr.  22,  1753;  d.  young;  8,  Anne,  b.  Aug.  1, 
1756;  m.  DaMd  Gibson,  Apr.  29,  1778;  9,  Luke,  b.  Feb.  1,  1759;  10,  Eunice, 
b.  May  22,  1761 ;  m.  Grindall  Keith. 

Jedediah2  (Edmund1),  m.  Lydia  Pierce,  Mar.  23,  1774;  he  d.  Sept.  15, 1808. 
Ch.— 1,  Rufus,  b.  Feb.  18,  1775;  d.  Aug.  17,  1776;  2,  Rufus,  b.  Aug.  31, 1776; 
m.  Nancy  Goddard ;  3,  Silence,  b.  Apr.  22,  1778 ;  m.  Jennison  Barton,  Nov. 
27,  1800 ;  4,  Aaron  Stowe,  b.  Nov.  4,  1781 ;  m.  Matilda  Park ;  5,  Lucretia,  b. 
May  9,  1784;  m.  Henry  B.  Harback;  6,  Pliny,  b.  Oct.  12,  1786;  m.  Naomi 
Morse ;  7,  Livy,  b.  Jan.  12,  1789 ;  m.  Phoebe  Clemence ;  8,  Warner,  b.  Sept. 
25,  1791 ;  m.  a  sister  of  Phoebe  Clemence ;  9,  Porter,  b.  Oct.  23,  1795 ;  m.  a 
Miss  Wood  of  Fitchburg. 

Reuben,  son  of  Caleb,  who  was  the  brother  of  Edmund,  m.  Olive  Jennison, 
June  1,  1770.  Ch. — 1,  Olive,  b.  Jan.  3,  1771;  d.  in  her  6th  year;  2,  Reuben, 
b.  Jan.  25,  1772 ;  3,  Jennisou,  b.  Mar.  14,  1774;  4,  Hannah,  5,  Thankful, 
twins,  b.  June  16,  1777 ;  d.  in  infancy ;  6,  Silence,  b.  Dec.  24,  1781 ;  m.  John 
B.  Blanchard;  7,  Joha  F.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1783;  8,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  26,  1784;  m. 
Simon  Bixby,  July  28,  1802;  9,  Sally,  b.  Jan.  25,  1788;  m.  Joseph  Lamb;  10, 
Joseph  Goffe,  b.  Feb.  9,  1793. 

Reuben3  (Reuben2,  Caleb1),  m.  Mehitable  Jennison.  Ch. — 1,  Hudson,  b. 
Sept.  26,  1801. 

Elisha  Barton  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Betty  Waite,  Feb.  3,  1732.  Ch. — 1, 
Ezekiel,  b.  Aug.  19,  1732;  2,  Elisha,  b.  June  5,  1734;  3,  Mehitable,  b.  Oct.  8, 
1736 ;  4,  David,  b.  Feb.  6,  1740 ;  5,  Gershom,  b.  Dec.  6,  1742 ;  6,  Betty,  b. 
Mar.  31,  1745;  7,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  21,  1747;  8,  Rebeckah,  b.  Dec.  1,  1748. 

BATCHELLER. 

The  first  of  the  name,  Batcheller,  in  this  country,  seems 
to  have  been  Rev.  Stephen  Batcheller,  who  sailed  from  Lon- 
don, March  9,  1632,  and  arrived  at  Boston,  June  5th.  He  is 
referred  to  as  "  having  in  his  company  six  persons,  his  rela- 
tives and  friends."  He  settled  in  Lynn.  The  next  of  the 
name  of  whom  there  is  any  record,  was  Joseph  of  Canter- 
bury, England,  who  embarked  for  New  England  in  1636, 
"with  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  one  child  and  three  servants." 
He  settled  first  in  Salem — that  part  afterwards  Wenham ; 
was  made  freeman  in  1637  ;  was  deputy  in  the  General  Court 
at  Boston  in  1644,  and  the  first  representative  from  Wen- 
ham.  Whether  he  was  related  to  Rev.  Stephen  cannot  be 
ascertained.  Mr.  John  A.  Boutell,  the  antiquarian  and  stu- 
dent of  family  histories,  says,  "the  Batchellers  in  this  coun- 
try are  not  connected  with  each  other." 

Joseph  Batcheller  is  the  ancestor  of  the  Sutton  families 
bearing  the  name.  His  children  were  Mark,  John,  Elizabeth 
and  Hannah.  His  descendants  have  remained  in  Wenham 
until  the  present  time. 


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Mark,  probably  his  son,  was  killed  in  the  assault  made 
upon  the  stronghold  of  the  Narragansetts,  Dec.  — ,  1675. 

The  church  in  Wenham  was  organized  October  8,  1644, 
and  Joseph  Batcheller  was  one  of  the  members.  His  wife, 
Elizabeth,  was  admitted  to  membership  on  the  seventeenth 
of  November  of  the  same  year.  He  died  about  1699. 

John,  son  of  the  above,  resided  in  Wenham ;  m.  1st,  July  12,  1661,  Mary 
Dennis,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  Joseph ;  she  died  June  26,  1665 ;  m.  2nd, 
May  4,  1666,  Mary  Goodale.  by  whom  he  had  John,  Mark,  Ebenezer,  Eliza- 
beth, Hannah,  Mary,  Sarah  and  David. 

David,  son  of  the  above,  m.  Susanna  Whipple  in  1709 ;  she  d.  June  13, 
1764;  he  d.  Jan.  29,  1766.  Ch.— 1,  David,  b.  April  5,  1710;  m.  Thankful 
Perham,  Oct.  14,  1734;  2,  Susanna,  b.  July  24,  1712;  d.  Aug.  1712;  3,  Joseph, 
b.  Sept.  17,  1713;  m.  Mary  Perley,  Jan.  26,  1767;  4,  Nehemiah,  b.  May  20, 
1716;  m.  Experience  Perham,  June  16,  1738;  5,  Abraham,  b.  June  5,  1722;  6, 
Amos,  b.  April  6,  1727 ;  m.  Lydia  Kimball ;  7,  Susanna,  b.  Sept.  22,  1731 ; 
m.  William  Fiske,  Oct,  29,  1749. 

Abraham4  (David3,  John2,  Joseph1),  m.  Sarah  Newton  of  Westboro',  May 
15,1751.  He  probably  came  to  Sutton  very  soon  after  his  marriage.  He  d.  Jan. 
31,1813.  Ch.— 1,  Abraham,  b.  Mar.  26,  1752;  m.  Rebeckah  Dwight,  Dec. 
28,  1774;  2,  Abner,  b.  Sept.  15,  1755;  3,  Vashti,  b.  Jan.  31,  1757;  m.  Nehe- 
miah Chase,  Dec.  17,  1778;  4,  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  1, 1759;  5,  Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  7, 
1762;  6,  Ezra,  b.  July  20,  1764;  7,  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  26,  1766;  m.  Benjamin 
Caldwell,  Aug.  13,  1789;  8,  Amos,  b.  Oct.  12,  1768. 

Abner5  (Abraham*,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1,)  m.  Prudence  Leland,  Feb.  22, 
1781.  Ch.— 1,  Amos,  b.  Feb.  17,  1782;  d.  Mar.  3,  1782;  2,  Sally,  b.  June  23, 
1783;  m.  Elijah  Sherman,  Mar.  18,  1802;  3,  Moses,  b.  Nov.  22,  1784;  m. 
Rachel  Wakefield,  Apr.  18,  1802;  4,  Vashti,  b.  Dec.  1,  1886;  m.  Amos  Ellis, 
May  23,  1810;  5,  Jonas,  b.  Mar.  23,  1788;  m.  Rebeckah  Grossman,  Sept.  21, 
1809;  6,  Abigail,  b.  May  26,  1790. 

Benjamin5  (Abraham*,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1,)  m.  Betsey  Carryl  of  Bos- 
ton, May  29,  1798;  she  d.  July  22,  1839;  he  d.  Nov.  19,  1843.  Ch.— 1,  Abra- 
ham, b.  July  11,  1799;  2,  Lewis,  b.  Feb.  21,  1801;  3,  Betsey,  b.  Apr.  5,  1803; 
4,  Harriet,  b.  Oct.  11,  1804. 

Lewis6  (Benjamin5,  Abraham4,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1,)  m.  Sophia  New- 
ton. Ch. — 1,  Benjamin  Lincoln,  b.  Aug.  27,  1826 ;  2,  Henry  Cotesworth,  b. 
Sept.  5,  1828. 

Benjamin  L.7  (Lewis6,  Benjamin5,  Abraham*,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1,)  m. 
Fannie  H.  Metcalf,  Aug.  1,  1848.  Ch.— 1,  Benjamin  Lewis,  b.  July  14,  1849 ; 
d.  Oct.  9,  1849;  2,  Benjamin  Franklin,  b.  Mar.  10,  1851;  3,  Henry  Lewis,  b. 
Mar.  17,  1852;  4,  Mary  Frances,  b.  Mar.  8,  1854;  m.  E.  R.  Jackson,  Sept.  2, 
1873;  5,  George  Severy,  b.  Oct.  4,  1862. 

Benjamin  F.8  (Benjamin  L.7,  Lewis6,  Benjamin5,  Abraham*,  David3,  John2, 
Joseph1,)  m.  Ella  Jane  Barnes,  Mar.  1,  1870.  Ch. — 1,  Fred  Lewis,  b.  May 
21,  1871;  2,  Edith  Lunetta,  Apr.  2,  1877. 

Henry  C.7  (Lewis6,  Benjamin5,  Abraham*,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1,)  m. 
Theresa  D.  Little.  Ch.— 1,  William  H.,  b.  June  21,  1864;  2,  Alice  Theresa, 
b.  April  25,  1867. 


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Ezra5  (Abraham4,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1,)  m.  Polly  Day,  Jan.  15.  1789. 
Ch.— 1,  Orre,  b.  Sept.  24,  1799;  2,  Ezra,  b.  July  21,  1801. 

Ezra,  born  July  21,  1801,  removed  to  Brookfield  and 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boots ;  which  business,  con- 
tinued by  his  sons,  has  increased  until  the  establishment  of 
the  Messrs.  Batcheller  has  become  the  largest  boot  manu- 
factory in  this  country,  and  probably  the  largest  in  the 
world. 

Amos5  (Abraham4,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1,)  m.  Abigail  Hall,  Feb.  26,  1795. 
Ch.— 1,  Paul,  b.  June  24,  1795;  2,  Elmira,  b.  Apr.  19,  1797;  m.  Tyler  Stock- 
well,  Apr.  19,  1821;  3,  Elhanan,  b.  Sept.  6, 1799;  d.  Nov.  17,  1866;  4,  Abigail, 
b.  Mar.  2,  1802;  d.  Mar.  4,  1813;  5,  Amos,  b.  Dec.  13, 1804;  6,  Sally,  b.  July 
20,  1807;  7,  Alden,  b. ;  d.  Apr.  6,  1831. 

Elhanan6  (Amos5,  Abraham4,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1)  m.  Lucinda  Hicks, 
Jan.  4,  1826;  she  d.  Oct.  31,  1871.  Ch.— 1,  Amos,  b.  Dec.  24,  1834;  2,  Har- 
rison J.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1839. 

Amos7  (Elhanan6,  Amos5,  Abraham4,  David3,  John2,  Joseph1,)  m.  Julia  M. 
Taylor,  Feb.  4,  1857.  Ch.— 1,  Rebeckah  Taylor,  b.  Nov.  24,  1863;  2,  Nettie 
Isabel,  b.  June  7,  1870. 

Mark  Batcheller  (ancestry  unknown,  probably  a  remote  relative  of  Capt. 

Abraham);  m.  Priscilla ;  he  d.  June  5,  1817.     Ch. — 1,  Anne,  b.  July 

25,  1764;  2,  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  11,  1766;  3,  Joel,  b.  Aug.  16,  1768;  m.  Judith 
Burdon,  Aug.  14,  1794 ;  4,  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  13, 1770 ;  5,  Priscilla,  b.  Feb.  17, 1773 ; 
m.  Elias  Chase,  Apr.  7,  1797;  6,  Josiah,  b.  June  7,  1775;  7,  Sarah,  b.  June  17, 
1777;  8,  Mark,  b.  Mar.  11,  1781. 

Josiah2  (Mark1),  m.  Susanna ;  she  d.  Jan.  22,  1814.     Ch. — 1,  Stephen 

Farrar,  b.  June  5,  1807 ;  2,  Ebenezer  Andrews,  Jan.  30,  1809 ;  3,  Susanna,  b. 
Feb,  22,  1811;  d.  Oct.  23,  1813;  4,  Esther  Susanna,  b.  June  21,  1813. 

Mark2  (Mark1),  m.  Mehitable  Burnap,  Nov.  12, 1808;  d.  Jan.  5, 1817.  Ch.— 
1,  Almira  Wyman,  b.  Aug.  9,  1809;  2,  Lucinda,  b.  Nov.  24,  1810;  3,  Lucy, 
b.  June  8,  1812;  4,  Cyrus,  b.  Dec.  29,  1813;  5,  Salmon,  b.  Sept.  20,  1815:  d. 
Sept.  17,  1839;  6,  Mehitable  Wait,  b.  July  24, 1817;  7,  Horace,  b.  July  8, 1819; 
8,  Mary  Burnap,  b.  Sept.  17,  1821 ;  9,  Mark  Judson,  b.  Aug.  29,  1825. 

Rev.  William  Batcheller  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Lydia  Warren ;  d. 

Oct.  29,  1821;   she  d.  Oct.  15,  1815.     Ch.— 1,  William  b.  ;  m.  Hannah 

Groe,  Apr.  24,  1788;  d.  Jan.  11,  1818,  ae.  50;  2,  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  5,  1774;  m. 
Betsey  Thayer,  June  15,  1800;  d.  Apr.  17,  1816;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  21,  1776; 
4,  Jonas,  b.  Aug.  27,  1780;  d.  Oct.  17,  1844;  5,  Moses,  6,  Aaron,  twins,  b. 
Apr.  11,  1783;  7,  Warren,  b.  Apr.  26,  1785;  d.  Mar.  27,  1873. 

Jonas'2  (Rev.  William1),  m.  Prusha  Howard,  Sept.  12, 1799.  Ch.— 1,  Origen, 
b.  Nov.  6,  1799;  2,  Clark,  b.  Sept.  7,  1801;  d.  Oct.  6,  1812;  3,  Jonas,  b.  Aug. 
29,  1803;  killed  at  Antietam,  Sept.  17,  1862;  4,  Lydia,  b.  Nov.  11,  1805;  5, 
Sally,  b.  Sept.  22,  1807;  6,  Joel,  b.  Aug.  5,  1809;  7,  Rachel,  b.  Nov.  4,  1810; 
d.  Nov.  8,  1810;  8,  Roxa,.b.  Dec.  13,  1811;  9,  Warren,  b.  May  25,  1814. 

Jonas3  (Jonas2,  Rev.  William1),  m.  Mary  A.  Young,  May  7,  1843.     Ch.— 1, 

Orlando  W.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1844;   2,  Emily  L.  W.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1846;  d. ,  1848; 

3,  EmmaE.,  b.  May  27,  1849;  4,  Hattie  A.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1851;  m.  John  L. 
Inman,  Oct.  12,  1869 ;  d. ,  1873. 


590  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Warren2  (Rev.  William1),  m.  Freelove  Westcott, ,  1815.  Ch.— 1,  Horace, 

b.  Jan.  28,  1818. 

Horace3  (Warren2,  Rev.  William1),  m.  Betsey  A.  Mascroft,  Apr.  20,  1848. 
Ch.— 1,  Horace  Warren,  b.  Apr.  13,  1855. 

Horace  W.*  (Horace3,  Warren2,  Rev.  William1),  m.  Ida  M.  Darling,  Oct.  15, 
1874.  Ch.— 1,  Horace  Clifton,  b.  Apr.  30,  1875. 

BlGELOW. 

Jedediah  Bigelow  is  said  to  have  come  into  Sutton  from 
Waltham  or  Watertown  on  the  day  Key.  David  Hall  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  church,  October  15,  1729.  His  ances- 
try is  unknown. 

He  m.  Tamesin .     Ch.— 1,  Thankful,  b.  Apr.  11,  1745. 

Mrs.  Bigelow  died  in  Ward,  November  1799,  aged  one 
hundred  and  three  years  and  ten  months. 

BIXBEE. 

Samuel  Bixbee  was  one  of  the  original  thirty  families. 
His  name  is  entered  as  a  settler  on  lot  number  four  of  the 
eight  lots. 

Hem.  Martha .  Ch.— 1,  Martha,  b.  Mar.  24,  1719;  2,  Elizabeth,  b. 

June  30,  1720;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  9,  1721 ;  4,  Jacob,  b.  Jan.  22, 1723;  5,  Ben- 
jamin, b.  Apr.  17,  1726;  6,  Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  29, 1728;  7,  Solomon,  8,  Samp- 
son, twins,  b.  Mar.  3,  1731. 

Samuel2  (Samuel1),  m.  Lydia  Bond,  Mar.  13,  1751 ;  m.  2d,  Rebeckah  Bart- 
lett,  Feb.  15,  1781.  Ch.— 1,  Betty,  b.  Jan.  16, 1752;  2,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  17, 1753; 
m.  Moses  Park,  May  19,  1779 ;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Sept,  24,  1755 ;  4,  Sarah,  b.  July 

9,  1757;  5,  Sampson,  b.  May  23,  1759;   m.  Sarah  Richardson,  Apr.  27,  1786; 
6,  Solomon,  b.  Sept.  30,  1761 ;   7,  Esther,  b.   Jan.  27,  1764;   m.  Capt.  John 
Woodbury,  Mar.  19,  1800;  8,  Anne,  b.  Jan.  27, 1766;  9,  Mollie,  b.  Feb.  9, 1768; 

10,  John,  b.  Oct.  20,  1770;  11,  Simon,  b.  May  16,  1774;  12,  David,  b.  Feb.  19, 
1783. 

Samuel3  (Samuel2,  Samuel1),  m.  Mary  Greenwood,  June  13,  1781.  Ch. — 1, 
Simon,  b.  Oct.  14,  1781;  2,  Betty,  b.  June  3,  1783;  3,  Sally,  b.  Apr.  24,  1786: 
m.  John  Hinds,  Dec.  4,  1806. 

Simon4  (Samuel3,  Samuel2,  Samuel1),  m.  Hannah  Barton,  July  28,  1802. 
Ch.— 1,  Olive  Barton,  b.  Oct.  14,  1802;  2,  Mary  Delight,  b.  June  6,  1805. 

BOND. 

William  Bond  came  from  England  in  1649  and  settled  in 
Watertown. 

He  m.  Feb.  7,  1649,  Mary  Bisco.  Ch.— 1,  William,  b.  Oct.  1,  1650;  2,  John, 
b.  Dec.  2, 1652;  3,  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  23, 1655;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  30,  1656;  5, 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  591 

,  b.  Jan.  9,  1658;  6,  Nathaniel,  b.  Nov.  9,  1659;  7,  Sarah,  b.  July  24, 

1661 ;  8,  Jonas,  b.  July  23,  1664. 

Jonas2  (William1),  m.  Grace .  Ch.— 1,  Jonas,  m.  Dec.  4,  1707, 

Hannah  Bright;  2,  Henry,  d.  a  batchelor  at  fifty;  3,  Josiah,  b.  Jan.  20,  1695; 
4,  Hannah,  m.  Deacon  William  Brown. 

Josiah3  (Jonas2,  William1),  m.  Elizabeth  Fuller.  Ch. — 1,  Josiah,  b.  Jan.  21, 

1724;  2,  Jonas,  b. ;  3,  Henry,  b.  Feb.  4,  1742;  4,  Lydia,  m.  Samuel 

Bixby,  Mar.  13,  1751 ;  5,  Anna,  m.  Samuel  Trask. 

Josiah4  (Josiah3,  Jonas2,  William1),  m.  Sarah  Mellindy;  died  Jan.  17,  1809. 
Ch.— 1,  Oliver,  b.  Oct.  29,  1762;  2,  William,  b.  May  5,  1765;  d.  Nov.  1,  1842; 
3,  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  21,  1769;  4,  Elijah,  b.  Sept.  2,  1780;  m.  Sarah  Fay  of 
Southboro. 

Oliver5  (Josiah4,  Josiah3,  Jonas2,  William1),  m.  Sarah  Chase,  Nov.  24,  1785. 
Ch.— 1,  Lymau,  b.  June  2,  1788;  2,  Leonard,  b.  Oct.  12,  1790;  3,  Isaac,  b. 
Sept.  15,  1792;  4,  Emory,  b.  Dec.  1,  1794;  5,  Oliver,  6,  Sally,  twins,  b.  Aug. 
23,  1801. 

William5  (Josiah4,  Josiah3,  Jonas2,  William1),  m.  Sarah  Waters,  Mar.  28, 
1792.  Ch.— 1,  Alvan,  b.  Apr.  27,  1793;  2,  Sally,  b.  May  7,  1795;  m.  June  1, 
1820,  Nehemiah  Chase;  3,  Cyrus,  b.  Nov.  22,  1797;  d.  July  31,  1817. 

Jonas4  (Josiah3,  Jonas'2,  William1),  m.  Hannah  Hicks,  Oct.  30,  1755.  Ch. — 
1,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  13,  1757;  m.  Abel  Chase,  Sept.  24,  1779;  2,  Esther,  b. 
Oct.  21,  1761;  m.  Joseph  Bancroft,  Apr.  9,  1793;  3,  Lydia,  b.  May  4,  1765;  4, 
Jonas,  (not  on  record). 

Jonas5  (Jonas4,  Josiah3,  Jonas2,  William1),  m.  Polly  Waite,  Aug.  6,  1798. 
Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Mar.  20,  1799;  2,  Amasa,  b.  July  6,  1800. 

BOUTELL. 

Samuel  Boutell  m.  Elizabeth .  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  8,  1736;  d. 

Sept.  23,  1741;  2,  Hepzabah,  b.  Jan.  30,  1740;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  17,  1741;  4, 
Enoch,  b.  Jan.  25,  1747 ;  5,  Ebenezer,  b.  Feb.  4,  1750. 

Samuel2  (Samuel1),  m.  Hannah  Barton,  Oct.  29,  1765.  Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b. 
Aug.  12,  1766;  2,  Jedediah,  b.  Apr.  20,  1768;  3,  Alpheus,  b.  Jan.  5,  1770. 

BUCKMAN. 

Jeremiah  Buckman  and  his  wife  united  with  the  church 
by  letter  from  the  church  in  Beverly,  in  1734,  and  Jeremiah 
Buckman,  jr.,  and  his  wife,  from  the  same  church,  in  1735. 
There  is  no  record  of  their  children. 

Stephen  Buckman,  son  of  Jeremiah,  jr.,  m.  Ruth  Gould,  Nov.  3,  1743;  d. 
Apr.  24,  1744.  Ch.— 1,  Ruth,  b.  Aug.  24,  1744. 

Daniel  Buckman  (probably  the  son  of  Jeremiah,  jr. ),  m.  Phoebe ;  d.  June 

10,  1783.  Ch.— 1,  Ellenor,  b.  May  19,  1745;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  11,  1748;  3, 
Jonas,  b.  Aug.  3,  1750 ;  4,  Ruth,  b.  June  3,  1760. 

Joseph  Buckman  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Mary .  Ch. — 1,  Amos,  b. 

Sept.  25,  1744. 

Daniel  Buckman  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Abigail  Pratt,  Apr.  18,  1774, 
Ch.— 1,  Russell,  b.  Feb.  22,  1775. 


592  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Russell2  (Daniel1),  m.  Polly  Lord,  Oct.  27,  1799.  Ch.— 1,  Albert  Gallaten, 
b.  Aug.  11,  1803. 

'Isaiab  Buckman  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Mary  Dike,  Mar.  22,  1759.  Ch. — 
1,  Jeremiah,  b.  Sept.  11,  1761 ;  2,  James,  b.  Oct.  19,  1763 ;  3,  Rhoda,  b.  Apr. 
8,  1766 ;  4,  Isaiah,  b.  Mar.  15,  1768 ;  5,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  4,  1770 ;  6,  Lucretia, 
b.  Jan.  21,  1774;  7,  Molly,  b.  July  12,  1777. 

BLANCHARD. 

• 

Joseph  Blanchard  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Abigail .  Ch. — 1,  Joseph, 

b.  July  24,  1751;  2,  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  17,  1754;  3,  Ann,  b.  Sept.  16,  1756. 

Joseph2  (Joseph1),  m.  Mehitabel  Putnam,  Apr.  10,  1770.  Ch. — 1,  Joseph, 
b.  Dec.  23,  1770. 

John  Blanchard  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Sarah  Carriel,  Dec.  19,  1765,  she 
d.  Apr.  26,  1805.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  July  2,  1766;  2,  John,  b.  Mar.  12,  1769. 

Samuel  Blanchard  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Susanna  Tenney,  Mar.  17,  1775. 
Ch.— 1,  Stephen,  b.  Oct.  26,  1775;  2,  John  Brewer,  b.  Mar.  2,  1780;  m. 
Silence  Barton,  Feb.  17,  1805;  3,  Simon,  b.  Feb.  17,  1782;  4,  Samuel,  b.  June 
25,  1784;  5,  Polly,  b.  July  3,  1786;  6,  Thomas,  b.  June  24,  1788. 

Stephen2  (Samuel1),  m.  Cyna  Marble,  Nov.  26,  1803.  Ch.— 1,  Adeline,  b. 
Sept.  25,  1805. 

BULLARD. 
By  WILLIAM  S.  BABTON,  ESQ.,  of  Worcester. 

In  the  genealogical  history  of  the  ' '  Descendants  of  several 
ancient  Puritans,"  published  by  Eev.  Abner  Morse  in  1857, 
and  afterward  reprinted  with  important  additions  and  cor- 
rections, may  be  found  an  interesting  account  of  the  Bullard 
families  in  New  England.  From  this  work  and  from  sun- 
dry manuscripts  and  family  records  deemed  reliable,  the 
writer  has  prepared  for  publication,  with  the  annals  of  the 
town  of  Sutton,  a  few  of  the  materials  for  a  concise  history 
of  the  ancestry  and  descendants  of  Dr.  Bullard,  from  early 
colonial  times  down  to  the  close  of  the  year  1877. 

Among  the  first  planters  of  New  England,  according  to 
the  latest  researches  in  genealogy,  appear  four  men  of  the 
name  Bullard,  viz :  Robert,  George,  John  and  William. 
They  all,  doubtless,  emigrated  from  England  about  the  year 
1630,  and  were  certainly  among  the  first  settlers  in  Water- 
town  and  its  vicinity.  The  first  two  above  named,  or  their 
children,  had  lands  assigned  them  in  Watertown  in  1637  and 
1644,  and  the  last  two  in  Dedham,  about  the  year  1636. 

In  the  first  edition  of  Mr.  Morse's  work,  it  is  stated  that 
of  the  several  planters  of  the  name  of  Bullard,  "Benjamin 


TOWN   OF   STJTTON.  593 

is  the  only  one  whose  entire  race  admits  of  being  traced  with 
certainty  and  separated  from  all  others  bearing  the  name." 
By  substituting  the  name  of  Robert  for  Benjamin,  in 
accordance  with  the  later  information  obtained  by  Mr. 
Morse,  this  statement  will  doubtless  be  found  strictly  true. 
It  was,  at  first,  erroneously  supposed  that  there  was  a  Ben- 
jamin among  the  early  settlers  of  Watertown,  but  it  seems 
that  a  son  of  Robert,  viz :  Benjamin  (2),  hereafter  referred 
to,  was  the  "Benjamin  Bullard"  whose  name  is  preserved 
in  the  early  records  of  that  town. 

Robert  Bullard  (1)  was  unquestionably  the  ancestor  of  the 
Sutton  family  of  that  name.  He  was  probably  born  about 
the  year  1599,  as  it  is  a  matter  of  record  that  he  died  in 
Watertown,  April  24,  1639,  aged  forty. 

He  left  a  widow,  Ann  or  Anna,  and  probably  three  child- 
ren only  —  a  son  Benjamin  (2) ,  and  two  daughters,  Anna  and 
Maudlin. 

A  curious  piece  of  evidence  in  regard  to  the  parentage  of 
Benjamin  (2),  may  be  found  in  Dr.  Bond's  "Watertown 
Family  Memorial,"  more  particularly  in  his  account  of  the 
discovery  of  a  bond  given  by  one  Henry  Thorpe,  who  .mar- 
ried the  widow  of  Robert  Bullard  about  November  25,  1639. 

Benjamin  (2),  the  only  son  of  Robert  and  Anna  Bullard, 
was  probably  born  about  the  year  1630.  From  all  the 
accounts  handed  down  by  his  contemporaries,  he  seems  to 
have  been  regarded  a  man  of  rare  energy  and  force  of 
character. 

During  a  portion  of  his  minority  he  resided  in  Dedham, 
being  under  the  care  of  an  uncle,  probably  John  Bullard,  a 
holder  of  land  in  that  town.  He  was  admitted  a  townsman 
at  Dedham,  January  11,  1655-'56,  "which  then  implied  a 
previous  probation,  a  good  moral  character,  and  the  age  of 
twenty-one."  His  name  appears  in  1657-'58  in  the  list  of 
those  to  whom  land  was  to  be  assigned  in  Dedham,  but 
having  removed  from  Dedham  about  that  time,  he  received 
none. 

He  was  twice  married;  first  at  Dedham,  in  1659,  to  Mar- 
tha Pidge,  and  secondly  to  Elizabeth ,  in  1677.  About 

the  time  of  his  first  marriage,  he,  with  others,  located  a 

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594  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

home  on  the  north  side  of  Bogistow  Pond,  in  what  is  now 
the  town  of  Sherborn.  Here  they  continued  to  reside,  dur- 
ing the  rest  of  their  lives,  in  a  state  of  warfare  with  the 
savages,  who  then  infested  nearly  all  the  early  settlements 
in  Massachusetts. 

In  the  interesting  account  given  by  Mr.  Morse,  it  is  related 
that  "they  built  for  a  garrison-house  a  spacious  and  regular 
fortress.  It  was  superior  to  any  similar  structure  on  the 
then  frontier."  He  further  adds  that  "to  this  place  of 
security  our  ancestors,  for  more  than  two  generations,  were 
accustomed  to  flee  in  times  of  alarm,  and  here  no  small  num- 
ber of  their  children  were  born." 

Benjamin  Bullard  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  first  peti- 
tion for  the  incorporation  of  the  town  of  Sherborn.  In  1673 
he  sold  his  patrimonial  estate  in  Watertown,  and  in  1674  he 
signed  a  second  petition  for  the  incorporation  of  Sherborn, 
soon  after  which  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners  was  duly 
granted.  He  eventually  became  the  proprietor  of  large 
tracts  of  land  in  Medway,  Sherborn  and  Holliston,  some  of 
which  have  been  retained  in  the  family  name  down  to  the 
present  day.  He  died  in  Sherborn,  Sept.  27,  1689.  He 
had  by  his  first  wife  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  and  the 
same  number  of  each  by  his  second  wife.  In  closing  a  most 
excellent  tribute  to  his  memory,  Mr.  Morse  eulogizes  the 
"great  Puritan  ancestor"  of  the  Bullards,  and  records  the 
fact  that  "he  sleeps  hard  by  the  scenes  of  his  toils  and  his 
perils.  On  the  apex  of  one  of  nature's  pyramids,  whose 
base  is  laved  by  the  Charles  River,  repose  his  ashes,  in 
company  with  those  of  the  founders  of  Sherborn." 

Benjamin  (3),  second  son  of  Benjamin  (2),  and  Martha 
Bullard,  was  born  March  1,  1670-71.  He  married  Tab- 

itha  ,  about  the  year  1700,  and   had  four  sons,   all 

born  in  Sherborn.  He  inherited  lands  or  drew  them  in 
right  of  his  father,  in  Holliston,  in  the  northwest  corner  of 
Mendon,  now  a  part  of  Milford,  and  in  the  territory  west  of 
Mendon,  afterward  known  as  Douglas.  About  the  year 
1739  he  removed  to  the  house  of  his  son  Benjamin,  in  Hol- 
liston, where  he  died  about  the  year  1760,  aged  ninety. 
He  seems  to  have  been  principally  engaged  in  farming, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  595 

although  he  was  twice  chosen  tything-man,  and  repeatedly 
surveyor  of  highways,  in  the  alteration  and  improvement  of 
which  he  took  great  interest. 

Benjamin  (4) ,  the  eldest  of  four  children  of  Benjamin 
(3),  and  Tabitha  Bullard,  was  born  in  Sherborn,  March  4, 
1702-3.  He  settled  in  Hollisto«n  prior  to  1727,  and  built 
his  house  a  few  rods  east  of  the  northeast  corner  of  Milford. 
He  married,  first,  Judith,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Hill  of 
Sherborn,  November  9,  1727.  They  had  eleven  children — 
six  sons  and  five  daughters.  He  married  for  his  second  wife 
Euth  Hill,  August  12,  1762,  and  died  intestate  in  1766. 

Asa  (5),  eldest  son  of  Benjamin  (4)  and  Judith  Bullard, 
was  born  in  Holliston,  July  10,  1730.  He  was  admin- 
istrator of  his  father's  estate,  and  inherited  his  homestead 
in  the  westerly  part  of  Holliston.  In  the  letters  of  admin- 
istration granted  September  23,  1766,  he  is  styled  "cord- 
wainer."  He  was  twice  married ;  first  to  Hannah  Jones, 
daughter  of  Eli  Jones  of  Holliston  (born  August  6,  1734; 
died  April  1762),  by  whom  he  had  four  children;  and 
secondly,  November  1,  1762,  to  Hannah  Cook,  daughter  of 
Walter  Cook  of  Mendon,  by  whom  he  had  twelve  children, 
eight  sons  and  four  daughters.  He  made  his  will  December 
17,  1802,  and  died  prior  to  June  12,  1804,  in  Holliston, 
aged  about  seventy-four. 

Artemas  (6),  M.  D.,  the  third  son  of  Asa  (5),  and 
Hannah  (Cook)  Bullard,  was  born  at  Holliston,  December  8, 
1768.  An  interesting  sketch  of  Dr.  Bullard,  prepared  in 
1854  by  his  son-in-law,  Judge  Barton  of  Worcester,  was 
first  published  in  1855  in  connection  with  Mr.  Morse's  gene- 
alogical work,  heretofore  referred  to.  To  this  sketch  the 
writer  is  greatly  indebted  for  many  of  the  facts  which  he 
has  freely  incorporated  into  the  following  brief  notice  of  his 
honored  grandfather. 

Dr.  Bullard  seems  to  have  been  the  only  one  of  his 
father's  children  who  received  a  professional  education. 

About  the  time  he  became  of  age  he  commenced  the  study 
of  medicine  with  Dr.  John  B.  Kittredge  of  Framingham, 
and  afterwards  spent  about  two  years  in  the  office  of  Daniel 
Fiske  of  Oxford.  Only  a  few  years  ago  he  was  remem- 


596  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

bered  by  the  old  people  of  Oxford  as  a  "  smart  young 
physician  whom  they  were  desirous  of  having  settled  with 
them."  On  the  twenty-eighth  of  August  1794,  "with  a 
small  stock  of  medicines  costing  twelve  pounds,  and  under 
a  debt  of  like  amount,"  he  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Northbridge. .  While  he  was  a  student  of  medi- 
cine at  Oxford,  he  became  acquainted  with  his  first  wife, 
Maria  Waters,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Waters,  Esq.,  of  Sut- 
ton,  and  a  relative  of  Dr.  Fiske  of  Oxford.  They  were 
married  in  Sutton,  February  17,  1796.  It  is  related  of  her 
that  she  was  a  "  very  worthy  lady,  but  died  without  issue  in 
about  two  years  after  her  marriage,  and  now  sleeps  in  the 
tomb  of  her  father,  in  a  private  cemetery  near  West  Sutton 
village.  Upon  this  tomb  is  a  monumental  tablet,  with  many 
inscriptions  commemorative  of  the  family  of  her  father." 
Mrs.  Bullard  was  born  August  6,  1769,  and  died  June  6, 
1798. 

On  the  sixth  of  December  1798,  Dr.  Bullard  married  for 
his  second  wife  Lucy,  eldest  daughter  of  Deacon  Jesse  and 
Anna  Mason  White  of  Northbridge,  by  whom  he  had  ten 
children,  three  daughters  and  seven  sons.  After  a  residence 
of  several  years  in  Northbridge,  during  which  he  estab- 
lished an  extensive  practice,  he  was  induced  by  his  father-in- 
law,  Esquire  Waters,  then  advanced  in  years,  to  purchase 
his  large  and  beautiful  farm  in  West  Sutton.  He  accord- 
ingly removed  to  Sutton  in  1805,  and  thenceforward  "his 
attention  was  divided  between  his  profession  and  his  farm." 

About  this  period,  according  to  the  statements  of  his  son- 
in-law,  and  "  when  military  honors  were  not  so  cheap  as  at 
present,"  he  was  appointed,  by  Governor  Strong,  surgeon  of 
the  then  local  infantry  regiment ;  and  in  the  year  1814  he 
was  elected  a  fellow  of  the  council  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society.  Nothing  was  wanted  to  give  him  an 
eminent  position  in  his  profession  but  exclusive  devotion  to 
it.  Dr.  Bullard  has  been  described  as  in  person  "some- 
what above  the  ordinary  stature,  of  light,  florid  complexion, 
light  blue  eyes,  nose  strictly  aquiline ;  and,  in  short,  as  his 
surviving  contemporaries  say,  a  fine  looking  man.  He 
possessed  ardent  feelings  and  great  energy  of  character, 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  597 

united  with  a  sound  judgment.  His  integrity  was  proverbial, 
always  doing  exact  justice  to  others,  and  expecting  the  same 
from  them." 

The  residence  of  Dr.  Bullard  was  upon  a  beautiful  rise  of 
land  about  half  a  mile  south  of  the  village  of  West  Sutton. 
The  mansion  house,  which  is  a  very  substantial  and  well 
preserved  structure,  was  erected  nearly  a  century  ago.  A 
magnificent  elm,  whose  branches  cover  an  area  of  more  than 
three  hundred  feet  in  circumference,  is  still  standing  a  few 

o 

rods  west  of  the  house,  and  is  one  of  the  most  conspicuous 
landmarks  in  the  town  of  Sutton. 

Many  of  the  associations  connected  with  the  old  farm  on 
"Bullard  Hill,"  are  perhaps  of  too  personal  a  nature  to  war- 
rant more  than  a  passing  allusion  in  this  place.  To  the 
writer,  who,  as  the  doctor's  eldest  grandchild,  was  a  frequent 
visitor  at  the  old  homestead,  the  venerable  family  residence 
and  its  many  still  beautiful  surroundings  will  always  pos- 
sess a  peculiar  interest — an  interest  second  only  to  that  felt 
by  the  surviving  members  of  that  large  household  of  fifty 
years  ago.  It  is  gratifying  to  the  writer  to  be  able  to  add  that 
a  very  considerable  portion  of  the  old  farm  is  still  retained 
in  the  family  name,  and  that  its  ancient  reputation  for  hospi- 
tality and  good  cheer  are  still  preserved  under  the  successful 
management  of  the  present  proprietor,  a  worthy  grandson 
of  Dr.  Bullard. 

The  death  of  Dr.  Bullard,  which  was  probably  instan- 
taneous, was  occasioned  by  an  accidental  fall  in  his  barn.  It 
occurred  on  Friday,  the  sixth  day  of  May  1842.  His  fune- 
ral was  largely  attended  by  his  fellow  townsmen  and  friends, 
and  by  many  of  his  numerous  relatives ;  the  impressive 
funeral  services  being  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Hiram  A, 
Tracy  of  Sutton,  and  the  Rev.  David  Holman  of  Douglas. 
His  remains  were  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  West  Sutton, 
where  a  simple  monument  has  been  erected  to  his  memory. 
A  plain  marble  headstone,  placed  in  the  enclosure  which 
marks  the  family  burial  lot,  bears  the  following  inscription  : 
"Dr.  Artemas  Bullard;  born  at  Holliston,  Dec.  8,  1768: 
died  at  Sutton  May  6,  1842,  aged  73." 


598  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Lucy  White,  second  wife  of  Dr.  Bullard,  and  the  mother 
of  all  his  children,  was  born  at  Northbridge,  May  5,  1778. 

As  heretofore  stated,  she  was  the  daughter  of  Deacon 
Jesse  White  and  Anna  Mason,  his  wife,  and  was  the  eldest 
of  eleven  children  —  four  daughters  and  seven  sous.  A 
minute  account  of  her  paternal  ancestry,  communicated  by 
her  son-in-law,  Hon.  Ira  M.  Barton  of  Worcester,  in  an 
article  entitled  "Sampson  Mason,  the  Baptist  and  Dragoon 
in  Oliver  Cromwell's  Army,"  appeared  in  the  columns  of 
the  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register  for  July  1864.  In 
this  carefully  prepared  and  most  interesting  sketch,  it 
appears  that  Mrs.  Bullard  was  one  of  the  direct  descendants 
of  Sampson  Mason  of  Rehoboth,  being  a  representative  of 
the  sixth  generation  from  her  noted  ancestor,  counting  him 
as  the  first.  Without  going  into  details,  it  will  be  sufficient 
for  the  present  purpose  of  the  writer  to  give  the  following 
brief  summary  of  the  Mason  pedigree.  Of  the  thirteen 
children  of  Sampson  (1),  by  Mary  ( Butter  worth) ,  the 
tenth  child,  Isaac  (2),  was  the  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Bullard. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  second  Baptist  church  in  Swansey. 
His  son,  Hezekiah  (3),  who  was  the  fifth  of  ten  children, 
was  the  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Bullard.  The  eldest  son 
of  Hezekiah  (3),  and  Rebecca  Martin,  was  Melatiah  (4) , 
who  lived  to  be  more  than  one  hundred  years  of  age.  The 
oldest  daughter  of  Melatiah  (4) ,  and  Rebecca  Miller,  was 
Anna  (5),  (Mason),  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Bullard.  She  was 
born  at  Rehoboth,  November  4,  1755 ;  married  Deacon 
White,  .at  Uxbridge,  April  17,  1777  ;  died  August  20,  1839. 

It  is  scarcely  possible,  within  the  limits  of  this  brief 
sketch,  to  do  full  justice  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Bullard. 
In  lieu,  therefore,  of  a  more  elaborate  tribute,  the  writer 
deems  himself  fortunate  in  being  able  to  present  a  few 
extracts  from  the  eloquent  remarks  made  by  her  son-in-law, 
Henry  Ward  Beecher,  at  her  funeral  : 

To  this  joyful  coronation  our  beloved  mother  has  come.  All  the  days  of 
her  appointed  years  —  years  full  of  labor  and  duty  —  are  accomplished;  all 
her  doubts  are  dispelled,  all  her  anticipations  realized ;  all  she  hoped  for  in 
her  long  and  noble  life,  and  far  more  than  human  hope  can  ever  aspire  to,  is 
now  her  portion.  We  come  to  shed  no  bitter  tears :  we  celebrate  a  triumph  , 
not  a  defeat  —  a  life  perfected. 


TOWN   OF    BUTTON.  599 

Her  children  are  gathered  here,  with  her  more  immediate  friends  and 
neighbors,  to  pay  the  last  honors  to  her  lifeless  frame.  How  sturdily,  how 
nobly  she  lived ;  feeble,  tender,  but  how  enduring.  Never  strong,  no  one 
would  have  marked  her  for  a  long  life.  Well  do  I  remember  when  first  I  saw 
her.  I  was  then  a  lad  in  college.  Even  then  I  was  struck  by  the  energy  of 
her  character.  I  remember  my  impression  then  that  she  was  weak  in  body, 
and  liable  to  meet  an  early  death.  Who  would  have  thought  that  she  would 
survive  that  stalwart  man,  Dr.  Bullard  of  Sutton!  so  full  of  the  capital  for 
a  long  and  sturdy  life.  In  body,  as  in  mind,  she  was  evenly  organized. 
Hers  was  the  strength  of  tenderness  and  gentleness,  but  underlaid  by  a  quiet 
persistence  of  wonderful  force.  She  was  firm  and  steadfast  for  the  right, 
wherever  principle  was  involved ;  mild  and  loving,  but  with  fixed  habits 
of  belief  and  thought,  which  kept  her  firm  and  true,  even  to  sternness 
when  occasion  required.  God  taught  her!  With  her  vigor  of  character,  it 
would  have  been  easy  for  her  to  make  shipwreck  of  happiness,  linked  as  she 
was  with  that  strong  nature,  her  husband.  It  would  have  been  easy  for  her 
to  purchase  peace  by  self-abnegation,  by  sinking  herself;  but  she  did  neither. 
She  made  herself  a  power  in  her  house,  but  she  ruled  by  submission  and  love. 
She  made  her  house  a  happy  one ;  and  a  greater  compliment  can  be  paid  to 
no  woman.  She  elevated  the  name  of  wife  and  mother,  by  showing,  in  her- 
self, what  it  was  possible  for  a  woman  to  be. 

Mrs.  Bullard  passed  the  last  portion  of  her  long  and  use- 
ful life  at  the  house  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Judge  Barton  of 
"Worcester.  She  died  in  Worcester,  December  15,  1869, 
aged  ninety-one  years,  seven  mouths  and  ten  days.  Her 
remains  were  placed  by  the  side  of  her  husband,  in  the 
cemetery  at  West  Sutton,  and  the  same  simple  monument 
marks  the  site  of  their  resting  place. 

In  giving  some  account  of  the  descendants  of  Doctor  and 
Mrs.  Bullard,  the  writer  has  endeavored  to  make  it  as  com- 
plete as  possible  iu~a  genealogical  point  of  view,  and,  at  the 
same  time,  to  embody  such  brief  details  of  personal  history 
as  might  be  of  interest  to  the  general  reader.  For  the  sake 
of  conciseness,  however,  he  has  sought  to  avoid  the  repeti- 
tion of  names,  as  far  as  practicable,  and  to  make  use  of  such 
abbreviations  as  are  customary  in  works  of  this  kind. 

Of  the  ten  children  of  Dr.  Bullard  by  his  second  wife,  all 
of  whom  were  living  at  the  time  of  his  decease,  it  may  be 
proper  to  state,  in  a  general  way,  that  they  were  all  well 
educated,  three  of  the  sons  being  graduates  of  colleges  and 
ordained  ministers,  and  two  other  sons  being  physicians. 
His  three  daughters  all  married  professional  men. 


600  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

The  several  children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bullard,  with  their 
respective  families  in  the  order  of  their  seniority,  are  as 
follows : 

I.  Maria  Waters,  born  January  25,  1800,  at  Northbridge, 
and  married  November  11,  1823,  at  Sutton,  by  Rev.  Edmund 
Mills,  to  Ira  Barton  of  Oxford.  Her  husband,  the  late  Hon. 
Ira  Moore  Barton  of  Worcester,  first  named  Ira,  was  born 
at  Oxford,  October  25,  1796,  and,  in  1839,  by  act  of  the 
General  Court,  was  authorized  to  take  the  additional  name 
of  ' '  Moore "  in  memory  of  his  revered  maternal  grand- 
mother, Dorothy  Moore,  and  of  his  great-great-grandfather 
Moore,  the  first  magistrate  of  his  native  town.  He  was  a 
grandson  of  Dr.  Stephen  Barton,  who  was  born  at  Sutton, 
June  10,  1740.  Dr.  Barton's  father  and  mother,  Edmund 
and  Anna  Flynt  Barton,  were  married  in  Salem,  April  9, 
1739,  and  probably  removed  to  Sutton  soon  afterward.  Mr. 
Barton  graduated  with  high  honors  at  Brown  University,  in 
1819,  and  at  the  Cambridge  law  school  in  1822.  He  prac- 
tised law  in  Oxford  from  1822  to  1834,  and  was  representa- 
tive from  that  town  during  the  years  1830  to  1832  inclusive. 
In  1833-'34  he  represented  the  county  of  Worcester  in  the 
State  Senate.  He  removed  to  Worcester  in  1834,  and  in 
1836  was  appointed  by  Governor  Everett  judge  of  probate 
for  Worcester  county.  In  1840  he  was  chosen  one  of  the 
electors  for  president  in  the  famous  Harrison,  or  "  log-cabin  " 
campaign.  He  resigned  his  judgeship  in  1844,  and  in  1846 
represented  the  then  town  of  Worcester  in  the  legislature. 
Judge  Barton  continued  the  practice  of  his  profession  until 
1849,  when  he  visited  Europe  in  pursuit  of  much  needed 
rest  and  recreation. 

Upon  his  return  in  1850  he  resumed  his  office  practice 
only,  finding  leisure,  during  the  intervals  of  business,  for 
the  indulgence  of  his  literary,  historical  and  antiquarian 
tastes.  He  was  an  active  member,  and  for  many  years  a 
Councillor  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  of  Worces- 
ter. He  died,  very  suddenly,  at  his  home  in  Worcester, 
July  18,  1867.  The  writer  may  be  pardoned  if  he  feels 
constrained  to  add  some  extracts  from  the  many  tributes  to 
the  memory  of  his  honored  father. 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  601 

"Judge  Barton  was  distinguished  for  purity,  simplicity  and  integrity  of 
character ;  and  as  a  public  servant,  in  numerous  offices  of  trust  and  responsi- 
bility, his  conduct  was  marked  by  signal  ability,  fidelity  and  success.  He  was 
eminently  the  accomplished  lawyer,  the  upright  magistrate,  the  enlightened 
patriotic  citizen;  and  the  community  which,  through  a  long  and  bucy  life,  he 
has  benefitted  and  honored,  will  hold  in  grateful  remembrance  his  services  and 
his  virtues."  He  has  been  described  as  "a  man  of  very  striking  personal 
appearance,  with  tall  and  commanding  figure,  fine  head  and  Websterian  eyes. 
He  showed  something  of  the  Roman  mould  in  his  aspect,  which  was  well 
reflected  in  his  character." 

The  funeral  of  Judge  Barton  took  place  on  Monday,  July 
22,  1867,  from  All  Saints  Church  in  Worcester,  and  his 
remains  were  interred  at  Rural  Cemetery,  where  a  massive 
marble  sarcophagus,  inscribed  with  the  name,  "Ira  Moore 
Barton,"  has  been  erected  to  his  memory.  His  widow,  the 
worthy  daughter  of  a  noble  mother,  still  resides  in  Worces- 
ter, surrounded  by  a  large  family  circle  of  children,  grand- 
children and  great-grandchildren,  and  enjoying  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  all  who  know  her.  May  she  be  spared 
many  years  as  a  model  example  of  unselfish,  self-sacrificing, 
maternal  love. 

The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barton  are:  1,  William  Sumner,  A.  M.,  b. 
at  Oxford,  September  30,  1824.  He  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  the 
class  of  1844 ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1846,  and  practised  law  in  partner- 
ship with  his  father  and  Hon.  Peter  C.  Bacon,  until  1850.  In  1853  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  of  Worcester.  He 
continued  the  practise  of  his  profession  in  Worcester  until  June  1854,  when 
he  accepted  a  position  in  the  Bank  of  Commerce,  Boston,  having  his  residence 
still  in  Worcester.  In  January  1872  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  city  of 
Worcester,  which  office  he  continues  to  hold.  He  was  m.  first,  at  Worcester, 
April  4,  1849,  by  Rev.  Alonzo  Hill,  to  Anne  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  G.  Jennison,  b.  at  Worcester  Feb.  7,  1827,  d.  Feb.  28,  1869,  at  Worcester. 
They  had 

(1)  Mary,  b.  at  Worcester,  Sept.   29,  1853;    m.  at  Worcester,  April  11, 
1872,  by  Rev.  William  R.  Huntington,  to  Alfred  Wadsworth  Dana.     They 
have    four    sons,  Alfred   Henshaw,  b.   in  Berchtesgaden,  Germany,   Wm. 
Sumner  Barton  and  Charles  Bates,  both  b.  in  San  Francisco,  and  John  Adams, 
b.  in  Santa  Rosa.    They  now  reside  in  Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 

(2)  Lucy,  b.  at  Worcester,  Jan.  7,  1856. 

(3)  Anna,  b.  at  Worcester,  April  20,  1858. 

He  was  m.  secondly,  at  New  York  city,  Nov.  22,  1870,  by  Bishop  Horatio  N. 
Southgate,  to  Kate  Almy,  only  dau.  of  Wm.  and  Jaue  B.  Ellery.  They  have 

(1)  Wm.  Ellery,  b.  at  Worcester,  Dec.  10,  1873,  a  namesake  and  great- 
great-grandson  of  one  of  the  "signers." 

(2)  Edith  Almy,  b.  at  Worcester,  Sept.  29,  1876. 

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602  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

2.  Anna  Maria,  b.  at  Oxford,  April  21,  1826 ;   m.  at  Worcester,  Nov.  7, 
1849,  by  Rev.  Alonzo  Hill,  to  John  Win.  Bigelow,  son  of  Jobn  and  Abigail 
Bigelow,  formerly  of  Medford.     They  have  had 

(1)  Wm.  Blake,  b.  at  Medford,  Feb.  5, 1852. 

(2)  Annie,  b.  at  Medford,  Jan.  20,  1855;  m.  Oct.  1,  1874,  at  Newport,  K. 
I.,  to  Charles  Follen  McKim.     They  have  a  dau.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  13,  1875. 

(3)  Samuel  Lee,  b.  at  St.  James,  France,  Aug  23,  1856 ;  d.  there  Aug.  26. 

(4)  Marie,  b.  at  Boston,  June  20,  1861. 

Mr.  Bigelow  has  for  many  years  been  extensively  engaged  in  business,  both 
in  Boston  and  New  York ;  he  now  resides  in  the  latter  city,  having  his  sum- 
mer house  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island. 

3.  Artemas  Bullard,  b.  at  Oxford,  Aug.  12,  1828;   d.  at  O.  June  21,  1831. 

4.  Charles  Henry,  b.  at  Oxford,  April  10,  1830;  m.  first,  by  Rev.  Wm. 
Miller,  at  Greensburg,  Ind.,  June  20,  1853,  to  Isabella  Edwards.     They  had, 
all  b.  at  Greensburg, 

(1)  Maria  Edwards,  b.  Apr.  8,  1854. 

(2)  Mary ,  b.  Nov.  23,  1856. 

(3)  Anna ,  b.  July  10,  1859;  d.  Oct.  19,  1860. 

Married  2d,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Britton,  to  Sarah  Ann  White,  at  Madison,  Ind., 
Sept.  28,  1861,  and  had 

(1)    James  Yeatman,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Jan.  2,  1863. 

During  the  war  he  held  a  Captain's  commission  in  one  of  the  western  regi- 
ments. He  now  resides  at  Topeka,  Kansas. 

5.  Artemas  Bullard.  b.  at  Oxford,  Dec.  5,  1831;    d.  at  Worcester,  April 
17,  1837. 

6.  Lucy,  b.  at  Worcester,  July  24,  1834;   m.  at  W.  May  1,  1857,  by  Rev. 
Alonzo  Hill,  to  Samuel  Lee  Bigelow,  M.  D.,  a  son  of  John  and  Abigail  Bige- 
low, of  Medford.     They  had 

(1)  Samuel  Lee,  b.  at  Paris,  France,  July  28,  1858. 

(2)  Abigail,  also  b.  at  Paris,  Aug.  2,  1860;  died  there  Aug.  7,  1860. 

Dr.  Bigelow  practised  his  profession  in  Paris  for  several  years  with  distin- 
guished success.  Upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  "war  of  the  rebellion,"  he 
offered  his  services  to  the  United  States  Government,  and  was  appointed 
Brigade  Surgeon  in  General  Franklin's  corps,  army  of  the  Potomac.  He  died 
at  his  post  of  duty,  October  31,  1862,  of  disease  contracted  in  the  service,  and 
was  buried  in  Rural  Cemetery,  Worcester,  by  the  side  of  his  infant  daughter. 
His  widow  resides  with  her  mother  in  Worcester. 

7.  Francis  Augustus,  born  at  W.  Oct.  24,  1836;  m.  Sept.  7,  1864,  at  Chico, 
Cal.,  to  Emily  J.,  dau.  of  George  Wood.     They  have 

(1)    Annie  Adelle,  b.  at  Chico,  Aug.  4,  1865. 

He  makes  it  his  home  in  Chico,  where  he  is  well  known  as  a  popular  and 
hard  working  business  man. 

8.  Edmund  Mills,  b.  at  W.  Sept.  27, 1838;  m.  Sept.  6,  1871,  at  North  Yar- 
mouth, Me.,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Paine  Blake,  to  Abby  Twycross,  dau.  of  the 
officiating  clergyman.     They  have 

(1)  Lydia  Maud,  b.  at  North  Yarmouth,  Me.,  Aug.  2,  1872. 

(2)  Edmund  Blake,  b.  at  Worcester,  Oct.  30,  1874. 

During  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  Mr.  Barton  was  one  of  the  most  active 
agents  of  the  United  States  Sanitary  Commission,  being  on  duty  for  three 
years  with  the  fifth  corps  of  the  army  of  the  Potomac.  He  is  now  the  efficient 
Assistant  Librarian  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  in  Worcester, 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  603 

9.  George  Edward,  b.  at  W.  July  30,  1841.  He  enlisted  in  1862  as  a  private 
in  the  51st  Mass.  Infantry,  and  was  appointed  Sergeant-Major  of  that  Regt. 
In  Jan.  1864  he  was  appointed  2d  Lieut,  in  the  57th  Mass.  Infantry ;  was  soon 
after  promoted  to  a  1st  Lieutenancy  and  subsequently  commissioned  Capt., 
serving  in  that  Regt.  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  died  at  Worcester  on 
Wednesday,  May  29,  1878. 

His  funeral  was  largely  attended  by  his  comrades  of  the  51st  and  57th  Regt. 
Mass.  Vols.,  and  of  the  George  H.  Ward  Post  10,  G.  A.  R.,  and  also  by  rep- 
resentatives of  the  Worcester  Continentals.  The  funeral  services  at  his  grave, 
which  took  place  at  sunset  on  Saturday,  the  1st  of  June,  were  peculiarly 
solemn  and  impressive,  being  noteworthy  as  a  spontaneous  tribute  to  the  mem- 
ory of  a  young  and  gallant  soldier. 

II.  Artemas,  Rev.,  D.  D.,  b.  at  Northbridge,  June  3,1802;  m.  June  2, 
1829,  Anne  Tuttle  Jones,  b.  Jan.  31,  1808,  dau.  of  Samuel  J.  of  Acton,  by 
Anna  Tuttle,  a  sister  of  Miss  Sarah  T.,  Sec'y  of  Female  Teachers  Ass'n, 
Mass.,  and  a  descendant  of  the  bro.  of  Archbishop  Leighton.  They  had  the 
following  children : 

1.  Artemas  Everett,  b.  July  19,  1830,  at  Charlestown ;  d.  Apr.  13,  1836. 

2.  Anna  Maria,  b.  July  19,  1832,  at  Boston;  d.  Apr.  28,  1833. 

3.  Thomas  Green  Fessenden,  b.  Mar.  21,  1834,  at  Walnut  Hills,  Ohio;  d. 
Nov.  1838. 

4.  Robert  Leighton,  b.  Mar.  21,  1837,  at  Walnut  Hills;  d.  Jan.  25,  1848. 

5.  Henry,  Rev.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1839,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  was  first  settled  as  a 
minister  in  Wayland,  Mass.,  and  afterward  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  where  he  now 
resides.     He  m.  Aug.  30,  1871,  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  Helen  Maria,  eldest  dau.  of 
Henry  A.  Nelson,  D.  D.,  and  Margaret  Mills  Nelson,  and  had 

(1)  Annie  Leighton,  b.  Feb.  19,  1873;  d.  July  16,  1873. 

(2)  Henry  Nelson,  b.  Nov.  19,  1874. 

(3)  Alice,  b.  Oct.  4,  1876. 

6.  Anna  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  29,  1842;  d.  Jan.  13,  1848. 

7.  Edward  Payson,  b.  Jan.  19,  1845;  d.  Jan.  12,  1848. 

Three  of  the  children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  B.  d.  of  scarlet  fever,  at  St.  Louis, 
within  a  space  of  only  13  days. 

Rev.  Dr.  Bullard  was  a  graduate  of  Amherst  College,  in 
the  class  of  1826.  He  studied  divinity  at  Andover  theolog- 
ical seminary,  and  was  ordained  to  the  ministry,  April  20, 
1831.  During  the  first  year  or  two  after  his  ordination,  he 
was  actively  employed  in  behalf  of  the  Massachusetts  Sab- 
bath School  Union.  He  subsequently,  about  the  year  1835, 
accepted  the  position  of  district  secretary  of  the  American 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions,  for  the  valley 
of  the  Mississippi,  having  his  headquarters  at  Cincinnati. 
In  June  1838  he  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  first  Presby- 
terian church  in  St.  Louis.  Of  Dr.  Bullard's  remarkably 
successful  pastorate,  in  connection  with  this  leading  western 
church,  as  well  as  of  his  untiring  labors  in  behalf  of  the 


604  FAMILIES    OP   THE 

religious  and  educational  interests  of  Missouri,  an  interesting 
account  may  be  found  in  the  "Presbytery  Reporter,"  for 
December  1864,  published  at  Alton,  Illinois.  Dr.  Bullard 
will  be  best  remembered,  in  this  vicinity,  as  one  of  the  most 
impressive  of  the  many  public  speakers  who  were  called 
upon  to  advocate  the  claims  of  the  west  from  the  pulpits  of 
our  New  England  churches.  In  1850  he  visited  Europe, 
with  his  accomplished  wife,  as  a  delegate  to  the  "World's 
Peace  Convention "  in  Germany.  It  has  been  said  that 
while  there  "marked  attention  was  shown  him  by  Mr. 
Cobden  and  others,  and  his  speech,  at  the  convention, 
elicited  great  applause,  both  for  its  aptness  and  its  bold- 
ness." Upon  their  return  to  St.  Louis,  Mrs.  Bullard,  who 
is  a  lady  of  rare  culture  and  literary  ability,  published  a 
graphic  account  of  their  journey,  entitled  "Sights  and 
Scenes  in  Europe." 

The  death  of  Mr.  Bullard  occurred,  under  very  tragical 
circumstances,  on  the  first  of  November  1855.  It  was  dur- 
ing an  excursion,  which  took  place  in  honor  of  the  opening  of 
the  Pacific  railroad,  that  he,  together  with  twenty-nine  other 
prominent  citizens  of  St.  Louis,  was  instantly  killed  by  the 
breaking  of  a  defective  bridge  over  the  Gasconade  river, 
at  a  point  some  forty  miles  from  Jefferson  City,  Missouri. 

The  breaking  of  this  bridge,  according  to  the  published 
accounts  of  the  disaster,  caused  the  precipitation  of  six  long 
cars,  "one  upon  another  with  their  living  freight,  to  the 
beach,  thirty  feet  below."  The  funeral  of  Dr.  Bullard  and 
others  took  place  from  his  beautiful  new  church  on  the  fifth 
of  November  1855.  In  this  church,  which  he  had  once 
almost  prophetically  said  was  "  not  for  him,"  and  in  which 
he  was  destined  never  to  preach,  hundreds  of  mourning 
friends  assembled  to  pay  the  last  tribute  of  respect  to  his 
memory.  His  decease  was  regarded,  at  the  time,  as  a 
public  calamity ;  not  only  to  the  church  of  which  he  was  the 
faithful  pastor,  but  to  the  city  of  which  he  was  a  distin- 
guished citizen.  His  widow  now  resides  at  St.  Joseph, 
making  her  home  with  her  only  surviving  child,  Rev. 
Henry  Bullard,  a  worthy  son  of  an  honored  father. 


TOWN   OF    StJTTON.  605 

III.  Asa,  Rev.,  A.  M.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1804,  at  Northbridge;  m.  May  16,  1832, 
Lucretia  Gunn,  daughter  of  Samuel  Fowler  and  Lucretia  G.  Dickinson  of 
Montague.     They  had 

1.  Catharine  Dickinson,  b.  Aug.  12,  1834;  d.  Aug.  17,  1834. 

2.  Louisa  Dana,  b.  Nov.  7,  1835. 

3.  William  Reed,  M.  D.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1837;    m.  July  21,  1872,  Mary  N.  Gil- 
man.     They  have 

(1)  John  Gilman,  and 

(2)  Clara  Gertrude,  twins,  b.  Dec.  11,  1873. 

4.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  17,  1840. 

5.  Helen  Knight,  b.  Sept.  27,  1845;   m.  May  16,  1876,  Charles  F.  Wyman 
of  Cambridgeport. 

Rev.  Asa  Bullard  was  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in 
the  class  of  1828.  He  engaged  for  a  year  in  teaching 
school  at  Augusta,  Maine,  and  subsequently  studied  divinity 
at  Andover  theological  seminary.  In  April  1831  he  was 
appointed  an  agent  of  the  Maine  Sabbath  School  Union,  and 
in  1832  was  ordained  at  Portland  as  an  evangelist.  In 
March  1834  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Massachusetts 
Sabbath  School  Society,  now  called  the  Congregational 
Publishing  Society,  which  office  he  continues  to  hold. 
Besides  performing  the  duties  of  this  office  with  eminent 
success,  he  was  also,  for  many  years,  the  editor  of  the 
"  Sabbath  School  Visitor,"  and  for  more  than  thirty  years 
of  the  well  known  "  Well  Spring."  In  1876  he  published 
a  work  entitled  "  Fifty  Years  with  the  Sabbath  Schools,"  in 
which  he  gives  a  graphic  and  interesting  account  of  his  life- 
work  in  behalf  of  the  young.  Mr.  Bullard's  influence,  both 
by  voice  and  pen,  over  thousands  of  the  youth  of  New 
England,  can  hardly  be  over  estimated.  It  has  made  his 
name  a  household  word  far  beyond  the  limits  of  his  native 
State,  and  in  hundreds  of  the  homes  of  his  large  pastorate. 
For  the  last  thirty  years  Mr.  Bullard  has  resided  in  Cam- 
bridge, where  he  is  held  in  high  esteem  as  a  public  spirited 
citizen  and  a  true  hearted  man. 

IV.  Joseph,  b.  in  Sutton,  Oct.  30,  1806;  m.  Apr.  3,  1834,  Olivia  P.  Hill. 
They  had, 

1.  Eliza  Ann,  b.  May  31,  1835. 

2.  Ira  Barton,  b.  May  26,  1837.     He  enlisted  as  private  in  company  C.  fifty- 
first  Massachusets  infantry,  Sept.  1862,  and  served  until  the  regiment  was 
mustered  out  of  service.     In  1864  he  agihi  enlisted,  and  served  as  corporal  in 
company  H,  fifty-seventh  Massachusetts  infantry.  He  died  at  Fredericksburg, 
Virginia,  May  24,  1864,  of  wounds  received  in  battle. 


606  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

3.  Henry  Beecher,  b.  Apr.  9,  1839;  m.  Nov.  3,  1861,  Huldah  Ann  Wilcox, 
and  had, 

(1)  Louisa  Irena,  b.  June  21,  1863. 

(2)  Annie  Laura,  b.  Aug.  8,  1864;  d.  Sept.  6,  1864. 

(3)  Henry  Clifford,  b.  July  9,  1867. 

Mr.  Bullard  has  held  the  office  of  post-master  in  West  Sutton,  and  also  that 
of  selectman  of  the  town  of  Sutton.  He  carries  on  the  homestead  farm  on 
"Bullard  Hill."  For  some  years  he  was  the  proprietor  of  the  West  Sutton 
store.  As  a  worthy  representative  of  the  Bullard  family,  he  commands  the 
respect  of  his  fellow  citizens. 

4.  Agnes  Olivia,  b.  Aug.  20,  1841;  d.  Nov.  5,  1841. 

5.  Franklin  Eugene,  b.  Dec.  13,  1842;  m.  Aug.  4,  1873,  Helen  B.  Baldwin; 
they  have  one  son,  Charles  Franklin. 

6.  Mary  Augusta,  b.  Feb.  14,  1855;    m.  Jan.  2,  1878,  Frank  D.  Tucker  of 
Charlton. 

During  the  last  thirty  years  of  his  life,  Joseph  Bullard  was  the  owner  and 
manager  of  the  homestead  farm.  Possessing  great  natural  ability,  and  noted 
for  his  marked  originality  of  character,  he  will  long  be  remembered  with  affec- 
tionate regard  by  the  citizens  of  his  native  town.  He  died  after  a  short 
illness,  Sept.  12,  1872.  His  funeral  was  largely  attended  by  relatives  and 
friends,  and  his  remains  were  placed  in  the  family  lot  in  the  West  Sutton 
cemetery. 

Y.  Lucy  Ann,  b.  in  Sutton,  Nov.  9,  1809;  m.  May  19,  1831,  to  Rev.  Lot 
Jones.  Her  husband  was  born  at  Brunswick,  Maine,  Feb.  21,  1797,  and 
graduated  at  Bowdoin  College.  He  first  settled  in  Georgia,  and  afterward, 
for  several  years,  was  the  rector  of  Christ  church  in  Clappville.  In  1833  he 
removed  to  New  York  City ;  where,  as  rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany, 
he  labored  with  great  success  for  more  than  thirty  years.  Mr.  Jones  was 
held  in  respect  everywhere,  as  the  faithful  and  beloved  pastor.  In  the 
literary  and  social  circles  of  the  metropolis,  he  was  no  less  highly  esteemed 
as  an  accomplished  scholar  and  one  of  the  most  genial  of  men.  He  died 
quite  suddenly,  Oct.  12,  1865,  in  consequence  of  an  accidental  fall,  while 
attending  a  church  convention  in  Philadelphia.  The  children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Jones  are 

1.  William  Henry,  b.  Mar.  14, 1832;  d.  Mar.  16,  1838. 

2.  Maria  Louisa,  b.  in  New  York  City,  July  12,  1834;    m.  Oct.  2,  1856,  to 
George  E.  Moore  of  New  York,  who  was  born  Apr.  30,  1833,  and  d.  July  24, 
1867.    They  had, 

(1)  Jared  Lot,  b.  in  New  York,  Sept.  20,  1857;  d.  Apr.  19,  1860. 

(2)  George  Henry,  b.  in  New  York,  Feb.  20,  1860. 

(3)  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  8,  1862;  d.  Sept.  8,  1862. 

(4)  Louise,  b.  at  Matteawan,  N.  Y.,  July  3,  1864. 

(5)  Anna  Mary,  b.  at  Garrison's,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  4,  1868. 

3.  Emily,  b.  Nov.  27,  1835;  d.  Mar.  31,  1836. 

4.  Lucy  Ann,  b.  Mar.  23,  1837;  d.  Mar.  24,  1837. 

5.  Henry  Lawrence,  Rev.,  b.  New  York  May  30,  1839;   m.  Oct.  6,  1869, 
at  Concord,  N.  H.,  to  Sarah  Eastman  Coffin.     Their  children  are, 

(1)  Hattie  Louise,  b.  at  Fitchburg,  July  20,  1870. 

(2)  Lawrence  Bullard,  b.  at  Fitchburg,  Jan.  8,  1872. 

(3)  Helen  Crocker,  b.  at  Fitchbur£  Mar.  22,  1874;  d.  at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa., 
Nov.  7,  1876. 

(4)  Carleton  Coffin,  b.  at  Wilkesbarre,  Sept  26,  1876. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  607 

For  more  than  eleven  years  Mr.  Jones  was  rector  of  Christ  church  in 
Fitchburg.  He  is  now  rector  of  St.  Stephen's  church  in  Wilkesbarre,  Penn. 
In  both  positions  he  has  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  parishioners, 
and  has  taken  high  rank  in  his  profession. 

Mrs.  Lot  Jones  still  resides  in  New  York,  enjoying  the  respect  of  all  who 
know  her,  and  beloved  and  esteemed  for  her  many  good  works,  both  in  and 
out  of  the  church. 

VI.  Ebenezer  Waters,  Rev.,  A.  M.,  twin  brother  of  Mrs.  Jones,  b.  Nov. 
9,  1809.  He  m.  first,  Sept.  6,  1838,  at  Hadley,  Margaret  P.  Smith,  dau.  of 
Oliver  Smith  of  H.,  b.  June  6,  1813;  d.  Dec.  2,  1841,  at  Fitchburg.  He  m. 
second,  Aug.  15,  1843,  at  Hadley,  Harriet  N.,  dau.  of  Dea.  William  Dickin- 
son of  Hadley,  b.  Mar.  5,  1818.  They  had 

1.  Harriet  Marguerite,  b.  at  Fitchburg,  Nov.  28,  1844;  m.  Oct.  4,  1870,  at 
Royalston,  Charles  Stuart  Bullock,  who  was  born  at  R.,  Jan.  20,  1841,  and  had 

(1)  Marguerite  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.,  Sept.  3,  1872. 

(2)  William  Stuart,  b.  at  Arlington  Heights,  Sept.  22,  1875. 

2.  Caroline,  b.  at  Fitchburg,  Feb.  6,  1847;  m.  Dec.  25,  1867,  at  Royalston, 
Ferdinand  Hoffman,  who  was  b.  at  Suhl,  Prussia.     They  have  four  children, 
all  born  in  Stockbridge : 

(1)  Walter,  b.  Dec.  23,  1868. 

(2)  Ralph,  b.  Nov.  30,  1870. 

(3)  Friedericke,  b.  Jan.  17,  1873. 

(4)  Bernhold,  b.  Nov.  10,  1874. 

3.  Lucy  Ann,  b.  Aug.  31,  1849;  d.  at  Stockbridge,  Oct.  9,  1877. 

4.  William  Ebenezer,  b.  Jan.  23,  1852. 

5.  Edward  Dickinson,  b.  Sept.  20,  1853. 

Mr.  Bullard  first  entered  college  at  Amherst,  and,  after 
pursuing  his  studies  there  for  three  years,  completed  his 
collegiate  course  at  Miami  University,  Ohio,  in  1834.  After 
his  graduation  he  entered  Lane  theological  seminary,  at 
Walnut  Hills,  Ohio ;  but  his  health  failing  him,  he  was 
obliged  to  give  up  his  studies  and  return  to  Massachusetts. 
Two  years  afterwards,  on  the  eighth  of  August  1838,  he  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Fitchburg. 
He  was  dismissed  from  this  church,  July  1,  1852,  and  in 
September  of  the  same  year  was  installed  over  the  Congre- 
gational church  and  society  in  Royalston.  At  the  centen- 
nial celebration  of  that  town,  in  1865,  he  took  an  active 
part  as  a  member  of  important  committees,  and  by  request 
of  the  town  authorities,  assisted  in  the  preparation  and  pub- 
lication of  numerous  historical  notes,  accompanying  Gov. 
Bullock's  address.  He  was  subsequently  settled  over  the 
Congregational  church  in  Hampstead,  N.  H.  ;  but  in  conse- 
quence of  failing  health,  was  obliged  to  resign  his  pastorate. 
His  present  home  is  in  the  town  of  Stockbridge.  There,  in 


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the  society  of  his  accomplished  wife,  and  of  a  goodly  portion 
of  his  family,  and  enjoying  much  needed  rest  and  relaxation 
from  labor,  he  bids  fair  to  survive  many  years,  preaching  by 
example,  if  not  by  precept,  to  all  those  who  come  within 
the  sphere  of  his  genial  influence. 

VII.  Eunice  White,  b.  at  Sutton,  Aug.  26,  1812;  m.  at  S.,  Aug.  3,  1837, 
to  Henry  Ward  Beecher.  After  their  marriage  they  made  their  home  in 
Lawrenceburg,  Ind.,  Mr.  Beecher  having  been  called  to  take  charge  of  the 
New  School  Presbyterian  church  in  that  place.  In  1839  they  removed  to 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  where  Mr.  Beecher  was  settled  over  the  first  New  School 
Presbyterian  church  in  that  city.  They  left  Indianapolis  in  1847,  Mr.  Beecher 
having  been  called,  with  great  unanimity,  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Plymouth 
Congregational  Society  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Of  his  wonderful  success  in  this  society  it  is  hardly  necessary  for  the  writer 
even  to  speak.  No  ordinary  tribute,  certainly,  can  do  full  justice  to  this 
remarkable  man,  nor  to  the  people  who,  for  thirty  years  past,  through  good 
report  and  through  evil  report,  have  so  nobly  sustained  their  beloved  pastor. 
The  true  character  and  genius  of  the  "great  preacher"  can  safely  be  left  to 
the  impartial  pen  of  history.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beecher  have  had  ten  children. 

1.  Harriet  Eliza,  b.  May  16,  1838,  at  Lawrenceburg,  Ind. ;   m.  Sept.  13, 
1861,  Rev.  Samuel  Scoville,  who,  for  many  years,  has  been  settled  over  a 
church  in  Norwich,  Chenango  county,  N.  Y.    They  have  had  seven  children, 
of  whom  only  four  are  living — ttwo  sons  and  two  daughters. 

2.  A  son  b.  Mar.  1,  1840;  d.  the  same  day. 

3.  Henry  Barton,  b.  July  8,  1841,  at  Indianapolis ;   m.  Dec.  17,  1862,  Har- 
riet J.  Benedict.    They  have  had  five  children,  of  whom  there  are  now  living, 
three  daughters  and  one  son.     Mr.  Beecher  was  an  officer  in  the  regular  army 
during  the  late  war.     He  resigned  his  commission  as  Colonel  at  the  close  of 
the  war,  and  engaged  in  business  at  Albany,  N.  Y.     He  is  now  engaged  in 
business  in  Brooklyn  and  New  York. 

4.  George  Lyman,  b.  Oct.  18,  1844,  at  Indianapolis ;  d.  Mar.  1,  1845. 

5.  Katharine  Esther,  b.  Aug.  1,   1846,  at  Indianapolis;    d.  at  Brooklyn, 
Nov.  16,  1847. 

6.  William  Constantine,  b.  Jan.  26,  1848,  at  Brooklyn;  graduated  at  Yale 
College,  pursued  his  studies  at  the  New  York  Law  School,  and  is  now  a  part- 
ner in  the  law  firm  of  Lewis  and  Beecher,  New  York  City. 

7  and  8.  Alfred  and  Arthur,  twins,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  Dec.  20,  1852;  both  d. 
at  Brooklyn,  July  4,  1853. 

9  and  10.  Herbert  Foote  and  sister,  twins,  b.  June  22,  1854 ;  the  sister  d. 
the  same  day ;  Herbert  F.  is  now  engaged  in  business  in  New  York  City. 

It  is  due  to  Mrs.  Beecher  to  say  that  during  the  forty 
years  of  her  married  life,  she  has  proved  a  most  admirable 
helpmeet  for  her  honored  husband.  Possessing  superior 
natural  abilities,  she  has  made  her  mark,  both  as  authoress 
and  as  a  writer  for  the  press  ;  often,  in  fact,  being  of  great 
assistance  to  Mr.  Beecher  in  many  of  his  literary  and  edi- 
torial labors.  Whether  at  their  home  on  Brooklyn  Heights 


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or  at  their  farm  in  Peekskill,  Mrs.  Beecher  has  shown  ^herself 
the  model  housewife,  willing  at  all  times  to  share  her  hus- 
band's burdens,  and  able,  if  necessary,  to  take  upon  herself 
responsibilities  that  would  dishearten  any  but  a  most  unsel- 
fish and  devoted  woman. 

VIII.  Talbut,  M.  D.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1815;  m.  1st,  Aug.  1,  1839,  at  Marietta, 
O.,  Susan  B.,  dau.  of  the  late  Dr.  John  Cotton  of  Marietta,  and  a  descendant 
of  the  Rev.  John  Cotton,  b.  in  Marietta,  Apr.  15,  1816;  d.  in  M.  May  23, 1846. 
They  had, 

1.  Francke  Cotton,  b.  in  New  Orleans,  Mar.  6,  1841 ;  d.  in  Marietta,  July 
1,  1857. 

2.  Henrie  Talbut,  b.  in  N.  Orleans,  Dec.  27,  1843;  d.  in  M.  July  2,  1857. 

3.  Albert  Mears,  b.  in  Indianapolis,  Feb.  1846;  d.  there  July  3,  1846. 

He  m.  2d,  Sept.  30,  1848,  at  Indianapolis,  Catharine  Phalan,  b.  in  Dublin, 
Ireland,  Dec.  12,  1826.    They  had 

1.  Sarah  Alice,  b.  in  I.  Oct.  30,  1849;  d.  there  Aug.  8,  1854. 

2.  William  Mason,  M.  D.,  b.  in  I.  April  23,  1853.     He  is  engaged  in  the 
practise  of  medicine  at  Indianapolis,  having  inherited  his  father's  taste  for  the 
medical  profession.   He  holds  the  position  of  Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Tox- 
icology in  the  Indiana  Medical  College.     He  m.  Sept.  3,  1878,  Eunice,  dau.  of 
Samuel  Allen  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

3.  Alice  Kate,  b.  Aug.  8,  1855,  in  I. ;  d.  there  Jan.  20,  1858. 

4.  Charles  Francke,  b.  in  I.  Jan.  15,  1858;  d.  there  June  16,  1858. 

5.  Talbut,  b.  in  I.  Apr.  18,  1859;  d.  there  May  10,  1861. 

6.  Harry  Fletcher,  b.  in  I.  Nov.  16,  1861 ;  res.  with  his  mother  in  Indian- 
apolis.    Mr.  Bullard  first  settled  in  New  Orleans,  where,  for  some  years,  he 
carried  on  a  very  flourishing  private  school.    About  the  year  1844,  having 
completed  the  study  of  medicine,  he  commenced  the  practise  of  his  profession 
at  Indianapolis.     During  a  long  residence  in  I.,  Dr.  Bullard  became  noted  as 
a  skillful  physician,  and,  during  the  war,  he  did  excellent  service  as  a  volun- 
teer surgeon  in  the  army.     He  d.  at  L,  June  18,  1868,  leaving  a  wid.  and  two 
sons.     He  will  long  be  remembered  by  those  who  knew  him  intimately,  for 
his  many  amiable  and  kindly  traits  of  character,  no  less  than  for  his  eminent 
ability  as  a  physician. 

IX.  Jesse  Mason,  M.  D.,  b.  in  Sutton,  Nov.  12,  1818.    In  the  year  1840 he 
left  home  to  engage  in  teaching  school  at  N.  Orleans.      Afterward  he  was, 
for  several  years,  a  leading  druggist  in  St.  Louis,  having  established  himself 
in  that  line  of  business  May  1,  1841.    Not  having  realized  his  anticipations,  in 
a  mercantile  point  of  view,  he  came  east  in  1843  and  devoted  himself  to  the 
study  of  medicine.    About  the  year  1849  he  removed  to  San  Francisco,  where 
he  commenced  the  practise  of  his  profession  with  every  prospect  of  success. 
His  expectations,   however,   were  destined    never  to  be  realized.    Having 
embarked  in  the  ship  "Albert  R,  Harris"  for  a- voyage  to  the  Sandwich 
Islands,  he,  with  all  on  board,  were  lost  in  the  bay  of  San  Francisco,  Feb.  3, 
1851.     He  died,  unmarried,  at  the  early  age  of  32.    Dr.  Bullard  was  gifted 
with  fine  natural  abilities,  and  was  much  admired  for  his  manly  personal 
appearance  and  his  many  generous  traits  of  character.    Although  among  the 
"  lost  at  sea,"  his  early  death  is  fitly  commemorated  by  a  simple  marble  head- 
stone suitably  inscribed,  placed  within  the  family  lot  at  the  cemetery  at  West 
Sutton. 

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X.    Oliver  Crosby,  b.  at  Sutton,  Jan.  20,  1822;  m.  Oct.  19,  1843,  Sarah 
Jane,  dau.  of  Seth  Hartwell  of  Wilkinsonville.     They  have 

1.  William  Sumner,  b.  at  Sutton,  Sept.  11,  1844;   m.  Apr.  25,  1867,  in 
Baltimore,  to  Hannah  Kettlewell,  who  was  b.  in  Balto.,  July  12,  1847,  and  d. 
at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  8,  1874.    They  had 

(1)  Charles  Kettlewell,  b.  in  Balto.,  Sept.  22,  1868;  d.  Apr.  1,  1870. 

(2)  Sumner  Hartwell,  b.  at  Balto.,  Feb.  18,  1871;  d.  Dec.  5,  1874. 

2.  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Sutton,  Jan.  11,  1847. 

3.  Lucy  Maria,  b.  Feb.  2,  1850;  m. ,  1872,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  to  Capt. 

Samuel  E.  Foote,  who  was  b.  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  Jan.  20,  1843.    Their  ch.  b. 
at  Brooklyn,  are, 

(1)  Raymond  Ward,  b.  Aug.  19,  1873;  d.  in  Brooklyn,  1877. 

(2)  Florence,  b.  Jan.  24,  1876. 

4.  Isabella  Henderson,  b.  and  d.  at  Lenox,  May  17,  1854. 

5.  Francke  Talbut,  b.  at  Lenox,  Mar.  22,  1858;  d.  Feb.  25,  1862. 

6.  Arthur  Mason,  b.  at  Lenox,  July  30,  1860;  d.  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  Apr. 
13,  1861. 

Mr.  Bullard  commenced  his  studies  at  an  early  age,  with 
a  view  to  entering  the  ministry.  He  made  his  home  for 
some  time  with  his  brother  Talbut,  assisting  him  in  his 
school  at  New  Orleans.  He  afterward  resided  with  his 
sister,  Mrs.  Lot  Jones,  at  New  York  city.  His  health 
becoming  impaired,  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  his  cherished 
studies,  much  to  his  regret,  and  to  discontinue  his  connection 
with  Columbia  College. 

About  the  year  1843  he  engaged  in  business  at  West  Sut- 
ton, and  after  a  few  years  spent  in  that  village,  he  removed, 
with  his  family,  to  Indianapolis.  Subsequently  he  took 
charge  of  Rev.  Mr.  Beecher's  farm  at  Lenox,  and  in  1858  he 
established  a  model  school  for  boys  in  that  place.  He  after- 
ward had  the  supervision  of  Mr.  Beecher's  farm  at  Peeks- 
kill,  and  remained  there  until  after  the  breaking  out  of  the 
war  of  the  rebellion.  Soon  after  the  organization  of  the 
United  States  Sanitary  Commission,  he  was  appointed  one 
of  its  special  relief  agents,  and  continued  in  its  employ  until 
the  close  of  the  war. 

For  the  last  ten  years  he  has  been  largely  engaged,  in 
connection  with  Mr.  Olmstead  and  others,  in  laying  out  the 
famous  "Prospect  Park "  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  Like  all 
the  Bullards,  he  is  a  most  indefatigable  worker,  and,  as  such, 
commands  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  his  business 
associates  and  friends. 


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In  concluding  this  imperfect  sketch,  the  writer  will  simply 
add  that  he  has  endeavored,  as  far  as  possible,  to  so  arrange 
and  condense  the  materials  at  his  command,  as  to  make  them 
reasonably  interesting  to  the  general  reader.  If  he  has 
erred  in  judgment,  by  entering  too  minutely  into  genealogi- 
cal details,  or  in  laying  too  much  stress  upon  some  of  the 
more  prominent  features  of  the  family  history,  he  can  only 
plead,  in  excuse,  his  personal  interest  in  the  subject,  and 
ask  the  reader  to  bear  in  mind  what  has  been  well  said  by 
another,  that  "  in  treasuring  up  the  memorials  of  the  fathers 
we  best  manifest  our  regard  for  posterity." 

BURBANK. 

Caleb  Burbank  of  Newbury,  m.  Peggy  Wheeler.  Ch. — 1,  Gershom,  b. ; 

2,  Abigail;  3,  Abijah,  b.  Mar.  26,  1736. 

Abijah2  (Caleb1),  m.  Mary  Spring  of  Weston,  Sept.  4,  1760.  Ch.— 1,  Caleb, 
b.  July  18,  1761;  2,  Elijah,  b.  Dec.  18,  1762;  3,  Henry,  b.  July  30,  1764;  4, 
Abijah,  b.  Mar.  3,  1766;  5,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  3,  1767;  m.  Samuel  Goddard,  Apr. 
17,  1783;  6,  Silas,  b.  Sept.  19,  1769;  7,  John,  b.  June  11,  1771;  8,  John,  9, 
Anne,  twins,  b.  Sept.  22,  1774;  10,  Judith,  b.  Mar.  11,  1777;  m.  a  Fay  of 
Royalston;  11,  Isaac,  b.  Apr.  17,  1784. 

Elijah3  (Abijah2,  Caleb1),  m.  Betty  Gibbs,  Nov.  21, 1782.  Ch.— 1,  Leonard, 
b.  Apr.  21,  1783;  2,  Gardner,  b.  May  8,  1785;  3,  Polly,  b.  June  17,  1787;  d. 
at  the  age  of  18 ;  4,  Betsey,  b.  Aug.  4,  1788 ;  m.  Dana  A.  Braman ;  5,  Amelia, 
m.  Austin  Denney,  Esq. ;  6,  Nancy,  m.  a  Wesson. 

Caleb  Burbank,  m.  1st,  Lucy  Waters,  May  25,  1785;  she  d.  in  1823;  m.  2d, 
Hannah,  dau.  of  David  Smith  of  Rutland. 

He  was  made  a  Major-General  in  1813.  For  further  men- 
tion of  General  Burbank,  see  chapter  on  manufacturing. 

Daniel  Burbank  was  brother  of  Caleb  Burbank  of  New- 
bury. 

He  m.  Elizabeth .     Ch.— 1,  Nathaniel,  b.  Mar.  12,  1746;   2,  Daniel,  b. 

Mar.  12,  1747;  3,  Abigail,  b.  Nov.  10,  1748;  4,  Susanna,  b.  Jan.  18,  1750;  5, 
Eleazur,  b.  Jan.  7, 1752;  6,  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  24,  1753;  7,  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  13, 
1756;  8,  Eleazur,  b.  Sept.  27,  1757;  9,  Mehitable,  b.  Oct.  5,  1759;  10,  Isaac,  b. 
Apr.  10,  1761;  11,  John,  b.  Jan.  2,  1764. 

BURDON. 

John  Burdon  was  born  in  England,  about  the  year  1685, 
in  the  city  of  Durham.  His  father's  name  was  John,  and  he 
had  two  brothers,  Thomas  and  George.  John  was  a  tailor 
by  trade.  In  the  year  1700  he  was  impressed  on  board  a 


612  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

man-of-war,  and  was  at  the  taking  of  Gibraltar  in  the  year 
1704.  After  leaving  the  ship  he  worked  at  his  trade  in 
Durham,  and  there  married.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife 
is  not  known ;  her  given  name  was  Betty.  By  her  he  had 
one  child,  who  soon  died,  and  shortly  after,  his  wife  also; 
after  which  he  went  to  sea  and  was  engaged  in  the  slave 
trade.  The  ship  upon  which  he  was  serving  having  brought 
a  cargo  of  slaves  to  Salem,  in  this  country,  he  left  the  ship 
and  did  not  again  rejoin  it,  but  commenced  business  at  Dan- 
vers,  where  he  married  Abigail  Moulton,  by  whom  he  had 
one  child,  born  August  8,  1726,  who  was  named  John. 
When  John  was  fifteen  months  old,  he  came  to  Sutton  and 
built  a  log  house  on  the  borders  of  Singletary  lake,  in  which 
he  lived  a  few  years,  then  built  a  house  where  Dea.  Marble 
now  lives,  and  planted  the  old  orchard.  He  left  Sutton  and 
resided  in  Charlton  a  few  years,  where  his  wife  died.  He 
then  returned  and  worked  at  his  trade  in  the  house  of  Phin- 
eas  Putnam,  where  he  died  in  February  1763,  aged  about 
seventy-eight. 

John3  (John  2,  John1),  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Jona.  Putney  of  Danvers.  He 
went  to  Athens  in  Vt.  in  1778,  and  d.  there  in  1798.  She  d.  there  Sept.  1813  ? 
aged  86.  Ch.— 1,  John,  2,  Hannah,  twins,  b.  Sept.  3, 1747;  3,  Eunice,  b.  Mar.' 
19,  1751;  4,  Nathaniel,  b.  Apr.  8,  1753;  m.  Susanna  Sanders,  Mar.  4,  1779;  5, 
Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  13,  1761;  d.  May  8,  1817;  6,  Jesse,  b.  June  4,  1765;  m. 
Mehitable  Mclntyre. 

John4  (John8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Lucy  Sibley,  Oct.  19,  1767;  d.  Sept.  23, 
1822.  Ch.— 1,  Lucy,  b.  Mar.  28, 1768;  m.  Simeon  Hathaway,  June  7,  1793;  2, 
Simon,  b.  Nov.  19,  1769;  m.  Margaret  French,  Feb.  27,  1787;  3,  Lydia,  b. 
June  30,  1773;  m.  Gilbert  Tewel,  Feb.  21,  1797;  4,  Judith,  b.  June  22,  1775; 
m.  Joel  Batcheller;  5,  Salome,  b.  May  9,  1777;  m.  Jeremiah  Moffit;  6,  Sal- 
mon, b.  June  4,  1779;  d.  May  15,  1865;  7,  John,  b.  Mar.  12,  1782;  m.  Mary 
Martin;  8,  Prudence,  b.  Mar.  24,  1784;  m.  Absalom  Forbes;  9,  Rachel,  b. 
Mar.  — ,  1787;  m.  John  Burt,  July  22,  1806. 

Salmon5  (John4,  John3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Polly  Taylor,  Apr.  7,  1799;  she 
d.  Jan.  25,  1876.  Ch.— 1,  Amos,  b.  Sept.  29,  1799;  2,  Sally,  b.  Mar.  28, 1802; 
3,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  4,  1805;  d.  Nov.  13,  1846;  4,  Moses,  b.  Apr.  29,  1811;  5, 
Lydia,  b.  Jan.  18,  1817;  6,  Nancy,  b.  Oct.  9, 1820;  7,  Martha,  b.  July  20, 1823; 
d.  Oct.  2,  1847. 

Amos6  (Salmon5,  John4,  John3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Lorinda  Lackey,  Aug. 
12,  1830.  Ch.— 1,  Ann  Lorinda,  b.  June  19,  1832;  m.  Moses  S.  Johnson;  2, 
Dorcas  E.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1837;  3,  John,  b.  Oct.  22,  1840;  m.  Jennie  Isham;  4, 
Lucius  L.,  b.  May  25,  1847;  m.  Emma  Taft;  5,  Martha  J.,  b.  May  4,  1853. 

Jonathan4  (John3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Bilote  Bartlett,  Nov.  21,  1782.  Ch.— 
1,  Phila,  b.  May  22,  1783;  2,  Betsey,  b.  Sept.  7, 1784;  m.  Abijah  Putnam,  May 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  613 

15,  1803;  3,  Rufus,  b.  Mar.  7,  1786;  4,  Aaron,  b.  Jan.  29,  1788;  5,  Lyman,  b. 
Feb.  4,  1790;  6,  Reuben,  b.  Apr.  29,  1793;  7,  Sally  Hadaway,  b.  May  7,  1796; 
8,  Roxa,  b.  Nov.  2,  1798 ;  m.  Jim  Putnam. 

Rufus5  (Jonathan4,  John3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Philana  Putnam,  Apr.  7, 1813. 
Ch.— 1,  Mary  Ann,  b.  Aug.  11,  1813. 

Lyman5  (Jonathan4,  John3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Susan,  dau.  of  Dea.  Stone  of 
Oxford.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail  Taft,  b.  Apr.  26, 1816;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  May  13, 1818; 

3,  Susan  Maria,  b.  Nov.  19,  1823;  4,  Frederick  Augustine,  b.  Oct.  21,  1830. 
John  (ancestry  cannot  be  traced),  m  Betsey ;  she  d.  June  12,  1808. 

Ch.— 1,  Renel  Homer,  b.  Mar.  19,  1803;  2,  Elizabeth  Ann,  b.  Dec.  2,  1804;  3, 
Merrick  Brown,  b.  June  9,  1807. 

BURNAP. 
BY  WILLIAM  E.  COLE. 

Thomas  Burnap  and  Sarah  his  wife  emigrated,  as  is  sup- 
posed, from  England  to  this  country  about  the  year  1650, 
and  settled  with  his  brother  Robert  in  the  town  of  Reading. 
He  is  the  ancestor  of  the  Sutton  Burnaps. 

Thomas2  (Thomas1),  b.  Jan.  17,  1664. 

Ebenezer3  (Thomas2,  Thomas1),  born  Apr.  16,  1689. 

Ebenezer4  (Ebenezer3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  b.  June  10,  1723,  m.  Mary 
Wyman,  Sept.  28,  1749,  who  d.  Oct.  25,  1793.  He  d.  Apr.  12,  1804. 

They  came  to  Sutton  about  the  year  1750.  Ch. — 1,  Mary,  b.  Aug.  6, 1750 ;  2, 
Sarah,  b.  Oct.  3, 1751 ;  3,  Anna,  b.  Sept.  19, 1752 ;  4,  Timothy,  b.  Dec.  25, 1753 ; 

5,  Ebenezer,  b.  Oct.  13,  1756;  6,  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  19,  1758;  7,  Abijah,  b.  Apr. 
11,  1760;  8,  John,  b.  Apr.  23,  1761;  9,  Uzziah,  b.  Jan.  20,  1764;  d.  June  16, 
1793;  10,  Asa  Wymans,  b.  June  2,  1768;  11,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  9,  1771. 

Mary  m.  Joshua  Waite  of  Sutton,  now  Millbury,  son  of  William  and  Ruth 
Waite,  Sept.  19,  1776.  Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  Aug.  3,  1777;  2,  John,  b.  July  23, 
1778;  3,  Polly,  b.  Feb.  5,  1780;  4,  Joshua,  b.  Aug.  26,  1781;  5,  Amos,  b.  Feb. 

4,  1783;  6,  David,  7,  Jonathan,  twins,  b.  Aug.  20,  1784;    8,  Josiah,  b.  June 
18,  1786;  9,  Rufus,  b.  Apr.  19,  1788;  10,  Clarissa,  b.  May  3,  1792;  11,  Lucina, 
b.  May  21,  1794. 

Sarah,  m.  Jotham  Men-lam  of  Oxford,  who  d.  Aug.  22,  1798;  m.  second, 
Colonel  Samuel  Denny  of  Leicester,  Feb.  1809.  Ch. — 1,  Sarah,  b.  June  16, 
1778;  2,  Ephraim,  b.  May  12,  1780;  3,  Anna,  b.  Jan.  23,  1782;  4,  Jotham, 
b.  Apr.  9,  1784;  5,  Reuben,  b.  Dec.  31,  1785;  6,  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  15,  1788;  7, 
Abijah,  b.  May  25,  1790;  8,  Silas,  b.  Feb.  5,  1792. 

Timothy  m.  Bethiah  Waite,  dau.  of  William  and  Ruth  Waite,  who  d.  Feb.  13, 
— .   He  d.  Oct.  2fl,  1828.    Ch.— 1,  Mehetable,  b.  Oct.  8, 1781 ;  2,  Polly,  b.  Nov. 

6,  1783;  3,  Timothy,  b.  June  10,  1786;  4,  John,  b.  June  30,  1788;  5,  Bethiah, 
b.  May  18,  1790;   d.  May  28,  1864;    6,  Cyrus,  b.  Jan.  27,  1792;    7,  Abijah,  b. 
Apr.  23,  1794;   8,  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  27,  1796;  d.  May  31,  1796;  9,  James,  b.  Apr. 
26,  1797;   10,  Lewis,  b.  July  15,  1799;    11,  Elijah,  b.  July  26,  1801.     Thomas 
went  to  Vermont. 

Abijah  m.  Hannah  Towne.     Ch. — 1,  Betsey,  b.  ;  m. Whittemore, 

and  died  when  eighteen;  2,  Nancy  F.  m.  G.  F.  Wheeler;   d.  1870;  3,  Abijah 


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Leonard,  b.  1796;  m.  Sally  Hobart,  1827.     Ch.— 1,  Jerome,  m.  Sarah  Hobart; 

2,  Mary  Wyman,  m.  Benjamin  Humes.    John  went  to  Vermont.    Hannah  m. 
an  Eddy  and  went  to  Maine. 

Mehetable,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah,  m.  Mark  Batchelor,  Nov.  17, 
1808.  Ch.— 1,  Almira  Wyman,  b.  Aug.  9,  1809;  2,  Lucinda,  b.  Nov.  24,  1810; 

3,  Lucy,  b.  June  8,  1812;  4,  Cyrus,  b.  Dec.  29,  1813;   5,  Salmon,  b.  Sept.  20, 
1815;  6,  Mehetable  Waite,  b.  July  24,  1817;  7,  Horace,  b.  July  8,  1819;   8, 
Mary  Burnap,  b.  Sept  17,  1821 ;   9,  Mark  Judson,  b.  Aug.  29,  1825.     Mark 
Batchelor  d.  Dec.  4,  1847;  Mehetable,  his  wife,  d.  June  5,  1865. 

Polly,  dau.  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah,  m.  Webster  Cole,  Dec.  5,  1805,  d. 
June  1,  1874.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  Burnap,  b.  at  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Aug.  31,  1806;  2, 
Albert,  b.  at  Fitchburg,  May  27,  1808;  3,  Laura,  b.  at  Fitchburg,  Nov.  19, 
1810;  4,  Leonard,  b.  at  Leominster,  Sept.  19,  1812;  5,  Nancy  To wne,  b.  at 
Millbury,  Dec.  5,  1814;  6,  William  Eddy,  b.  at  Sutton,  May  27,  1817. 

Timothy,  son  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah,  m.  Dolly,  dau.  of  Daniel  Harback, 
Apr.  15,  1815,  d.  June  28,  1874;  he  d.  Apr.  17,  1858. 

John,  son  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah,  m.  Abigail  Smith,  who  d.  Mar.  17, 1859; 
he  d.  Feb.  2,  1864.  Ch.— 1,  John  Smith,  b.  June  3,  1824;  2,  Eliza  Jane;  3, 
Mary  Fidelia. 

Cyrus,  son  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah,  m.  Eunice  Harris,  by  whom  he  had  one 
dau.,  Mary,  b.  Oct.  7,  1821;  d.  May  25,  1842;  m.  2d,  Elizabeth  Benner,  who 
d.  Sept.  1,  1872.  He  d.  Mar.  4,  1876. 

Abijah,  son  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah.  m.  Caroline  Goddard.  Ch. — 1,  Amy 
Davenport;  2,  Caroline  Goddard;  m.  2d,  Rachel  Howe.  Ch. — 3,  Selinda 
Warren;  4,  Willard  Abijah;  m.  3d,  Aurelia  Childs.  Ch. — 5,  Julia  Childs. 

James,  son  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah,  m.  Ruth  Powers,  May  24,  1831 ;  she 
was  b.  in  Croyden,  Jan.  17,  1802 ;  he  d.  May  10,  1869. 

Lewis,  son  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah,  m.  July  23,  1840,  Matilda  Conant,  b. 
in  Dudley,  July  22,  1801 ;  d.  Dec.  5,  1875 ;  he  d.  Apr.  7,  1859. 

Elijah,  son  of  Timothy  and  Bethiah,  m.  Dency  Waite,  dau.  of  Lemuel  and 
Roxia  Waite  of  West  Brook,  May  21,  1834;  she  was  b.  Dec.  21,  1798;  d.  May 
17,  1871.  Ch.— 1,  Lucy  Maria,  b.  May  16,  1835;  d.  June  9,  1871;  2,  Eliza 
Ann,  b.  Aug.  29,  1836;  3,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  26,  1839;  d.  Feb.  6,  1849. 

Almira  W.,  dau.  of  Mark  and  Mehitable  Batchellor,  m.  Lewis  K.  Bacon, 
Nov.  27,  1834. 

Lucinda,  dau.  of  Mark  and  M.  Batcheller,  m.  Lebeus  Fay,  Nov.  12,  1834. 

Lucy,  dau.  of  Mark  and  M.  B.,  m.  Austin  Chase,  Sept.  21,  1837. 

Cyrus,  son  of  Mark  and  M.  B.,  m.  Harriet  A.  Smith,  Apr.  13,  1856. 

Mehetable  W.,  dau.  of  Mark  and  M.  B.,  m.  Geo.  Tucker,  May  3,  1843. 

Horace,  son  of  Mark  and  M.  B.,  m.  Sophronia  H.  Hall,  Oct.  6,  1846. 

Mary  B.,  dau.  of  Mark  and  M.  B.,  m.  Alexander  Edwards,  Feb.  23,  1848. 

Mark  J.,  son  of  Mark  and  M.  B.,  in.  Sarah  H.  King,  Apr.  18,  1850. 

John  S.,  son  of  Timothy  and  Abigail,  m.  Nov.  24,  1853,  Minerva  Hall, 
b.  in  Uxbridge,  Apr.  5,  1829.  Ch.— 1,  Jennie  Abby,  b.  Dec.  4,  1857;  2,  Geo. 
Eaton,  b.  June  24,  1859;  d.  Jan.  22,  1864;  3,  John  Andrew,  b.  Jan.  28,  1863 ; 
d.  Feb.  5,  1864;  4,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  1, 1865;  5,  Addie  Minerva,  b.  Feb. 

4,  1868;  6,  Willard  Edgar,  b.  Nov.  26,  1869. 

William  E.,  son  of  Webster  Cole  and  Mary  Burnap,  m.  Nov.  24, 1842,  Susan 
Henry,  b.  Feb.  16,  182L,  d.  Feb.  4,  1876.  Ch.— 1,  Susan  Henry,  b.  Mar.  10, 
1844;  m.  Christopher  C.  Hall,  Sept  1,  1868  Ch.— (1)  Ernest  Boynton,  b. 
Sept  1,  1870;  (2)  Ray  Merrill,  b.  May  16,  1875;  2,  Mary  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  3, 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  615 

1846;  d.  Sept.  20,  1847;  3,  Frederick  William,  b.  Sept.  12,  1851;  d.  May  4, 
1853;  4,  Clarence  Augustus,  5,  Clara  Augusta,  twins,  b.  Mar.  14,  1854;  Clar- 
ence d.  Feb.  24,  1854;  Clara  d.  Dec.  20,  1854. 

BUXTON. 

Enos  Buxton  m.  Hannah .     Ch. — 1,  Enos,  b.  July  24;  1752. 

Enos  Buxton2  (Enos  l),  m.  Mary  Dodge,  Jan.  3,  1775 ;  m.  2d,  Mary  Chase, 
Mar.  14,  1798.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  5,  1777;  2,  Enos,  b.  Jan.  17,  1780;  3, 
John,  b.  Jan.  14,  1782;  4,  Andrew,  b.  Mar.  4,  1784;  5,  Simeon,  b.  Feb.  21, 
1786;  6,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  2, 1788;  7,  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  20,  1791 ;  8,  Rufus,  b.  Dec. 
28,  1794;  9,  Deby,  b.  Nov.  30, 1798;  10,  Anthony,  b.  Sept.  10, 1800;  11,  Anna, 
b.  June  20,  1802. 

Enos3  (Enos2,  Enos1),  m.  Achsah  Harris,  Apr.  12,  1803.  Ch.— 1,  Mary 
Dodge,  b.  Sept.  3,  1803 ;  2,  Linus,  b.  Sept.  16,  1805. 

John3  (Enos2,  Enos1),  m.  Fanny .     Ch.— 1,  Caroline,  b.  Apr.  27,  1806; 

2,  Jonathan  Howard,  b.  Mar.  4,  1810;  3,  Simeon,  b.  Feb.  26,  1812;  4,  Mary, 
b.  Aug.  14,  1814;  5,  John,  b.  May  20,  1816. 

Andrew3  (Enos2,  Enos1),  m.  Susanna  Chase,  May  25,  1803.  Ch. — 1,  Law- 
son,  b.  Oct.  18,  1803. 

Simeon3  (Enos2,  Enos1),  m.  Rebecca .    Ch. — 1,  Salem  Phipps,  b.  Jan.. 

11,  1811. 

Joseph  Buxton,  jr.  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Lydia  Rice,  July  28,  1763. 
Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Feb.  9,  1764;  2,  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  7,  1765;  3,  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  6, 
1767 ;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  May  3,  1775. 

CAKPENTER. 

William  Carpenter,  great-grandfather  of  Simeon  Carpen- 
ter of  Sutton,  came  from  Gloucester,  England,  and  settled 
in  Attleboro.  Among  other  children  he  had  Noah. 

Noah  m.  1st,  Sarah  Johnson,  Dec.  3,  1700 ;  m.  2d,  Ruth  Follett,  May  22, 
1727.  Ch.— 1,  Noah,  b.  Nov.  25,  1701;  d.  June  7,  1753;  2,  William,  b.  Dec. 
25,  1702;  d.  Mar.  1,  1726;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  24,  1704;  d.  June  24,  1753;  4, 
Stephen,  b.  July  23,  1706;  5,  Asa,  b.  Mar.  10,  1708;  burned  to  death,  Apr.  12, 
1733 ;  6,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  24,  1710 ;  m.  John  Alborsen ;  d.  July  22,  1753 ;  7,  Mar- 
garet, b.  Mar.  30,  1712;  m.  Benj.  Richardson;  d.  May  12,  1753;  8,  Simon,  b. 
Nov.  13,  1713;  d.  Dec.  8,  1713;  9,  Isaiah,  b.  Feb.  7,  1715;  killed  by  fall  of  a 
tree,  Mar.  23,  1743;  10,  Simon,  b.  Aug.  29,  1716;  m.  Sarah  Sawyer;  11,  Mar- 
tha, b.  May  25,  1719;  12,  Elisha,  b.  Aug.  28,  1721;  d.  Aug.  2,  1789;  13,  Amy, 
b.  Feb.  2,  1724;  14,  Priscilla,  b.  May  1,  1728. 

Elisha3  (Noah2,  William1),  m.  Anne  Whitaker,  Mar.  15,  1744;  she  d.  Feb. 
23,  1804.  Ch.— 1,  Elisha,  b.  Aug.  17,  1745;  2,  Daniel,  b.  Jan.  1,  1747;  m. 
Chloe  Lethbridge;  3,  Zachariah,  b.  July  — ,  1748;  d.  Sept.  9,  1752;  4,  Isaiah, 
b.  Mar.  15,  1750;  d.  Dec.  20,  1752;  5,  John,  b.  Nov.  4,  1751;  d.  Nov.  20, 1752; 
6,  Lydia,  b.  Sept.  30,  1753;  m.  Levi  Fuller;  7,  Molly,  b.  May  11,  1755;  8,  Reu- 
ben, b.  Feb.  22,  1757;  9,  Simeon,  b.  May  13,  1759;  10,  Annie,  b.  Oct.  19, 1760; 
d.  Feb.  3,  1761 ;  11,  Seth,  b.  Nov.  23,  1762. 

Simeon*  (Elisha3,  Noah2,  William1),  m.  Sally  Blanchard,  Nov.  25,  1784, 
Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Dec.  6,  1785;  2,  Sally,  b.  Oct.  7,  1787;  3,  Rufus,  b,  Apr.  26, 


616  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

1790;  d.  Oct.  13,  1790;  4,  Simon,  b.  Aug.  30, 1791 ;  5,  David,  b.  Jan.  9, 1794;  6, 
Blanchard,  b.  Aug.  23,  1796 ;  d.  Jan.  24,  1797 ;  7,  Linda,  8,  Leonard,  twins, 
b.  Jan.  24, 1798;  9,  Matilda,  b.  Oct.  1,  1800;  10,  Prada,  b.  May  6,  1803;  11, 
Tyler,  b.  Oct.  8,  1805. 

Jobn5  (Simeon4,  Elisha8,  Noah2,  William1),  m.  Abigail  .  Ch.— 1, 

Adams,  b.  Sept.  28,  1811;  2,  Hosea,  b.  Apr.  3,  1815;  3,  Sylvia,  b.  Jan.  14, 
1821;  4,  Newell,  b.  Jan.  25,  1823;  5,  George,  b.  Mar.  31,  1829;  6,  Mary,  b. 
Feb.  9,  1832. 

Adams6  (John5,  Simeon4,  Elisha3,  Noah2,  William1),  m.  Mary  S.  Arnold, 
Nov.  13,  1832.  Ch.— 1,  John  Adams,  b.  May  31,  1833;  2,  Thomas  S.,  b.  Jan. 
8,1838. 

Tyler5  (Simeon4,  Elisha3,  Noah2,  William1),  m.  Betsey  Waters,  May  22, 1832. 
Ch.— 1,  Harriet  Mary,  b.  Feb.  2,  1833 ;  2,  George  Waters,  b.  Oct.  3,  1834 ;  3, 
Lewis  Tyler,  b.  May  29,  1836;  4,  July  Nabby,  b.  Dec.  23,  1839;  5,  Richard 
Julius,  b.  June  15,  1841 ;  6,  Zuritte  Juline,  b.  Oct.  7,  1843. 

Seth4  (Elisha3,  Noah2,  William1),  m.  Bridget  Prime,  Feb.  24, 1785.  Ch.— 1, 
Nathaniel,  b.  July  27,  1786;  2,  Nathan,  b.  May  25,  1788. 

CARRIEL. 

Samuel  Carriel  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Rebeckah .  Ch. — 1,  Samuel 

(probably);  2,  Nathaniel,  b.  Jan.  23,  1724;  3,  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  22,  1726;  4, 
Sarah,  b.  June  25,  1728 ;  5,  Joseph,  6,  Mary,  twins,  b.  Jan.  3,  1732 ;  Joseph  d. 
Aug.  19,  1803;  7,  Jonathan,  b.  May  28, 1734;  8,  John,  b.  Apr.  13, 1736;  9,  Han- 
nah, b.  July  10,  1738. 

Samuel2  (probably  an  older  son  of  the  above),  m.  Annah  Eastey,  May  4, 
1742.  Ch.— 1,  Annah,  b.  May  15,  1743;  2,  Dorcas,  b.  June  30,  1745;  3,  Ruth, 
b.  Aug.  20,  1747 ;  4,  Samuel,  b.  June  20,  1750. 

Samuel3  (Samuel2,  Samuel1),  m.  Elizabeth  Shumway  of  Oxford,  Dec.  31, 
1778.  Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  15,  1781;  2,  Timothy,  b.  Apr.  18,  1783;  3, 
Ruth,  b.  Apr.  20,  1785;  4,  Elijah,  b.  May  5,  1787;  5,  Dorcas,  b.  May  25,  1789; 
6,  Annah,  b.  July  29,  1791. 

Nathaniel2  (Samuel1),  m.  Jane  Dwight,  Oct.  11,  1752.  Ch.— 1,  Peter,  b. 
Nov.  14,  1753;  d.  Dec.  10,  1754;  2,  Anne,  b.  Dec.  16,  1755;  3,  Jane,  b.  May 
1,  1758;  4,  Rachel,  b.  Aug.  15,  1760;  5,  Timothy,  b.  Feb.  1,  1763;  d.  July  18, 
1807;  6,  Rebeckah,  b.  May  3,  1767;  7,  Phebe,  b.  July  27,  1771. 

Timothy3  (Nathaniel2,  Samuel1),  m.  Polly  Carriel,  Nov.  12,  1789.  Ch.— 1, 

Polly,  b. ;  2,  Betsey,  b.  Feb.  10,  1792;  m.  Stephen  Cummings,  May  21, 

1818;  3,  Nancy,  b.  Mar.  24, 1794;  4,  Nathaniel,  b.  Aug.  28, 1800;  5,  Jonathan, 
b.  Aug.  28,  1805. 

Joseph2  (Samuel1),  m.  Judith  Chase,  Nov.  12,  1761.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Jan. 
17,  1762;  2,  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  10,  i763;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  31,  1766;  4,  Lucy,  b. 

Mar.  7,  1768;  5,  Follansbee,  b.  Nov. ,  1770;  m.  Sarah  Carriel,  Aug.  11, 

1789;  d.  Sept.  2,  1850;  6,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  31,  1773;  7,  Deborah,  b.  Dec.  18, 
1775;  8,  Judith,  b.  Aug.  5,  1781;  9,  Nancy,  b.  Sept.  5,  1785. 

Jonathan2  (Samuel1),  m.  Elizabeth  Greenwood,  Nov.  25,  1756.  Ch. — 1, 
Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  21,  1757;  2,  Peter,  b.  Mar.  17,  1760;  3,  David,  4,  Eliza- 
beth, twins,  b.  Sept.  28,  1764;  5,  Huldah,  b.  Apr.  5,  1767;  6,  Mary,  b.  June 
20,  1769;  7,  Lydia,  b.  Sept  26,  1770;  8,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  31,  1772;  9,  Anne,  b. 
Sept.  9,  1774;  10,  Nathan,  b.  Jan.  5,  1777. 


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John2  (Samuel1),  m.  Tamar  King,  Dec.  12, 1765.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  June 
29,  1768;  2,  John,  b.  June  20,  1774;  3,  Henry,  b.  Nov.  17,  1775;  4,  Tamar 
King,  b.  Nov.  3,  1781. 

Daniel  Carriel  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Mary .  Ch. — 1,  Mary,  b.  Feb. 

18,  1729;  2,  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  5,  1731;  3,  Bartholomew,  b.  Apr.  6,  1734;  m. 
Rebeckah  Harback,  Aug.  11,  1768;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  May  27,  1737 ;  5,  Nath- 
aniel, b.  July  25,  1739;  6,  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  18,  1741;  7,  Lydia,  b.  May  18, 
1744;  8,  Asa,  b.  Mar.  2,  1747. 

Daniel2  (Daniel1),  m.  Betty  Gould,  Dec.  3, 1778.  Ch.— 1,  Olive,  b.  Mar.  13, 
1779;  2,  Lucinda,  b.  Mar.  13,  1782;  3,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  15,  1783. 

Nathaniel2  (Daniel1),  m.  Deborah ;  d.  June  8,  1816.  Ch.— 1,  Nabby, 

b.  Apr.  16,  1764;  2,  Jeduthan,  b.  Aug.  20,  1765;  killed]  by  falling  from  a 
hay  mow  upon  a  pitch-fork,  July  29,  1810 ;  3,  Reuben,  b.  Jan.  5,  1767 ;  4, 
Sarah,  b.  Jan.  25,  1770;  5,  Deborah,  b.  June  28,  1772;  6,  Oliver,  b.  Apr.  4, 
1774;  7,  Michachia,  b.  Dec.  18,  1778. 

Jeduthan3  (Nathaniel2,  Daniel1),  m.  first,  Azubah ;  m.  second,  Zer- 

uiah .  Ch.— 1,  Azubah,  b.  Nov.  11,  1798;  2,  Hitty,  b.  May  2,  1801 ;  3, 

Lucy,  b. 17,  1803 ;  4,  Ruf us  Jacob,  b.  Feb.  24,  1809. 

Aaron  Carriel  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Sally  Woodbury,  May  11,  1784. 
Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  Oct.  2,  1784;  2,  Dwight,  b.  Apr.  1,  1786;  d.  Dec.  6,  1789;  3, 
Fanny,  b.  Dec.  10,  1789. 

Nathaniel  Carriel,  jr.,  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Bridget  Prime,  Dec.  29, 
1772.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Nov.  1,  1773;  2,  Huldah,  b.  Feb.  23,  1776;  m.  Josiah 
Dodge,  May  24,  1796. 

CARTER. 
BY  GARDNER  HALL. 

Rev.  Thomas  Carter  was  born  in  1610,  graduated  at  St. 
John's  College,  Cambridge,  in  1629  ;  came  from  St.  Albans, 
Hertfordshire,  in  the  "Planter"  ;  resided  in  Dedham,  Water- 
town  and  Woburn ;  was  settled  over  the  church  in  the  latter 
place  November  22,  1642,  and  remained  its  pastor  until  his 
death.  Johnson,  in  his  "  Wonder  Working  Providence," 
says  he  was  a  reverend,  godly  man ;  apt  to  teach  the  whole- 
some truths  of  Christ.  He  died  September  5,  1684,  and 
his  wife  Mary  died  March  28,  1687.  Tradition  says  he  died 
of  small  pox.  I  find  in  the  "Genealogical  Register"  that 
he  claimed  to  have  in  his  possession,  and  which  he  inherited 
on  his  maternal  side,  the  bible  which  belonged  to  the  great 
martyr,  Rev.  John  Rogers,  or  one  of  the  nine  children  who 
witnessed  and  wept  over  his  persecutions  while  he  died  and 
was  cremated  at  the  stake,  rather  than  renounce  a  great 
principle  which  he  conceived  to  be  right ;  for  that,  let  him 
live  in  history  as  an  honor  to  his  posterity  and  the  world, 
while  his  persecutors  sink  in  the  deep,  stagnant  pool  of 
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oblivion,  or  swelter  in  the  ever  seething  caldron  of  eternal 
disgrace.  Then  why  not  allow  me  a  degree  of  conscious 
pride,  that  an  infinitesimal  particle  of  his  true  blood,  diluted 
by  marriage  in  its  transmission  through  the  various  genera- 
tions of  more  than  three  centuries,  flows  from  the  heart  of 
your  feeble  correspondent  at  every  pulsation,  while  he  writes 
you  this  imperfect  sketch ;  for  he  is  the  first  born  son  of 
Cimene  Carter,  daughter  of  Joshua,  son  of  Joshua,  son  of 
Eleazar,  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas,  who  inherited 
the  sacred  book.  The  children  of  Rev.  Thomas  and  Mary 
were  : 

1.  Rev.  Samuel,  b.  at  Watertown,  Aug.  8,1640;  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in^ieeO;  m.  1672,  Eunice,  dau.  of  John  Brooks,  b.  Oct.  10,  1655; 
resided  iii  Woburn  arid  Greton,  chosen  minister  of  the  church  in  the  latter 
place  Oct.  1692,  and  d.  in  1693.  His  widow  m.  John  Kendall,  and  d.  about 
1730.  2.  Judith,  m.  Oct.  14,  1660,  Samuel  Converse;  m.  second,  May  2. 
1672,  Giles  Fifield,  and  d.  in  1676.  3.  Theophilus,  b.  June  12,  1645;  d.  Feb. 
15,  1649.  4.  Mary,  b.  July  24,  1648.  5.  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  10,  1649;  m.  John 
Smith,  May  7,  1674.  6.  Deborah,  b.  Sept.  17,  1651.  7.  Timothy,  b.  June 
12,  1653,  m.  Anna  Fisk.  8.  Thomas,  b.  June  8,  1655. 

Thomas2  (Rev.  Thomas1),  m.  Margary  Whitmore  in  1682.  Ch. — 1,  Mary, 
b.  Oct.  5,  1683;  2,  Thomas,  b.  June  13,  1686;  3,  Eleazar,  b.  Apr.  10,  1689;  4, 
Daniel,  b.  Aug.  10,  1691,  in.  Sarah  Center,  Jan.  1,  1715;  5,  Ebenezer,  b.  Sept. 
24,  1695 ;  m.  Lydia  Buttes,  Apr.  15,  1719 ;  6,  Ezra,  b.  June  22,  1701. 

Eleazar8  (Thomas2,  Rev.  Thomas1),  m.  Eleanor .  Ch. — 1,  Eleazar,  b. 

Aug.  29, 1713;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  17,  1715;  3,  Joshua,  b.  June  25,  1716; 
d.  Dec.  — ,  1716;  4,  Joshua,  b.  July  16,  1719;  5,  James,  b.  Mar.  12,  1724;  6, 
Mary,  b.  Apr.  5,  1725 ;  m.  James  Parmeriter. 

Eleazar  Carter  died  in  Sudbury  Oct.  3,  1758.  His  son 
Joshua  came  to  Sutton  and  bought  land  of  Timothy  Carter 
in  1744 ;  the  deed  says  he  was  a  tailor  of  Woburn.  I  learn 
that  Timothy  Carter  was  from  the  same  place,  and  presume 
he  was  the  son  of  Timothy,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas. 

Joshua4  (Eleazar3,  Thomas2,  Rev.  'ihbmas1),  m.  first,  Beulah  Moore,  a 
sister  of  Major  Moore,  who  was  killed  at  Bunker  Hill.  She  d.  at  Sutton ;  m. 
second,  July  25,  1750,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Martha  Herrick  Lovell, 
b.  Sept.  23,  1726;  m.  third,  Abigail  Nichols,  Nov.  19, 1777;  he  died  in  Sutton, 
Apr.  17,  1782,  in  the  sixty-fifth  year  of  his  age.  Ch. — 1,  Joshua,  b.  Feb.  5, 
1746;  2,  Ephraim,  b.  Feb.  17,  1748;  3,  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  1.  1751;  d.  unmar- 
ried at  forty-two ;  4,  Joshua,  b.  May  28,  1759. 

Joshua5  ( Joshua4,  Eleazar3,  Thomas2,  Rev.  Thomas1),  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  He  m.  first,  Rachel  Putnam,  dau.  of  Isaac  and_  Rachel,  son  of 
Isaac,  son  of  Dea.  Edward,  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  John;  she  d.  Mar.  4, 1791, 
aged  27;  m.  second,  his  first  wife's  sister,  Sarah  Putnam,  Jan.  1,  1793. 


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Rachel,  widow  of  Isaac  Putnam,  d.  at  Becket,  aged  one  hundred  and  four 
years.  Ch.— 1,  Salma,  b.  Feb.  7,  1787;  2,  Cimene,  b.  Oct.  19,  1789;  m. 

Oliver  Hall, ,  1812;  3,  Rufus,  b.  Feb.  24,  1791;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  Apr.  4, 

1794;  d.  Sept.  28,  1844;  5,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  20,  1796;  m.  James  Willard;  d.  sud- 
denly at  Paxton,  1834;  6,  Aaron,  b.  Jan.  11,  1803;  7,  Newman,  b.  Jan.  18. 
1810. 

Salma0  (Joshua5,  Joshua4,  Eleazar8,  Thomas2,  Rev.  Thomas1)  m.  Polly 
Tainter,  Apr.  22,  1813. 

They  had  one  son  and  five  daughters.  The  son,  Joel,  was 
one  of  the  assessors  in  Millbuiy  for  several  years,  and  was 
also  many  times  on  the  school  committee.  He  went  to 
Woburn  to  find  the  missing  link  between  Eleazar  and  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Carter,  so  I  am  indebted  to  him  for  some  of 
the  facts  here  presented.  He  has  been  twice  married,  but  has 
no  children.  His  present  wife  was  the  Widow  Paine  — 
maiden  name  Drake.  Her  first  husband  enlisted  in  Pleasant 
Valley,  as  one  of  Sutton's  quota,  to  help  put  down  the 
rebellion ;  he  left  one  son  and  several  daughters.  They  now 
reside  in  Upton. 

Capt.  Rufus6  (Joshua5,  Joshua4,  Eleazar3,  Thomas2,  Rev.  Thomas1),  m. 
Hannah  Hall,  Dec.  13,  1819. 

He  was  a  millwright  by  trade,  and  built  a  brick  house  on 
the  old  homestead,  where  he  died  May  2,  1823.  They  had 
four  children:  Mary,  born  September  18,  1820;  Harriet 
and  Hannah,  born  November  28,  1821 ;  Rufus,  born  Nov. 
24,  1823.  He  married  Sarah  Ward,  whose  mother  was  a 
Thurston,  sister  of  D.  T.  Thurston,  the  late  town  clerk  of 
Sutton.  They  have  had  six  sous  and  five  daughters.  Mr. 
Carter  has  been  town  collector  and  one  of  the  selectmen 
of  Millbury  for  several  years,  and  is  a  man  of  fine  personal 
appearance  and  real  worth. 

CHAMBERLAIN. 

We  find  upon  the  records  the  names  of  Thomas,  Joseph, 
Jacob  and  Simeon  Chamberlain,  the  ancestry  and  relation  of 
whom  cannot  be  ascertained. 

Thomas  m.  Lois .  Ch.— 1,  Joseph,  b.  May  29,  1743;  2,  Hannah,  b. 

May  12,  1745. 

Joseph  m.  Hannah -.  Ch. — 1,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  24,  1741;  2,  Joseph,  b. 

Aug.  22,  1743;  3,  Mary,  b.  Aug.  13,  1744;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  26,  1746;  m. 


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Elisha  Putnam,  Apr.  2,  1765;  5,  Aaron,  b.  Apr.  28,  1*749;  6,  Rebeckah,  b. 
June  17,  1751;  7,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  28,  1753;  8,  Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  3,  1754. 

Jacob  m.  Lydia  Buck,  Mar.  18,  1784.  Ch.—  1,  Nahum  Willard,  b.  Jan.  13, 
1785;  d.  May  31,  1869;  2,  Nancy,  b.  Oct.  15,  1786;  m.  John  Park,  July  9, 
1812;  3,  Tyler,  b.  May  31,  1788;  4,  Betty,  b.  Sept.  14,  1790;  d.  Oct.  28,  1791: 
5,  Jacob,  b.  Sept.  18,  1792;  6,  Sally,  b.  Apr.  13,  1795. 

Nahum  W.2  (Jacob1),  m.  Lois  Leland,  May  12,  1814;  she  d.  Aug.  1,  1864. 
Ch.— 1,  Horace  N.,  b.  Aug.  — ,  1820. 

Horace  N.3  (Nahum  W.2,  Jacob1),  m.  E.  A.  Mansfield,  Sept.  27,  1855. 
Ch.— 1,  William  E.,  b.  June  18,  1859;  2,  Minnie,  b.  May  17,  1862. 

Simeon  m.  Hannah  Wheeler,  June  26,  1759.  Ch. — 1,  Simeon,  b.  Mar.  6, 
1762;  2,  John,  3,  Abigail,  twins,  b.  June  28,  1765. 

CHASE  . 

Aquila  Chase,  ancestor  of  the  Chases  in  this  country,  is 
referred  to  in  Coffin's  History  of  Newbury  as  "  Mariner  from 
Cornwall,  England."  He  was  in  Hampton  in  1640,  and  in 
Newbury  in  1646,  when  four  acres  of  land  were  granted  him 
for  a  house  lot,  and  six  acres  of  marsh  *'  on  condition  that  he 
do  go  to  sea  and  do  service  in  the  Towne  with  a  boat  for 
foure  years."  In  September  1646,  it  appears  from  the  county 
records  that  Aquila  Chase,  his  wife,  and  David  Wheeler,  his 
wife's  brother,  were  presented  and  fined  "for  gathering 
pease  on  the  Sabbath."  The  court  ordered  them  to  be 
admonished  and  their  fines  remitted. 

Aquila  Chase  m.  Anna  Wheeler  of  Hampton,  dau.  of  John  Wheeler,  who 
came  from  Salisbury,  Eng.  He  d.  Dec.  27,  1670,  aged  52.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b. 

;  m.  May  15,  1666,  Curmac,  alias  Charles  Annis,  b.  in  Ireland,  1638;   2, 

Anna,  b.  July  6,  1647;  m.  Apr.  28,  1671,  Thomas  Barber;  3,  Priscilla,  b.  Mar. 

14,  1649;  m.  Feb.  10,  1671,  Abel  Merrill;  4,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  3,  1651;  m.  Mar.  9, 

1670,  Jona.  Stevens ;  5,  Aquila,  b.  Sept.  26,  1652 ;  m. .     Ch.— [1]  Esther, 

b.  Nov.  18,  1674;   [2]  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  25,  1677;  [3]  Priscilla,  b.  Oct.  15,  1681. 
Joseph,  m.  Abigail  Thurston,  Nov.  8,  1699.     6,  Thomas,  b.  July  25,  1654;  m. 
Nov.  22,  1677,  Rebeckah  Follansbee.     Ch.— [1]  Thomas,  b.  Sept  15, 1680;  [2] 
Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  13,  1683 ;   [3]  James,  b.  Sept.  15,  1685 ;   [4]  Aquila,  b.  July 

15,  1688;  [5]  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  28,  1691;  [6]  Mary,  b.  Jan.  15, 1695;  [7]  Rebeckah, 
b.  Apr.  26,  1700;  7,  John,  b.  Nov.  2,  1655;  m.  May  23,  1677,  Elizabeth  Bing- 
ley.    Ch.— [1]  William,  b.  Jan.  13,  1679;  [2]  Philip,  b.  Sept.  23, 1688;  d.  July 
11,  1764;  8,  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  13,  1657;   9,  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  18,  1660;   d.  May 
30,  1676;    10,  Daniel,  b.  Dec.  9,  1661;    m.  May  25,  1683,  Martha  Kimball. 
Ch.— [1]  Martha,  b.  Aug.  18,  1684;    [2]  Sarah,  b.  July  18,  1688;    [3]  Dorothy, 

b.  Jan.  24,  1689;    [4]  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  19,  1691;    [5]  Lydia,  b. ,  1693;    [6] 

Mehitable,  b.  Jan.  19,  1695;   [7]  Judith,  b.  Feb.  14,  1697;   [81  Abner,  b.  Oct. 
15,  1699;   [9]  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  15,  1702;   11,  Moses,  b.  Dec.  24,  1663;  m.  Nov. 
10,  1684,  Ann  Follansbee.     Ch.— [1]  Moses,  [2]  Daniel,  twins,  b.  Sept.  20, 
1685;  [3]  Moses,  2d,  b.  Jan.  20,  1688;    [4]  Samuel,  b.  May  13,  1690;  [5]  Eliza- 


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beth,  b.  Sept.  25,  1693;  [6]  Stephen,  b.  Aug,  29,  1696;  [7]  Hannah,  b.  Sept. 
13,  1699;  [8]  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  9,  1703;  [9]  Benoni,  b. , ,  probably. 

Anna  Chase,  wid.  of  Aquila,  m.  Daniel  Mussiloway  —  the  name  now  Silo- 
way—  alias  Roger  Waldron,  an  Irishman.  He  was  27,  she  about  52.  She  d. 
Apr.  21,  1687. 

Daniel3  [Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Geo.  March. 

The  exact  date  of  his  coming  to  Sutton  can  not  be  ascer- 
tained. March  26,  1733,  Mr.  Chase's  corn  mill  is  mentioned 
in  the  town  records.  According  to  Dea.  Leland,  Daniel 
Chase  built  the  first  corn  mill  at  Pleasant  Falls ;  hence  his 
name,  "  Miller  Chase."  He  and  his  wife  Sarah  were  admit- 
ted to  the  church  in  1736,  by  letter  from  the  church  in 
Littleton.  In  1751  he  and  his  wife  were  among  the  "  separ- 
atists." 

Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  28,  1707;  m.  Mary  Dudley;  2,  Daniel,  jr.,  b.  Sept. 

18,  1709;  d. ,  1799;  3,  Joshua,  b.  Nov.  9,  1711;  4,  Ann,  b.  Nov.  13,  1713; 

m.  May  25,  1736,  David  Lilley;  5,  Sarah,  b.  Apr.  22,  1716;  6,  Nehemiah,  b. 
June  27,  1718;  d.  unmarried;  7.  Judith,  b.  Sept.  7,  1720;  m.  Sept.  15,  1737, 
Thomas  Hall;  8,  Caleb,  b.  Nov.  29,  1722;  d.  Oct.  2,  1808;  9,  Moody,  b.  Sept. 
3,  1723;  m.  Jan.  17,  1749,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Hale;  10,  Moses,  b. 
Mar.  — ,  1726;  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Jonas  Brown,  sen. 

Samuel4  [Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Samuel  Dudley,  Esq. 
Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  28,  1728;  m.  Silence  Stow  of  Grafton,  May  29,  1751 ; 
removed  with  his  father  to  Cornish;  2,  Dudley,  b.  Aug.  29, 1730;  3,  Jonathan, 
b.  Dec.  6,  1732;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  23,  1735;  5,  March,  b.  June  21,  1738;  d. 
Sept.  26,  1822;  6,  Mary,  7,  Sarah,  twins,  b.  July  2,  1740;  Mary  d.  young; 
Sarah  m.  Mar.  9,  1758,  Ebenezer  Rawson;  8,  Mary  2d,  b.  Feb.  25,  1744;  m.  a 
Bellows  of  Walpole,  N.  H. ;  9,  Abigail,  b.  July  15,  1753. 

Dudley5  [Samuel4,  Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Alice  Corbett  of  Mendon, 
Aug.  23,  1753.  Ch.— 1,  Mercy,  b.  Apr.  6,  1755;  2,  Lois,  b.  Aug.  16,  1756;  3, 
Simeon,  b.  June  14,  1758;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Nov.  9,  1759;  5,  Salmon,  b.  July  14, 
1761;  a  lawyer  in  Portland,  Me. ;  6,  Ithamar,  b.  Sept.  27,  1762;  7,  Baruch,  b. 
Apr.  8,  1764  —  Captain,  Lawyer,  Judge;  8,  Alice;  9,  Sarah;  10,  Corbett;  11, 
Heber;  12,  Dudley,  a  Lawyer,  U.  S.  Senator;  d.  1846;  13, Rachel;  14, Philan- 
der, b.  Dec.  14,  1775,  at  Cornish;  a  Bishop  in  the  Episcopal  church. 

A  part  of  the  above  were  born  in  Sutton,  the  others  in 
Cornish,  New  Hampshire.  Dudley,  father  of  the  above, 
resided  in  Sutton  about  ten  years.  Dr.  Hall  says,  August 
21,  1768,  Dudley  Chase  dismissed  to  church  in  Cornish. 
He  was  probably  an  early  settler  of  Cornish.  Bishop  Chase 
says  the  first. 

Jonathan,  brother  of  Dudley,  m.  1st,  Thankful  Sherman  of  Grafton,  Nov. 
28,  1759;  m.  2d,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D. 

March,  brother  of  Dudley  and  Jonathan,  m.  1st,  Beulah  Coye,  Oct.  10, 1759 ; 
she  d.  May  7,  1795;  m.  2d,  Mary  Dodge,  dau.  of  Richard;  no  children. 


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Deacon  Leland  says  of  Samuel  Chase,  the  ancestor  of  this 
family,  that  he  "was  one  of  the  most  enterprising  inhabit- 
ants of  the  Town.  His  name  is  first  found  in  ye  Records, 
as  one  of  'ye  Selectmen,'  in  1741.  His  original  settlement 
in  Sutton  seems  to  have  been  on  a  part  of  his  father's  farm, 
and  that  he  owned  one-half  of  a  saw-mill,  dam,  privilege  of 
ye  water,  etc.  This  undoubtedly  was  the  farm,  mill  and 
privileges  at  Pleasant  Falls. 

"In  December  1740,  for  one  hundred  pounds  current  money, 
Francis  Dudley,  Perez  Rice,  Samuel  Barton,  Samuel  Chase 
and  Benjamin  Morse,  purchased  of  Benjamin  Gowing,  five- 
sixths  part  of  five  acres  of  land  in  Sutton,  on  half-way 
river,  with  ye  privilege  of  ye  river,  for  building  dams  and 
flowing,  as  they  shall  see  fit.  This  undoubtedly  was  ye 
water  privilege  at  the  Armory  village  in  Millbury,  and  its 
first  occupancy.  It  is  not  probable  that  many  of  these  pur- 
chasers retained  their  share  for  a  long  time.  Samuel  Chase 
seems  to  have  been  an  active  member  of  the  company,  prob- 
ably the  principal  one. 

"  In  November  1742,  he  had  a  house  on  ye  purchase  and 
made  an  additional  purchase  of  three  acres  in  his  own  name. 
It  seems  that  ye  first  manufacturing  establishment  in  opera- 
tion here,  was  that  of  an  iron  refinery,  which  is  first  men- 
tioned about  this  time. 

"In  July  1744,  Jonathan  Hazeltine,  Esq.,  of  Upton,  was  a 
prominent  partner  in  the  establishment.  He  resided  in 
Sutton  during  several  years,  and  became  a  leading  proprietor 
of  the  township  of  Townsend  in  Vermont.  He  subsequently 
moved  to  that  place  with  his  family,  where  he  died.  Sam- 
uel Chase  continued  in  Sutton  till  the  close  of  the  war  with 
France. 

"Probably  about  1776  or  '77  he,  with  most  of  his  family, 
removed  to  ye  flourishing  town  of  Cornish,  on  the  Connect- 
icut river,  of  which  town  ye  Chase  families  were  almost 
exclusive  proprietors.  He  was  commissioned  as  a  Magis- 
trate and  was  Judge  of  ye  Court  for  ye  County  of  Cheshire. 
He  buried  his  wife,  Mary  Dudley,  a  very  respectable  woman, 
married  a  second  wife,  and  died  at  a  very  advanced  age." 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  623 

Daniel4  [Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  1st,  Hannah  Tuttle  of  Littleton;  m. 
2d,  Martha  Fletcher  of  Grafton,  Jan.  24,  1782.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  15, 

1733;  d.  Dec.  11,  1733;  2,  Paul,  b.  Mar.  13,  1735;  d. ,  1789;  3,  Hannah, 

b.  Jan.  11,  1737;  m.  July  3,  1759,  Eliakim  Garfield  of  Leicester;  4,  Lucy,  b. 
Jan.  30,  1739;  m.  Nov.  15,  1764,  Benj.  Garfield  of  Leicester;  5,  Annie,  6, 
Judith,  twins,  b.  May  1,  1741 ;  Annie  d.  Nov.  1,  1745. 

Paul5  [Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Lucy  Richardson,  Apr.  17, 
1759.  Ch.— 1,  Joshua,  b.  Nov.  26,  1760;  2,  Thaddeus,  b.  Feb.  10,  1763;  3, 
Lucy,  b.  May  18,  1766;  m.  Daniel  Greenwood,  jr. 

Joshua6  [Paul5,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Lydia  Prentice,  Aug. 
23,  1787.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Feb.  15,  1788;  2,  Paul  Cushiog,  b.  Mar.  6,  1790; 
3,  Betty,  b.  Feb.  22,  1792;  4,  Hannah  Prentice,  b.  Mar.  27,  1795. 

Thaddeus6  [Paul5,  Daniel4,  Daniel8,  Moses2,  Aquila1 1,  in.  Persis  Marble, 
Oct.  4,  1787.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  Jail.  25,  1791;  2,  Charles,  b.  Sept.  17,  1793. 

Caleb4  [Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Sarah  Prince;  she  d.  Feb.  15,  1803. 
Ch.— 1,  Phoebe,  b.  Apr.  7,  1747;  2,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  2,  1748;  3,  Nehemiah,  b. 
Feb.  8,  1751;  d.  Oct.  5,  1808;  4,  David  Prince,  b.  Jan.  15,  1753;  5,  Caleb,  b. 
Mar.  19,  1755;  6,  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  13,  1757;  7,  Sarah,  b.  May  1, 1759;  8,  John, 
b.  Mar.  2, 1761;  9,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  26,  1763;  10,  Moses,  b.  Nov.  1,  1765;  11, 
Daniel,  b.  Jan.  9,  1768;  12,  Israel,  b.  Mar.  21,  1770;  13,  Rachel,  b.  Oct.  18, 
1772;  m.  David  Dudley,  3d,  Nov.  6,  1791. 

Nehemiah5  [Caleb4,  Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Vashti  Batcheller,  Dec. 
17,  1778.  Ch.— 1,  Abner;  m.  Sukey  Marble,  June  4, 1809;  2,  Caleb;  d.  1848; 
3,  Sarah;  m.  Simeon  Woodbery,  Oct.  7,  1799;  4,  Laviua;  in.  Capt.  Nathaniel 
Sibley,  Aug.  15,  1801;  5,  Abraham;  d.  Oct.  29, 1857;  6,  Nehemiah;  7,  Vashti; 
m.  Jerah  Stone,  Dec.  1,  1814. 

Caleb6  [Nehemiah5,  Caleb4,  Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Fannie  Harris, 
Dec.  27,  1806;  m.  2d,  Almira  H.  Grover,  Sept.  1,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  Emily,  b. 
Feb.  21,  1807;  m.  Nathan  Garfield,  Dec.  19,  1825;  2,  Malinda,  b.  Sept.  23, 
1810;  m.  Hymen  Barber,  Sept.  2,  1833;  3,  Amanda,  b.  Nov.  27, 1812 ;  m. 
Silas  E.  Chase,  June  12,  1833;  4,  Serena,  b.  Apr.  4,  1815;  m.  Surnner  Pratt, 
May  19,  1836;  5,  Fanny  L.,  b.  July  24,  1817;  m.  Charles  H.  Town,  May  2, 
1838;  6,  Vashti  A.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1819;  m.  Leroy  Litchfield,  May  15,  1839;  7, 
Achsah  A.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1822;  8,  Caleb  Harris,  b.  Mar.  26,  1824;  9,  Abner 
Hiram,  b.  Nov.  25,  1829. 

Abraham6  [Nehemiah5,  Caleb4,  Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Mary  Dudley, 
Nov.  20,  1814.  Ch.— 1,  Abraham  Dudley,  b.  Feb.  24,  1817;  2,  Nehemiah 
Bradlee,  b.  Feb.  26,  1821;  3,  Mary  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  7,  1825;  m.  Ransom  C. 
Taylor,  June  18,  1851;  4,  Levi  Lincoln,  b.  Feb.  6,  1827;  m.  Mary  Higgins;  5, 
Lydia  Sophia,  b.  Jan.  2,  1832 ;  d.  Aug.  5,  1850. 

Abraham  Dudley7  [Abraham6,  Nehemiah5,  Caleb4,  Daniel8,  Moses2,  Aquila1] , 
m.  Sophia  D.  Griggs,  June  3,  1845.  Ch.— 1,  Benjamin  D.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1846; 
2,  Henry  N.,  b.  June  6,  1848;  3,  Albert  B.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1851;  4,  Mary  E.,  b. 
Nov.  17,  1853;  5,  Sophia  N.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1857. 

Nehemiah  Bradlee7  [Abraham6,  Nehemiah5,  Caleb4,  Daniel8,  Moses2, 
Aquila1],  m.  1st,  Nancy  S.  Whiting,  Feb.  24, 1845;  m.  2d,  Harriet  L.  S.  Harris, 
Sept.  25,  1874.  Ch.— 1,  Walter  B.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1846;  2,  S.  Jane,  b.  Mar.  31, 
1848;  3,  Hattie  Harris,  b.  Oct.  25,  1875. 

Nehemiah6  ]Nehemiah5,  Caleb4,  Daniel8,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  June  1, 1820, 
Sally  Bond.  Ch.— 1,  William  Cyrus,  b,  June  12,  1826, 


624  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

William  C.7  [Nehemiah6,  Nehemiah5,  Caleb4,  Daniel8,  Moses-,  Aquila1],  m. 
Feb.  21,  1849,  Catherine  A.  White.  Ch.— 1,  Kate  Louise,  b.  Oct.  6,  1856. 

David  Prince5  [Caleb4,  Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Sarah  Greenwood, 
Dec.  2,  1777.  Ch.— 1,  David,  b.  Oct.  10,  1778;  2,  Silas,  b.  Dec.  10,  1783;  3, 
John,  b.  July  13,  1788. 

Moses5  [Caleb4,  Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Betty  Brown,  Oct.  8,  1789. 
Ch.— 1,  Sanford,  b.  Jan.  31,  1791 ;  2,  Leonard,  b.  Jan.  17,  1796;  3,  Betsey,  b. 
July  23,  1802. 

Moses4  [Daniel3,  Moses2,  Aquila1],  m.  Hannah  Brown,  Apr.  15, 1752.  Ch. — 
1,  Daniel,  b.  Mar,  23,  1753 ;  2,  John,  b.  Oct.  4,  1755 ;  3,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  7, 
1758;  4,  Amos,  b.  May  19,  1760;  5,  Nahum,  b.  Oct.  9, 1762;  6,  Judith,  b.  Nov. 
26,  1764. 

Philip8  [John2,  Aquila1],  m.  Mary  Follansbee,  Apr.  17,  1712;  she  d.  Dec.  1, 
1786.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  5,  1714;  m.  May  18,  1732,  John  Gibbs;  2, 
Miriam,  b.  Aug.  31,  1716;  m.  Daniel  Stockwell;  3,  Anne,  b.  Sept.  28,  1719; 
m.  1st,  Nath'l  Stockwell ;  m.  2d,  Jona.  Putnam,  Nov.  3,  1743 ;  4,  Elizabeth, 
b.  July  3,  1720;  m.  Mar.  14,  1739,  Jas.  Sibley;  5,  Lydia,  b.  Aug.  12,  1722;  m. 
1st,  Mar.  3,  1742,  Elisha  Putnam ;  m.  2d,  May  26,  1762,  John  Daniels ;  6, 

Follansbee,  b.  Sept.  29,  1724;  d.  Mar.  14,  1799;  7,  Francis,  b. ;  m.  Mary 

Perkins,  June  12,  1760;  8,  Judith,  b. ;  m.  Nov.  12,  1761,  Joseph  Carriel. 

The  exact  date  upon  which  he  came  to  Sutton  cannot  be 
ascertained.  That  he  was  an  early  settler  appears  from  the 
fact  that  one  hundred  acres  of  land  were  laid  out  for  him  by 
the  proprietors  of  Sutton,  October  22,  1722,  and  fifty  acres 
November  22,  1725.  It  also  appears  from  the  proprietors' 
records  that  previously  to  1726  he  purchased  of  David  Bald- 
win more  than  two  hundred  acres  of  land.  In  1727  he  sells 
sixty-four  acres  of  land  in  Sutton  to  Jonathan  Allen  of  Sud- 
bury.  September  15,  1731,  E.  Johnson,  innholder  of 
Sutton,  sells  to  Philip  Chase  of  Mendon,  iunholder,  his 
farm  in  Suttou,  for  £1,100  current  money.  He  probably 
settled  in  the  town  about  this  time,  as  the  records  show  that 
in  February  1732,  he  received  pay  for  work  done  on  high- 
ways in  1731.  January  25,  1732,  a  town  meeting  was  held 
at  his  house.  He  died  July  11,  1764. 

Follansbee4  [Philip8,  John2,  Aquila1],  m.  Hannah  Marsh,  Jan.  2,  1750;  she 
d.  Sept.  21,  1769;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Deborah  Taft  of  Mendon,  Apr.  13,  1773.  Ch.— 
1,  Follansbee,  b.  Feb.  28,  1751;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  12, 1752;  m.  May  11, 1775, 
Lazarus  Le  Baron ;  she  d.  Feb.  6,  1776;  3,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  22, 1754;  m.  Laza- 
rus Le  Baron;  4,  Reuben,  b.  Feb.  24,  1757;  d.  Aug.  27,  1787;  5,  Thomas,  b. 
Mar.  7, 1759 ;  6,  Thomas  Follansbee,  b.  Feb.  16,  1760. 

Reuben5  [Follansbee4,  Philip3,  John2,  Aquila1],  m.  Mary  Taft.  May  27, 1784. 
Ch.— 1,  Susanna,  b.  Oct.  12,  1784;  2,  Reuben  Follansbee,  b.  July  10,  1787;  d. 
Dec.  18,  1859, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  625 

Keuben  Follansbee6  (Reuben5,  Follansbee4,  Philip3,  Johu2,  Aquila1),  m. 
Satira  Walker,  Feb.  4,  1819;  she  d.  Sept.  20,  1844.  Ch.— 1,  Catherine,  b. 
Feb.  15,  1820. 

Thomas  Follansbee5  (Follansbee4,  Philip3,  John2,  Aquila1),  m.  Huldah  Cum- 
'mings,  Nov.  16,  1781.  Ch.— 1,  Gardner,  b.  Apr.  1,  1782;  2,  Polly,  b.  Nov.  8, 
1783;  3,  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  10,  1785;  4,  Debby,  b.  June  9,  1790;  5,  John,  b. 
Mar.  8,  1792;  6,  Zipporah,  b.  Jan.  8,  1795;  7,  Free,  b.  May  1,  1798;  8,  Mehit- 
able,  b.  Mar.  16,  1800. 

Thomas  Follansbee  Chase  removed  to  Paris,  Me. 

Francis4  (Philip3,  John2,  Aquila1),  m.  Mary  Perkins,  June  12,  1760.     Ch, — 

1,  David,  b.  Mar.  10,  1761;   2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  28,  1762;  3,  Mary,  b.  Feb. 
23,  1764. 

Francis  Chase  removed  to  Royalston. 

Isaac3  (Daniel-,  Aquila1),  m.  Hannah  Barry;  m.  second,  Hannah  Tenney, 
of  Upton,  Nov.  3,  1772.  Ch.— 1,  Ambrose,  b.  Dec.  2,  1713;  d.  Aug.  4,  1799; 

2,  Daniel,  b.  Mar.  5,  1716;  m.  Feb.  17,  1742,  Margaret  Lawson;  3,  Timothy, 
b.  Jan.  12,  1719;  m.  Leah  Bobbins;  7,  Henry,  b.  Mar.  2,  1722;  5,  Abigail,  b. 
Mar.  6,  1725 ;  m.  Daniel  Owen ;  d.  aged  one  hundred  and  two ;  6,  Hannah,  b. 
;  m.  Joshua  Kuapp. 

According  to  Deacon  Leland,  it  was  always  a  tradition  in 

the  family  that  Isaac  Chase  purchased  his  land  of  the  Indians 

—  six  hundred  acres — for  forty  shillings  and  a  bonus  of  one 

gallon   of    rum.      Isaac  Chase's   name  first  occurs  on  the 

records,  on  the  admission  of  his  wife  to  the  church  during 

7  O 

the  period  of  Mr.  McKinstry's  ministry,  which  closed  Sept. 
1728.  It  is  next  found  on  the  record  of  a  church  meeting, 
October  4,  1728,  when  Jonathan  W hippie  was  chosen  "to 
set  ye  psalm,  and  Isaac  Chase  to  set  it  in  his  absence." 

Ambrose4  (Isaac3,  Daniel2,  Aquila1),  m.  Thankful  Robbins,  July  25,  1734. 
Ch. — 1,  Mary ;  m.  Nathan  Rawson  of  Uxbridge,  grandson  of  Secretary  Raw- 
son;  2,  Thankful;  3,  Isaac;  m.  Betty  Yates,  Oct.  1,  1772;  4,  Lydia;  5,  Solo- 
mon, b.  Nov.  30,  1744;  6,  Hannah,  b.  June  13,  1748;  m.  Simon,  son  of  Daniel 
Chase;  7,  Abel,  b.  Aug.  9,  1750;  8,  Eddy,  b.  Aug.  29,  1753. 

Abel5  (Ambrose4,  Isaac3,  Daniel2,  Aquila1),  m.  Elizabeth  Elliot,  Nov.  30; 
1768;  she  d.  Dec.  2,  1818.  Ch.— 1,  Lydia,  b.  May  29,  1770;  2,  Hannah,  b. 
Jan.  2,  1772;  3,  Abel,  b.  Nov.  2, 1773;  4,  James,  b.  July  24, 1776;  5,  Ambrose, 
b.  July  18,  1778;  6,  Bradford,  b.  July  21,  1783;  7,  Isaac,  b.  July  3,  1785;  8, 
Jonathan,  b.  July  10,  1787;  9,  Matilda,  b.  Oct.  27,  1789;  10,  Thankful,  b. 
Dec.  12,  1791 ;  11,  Manchester,  b.  July  2,  1798. 

Abel6  (Abel5,  Ambrose4,  Isaac3,  Daniel2,  Aquila1),  m.  Lydia  Aldrich,  Jan. 
23,  1794.  Ch.— 1,  Sena,  b.  July  26,  1794;  2,  Alvah,  b.  Apr.  16,1796;  3, 
Ichabod,  b.  Jan.  21,  1798. 

Ambrose6  (Abel5,  Ambrose4,  Isaac3,  Daniel2,  Aquila1),  m.  Sally .  Ch. — 

1,  Charlotte,  b.Dec.  27, 1798;  m.  Jan.  1, 1818,  Ephraim  Wheeler ;  2,  Ambrose, 
b.  Mar.  28,  1801;  m.  May  9,  1822,  Lydia  Woodbury;  3,  Isaac,  b.  Feb,  12, 
1803, 

79 


626  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Abel*  (Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Aquila1),  m. ;   m.  second,  Sarah  • .    He 

and  his  first  wife  were  admitted  to  the  church  Feb.  15,  1730.  His  second 
wife,  Sarah,  was  admitted  to  the  church  Feb.  11,  1731.  Ch.— 1,  Abel,  b. 
Sept.  11,  1732;  2,  Sarah,  b.  June  15,  1735;  d.  Aug.  7, 1761;  3,  Emma,  b.  Oct. 
11,  1737;  d.  Sept.  10,  1761;  4,  Martha,  b.  Nov.  7,  1739;  m.  Francis  Stone, 
Sept.  11, 1760;  5,  Mary,  b.  Mar.  15,  1742;  m.  Oct.  24,  1771,  Ebenezer  Sibley; 
6,  Betty,  b.  June  4,  1744;  m.  David  Bancroft,  July  6,  1780;  7,  Thomas,  b. 
Mar.  13,  1746;  8,  David,  b.  Sept.  28,  1748;  9,  Ruth,  b.  Apr.  9,  1751;  m.  June 

23,  1774,  Anthony  Sigourney;    10,  Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  25,  1753;   d.  Sept.  11, 
1761;  11,  Moses,  b.  Oct.  24,  1755. 

Abel5  (Abel4,  Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Aquila1),  m.  first,  Judith  Gale,  Jan.  3, 
1754.  Ch.— 1,  Abel,  b.  Oct.  29,  1754;  2,  Isaac,  b.  June  26,  1756;  d.  Sept.  8, 
1759;  3,  Judith,  b.  Mar.  19,  1758;  d.  Sept.  28,  1759;  4,  Judith,  b.  Mar.  27, 
1760;  5,  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  12,  1761;  m.  Sarah  Bond,  Jan.  8,  1789;  6,  Sarah,  b. 
Jan.  15,  1763;  7,  Emma,  b.  Nov.  23,  1764;  8,  Anne,  b.  Sept.  7,1766;  9, 
Persis,  b.  Mar.  22,  1768;  10,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  26,  1770. 

Abel6  (Abel5,  Abel4,  Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Aquila1),  m.  Hannah  Bond,  Sept. 

24,  1779.     Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  July  9,  1780;   2,  Jonas,  b.  Jan.  2,1782;   3, 
Jonas,  b.  Aug.  20,  1783;   4,  Silence,  b.  Dec.  8,  1785;    5,  Hitte,  b.  Sept.  15, 
1788;   6,  Abel,  b.  Aug.  6,  1791;    7,  Polly,  b.  July  4,  1793. 

Jonas7  (Abel6,  Abel5,  Abel4,  Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Aquila1),  in.  Leviua . 

Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  7,  1806;  2,  Ira,  b.  Oct.  15,  1808;  3,  Leonard,  b. 
Aug.  12,  1810. 

Thomas5  (Abel4,  Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Aquila1),  m.  Deborah  Killum,  Feb. 
20,  1766.  Ch.— 1,  William  Witt,  b.  Dec.  18,  1766;  d.  Oct.  28,  1788;  2,  Sarah, 

3,  Mary,  twins,  b.  Mar.  7,  1769;  4,  Abigail,  b.  May  13,  1771:   5,  Deborah,  b. 
Oct.  13, 1773;   d.  Oct.  30,  1788;  6,  Persis,  b.  Mar.  7,  1776;   7,  Emrne,  b.  Feb. 

4,  1779;   8,  Jonathan,  b.  June  23,  1781;   d.  Nov.  26,  1788;   9,  Calvin,  b.  Jan. 
6,  1784;  10,  Patty,  b.  May  9,  1787. 

David5  (Abel4,  Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Aquila1),  m.  Judith  Holman,  Apr.  28, 
1774.  Ch.— 1,  David,  b.  Jan.  7,  1778;  m.  Hitty  Gale,  May  25,  1800;  2,  Ruth, 
b.  Jan.  31,  1780;  3,  Judith,  b.  Jan.  26,  1782;  m.  Aaron  Holman,  Nov.  29, 
1804;  4,  Eber,  b.  Mar.  10,  1784;  5,  Sally,  b.  Dec.  18,  1786;  6,  Polly,  b.  May 
26,  1788;  7,  Abel,  b.  June  20,  1790. 

Moses5  (Abel4,  Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Aquila1),  m.  Mary  Killiain,  Nov.  24, 
1778.  Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  Dec.  5,  1779;  2,  Abel,  b.  Mar.  30,  1782;  3,  Betty,  b. 
June  5,  1784;  4,  Bricket,  b.  Oct.  26,  1786;  5,  Silas,  b.  July  26,  1788;  6, 
Miranda,  b.  Nov.  19,  1789;  m.  June  20,  1820,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Sibley. 

Seth4  (Moses3,  Moses2,  Aquila1),  m.  first,  Elizabeth  Bartlett,  who  d.  July 
22,  1787;  m.  second,  Mar.  17,  1788,  Mrs.  Abigail  Marsh,  dau.  of  Elder  Beuj. 
Marsh;  she  was  the  first  child  b.  in  Sutton.  Ch. — 1,  Joshua,  b.  July  22, 1739; 
2,  Bradford,  b.  Aug.  8,  1741;  3,  Seth,  b.  Jan.  8,  1744;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr. 
17,  1746;  d.  Aug.  28,  1756;  5,  Josiah,  b.  Feb.  20,  1748;  6,  Rebeckah,  b.  Apr. 
17,  1750;  7,  Rachel,  b.  May  25,  1752. 

Joshua,  when  seventeen  or  eighteen  years  of  age,  entered 
the  Provincial  service  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and 
never  returned.  His  father  remembered  his  "eldest  son, 
Joshua,"  in  his  will,  August  1770,  and  directed  his  executor 
to  pay  him  £4,  "if  he  should  appear  to  be  alive  and  return." 


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Bradford5  (Seth4,  Moses8,  Moses2,  Aquila1),  m.  Abigail  Sibley,  June  21, 
1763.  Ch.— 1,  Nathan,  b.  Apr.  18,  1764;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  29,  1766;  m. 
Amariah  Chase,  Nov.  28,  1784;  3,  Elias,  b.  Feb.  16,  1768;  m.  Apr.  7,  1797, 
Priscilla  Batcheller;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Mar.  21,  1770;  in.  E.  Partridge,  Dec.  31, 
1794;  5,  Huldah,  b.  Jan.  31,  1773;  d.  Sept.  or  Oct.  1777;  6,  Peter,  b.  Dec.  17, 
1776;  d.  at  Paris.  Me.,  or  vicinity;  7,  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  28,  1778;  m.  Nov. 
28,  1799,  Mercy  Wilraouth;  8,  Luke,  b.  May  15,  1782;  d.  at  Paris,  Me. 

Nathan6  (Bradford5,  Seth4,  Moses3,  Moses2,  Aquila1),  m.  Dec.  11,  1788, 
Mehetable  Goldthwait  of  Northbridge.  Ch.— 1,  Huldah,  b.  Aug.  11,  1790 ; 
2,  Lois,  b.  Dec.  23,  1792;  3,  Nabby,  b.  Sept.  25,  1794;  4,  Charles,  b.  Oct.  23, 
1796;  5,  Ruth,  b.  Apr.  29,  1801;  6,  Luke,  b.  Sept.  30,  1802;  7,  Elias,  b.  May 
13,  1805;  m.  Apr.  9,  1829,  Adaline  Aldrich. 

Charles7  (Nathan6,  Bradford5.  Seth4,  Moses3,  Moses2,  Aquila1),  m.  Sept.  17, 
1818,  Polly  Paine  Johnson.  Ch.— 1,  Timothy  Gerry,  b.  July  22,  1820-  2, 
Luke,  b.  Dec.  17,  1825. 

Seth,  son  of  Seth,  settled  in  Croyden,  N.  H. 

Josiah5  (Seth4,  Moses3,  Moses2,  Aquila1),  m.  first,  1770,  Sarah  Allen;  m. 
second,  May  23,  1772,  Hannah  Goddard  of  Grafton.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Mar. 
22,  1773;  2,  Asa,  b.  Jan.  21,  1775;  3,  Josiah,  b.  Jan.  30,  1777;  4,  John,  b. 
June,  3,  1779 ;  5,  Seth,  b.  Apr.  1,  1781 ;  6,  Benjamin,  b.  May  30,  1784. 

In  the  spring  of  1784,  Mr.  Josiah  Chase  sold  his  farm  in 
Sutton,  and  moved  to  Princeton,  thence  to  Homer,  or 
vicinity,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Abigail  Chase,  second  wife  of  Seth  Chase,  sen.,  nee 
Abigail  Marsh,  was  four  times  married :  first  to  Jonathan 
Gould,  April  17,  1744;  second,  to  Thomas  Harback,  sen., 
July  8,  1777  ;  third,  to  Benjamin  Marsh,  2nd,  November 
26,  1783  ;  fourth,  to  Seth  Chase,  as  above. 

Benoni3  (Moses2,  Aquila1),  m.  Mary .     Ch. — 1,  Thomas,  b.  Apr.  3, 1732; 

in.  Sept.  26,  1751,  Mrs.  Mary  White;  2,  Rogers,  b.  June  20,  1734;  3,  Stephen, 
b.  Mar.  29,  1736;  m.  Lois  Hill,  Nov.  3,  1757;  4,  Moses,  b.  Oct.  5,  1737;  5, 
Mary,  b.  Sept.  15, 1739;  d.  Oct.  8, 1745;  6,  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  5, 1744;  7,  Elijah, 
b.  Feb.  18,  1748;  d.  Dec.  1,  1748;  8,  Mary,  2d,  b.  Dec.  13,  1749;  9,  David,  b. 
Apr.  17,  1752. 

Thomas,  son  of  Benoni,  studied  medicine  with  the  elder 
Dr.  Benjamin  Morse.  Was  taxed  in  town  in  1757,  and 
probably  left  about  that  date. 

Rogers4  (Benoni3,  Moses2,  Aquila1),  m.  Sarah  Walker,  Nov.  1,  1753.    Ch.— 
E  :jah,  b.  July  31,  1757;  2,  Silas,  b.  Aug.  31,  1760. 

COLE. 

Mr.  Ezekiel  Cole,  born  — ,  1723,  came  from  Salem  and 
settled  in  Sutton  in  1756.* 


*  See  History  of  Homes,  District  No.  4. 


628  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

He  m.  Margaret  Phillips  of  Conn., ,  1756;  she  d.  Mar.  9,  1792;  he  d. 

Oct.  23,  1799.  Ch. — 1,  Rachel,  b.  Jan.  29,  1758;  m.  Sam'l  Paine  Jones,  June 
15,  1779;  2,  John,  b.  Feb.  3, 1760;  d.  Mar.  22,  1807;  3,  Abel,  b.  Apr.  9,  1762; 
m.  Susanna  Leland,  Aug.  20,  1788;  d.  Oct.  19,  1802;  4,  Hannah,  5,  Sarah, 
twins,  b.  Jan.  23,  1763;  Hannah  d.  Mar.  — ,  1829;  Sarah  m.  John  Harwood, 

Apr.  1,  1788;  d. ,  1809;  6,  Tamar,  b.  Apr.  1,  1766;  d.  May  28,  1789;  7, 

David,  b.  July  13,  1768;  d.  July  14,  1813;  8,  Joel,  b.  July  28, 1771;  m.  Mehit- 

abel  Kipp;  d. ,  1810;  9,  Rufus,  b.  Aug.  14,  1773;  d.  Aug.  14,  1790;  10, 

Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  23,  1775;  d.  Jan.  19,  1792;  11,  Mary,  b.  June  24,  1779;  m. 
Levi  Newton,  Dec.  26,  1797;  d. ,  1856. 

David2  (Ezekiel1),  m.  Mary  Sibley,  Nov.  6, 1793.  Ch.— 1,  Margaret  Phillips, 
b.  Jan.  30,  1796;  m.  Harvey  P.  Eddy,  Aug.  27,  1819;  2,  Sumner,  b.  Feb.  12, 
1798;  d.  Oct.  28,  1875;  3,  Brooksey,  b.  May  30,  1803;  m.  Benj.  Woodbury, 
Dec.  17,  1821 ;  4,  Charlotte,  b.  Jan.  28,  1805. 

GROSSMAN. 

The  names  of  Elijah,  Noah,  Jacob  and  Samuel  Grossman 
appear  on  our  records.  They  were  sons  of  Noah,  who  came 
to  Sutton  from  Taunton  about  1750. 

Elijah2  (Noah1),  m.  Rebeckah  Marsh,  May  22,  1777.  Ch.— 1,  Eunice,  b. 
May  23,  1778;  2,  Stephen,  b.  June  21,  1779;  3,  Lydia,  4,  Sally,  twins,  b.  Oct. 
14,  1780;  5,  Chloe,  b.  Apr.  21,  1782;  6,  Elijah,  b.  Nov.  1,  1783. 

Stephen3  (Elijah2,  Noah1),  m.  1st,  Olive  Whipple,  Dec.  22, 1805;  she  d.  Feb. 
14,  1826;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Sukey  Chase,  Mar.  — ,  1830;  d.  July  27,  1851;  she  d. 

,1856.  Ch.—l,  Miranda  Elvira,  b.  June  29,  1806;  2,  Olive,  b.  Jan.  29, 

1808;  in.  Geo.  B.  Nolen, ,  1826;  3,  Sabra  W.,  b. ,  1810;  4,  Martin  L., 

b.  Apr.  17,  1812;  5,  Emeline  A.,  b.  Sept  8,  1814;  6,  Milton  E.,  b.  Sept.  23, 
1816. 

Martin  L.*  (Stephen3,  Elijah2,  Noah1),  m.  Experience  Robbins,  Apr.  17, 
1833;  she  d. ,  1835.  Ch.— 1,  Ferdinand  J.  F.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1834;  d.  Aug. 

8.  1864. 

Ferdinand  J.  F.5  (Martin  L.4,  Stephen3,  Elijah2,  Noah1),  m.  Adelaide  Isham, 
Apr.  4,  1855.  Ch.— 1,  S.  Addie,  b.  May  10,  1857;  2,  George  M.,  b.  Nov.  4, 
1858. 

Milton  E.4  (Stephen3,  Elijah2,  Noah1),  m.  Julia  Ann  Morse,  May  14,  1840. 
Ch.—l,  Roxa  E.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1841;  d.  Sept.  15,  1841;  2,  Frederick  M.,  b.  Sept. 
7,  1843;  m.  Ella  F.  Kelley,  Dec.  13,  1870;  3,  Julia  A.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1848;  m.  J. 
E.  Holbrook,  June  20,  1872;  4,  Amelia  Philara,  b.  Mar.  7,  1850;  d.  Aug.  16, 
1861. 

Noah2  (Noah1),  m.  Huldah .  Ch.—l,  Ezra,  b.  Mar.  14,  1777;  d.  Sept. 

14,  1804;  2,  Joel,  b.  May  1,  1780;  3,  Otis,  b.  May  21,  1781;  4,  Betsey,  b.  Feb. 
24,  1783;  m.  Nahum  Lackey,  Mar.  5,  180t>;  5,  Sukey,  b.  Dec.  11,  1785;  6, 
Huldah,  b.  Nov.  9,  1787;  7,  Nabby,  b.  Apr.  7, 1789;  8,  Noah,  b.  Apr.  17, 1792; 

9,  Alpheus,  b.  July  17,  1794;  10,  Luther,  b.  June  27,  1796. 

Jacob2  (Noah1),  m.  Anna .  Ch.—l,  Anna,  b.  Jan.  28,  1776;  2,  Robert, 

b.  Sept.  29,  1778;  3,  Carmi,  b.  Oct.  28,  1780;  4,  Lone,  b.  Apr.  14,  1782;  5, 
Marcy,  b.  May  17,  1784;  6,  Tryphena,  b.  Nov.  18,  1786. 

Samuel2  (Noah1),  m.  1st,  Elizabeth ;  m.  2d,  Lydia  Darling,  Sept.  25, 

1796.  Ch.—l,  Reconcile,  b.  Oct.  31,  1787;  2,  Betsey,  b.  Dec.  3,  1789;  3, 


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Rebeckah,  b.  May  25,  1792;  4,  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  27,  1795;  5,  William,  b.  Sept. 
7,  1797;  6,  Rachel,  b.  July  29,  1799;  7,  Alvah,  b.  June  25,  1807;  8,  Liberty 
Perry,  b.  May  28,  1814. 

CUMMINGS. 

Jacob  Cummings  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Mary  Marble,  Jan.  21,  1741;  she 
d.  July  10,  1799;  he  d.  Oct.  13,  1814.  Ch.—  1,  Mary,b.  May  5, 1741;  m.  John 
Putnauu,  jr.,  Apr.  9,  1761;  2,  Jacob,  b.  July  21,  1742;  3,  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  17, 
1743 ;  m.  Rachel  Hayden,  May  16,  1765 ;  4,  Jesse,  b.  Nov.  6, 1745 ;  5,  Betty,  b. 
July  29,  1747;  m.  Joshua  Lillie,  Apr.  28,  1768;  6,  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  4,  1748; 
in.  Samuel  Holman,  Dec.  18,  1766;  7,  Free,  b.  Aug.  3,  1751;  8,  Asa,  b.  Nov. 
4,  1753;  9,  Zipporah,  b.  Oct.  17, 1756;  10,  Anne,  b.  Apr.  28, 1758;  11,  Huldah, 
b.  May  20,  1763. 

Jacob2  (Jacob1),  m.  Bridget  Lilley,  Dec.  19,  1765.  Ch.— 1,  Betty,  b.  Aug. 
16,  1766;  m.  Stephen  Howard,  Dec.  23,  1790;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  16,  1769; 

3,  Abner,  b.  Oct.  9,  1770;  4,  Polly,  b.  Dec.  16,  1772;   m.  Jonathan  Holman, 
jr.,  May  2,  1799;  5,  Pearley,  b.  May  18,  1776;   6,  Amasa,  b.  Jan.  17,  1778;   7, 
Sally,  b.  July  5,  1780;   8,  Matilda,  b.  Jan.  9,  1786;   m.  Isaac  Dodge,  jr.,  Apr. 

4,  1815 ;  9,  Stephen,  b.  May  22,  1787. 

Jonathan3  (Jacob-,  Jacob1),  m.  Polly  Phelps,  May  2,  1799.  Ch.— 1,  Sum- 
ner,  b.  Mar.  27,  1802;  2,  Brigham,  b.  1804;  3,  Sukey,  b.  July  12,  1807;  4, 
Gerry,  b.  Dec.  2,  1814. 

Abner3  (Jacob2,  Jacob1),  m.  Polly  Sibley,  Sept.  14,  1794.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy, 
b.  Nov.  5,  1795;  m.  John  Putnam,  Sept.  19, 1813;  2,  Clarissa,  b.  July  17, 1797 ; 
m.  Stephen  Laughton,  Jan.  5,  1817. 

Pearley3  (Jacob2,  Jacob1),  m.  Peggy  Wheeler,  Jan.  6,  1801.  Ch. — 1,  Van- 
delinda,  b.  Apr.  17,  1804;  2,  Maria  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  10,  1810. 

Amasa3  (Jacob2,  Jacob1),  m.  Sally .  Ch. — 1,  Nahum  Sibley,  b.  June 

7,  1816. 

Jesse2  (Jacob1),  m.  Mary  Fitts,  Aug.  29,  1771.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Mar.  14, 
1772;  2,  Lois,  b.  Mar.  25,  1774;  m.  Solomon  Leland,  Apr.  2,  1795;  3,  Jona- 
than, b.  Dec.  18,  1775;  m.  Lucy  Armsby,  Feb.  16,  1803. 

Free2  (Jacob1),  m.  1st,  Ruth  Stockwell,  June  16,  1774;  m.  2d,  Alice  Gould, 
Nov.  14,  1776.  Ch.— 1,  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  5,  1777;  m.  1st,  Jeremy  Thompson;  m. 
2d,  Solomon  King;  2,  Free,  b.  June  4,  1779;  3,  Phebe,  b.  June  30,  1781;  4, 
Amos,  b.  Sept.  4,  1786. 

Asa2  (Jacob1),  m.  Damaris ;  she  d.  June  24,  1821.  Ch.— 1,  Olive,  b. 

June  20,  1786;  m.  Jonathan  Collar,  Jan.  12,  1806;  2,  Asa,  b.  Mar.  10,  1788; 
3,  Persis,  b.  Nov.  28,  1792;  m.  John  Hall,  2d,  June  14,  1814. 

Asa3  (Asa2,  Jacob1),  m.  Lydia  Hatheway,  May  25, 1808.  Ch.— 1,  Davis  W., 
b.  Feb.  17,  1810. 

Davis  W.4  (Asa3,  Asa2,  Jacob1),  m.  Sophronia  Humes, ,  1833.  Ch.— 1, 

Asa  W.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1834. 

The  names  of  Stebbing,  Isaac  and  Moses,  also  appear  upon 
the  records,  whose  connection  with  the  above  is  unknown. 

Stebbing  m.  Ruth .  Ch.— 1,  Ruth,  b.  May  16, 1732;  m.  Eleazar  Hawse, 

May  1,  1753;  2,  Mary,  b.  Oct.  22,  1733;  m.  Fuller  Putnam,  Dec.  4,  1752. 

Isaac  m.  Susanna .     Ch. — 1,  Susanna,  b.  Apr.  14,  1746. 

Moses  m.  Abigail .  Ch.— 1,  Moses,  b.  Jan.  10,  1757;  m.  Patty  Harris, 

June  15,  1780. 


630  FAMILIES  OF  THE 

DAGGET. 

Samuel  and  Ebenezer  Dagget,  two  brothers,  were  among 
the  original  thirty  families  who  settled  in  the  town,  and  the 
proprietors  of  the  four  thousand  acres.  They  probably 
came  (according  to  Deacon  Leland) ,  from  Reading. 

Ebenezer  m.  first,  Hannah  Sibley,  Aug.  10,  1722;  she  d.  Feb.  8,  1731;  m. 
second,  Nov.  25,  1731,  Mrs.  Hannah  Burnapof  Reading,  dau.  of  Dea.  Samuel 
Lilley,  who  united  with  the  church  by  letter  from  Reading  in  1732;  he  d.  Apr. 
8,  1702.  Ch.— 1,  Ebenezer,  b.  Apr.  21,  1723;  2,  Thomas,  b.  Apr.  25,  1725;  3, 
William,  b.  Aug.  15, 1727;  4,  Arthur,  b.  Jan.  30,  1729;  5,  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  11 , 
1732;  6,  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  25,  1736;  m.  Henry  Dwinel,  Apr.  26,  1757  ;\7, 
Rebeckah,  b.  Feb.  1,  1739 ;  m.  Benjamin  Rich,  July  15,  1762. 

Ebenezer  was  a  physician ;  studied  with  the  elder  Dr. 
Morse.  He  settled  in  Smithfield,  Rhode  Island,  and  there 
died  in  middle  life.  He  never  married. 

Thomas  m.  Martha  Stockwell,  May  14,  1747.  Ch.— John,  b.  Sept.  15,  1748 ; 
Mary,  b.  Mar.  29,  1750. 

Deacon  Leland  states  that  "Thomas  went  probably  to 
Greenwich  or  New  Salem ;  William  went,  according  to 
tradition,  with  his  brother  Thomas." 

Arthur  m.  Mehetable  Marsh,  Jan.  28,  1751;  d.  Aug.  23,  1775.  Ch.— 
1,  Arthur,  b.  Apr.  23, 1751 ;  2,  Mehetable,  b.  Oct.  10,  1752 ;  m.  Jonathan  Rich, 
July  7,  1774;  3,  Simeon,  b.  Mar.  7,  1757;  d.  in  the  revolutionary  war,  unmar- 
ried; 4,  Gideon,  b.  Dec.  21,  1759;  5,  Betty,  b.  Feb.  3,  1763;  m.  Thomas  Todd, 
Dec.  12,  1782;  6,  Tamar,  b.  Mar.  24,  1767;  m.  Eliphalet  Holman  of  Auburn, 
Jan.  4,  1787. 

Arthur3  (Arthur2,  Ebenezer1),  m.  Lucy  Cutler,  Dec.  10,  1772.  Ch.— 1, 
Stephen,  b.  Mar.  7, 1776;  2,  John,  b.  Dec.  12, 1777;  3,  Simeon,  b.  June  11, 1779  ; 
4,Polly,  b.  Feb.  14,  1781 ;  5,  Kate,  b.  Apr.  4, 1786;  6,  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  27, 1789 . 
Arthur  Dagget  went  with  his  family  to  Montpelier,  Vt,  about  1790. 

Gideon3  (Arthur2,  Ebenezer1),  m.  Elizabeth .  Ch.— Gardner,  b.  Oct . 

12,  1788.  No  further  record. 

Samuel2  (Ebenezer1),  m.  Lydia  Sibley,  May  6,  1755.  Ch. — 1,  Samuel,  b. 
Aug.  20,  1756;  d.  in  revolutionary  war;  2,  Anne,  b.  July  4,  1758;  d.  Nov.  13, 
1759;  3,  Anne,  b.  Apr.  3,  1760,  "  turned  Shaker;"  4,  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  23,  1762  ; 
m.  Amos  Gould  of  Charlton;  5,  Judith,  b.  Apr.  12,  1764;  d.  July  28,  1782  ; 
6,  Jacob,  b.  May  30,  1766;  probably  went  to  Vt. ;  7,  Ebenezer,  b.  Apr.  8, 
17*70;  left  town;  8,  Ruth,  b.  Aug.  8,  1773;  a  cripple,  d.  unmarried;  9, 
Rebeckah,  b.  Sept.  8,  1775 ;  d.  unmarried,  Sept.  24,  1851 ;  10,  Hannah,  b . 
Sept  8,  1780;  m.  Simeon  Hall,  Oct.  14,  1805. 

Samuel  m.  Martha,  widow  of  Samuel  Sibley,  Apr.  10,  1740;  d.  Aug.  24, 
1756.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Dec.  17,  1741 ;  2,  Stephen,  b.  Feb.  12,  1745. 


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DARLING. 

Zelek  Darling  was  the  son  of  William  and  Rachel  (White) 
Darling  of  Mendon,  born  in  1762.  He  had  a  brother  Aaron, 
born  in  1773,  who  seems  to  have  settled  in  Douglas. 

Zelek  m.  Sarah  Wheeler,  and  probably  settled  in  Sutton  in  1786  or  1787 ; 
he  d.  in  1844;  she  d.  in  1809.  Ch.— 1,  Cyrus,  b.  Sept.  1,  1787;  2,  Wheeler,  b. 
Nov.  19,  1789;  3,  Peter,  b.  Jan.  7,  1792;  4,  Zelek,  b.  Feb.  16, 1794;  5,  Simeon, 
b.  Apr.  13,  1796;  6,  John,  b.  Dec.  9,  1798;  7,  Levi,  b.  Nov.  3,  1800. 

Cyrus3  (Zelek2,  William1),  m.  Sophia .  Ch.— 1,  Luann,  b.  Nov.  24, 

1814;  2,  Estes,  b.  Nov.  10,  1817;  3,  Adeline,  b.  Aug.  29,  1822. 

Wheeler3  (Zelek2,  William1),  m.  Sybil .  Ch.— Charles  Wheeler,  b.  Aug. 

14,  1812. 

Zelek3  (Zelek2,  William1),  m.  Sarah  Aun .  Ch.— 1,  Edwin  Crawford, 

b.  Mar.  11,  1818;  2,  Eleanor,  b.  Sept.  23,  1820;  3,  Rodney  Luther,  b.  Nov.  6, 
1822;  4,  Melaney  Lawton,  b.  Apr.  2,  1830. 

John3  (Zelek2,  William1),  m.  Lydia  Fuller,  Dec.  23,  1823.  Ch.— 1,  Lafay- 
ette, b.  Jan.  5,  1825;  d.  May  1833;  2,  John  D.,b.  July  5,  1826;  3,  Lucy  A.,  b. 
Oct.  1,  1828;  m.  Simeon  C.  Davis,  June  9,  1847;  4,  Lydia,  b.  July  27,  1833; 
m.  Sylvanus  Bullock,  Apr.  1872;  d.  April  8,  1874;  5,  Mary,  b.  July  5,  1835; 
d.  Oct.  4,  1835;  6,  Sarah  W.,  b.  July  7,  1838;  d.  Feb.  22,  1841;  7,  Zelek,  b. 
Dec.  9,  1839;  m.  Sarah  T.  Foster,  Mar.  1866;  8,  George  L.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1844; 
m.  Abbie  J.  Sheldon,  Feb.  29,  1872. 

John  D.*  (John3,  Zelek2,  William1),  m.  Mary  T.  Jereauld,  Nov.  17,  1846. 
Ch.— 1,  Henry  Jereauld,  b.  Jan.  11,  18G9. 

Ira3  (Aaron2,  William1)  in.  Nancy  Carpenter,  May  16,  1836.  Ch.— 1,  Cor- 
delia M.,  b.  June  14,  1837;  m.  Chilion  Houghton,  Jan.  29,  1868;  2,  Celia  L., 
b.  July  12,  1838 ;  m.  Andrew  A.  Batcheller,  Oct.  1,  1865. 

William  Darling  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Pamelia  Cox,  Aug.  28,  1803. 
Ch.— 1,  Elnora,  b.  Feb.  1,  1804:  2,  Stephen,  b.  Feb.  16,  1805;  3,  Mary  Ann, 
b.  Sept.  30,  1806;  4,  Philander,  b.  Aug.  19,  1808;  5,  Maria,  b.  Dec.  25,  1810; 
6,  Eli,  b.  Jan.  9,  1813;  7,  John,  b.  Nov.  16,  1814;  8,  Sarah  Ann,  b.  Aug.  16, 
1816;  9,  Gardner,  b.  Mar.  10,  1819;  10,  Jane  Frances,  b.  Feb.  9,  1821;  11, 
Louisa,  b.  May  12,  1823;  12,  William  Gardner,  b.  May  12, 1825;  13,  Prudence, 
14,  Pamelia,  twins,  b.  Apr.  30,  1827. 

Zelek  Darling  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Polly .  Ch. — 1,  Mosefc  Leland, 

b.  Nov.  7,  1812;  2,  Harrison,  b.  July  15,  1814;  3,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  21,  1816;  4, 
Euth,  b.  Sept.  21,  1818;  5,  Fuller,  b.  Mar.  24,  1821;  6,  Palmer,  b.  May  16, 
1823;  7,  Judsou,  b.  May  6,  1827. 

DAVENPORT. 

William  Davenport,  according  to  Dea.  Leland,  was  the 
son  of  Richard,  who  came  from  Bridge  water. 

Hem.  Tamesin .     Ch.— 1,  Tamesin,  b.  May  13,  1765;   2,  William,  b. 

Nov.  22,  1766;  3,  Mercy,  b.  Aug.  25,  1768;  4,  Thomas,  b.  May  1,  1770;  5, 
John,  b.  July  26,  1772;  6,  Aaron,  b.  Apr.  24,  1774;  m.  Mary  Martin,  Feb.  7, 
1799;  7,  Anna,  b.  Apr.  20,  1776;  8,  Loving,  b.  Sept.  21,  1777;  9,  Azubah,  b. 
Apr.  4,  1779;  10,  Jeremy,  b,  Feb,  19,  1782;  11,  Eunice,  b.  Feb.  11,  1784;  12, 
Joel,  b.  May  25,  1786, 


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Richard2  (Richard1),  m.  Anne  Buxton,  July  5,  1770.  Ch. — 1,  Betsey,  b. 
Jan.  17,  1773;  2,  Lydia,  b.  Sept.  16,  1775;  m.  John  Stone,  jr.,  Oct.  29,  1797; 
3,  Cyrus,  b.  Feb.  16,  1778;  4,  Anne,  b.  July  16,  1781;  5,  Comfort,  b.  Mar.  8, 
1786;  6,  Sally,  b.  June  8,  1788. 

DAY. 

The  Days  of  Sutton  descend  from  Ralph  Day  of  Dedham, 
who  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1645.  He  married  Susan 
Fairbanks  October  12,  1647.  Among  his  children  was 
John,  born  April  15,  1654  ;  married  Abigail  Pond,  May  22, 
1678,  and  soon  after  removed  to  Wrentham.  The  eldest 
son  of  John  and  Abigail,  John,  jr.,  was  born  at  Dedham, 
October  11,  1679  ;  married  Ruth  Puffer,  December  12,  1706, 
and  resided  at  Wrentham.  They  had  eight  children,  among 
whom  were  John,  born  March  1,  1709,  and  Daniel,  born 
October  7,  1721,  both  of  whom  came  to  Sutton.  John  of 
Wrentham,  father  of  the  above,  was  the  owner  of  land  in 
Sutton,  as  appears  from  deeds  recorded  in  Worcester.  In 
1738  he  deeds  land  in  Sutton  to  Stephen  Hall,  and  in  1742 
to  John  Day  of  Sutton.  This  is  probably  about  the  time 
his  sons,  John  and  Daniel,  came  to  town. 

John  4  (John3,  John2,  Ralph1),  m.  Abial  Chapman,  Mar.  19,  1745.  Ch.— 1, 
Dorcas,  b.  July  27,  1746;  2,  John,  b.  Jan.  12,  1749;  3,  Stephen,  b.  May  28, 
1751;  4,  Ruth,  b.  Aug.  27,  1754;  d.  Apr.  28,  1755. 

He  removed  with  his  family  to  Keene,  New  Hampshire, 
where  some  of  his  descendants  are  said  now  to  reside,  and 
some  of  them  in  Gilsum,  New  Hampshire. 

Daniel4  (John3,  John2,  Ralph1),  m.  Susanna  Hutchinson,  May  14,  1752;  d. 
Nov.  7, 1810.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Apr.  3,  1753;  m.  Wm.  Duncan,  June  22, 
1779;  2,  Daniel,  b.  Nov.  16,  1755;  3,  Susanna,  b.  Sept.  19,  1757;  4,  Molly,  b. 
Feb.  14,  1761;  m.  Ezra  Batcheller,  Jan.  15,  1789;  5,  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  27,  1763; 
in.  Dennis  Thayer,  Dec.  27,  1792;  6,  Moses,  7,  Aaron,  8,  Miriam,  triplets,  b. 
Sept.  11,  1765;  Aaron  d.  1828;  Miriam  d.  Nov.  7,  1804. 

Moses5  (Daniel*,  John3,  John2,  Ralph1),  m.  Patience  Ellis,  Apr.  9,  1793. 
Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  Sept.  11,  1797;  2.  Hammond,  b.  Sept.  8,  1796;  3,  Hannah, 
b.  June  18,  1798;  4,  Levina,  b.  July  25,  1800;  5,  Phebe,  b.  Sept,  23,  1802;  d. 
Oct.  26,  1803. 

Aaron5  (Daniel4,  John3,  John2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Prudence  Newton,  Jan.  17, 
1797;  she  d.  Mar.  8,  1807;  m.  2d,  Purly  Howard.  Ch.— 1,  Zebina,  b.  Apr.  4, 
1799;  2,  Sylvester,  3,  Sylvanus  Newton,  twins,  b.  Jan.  30,  1801;  4,  Prudence, 
b.  Feb.  5,  1805;  5,  Judson,  b.  July  26,  1807;  6,  Edmund,  b.  Mar.  17,  1809;  7, 
Aaron,  b.  Apr.  17,  1812;  8,  Austin. 

Judson6,  (Aaron5,  Daniel4,  John8,  John2,  Ralph1),  m.  1st,  Mary  Learned, 


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Mar.  20, 1834;  she  d.  Aug.  5,  1850;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Ball,  Sept.  10, 1851.  Ch.— 
1,  Albert  A.,  b.  May  15,  1840;  d.  May  17,  1840;  2,  Henry  J.,  b.  July  28, 1842; 
3,  Mary  J.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1852. 

Edmund6  (Aaron5,  Daniel4,  John3,  John2,  Ralph1),  m.  Arrena  Logee,  1848. 
Ch.— 1,  Emma  F.,  b.  Jan.,  1850;  2,  Mary  A.,  b.  May,  1852. 

DIKE. 

Anthony  Dike  seems  to  have  been  the  first  of  the  name 
who  came  from  England  to  this  country.  The  date  of  his 
coming  is  not  known.  He  had  a  son,  Anthony,  who  seems 
to  have  settled  in  Ipswich.  This  Anthony  had  a  son, 
Nathaniel,  born  in  Ipswich,  who  came  to  Sutton  at  an  early 
date.  The  church  records  show  that  both  himself  and  wife 
were  received  into  the  church  very  soon  after  its  organiza- 
tion. Date  not  given,  but  previously  to  1721.  His  child- 
ren were  probably  born  in  Ipswich.  The  following  are  their 
names  : 

1,  Nathaniel;  2,  Mary;   m.  Robert  Fitts  of  Ipswich;   3,  Sarah;  m.  William 

Sibley,  July  4,  1726;  4,  Martha;  m.  Samuel  Sibley,  Aug.  6,  1722;  5, ;  m. 

a  Waite;  6,  Daniel;  d.  Feb.  18, 1787;  7,  Ebenezer;  went  to  Vt. ;  8,  Benjamin; 

9,  James,  went  to  Thompson,  Ct.,  and  d.  there. 

Nathaniel4  (Nathaniel3,  Anthony2,  Anthony1),  m.  his  w.  in  Ipswich.  Her 
name  is  not  known.  Ch. — 1,  Nathaniel.  No  further  record. 

Daniel4  (Nathaniel3,  Anthony2,  Anthony1),  m.  Mary  Witt  of  Marlboro,  Sept. 
26,  1734;  shed.  Aug.  6,  1785.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  June  10,  1736;  m.  Josiah 
Buckman,  Mar.  22,  1759;  d.  Nov.  26,  1'809;  2,  Daniel;  3,  Anthony;  4,  Rhoda, 
d.  at  age  of  18,  unmarried;  5,  Hannah;  m.  Ebenezer  Putnam,  Jan.  16,  1766; 
6,  William;  m.  Abigail  Jennison,  Sept.  21,  1769;  moved  to  New  York;  7, 
Rebeckah,  b.  Aug.  1,  1755;  m.  Ezra  Putnam,  Dec.  14,  1780;  d.  May  28,  1823. 

Daniel5  (Daniel4,  Nathaniel3,  Anthony2,  Anthony1),  m.  Mary  Pratt  of 
Oxford,  Jan.  17,  1760.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  Nov.  7,  1760;  d.  Aug.  10,  1786;  2, 
Sarah,  b.  July  15,  1762;  3,  Rhoda,  b.  June  16,  1764;  4,  Elias,  b.  Oct.  26, 1767; 
5,  Mary,  b.  June  13,  1769;  6,  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  7,  1771;  7,  Catherine,  b.  Dec. 

10,  1772;  8,  John,  b.  Nov.  4,  1774. 

He  moved  with  his  family  to  Bethel,  Vermont,  in  the 
early  settlement  of  that  town,  and  was  there  killed  by  the 
fall  of  a  tree,  August  2,  1786. 

Anthony5  (Daniel4,  Nathaniel3,  Anthony2,  Anthony1),  m.  Anne  Jennison, 
Jan.  16,  1775.  Ch.— 1,  Albert  Anthony,  b.  Aug.  31,  1776;  2,  Amadeus,  b. 
May  11,  1780;  3,  James,  b.  Feb.  20,  1783;  d.  Mar.  17,  1806;  4,  Artemas,  b. 
Feb.  10,  1785;  5,  Rufus,  b.  Oct.  20,  1786. 

Benjamin4  (Nathaniel3,  Anthony2,  Anthony1),  m. .  Ch.— 1,  Betty;  2, 

David;  3,  Aaron;  and  others.  Moved  to  Thompson,  Ct. 

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634  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

DODGE. 

Isaac  Dodge,  the  first  of  the  name  who  came  to  Sutton, 
was  born  at  Boxford.  He  was  the  son  of  William,  a  resi- 
dent of  that  place.  William's  father  was  from  Wenham, 
and  lived  there  in  1739.  Isaac  married  first,  Mehitabel 
Tyler  of  Boxford,  by  whom  he  had  five  children ;  married 
second,  Abigail  Tyler,  a  cousin  of  Mehitabel ;  she  died  Feb. 

3,  1775. 

Ch.— 1,  Mehitabel,  m.  Amos  Mullicken,  Feb.  28,  1751;  2,  Moses  Tyler;  3, 
Nancy;  m.  Stephen  Marsh,  Dec.  15,  1757;  4,  Ruth;  m.  Caleb  Marsh,  Feb.  13, 
1759;  5,  Isaac;  6,  Nabby;  m.  Nathaniel  Stockwell,  Mar.  31,  1763;  7,  Pru- 
dence; m.  Solomon  Parsons,  Dec.  18,  1772;  8,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  1,  1750;  m. 
Reuben  Town,  July  7,  1767. 

Moses  T.4  (Isaac3,  William2, l),  m.  Lydia  Gibbs,  Feb.  11,  1762.     Ch.— 

1,  Moses,  b.  June  27,  1762;   2,  Isaac,  b.  June  13,  1764;   3,  John,  b.  Dec.  7, 
1766;  4,  Mehitabel,  b.  Sept.  12,  1768;   5,  Abigail,  b.  May  5,  1770;   6,  Simeon, 
b.  Apr.  1,  1772;  7,  David,  b.  Nov.  5,  1774;  8,  Tyler;  9,  Polly. 

The  family  removed  to  the  State  of  New  York. 

Isaac4  (Isaac3,  William2, 1),  m.  Abigail  Morse,  Mar.  19,  1771;  she  d. 

July  2,  1809.  Ch.— 1,  Isaac,  b.  Apr.  25,  1172;  d.  Sept.  27,  1858;  2,  Abigail, 
b.  July  20,  1773;  3,  Prudence,  b.  Feb.  25,  1775;  d.  unmarried,  May  19,  1863; 

4,  Benjamin  Morse,  b.  Apr.  8,  1777;  5,  Silas  Hazeltine.,  b.  July  15, 1779;  d.  at 
Lisbon,  Me.,  Sept.  16,  1829;   6,  John,  b.  Oct.  17,  1780;   d.  Aug.  30,  1862;   7, 
Polly  Tyler,  b.  Apr.  8,  1784;   d.  in  1799;   8,  David,  b.  Nov.  29,  1787;   d.  in 
1808. 

Isaac5  (Isaac4,  Isaac3,  William2, *),  m.  Matilda  Cummings,  Apr.  4, 1815; 

she  d.  Apr.  24,  1875.  Ch.— 1,  David  Sears,  b.  Nov.  1816. 

Silas  H.5  (Isaac4,  Isaac3,  William2, *),  m.  1st,  Patience  Webber,  Oct.  30, 

1808;  she  was.  b.  Jan.  26,  1790;  d.  Jan.  6,  1809;  m.  2d,  Betsey  Tucker  Lur- 
vey,  Feb.  4,  1818;  she  was  b.  Aug.  7,  1788;  d.  Sept.  10,  1849,  at  Worcester. 
Ch. — 1,  Isaac  Cummings,  b.  Oct.  7,  1822;  d.  Apr.  6,  1838;  2,  Benjamin  John, 
b.  Apr.  18,  1825 ;  settled  at  Worcester,  1842. 

Benjamin  J.G  (Silas  H.5,  Isaac4,  Isaac3,  William2, J),  m.  first,  Esther 

Hill  Gilbert,  Apr.  24,  1849;  shed.  May  4,  1864;  m.  second,  Ellen  Frances 
Malbone,  May  17,  1865. '  Ch. — 1,  Oscar  Freeman,  b.  Jan.  13,  1852 ;  m.  Emily 
Wilbert,  1874;  now  in  the  signal  service  of  the  United  States  government, 
and  resides  at  Washington,  D.  C.  2,  Florence  Malbone,  b.  Dec.  1,  1869. 

Josiah  Dodge,  the  son  of  Richard  Hubbard  Dodge,  came 
from  Wenham.  The  father  of  Richard  was  Jacob,  probably 
a  brother  of  the  father  of  William,  since,  as  appears  by  a 
receipt  given  in  1739,  he  was  then  living  in  Wenham. 

Josiah  m.  Huldah  Carriel,  May  24,  1796.     Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Aug.  13,  1797 ; 

2,  Nancy,  b.  Sept.  5,  1799;  m.  Simeon  Keith,  Sept.  26,  1820;  3,  Nathaniel,  b. 
June  9,  1802;    d.  July  14,  1862;   4,  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  4,  1804;    5,  Sylvia,  b. 
Nov.  1,  1806;  6,  Willard,  b.  Sept.  2,  1808;  7,  Eliza,  b.  June  20,  1810;  m.  Apr. 
6,  1832,  James  Gleason;  8,  Israel  Adams,  b.  Jan.  24,  1813. 


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John4  ( Josiah8,  Richard  H.2,  Jacob1),  m.  Lydia  Elliot,  May  11,  1820.  Ch.— 
1,  John  Andrew,  b.  June  8,  1821;  2,  Josiah,  b.  Mar.  17,  1824;  d.  Apr.  29, 
1846;  3,  Sylvia  Joan,  b.  July  2,  1827;  m.  James  Gleason,  Nov.  5,  1866;  4, 
Serena  Perry,  b.  Sept.  4,  1830;  5,  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  11,  1833;  6,  Edwin 
Jennings,  b.  Jan.  15,  1839. 

Nathaniel4  (Josiah3,  Richard  H.'2,  Jacob1),  m.  Adeline  Dudley,  Sept.  10, 
1829.  Ch.— 1,  George  W.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1846. 

George  W.5,  (Nathaniel4,  Josiah3,  Richard  H.2,  Jacob1),  m.  Sarah  Angeline 
Marsh,  Apr.  30,  1874.  Ch.— 1,  George  Harrison,  b.  Jan.  24,  1875. 

Leonard4,  (Josiah3,  Richard  H.2,  Jacob1),  m.  Julia  Putnam,  Dec.  15,  1831. 
Ch.— 1,  Julia  Putnam,  b.  Oct.  14,  1832;  2,  Richard  Leonard,  b.  Oct.  22,  1834; 
3,  Asa  Putnam,  b.  Sept.  13,  1836 ;  4,  Sarah  Cornelia,  b.  June  4,  1839. 

Asa  P.5  (Leonard4,  Josiah3,  Richard  H.2,  Jacob1),  m.  Frances  A.  Putnam, 
June  22,  1857.  Ch.— 1,  Julia  F.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1857;  d.  Apr.  12,  1858;  2, 
Nellie  P.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1860;  m.  Charles  R.  Luther,  Dec.  20,  1877;  3,  Walter 
F.,  b.  July  16,  1866. 

Willard4  (Josiah3,  Richard  H.2,  Jacob1),  m.  first,  Huldah  Sibley;  m. 
second,  Fanny  Bigelow,  July  4,  1842;  m.  third,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Cadwell, 
May  9,  1852.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah  Cornelia,  b.  June  4,  1839 ;  2,  Lucinda  Bigelow, 
b.  Aug.  5,  1846;  3,  Loren  I.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1849;  d.  Sept.  18,  1853. 

Israel  Adams4  (Josiah3,  Richard  H.2,  Jacob1),  m.  first,  Emma  C.  Hill,  1835; 
she  d.  Feb.  1,  1851 ;  m.  second,  Sarah  Hill,  Jan.  1,  1852.  Ch.— 1,  Ellen 
Frances,  b.  Mar.  4,  1836;  2,  Walter,  b.  Apr.  27,  1846;  d.  Apr.  28,  1864;  3, 
Cora  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  22,  1861 ;  d.  Dec.  31,  1868. 

Jacob3  (Richard  H.2,  Jacob1),  m.  Betsey,  dau.  of  Ebenezer  Rawson,  Mar. 

7,  1801.     She  was  a  lineal  descendant  in  the  fifth  generation  of  Edward  Raw- 
son,  sec.  of  Mass.  Bay  Colony  in  1650  to  1686.     He  d.  Aug.  18,  1855 ;  she  d. 
May  15,  1869.    Ch.— 1,  Sarah  C  ,  b.  Sept.  4,  1801;  d.  Mar.  10,  1869;  2,  Mary, 
b.  Oct.  14,  1803;   m.  Silas  Rawson;  3,  Harvey,  b.  Mar.  23,  1807;  4,  Clara  R., 
b.  May  1,  1809;   m.  Joshua  R.  Lawton,  Oct.  9,  1854;  5,  Ebenezer  R.,  b.  Mar. 
3,  1811;    d.  July  24,  1864;    6,  Reuben  Rawson,  b.  Apr.  3,  1819;   7,  Gardner 
Hubbard,  b.  June  17,  1821 ;  m.  Charlotte  Hubbard,  May  1846. 

Harvey4  (Jacob3,  Richard  H.2  Jacob1),  m.  Catherine  Thayer,  Mar.  29,  1842. 
Ch.— 1,  Richard  H.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1843;  m.  Lida  Carter,  1871;  2,  Edward,  b. 
Sept.  12,  1851. 

Ebenezer4  (Jacob3,  Richard  H.2,  Jacob1)  m.  Mercy  M.  Comstock,  June  27, 
1844.  Ch. — 1,  Augusta  Fannie;  2,  Ellen  A.,  m.  George  Pierce. 

Reuben  R.*  (Jacob3,  Richard  H.2,  Jacob1),  m.  Lydia  H.  Wood  of  Nan- 
tucket,  Sept.  13, 1853.  Ch.— 1,  Herbert  Willie,  b.  Jan.  13, 1855 ;  2,  Ella  Maria, 
b.  Feb.  24,  1857;  3,  Sarah  Lizzie,  b.  Feb.  17,  1860;  4,  Frederick  Arthur,  b. 
Oct.  6,  1861;  5,  Lucius  Rawson,  b.  Dec.  14,  1863;  6,  Lottie  Gardner,  b.  May 

8,  1870. 

DUDLEY. 

The  ancestor  of  the  Button  Dudleys  was  Francis,  sup- 
posed to  have  been  a  relative  of  Governor  Thomas  Dudley. 
He  was  born  in  England,  emigrated  to  this  country  and  settled 
in  Concord,  probably  about  1663. 

He  m.  Sarah  Wheeler  of  Concord,  Oct.  26,  1665;  she  d.  Dec.  12,  1713. 
Ch.— 1,  Mary;  m.  Joseph  Fletcher;  2,  Joseph,  m.  Abigail  Gobble,  1691;  d. 


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Nov.  3,  1702;  3,  Samuel,  b.  1666;  d.  1775;  4,  Sarah,  d.  Aug.  4,  1701;  5,  John; 
m.  Hannah  Poltier,  May  16,  1697;  6,  Francis. 
Samuel2  (Francis1)  m.  first,  Abigail  King,  Nov.  1,  1704;   m.  second,  Lydia 

.     Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b.  July  28,  1705 ;  m.  Abigail  Waters,  Feb.  17,  1729 ; 

2,  Francis,  b.  Dec.  10,  1706;  3,  David,  4,  Jonathan,  5,  Abigail,  triplets,  b. 
Nov.  1,  1709;  6,  Sarah,  b.  July  28/1713;  7,  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  28,  1714;  m.  Dr. 
Benjamin  Morse,  May  25,  1735;  8,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  22,  1716;  9,  Patty,  b.  Sept. 
13,  1718;  10,  Rogers,  b.  Aug.  9, 1720;  11,  Paul,  b.  Sept.  24,  1721;  12,  Charles, 
b.  Dec.  10,  1722;  13,  William,  b.  May  28,  1726. 

The  name  of  Samuel  Dudley  appears  first  upon  the  records, 
May  31,  1726,  as  the  purchaser  of  land  from  the  proprietors, 
and  frequently  after  that  date  as  a  purchaser  of  land.  He 
also  bought  of  individual  owners,  and  in  1740  was  one  of 
the  largest  land  owners  in  town.  He  was  a  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  evidently  a  man  of  prominence  and  influence. 
His  age,  one  hundred  and  nine  years  at  his  death,  is  greater 
than  has  been  attained  by  any  resident  of  Sutton. 

Francis8  (Samuel2,  Francis1)  m.  Sibillah  Leland  of  Sherborn,  May  23,  1732. 
Ch.— 1,  Sibillah,  b.  Aug.  19,  1733;  m.  Joseph  Mosely,  Oct.  18,  1750;  2, 
Martha,  b.  June  27,  1736;  m.  Simeon  Gleason,  June  2,  1764;  3,  Mary,  b. 
Dec.  6,  1740;  m.  Joel  Wheeler,  Dec.  19,  1765;  4,  Sarah,  b.  June  7,  1744;  5, 
Francis,  b.  Feb.  18,  1748. 

Francis4  (Francis3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Elizabeth  Whipple,  May  21, 1771. 
Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  19,  1771;  2,  Francis,  b.  Feb.  5,  1774;  3,  Elizabeth,  b. 
Jan.  5,  1776;  4,  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  1,  1781;  5,  Beulah,  b.  Apr.  2,  1783;  6, 
Simon,  b.  Apr.  23,  1787. 

David3  (Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Hannah .  Ch.— 1,  Betty,  b.  July  26, 

1738;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  14,  1744;  3,  Abel,  b.  Oct.  21,  1746;  d.  Sept.  13, 
1813;  4,  Timothy,  b.  Aug.  16,  1751;  5,  Abigail,  b.  June  15,  1758;  6,  Lucy,  b. 
Aug.  2,  1761 ;  m.  John  Tatman,  Nov.  22,  1784. 

Abel4  (David3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Sarah  .  Ch. — 1,  Hannah,  b. 

Jan.  12, 1769;  2,  David,  b.  Jan.  1, 1771;  3,  Tabitha,  b.  Aug.  1, 1774;  m.  Daniel 
Torrey,  jr.,  May  26,  1791;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  10,  1776;  5,  Abel,  b.  Sept.  15, 
1780;  6,  Sarah,  b.  Apr.  15,  1782. 

Abel6  (Abel4,  David3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Polly .  Ch.— 1,  Rinda,  b. 

Aug.  29,  1802;  2,  Gary,  b.  Oct.  20,  1803;  3,  David,  b.  Jan.  15,  18U5;  4,  Eliza, 
b.  Aug.  20,  1806;  5,  Nabby,  b.  Jan.  2,'  1808;  6,  Sumiier,  b.  Sept.  4,  1810;  7, 
Rufus  H.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1813. 

Jonathan3  (Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Hannah  Putnam,  Aug.  18,  1736.  Ch. — 
1,  Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  22,  1738;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  20,  1740;  3,  John,  b.  Aug. 
20,  1743;  4,  Prudence,  b.  May  4,  1747;  m.  Henry  King,  jr.,  June  18,  1772;  5, 
Anne,  b.  Apr.  9,  1753;  m.  Alpheus  Marble,  Dec.  15,  1774;  6,  Samuel,  b.  Jan. 
4,  1755;  7,  Peter,  b.  Jan.  10,  1758;  d.  Sept  8,  1836. 

Jonathan4  (Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  1st,  Mary  Garfield,  Feb.  1, 
1763;  m.  2d,  Jemima  Stearnes,  June  22,  1786.  Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  27, 
1766;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  24,  1768;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  9,  1771;  d.  Nov.  6, 
1774;  4,  Mary,  b.  Mar.  24,  1773;  5,  Lucy,  b.  May  10,  1787. 


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Jonathan5  (Jonathan4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Lydia  Marble, 
Nov.  27,  1788.  Ch.— 1,  Simon,  b.  Dec.  14,  1789;  2,  Polly,  b.  Aug.  10,  1791; 
3,  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  27,  1793 ;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  July  9,  1798 ;  5,  Hannah,  b.  Nov. 
10,  1801;  6,  Elijah,  b.  July  30,  1803;  7,  Adaline,  b.  May  4,  1805;  m.  Nath'l 
Dodge,  Sept.  10,  1829;  8,  Jason,  b.  Nov.  6,  1808;  9,  Alinira,  b.  Nov.  26,  1810; 
d.  Jan.  4,  1846;  10,  Susan,  b.  Dec.  11,  1812;  m.  Sumner  Putnam,  July  1, 
1840. 

Simon6  (Jonathan5,  Jonathan4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Betsey 

.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  3,  1818;  2,  Louisa  Maria,  b.  Mar.  23, 

1820;  3,  Martha  Ann,  b.  Sept.  6,  1823;  4,  Simon,  b.  Dec.  16,  1828. 

Jonathan6  (Jonathan5,  Jonathan4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel-,  Francis1),  in.  Sarah 
R.  Torrey,  1825.  Ch.— 1,  Edwin  Augustus,  b.  June  22,  1827;  2,  Ann  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Jan.  2,  1831 ;  m.  R.  C.  Hall,  May  25,  1853. 

Edwin  A.7  (Jonathan6,  Jonathan5,  Jonathan4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Fran- 
cis1), m.  Elizabeth  P.  Howard,  May  9,  1841.  Ch.— 1,  Ella  Frances,  b.  Dec. 
21,  1852;  2,  Einma  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  6,  1854. 

Jason6  (Jonathan5,  Jonathan4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Mary  A. 

.  Ch.— 1,  George  Jason,  b.  Feb.  17,  1849;  2,  Mary  E. ;  m.  Frank  J.  Dad- 

mun,  Oct.  9,  1867. 

George  J.7  (Jason6,  Jonathan5,  Jonathan4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1), 
m.  Jennie  P.  Daniels.  Ch. — 1,  Frederick  Albert,  b.  Jan.  5,  1874;  2,  Edith 
Luella,  b.  May  2,  1876. 

John4  (Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Mary  Morse,  Oct.  13,  1768.  Ch. — 
1,  John,  b.  Oct.  19,  1769;  2,  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  18,  1773;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  22, 
1779;  4,  James,  b.  Nov.  23,  1783. 

John5  (John4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Deborah  Marble,  Feb.  20, 
1792.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Mar.  3,  1793;  2,  Sally,  b.  Sept.  21, 1795;  m.  Welcome 
Adams;  3,  Lomira,  b.  Dec.  29, 1797;  m.  Stephen  Hunt,  June  1, 1830;  4,  Polly, 
b.  Feb.  19,  1800;  5,  Leonard,  b.  Mar.  8,  1802;  d.  May  12,  1842;  6,  James,  b. 
May  13,  1805;  d.  Dec.  19,  1844;  7,  Edward  M.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1812. 

John6  (John5,  John4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Mary  Woodbury. 
Jan.  1,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  John  W.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1840;  2,  Mary  W.,  b.  July  26, 
1844;  m.  Charles  J.  Dudley,  Mar.  20,  1878. 

Leonard6  (John5,  John4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel'2,  Francis1),  m.  Elizabeth  Fisher. 
Ch.— 1,  Leonard  F.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1837;  2,  Abby  G.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1841. 

James6  (John5,  John4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Dolly  Towne. 
Ch.— 1,  Jane  Lomira,  b.  Dec.  25,  1835;  2,  John  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  20, 1837;  3, 
James  Marius,  b.  Mar.  6,  1841 ;  4,  Ann  Eliza  Towne,  b.  Mar.  10,  1843. 

Edward  M.6  (John5,  John4,  Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Betsey  S. 
Bartlett,  Mar.  27,  1839.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  16, 1839;  2,  Edward 
Bartlett,  b.  Oct.  17,  1842. 

Peter*  (Jonathan3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Sarah  P.  Chase,  Dec.  12,  1781 ; 
she  d.  Feb.  24,  1836.  Ch.— 1,  Caleb,  b.  Sept.  14,  1782;  2,  Phebe,  b.  Mar.  21, 
1784;  m.  David  Dudley,  Feb.  22,  1804;  d.  Mar.  7,  1851. 

Rogers3  (Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Mary  Sibley,  May  31,  1743.  Ch.— 1,  Marcy, 
b.  Apr.  20,  1746;  2,  David,  b.  Jan.  14,  1750;  3,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  14,  1751. 

David4  (Rogers3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Lois  Whitney,  Dec.  16, 1773.  Ch.— 
1,  John;  2,  David,  b.  June  5,  1781;  d.  Nov.  3,  1836;  3,  Luther;  4,  Sally;  5, 
Betsey,  b.  Feb.  9,  1787 ;  m.  John  March,  Aug.  18, 1811 ;  6,  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  14, 
1790;  7,  Amasa,  b.  Oct.  17,  1792;  8,  Polly. 

David5  (David4,  Rogers3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Phebe  Dudley,  Feb.  22, 
1804.  Ch.— 1,  Caleb,  b.  1804;  d.  Oct.  22,  1830;  2,  Peter,  b.  1807;  d.  July  31, 


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1840;  3,  Elbridge  Gerry,  b.  1810;  d.  Apr.  12,  1834:  4,  Betsey  E.,  b.  1815:  d. 
Apr.  19,  1834;  5,  David  T.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1817. 

Peter6  (David5,  David4,  Rogers3,  Samuel2  Francis1),  m.  Juliette  Robinson, 
Dec.  2,  1829.  Ch.— 1,  Caleb  Fisher,  b.  Nov.  27,  1830;  2,  Charles  Henry,  b. 
Mar.  10,  1833;  3,  Sarah  Prince,  b.  Nov.  30,  1834;  4,  Mary  Carlisle,  b.  Apr.  13, 
1837;  m.  H.  L.  Ainsworth. 

David  T.6  (David5,  David4,  Rogers3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  1st,  Lucy  L. 
Wilder,  Nov.  29,  1838;  m.  2d,  Ann  E.  Leland,  June  1,  1869.  Ch.— 1,  Henry 
T.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1841;  2,  Augusta  L.,  b,  Aug.  21, 1847;  3,  Frederick  C.,  b.  Aug. 
24,  1851;  m.  Angle  A.  Anderson,  Oct.  22,  1872;  4,  Sumner  A.,  b.  Mar.  15, 
1854;  5,  Charles  F.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1856;  6,  Nettie  P.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1859. 

Henry  T.6  (David  T.5,  David4,  Rogers3,  Samuel2,  Francis1),  m.  Lucina  H. 
Chase.  Ch.— 1,  Beulah  C.,  b.  Dec.  9,  1867;  2,  Lucy  Gertrude,  b.  Aug.  14, 
1869. 

D  WIGHT. 

Samuel  Dwight,  m.  Dec.  23,  1731,  Jane,  dau.  of  Joseph  Bulkley,  son  of 
Peter,  son  of  Rev.  Peter  Bulkley,  minister  of  Concord.  Ch. — 1,  Jane,  b. 
Nov.  24,  1733;  m.  Nathaniel  Carriel,  Oct.  11,  1752;  2,  Silence,  b.  Apr.  4, 
1736;  m.  William  King,  Mar.  29,  1759;  3,  Rachel,  b.  Sept.  8,  1738;  m.  Geo. 
Gould  Dec.  27,  1769;  4,  Timothy,  b.  May  27,  1741;  m.  Sarah  Alden;  d.  in 
Ashburnham;  5,  Anne,  b.  July  21,  1743;  m.  Joseph  Elliot,  Oct.  28,  1772;  6, 
Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  14,  1751 ;  m.  Joseph  Waters,  Feb.  28,  1776 ;  7,  Rebeckah, 
b.  May  19,  1754;  m.  Abraham  Batcheller,  jr.,  Dec.  28,  1774. 

DWINNEL. 

Jonathan  Dwinnel  and  his  wife,  Mehitable  (Kenney) 
Dwinnel,  came  to  Sutton  from  Topsfield.  He  settled  near 
Dorothy  Pond,  where  he  kept  a  tavern  for  several  years. 
He  died  there  at  the  age  of  eighty. 

Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  30,  1729:  2,  Archelaus,  b.  June  16,  1731;  3, 
Henry,  b.  Nov.  14,  1732;  4,  Amos,  b.  Mar.  20,  1734;  5,  Mehitable,  b.  Sept. 
10,  1737;  m.  Isaac  Gale,  jr.,  Aug.  11,  1756;  6,  Moses,  b.  Sept.  23,  1739;  7, 
Mary,  b.  May  30,  1741^  m.  Isaac  Bolster,  July  24,  1761 ;  8,  David,  b.  Dec.  17, 
1742;  9,  Ruth,  b.  Apr.  19,  1744;  d.  Aug.  1,  1744;  10,  Susanna,  b.  July  18, 
1745;  m.  Jonathan  Kidder,  Nov.  30,  1769;  11,  Jacob,  b.  July  18,  1747;  m. 
Brooks  of  Graf  ton. 

Jonathan2  (Jonathan1),  m.  Mehitable  Waite,  Feb.  13,  1751.  Ch. — 1,  Anne, 
b.  Feb.  12,  1754;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  30,  1756;  d.  Aug.  30,  1758;  3,  Jonathan, 
b.  Feb.  19,  1758;  d.  May  16,  1759. 

Archelaus2  (Jonathan1),  m.  .  Ch. — 1,  Archelaus;  2,  Jonathan;  3, 

Amos.  The  family  removed  to  Vermont. 

Henry2  (Jonathan1),  m.  Hannah  Dagget,  Apr.  26,  1757;  she  d.  Sept.  30, 
1788;  m.  second,  Mehetable  Dagget,  May  5,  1789.  Ch. — 1,  Solomon,  b.  Oct. 
1,  1757;  2,  Moses,  b.  Jan.  22,  1760;  3,  Henry,  b.  Feb.  22,  1762;  d.  Oct.  17, 
1805;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  5,  1764;  d.  unmarried,  aged  twenty-four;  5,  John, 
b.  July  5,  1766;  d.  unmarried,  aged  fifty-three;  6,  Hannah,  b.  May  16,  1768; 
d.  Sept.  10,  1778;  7,  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  25,  1770;  8,  Abraham,  b.  Feb.  13,  1773; 
9,  Isaac,  b.  Mar.  5,  1782;  m.  Roxa  Marble,  May  7,  1817. 


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Solomon3  (Henry2,  Jonathan1),  ra.  Mrs.  Hannah  Gould,  dau.  of  Amos 
Singletary,  Apr.  1,  1783.  Ch.— 1,  Solomon,  b.  Nov.  24,  1783;  d.  Oct.  27, 
1803;  2,  Remark,  b.  Dec.  10,  1785;  m.  Abigail  Miller,  Jan.  28,  1810;  3,  Sal- 
mon, b.  Apr.  18,  1788,  d.  young;  4,  Simeon,  b.  Apr.  25,  1790;  d.  unmarried; 
5,  Luther,  b.  Jan.  28,  1792;  d.  young;  6,  Abijah  Legg,  b.  Jan.  16,  1795;  m. 
Rebeckah  Bullard. 

Solomon4,  (Solomon3,  Henry2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Mary  Ashley  of  Springfield. 
Ch.— 1,  Origen,  b.  July  21,  1798;  2,  Luther,  b.  July  14,  1803;  3,  Sally,  b.  July 
3,  1806. 

Moses3  (Henry2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Sally  Paine,  Apr.  17,  1799.  Ch.— 1, 
Leonard,  b.  Apr.  23,  1800;  2,  Sally,  b.  Aug.  10,  1802;  d.  Sept.  12,  1803;  3, 
Sally,  b.  Apr.  20,  1804;  4,  Hannah  D.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1808. 

Henry3  (Henry2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Tamar  Gale,  June  17,  1790.  Ch. — 1, 
Elbridge  Gerry,  b.  July  25,  1791 ;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  23,  1793 ;  3,  Harriet,  b. 
May  27,  1795;  4,  Nancy,  b.  Dec.  7,  1796;  5,  Henry  Gale. 

Samuel3  (Henry2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Polly  Dudley, -July  15,  1793.  Ch.— 1, 
Fanny,  b.  Sept.  5,  1793;  2,  Harvey,  b.  Aug.  4,  1796;  3,  Origen,  b.  July  21, 
1798.  Family  removed  to  Whitingharn,  Vt. 

Abraham3  (Henry2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Mehitable  (Hitty)  Rich,  Apr.  18,  1797. 
Ch.— 1,  Cyrus,  b.  Aug.  2,  1797;  2,  Polly,  b.  Nov.  17,  1799;  3,  Lucy,  b.  May 
8,  1802;  4,  Hiram,  b.  Feb.  28,  1808;  5,  Salem,  b.  Mar.  3,  1810. 

Amos2  (Jonathan1),  m.  Lydia  Jennison,  Dec.  7,  1756.  Ch. — 1,  Elizabeth, 
b.  Sept.  30,  1757 ;  2,  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  30,  1759.  Removed  with  family  to  Shep- 
herdsfield,  Me.  One  dau.  d.  in  Sutton. 

David2  (Jonathan1),  m.  Deliverance  Maynard  of  Grafton.  Ch. — 1,  Elijah, 
b.  June  22,  1772;  2,  Mehitabel,  b.  June  13,  1774;  3,  Humanity,  b.  Nov.  24, 
1777;  4,  David,  b.  Aug.  10,  1780.  David  Dwinnel  and  his  wife  became 
Shakers,  and  finally  removed  to  Harvard.  His  children  did  not  embrace  the 
error  of  their  parents. 

EATON. 

Reuben  Eaton,  m.  first,  Abigail  Lovell,  Dec.  6,  1770;  m.  second, -Ruth 
Badger,  Nov.  27,  1787;  d.  Nov.  17,  1813.  Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  22, 
1773;  m.  Anna  Sibley,  June  18,  1799;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  9,  1777;  m.  Ayres 
Fuller,  Sept.  21,  1796;  3,  Polly,  b.  Jan.  11,  1779;  m.  David  Gaskill,  jr.,  Feb. 
20,  1807;  4,  Reuben,  b.  Oct.  27,  1780;  5,  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  7,  1782;  6,  Ruth,  b. 
Feb.  1,  1790;  m.  Johu  Smith,  June  26,  1811;  7,  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  11,  1792;  m. 
Alice  Hathaway,  Sept.  25, 1820;  8,  Ziba,  b.  Apr.  16, 1795;  m.  Sally  Hathaway, 
Dec.  4,  1817. 

Reuben2  (Reuben1),  m.  Lucy  Dudley,  Sept.  15,  1808;  she  d.  May  28,  1817. 
Ch.— 1,  Stunner,  b.  Oct.  17,  1810;  2,  Reuben,  b.  Apr.  20,  1813. 

Samuel  Eaton,  m.  Joanna  Wake,  Apr.  11,  1776.  Ch.— 1,  Betliiah,  b.  Feb. 
18,  1778;  m.  Joseph  Hall,  3d,  Apr.  27,  1805;  2,  Lucy,  b.  June  1,  1780. 

ELLIOT. 

The  names  of  Daniel,  sen.,  Daniel  and  James  Elliot 
appear  upon  the  proprietors'  records.  That  of  Daniel, 
September  14,  1722,  as  the  purchaser  of  fifty  acres  of  the 
third  division,  on  both  sides  the  great  brook,  near  Coffin's 


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farm.  That  of  Daniel,  sen.,  June  28,  1728,  as  the  pur- 
chaser of  twenty-five  acres  in  the  fifth  division,  adjoining 
the  land  of  Daniel  Elliot,  jr.  That  of  James  Elliot,  July  15, 
1734,  as  purchaser  of  twelve  and  one-half  acres  of  land  in 
the  sixth  division,  "adjoining  to  his  other  land,  where  he  now 
lives."  We  also  find  the  names  of  Joseph  and  Jonathan  at 
early  date  on  the  records  of  the  town.  The  relationship  of 
these  Elliots  we  are  unable  to  trace. 

Daniel  m.  Sarah .  Ch.— 1,  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  27,  1719;  m.  John  Stock- 
well,  Dec.  12,  1737. 

Joseph  Elliot,  m.  Jerusha  Fuller.  Ch. — 1,  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  1731;  2,  David, 
b.  Oct.  11,  1734;  3,  John,  b.  Feb.  21, 1739;  m.  Hannah  Dudley,  Jan.  19, 1764; 
4,  Andrew,  b.  Dec.  9,  1743;  5,  Aaron,  b.  July  22,  1747. 

Joseph2  (Joseph1),  m.  first,  Susanna ;  m.  second,  (probably)  Anna 

Dwight,  Oct.  28,  1772.  Ch.— 1,  Molly,  b.  Feb.  11,  1756;  2,  Abigail,  b.  July 
22,  1758;  3,  John,  b.  Jan.  15,  1761;  4,  Jerusha,  b.  Dec.  9,  1763;  m.  Asahel 
Kimball,  Feb.  13,  1786;  5,  David,  b.  Feb.  19,  1766;  6,  Samuel  Dwight,  b. 
Nov.  6,  1773;  7,  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  19,  1775;  8,  Anna,  b.  Jan.  14,  1779;  m. 
Leonard  Kimball,  Apr.  19,  1799 ;  9,  Susanna,  b.  Feb.  14,  1781 ;  10,  Elizabeth, 
b.  Sept.  14,  1783;  11,  Katherine,  b.  Sept.  19,  1785;  12,  Charles  Buckley,  b. 
Dec.  24,  1788. 

Andrew2  (Joseph1),  m.  Anna  Carter,  May  7,  1767.  Ch. — 1,  Anna,  b.  Feb. 
26.  1768;  2,  Timothy,  b.  May  17,  1770;  3,  Lucy,  b.  Mar.  4,  1772. 

Aaron2  (Joseph1),  m.  Lydia  Taylor,  Oct.  13,  1767.     Ch.— 1,  Aaron,  b.  Dec. 

I,  1768;  2,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  28,  1770;   3,  Fuller,  b.  July  10,  1772;  4,  Lucy,  b. 
Aug.  27,  1774;  d.  Nov.  4,  1788;  5,  Simeon,  b.  May  6,  1779;  6,  Polly,  b.  Jan. 
16,  1784;  7,  James  Taylor,  b.  Oct.  3,  1786. 

Aaron3  (Aaron2,  Joseph1),  m.  Betty  Putnam,  Mar.  30,  1791;  she  d.  Feb.  2, 
1815.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Apr.  20,  1791;  2,  Lucy,  b.  Mar.  14,  1794;  3,  Betsey, 
b.  Oct.  2, 1796;  4,  Jerusha,  b.  Jan.  1, 1799;  5,  Aaron,  b.  Mar.  5, 1801 ;  6,  Lydia, 
b.  May  25,  1803;  m.  John  Dodge,  second,  May  11,  1820;  7,  Betsey,  b.  Sept. 
22,  1805;  m.  Silvanus  Putnam,  1826;  8,  Jerusha,  b.  Jan.  9,  1808;  9,  Mary,  b. 
July  29,  1810;  m.  Rufus  A.  Lackey,  Aug.  4,  1833;  10,  Lucy  Ann,  11,  Julia 
Ann,  twins,  b.  Jan.  17,  1815. 

Simeon8  (Aaron2,  Joseph1),  m.  Lucy  Putnam,  June  1, 1805.  Ch. — 1,  Nancy 
Gibbs,  b.  Dec.  5,  1805;  2,  Lucy  Putnam,  b.  Mar.  2,  1808;  3,  Sula  Maria,  b. 
June  14,  1810;  4,  Madison,  b.  Aug.  3,  1812;  5,  Laura  Ann,  b.  Nov.  12,  1814. 

James  T.8  (Aaron,2,  Joseph1),  m.  Submit  Baylis.  Ch. — 1,  Gustavus,  b. 
May  22,  1811;  2,  Submit  Baylis,  b.  Mar.  6,  1813;  3,  Eleanor  Maria,  b.  Sept. 

II,  1814;   4,  Harriet,  b.  Mar.  28,  1816;  5,  James  Baylis,  b.  Apr.  13,  1818;   6, 
Joseph  Fuller,  b.  Oct.  25,  1819;  7,  Susan,  b.  Nov.  21,  1821. 

Joseph  F.*  (James  T.3,  Aaron2,  Joseph1),  m.  Elmira  Jaques,  Apr.  7,  1847. 
Ch.— 1,  Clarence  Henry,  b.  Aug.  9,  1850;  2,  Eugene  Clayton,  b.  Oct.  8,  1858; 
3,  Nellie  Anna,  b.  July  8,  1862. 

Jonathan  Elliot  m.  Hannah  Wheeler,  Apr.  25,  1749.  Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b. 
Feb.  28,  1750;  2,  James,  b.  July  17,  1751;  3,  Elizabeth,  b.  June  1,  1753;  4, 
Hannah,  b.  Sept.  10,  1755;  m.  John  Shepard  Dalrymple,  Dec.  16,  1778;  5, 
John,  b.  Jan.  17,  1758;  m.  Mehetable  Sibley,  May  15,  1781;  6,  Mehetable,  b. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  641 

Jan.  17,  1761;  m.  John  Weston,  jr.,  Jan.  17,  1785;  7,  Thaddeus,  b.  Jan.  22, 
1763;  m.  Thankful  Goldthwait,  June  16, 1784;  8,  Rebeckah,  b.  Apr.  7,  1765; 
m.  James  Hills,  jr.,  Oct.  4,  1786;  9,  Nathaniel,  b.  May  18,  1769;  10,  Patience, 
b.  Feb.  2,  1772;  11,  Huldah,  b.  Feb.  2,  1775;  12,  Peleg,  b.  Feb.  15,  1777. 

Jonathan2  (Jonathan1),  m.  Sarah  Chase,  Oct.  17,  1771.  Ch. — 1,  Daniel,  b. 
Mar.  3,  1774;  m.  Polly  Morse,  May  10,  1797;  2,  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  10,  1776;  3, 
Prudence,  b.  Oct.  31,  1779;  4,  David,  b.  July  22,  1781;  5,  Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  7, 
1782;  6,  Sarah,  b.  Apr.  6,  1785;  7,  Aaron,  b.  Oct.  25,  1786;  8,  Levi,  b.  Apr. 
13,  1788;  9,  Simeon,  b.  Sept.  7,  1790;  10,  Polly,  b.  May  26,  1793;  m.  George 
W.  Briggs,  Apr.  2,  1820. 

David3  (Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Ruth .  Ch.— 1,  Roxa,  b.  Oct.  13, 

1804;  2,  Rena,  b.  July  4,  1807. 

Levi3  (Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Philanda  Briggs,  Jan.  20,  1822.  Ch. — 1, 
Joel,  b.  Nov.  22,  1822;  2,  Sumner,  b.  June  18,  1825;  3,  Lucy  Ann,  b.  Nov.  7, 
1827;  4,  Philanda  Maria,  b.  Jan.  2,  1829;  5,  Andrew  Levi,  b.  Mar.  8, 1831;  6, 
Eliza  Ann,  b.  Mar.  1,  1836;  7,  John  Augustus,  b.  Mar.  9,  1839. 

FlTTS. 

Robert  Fitts  and  his  wife  Hannah  came  from  Ipswich  to 
Button  and  settled  near  the  Stephen  Marsh  place.  He  died 
there  at  an  advanced  age.  She  died  in  Dudley.  They  had, 
among  others,  these  children  : 

1,  Robert;  2,  Jonathan;  3,  Benjamin;  4,  Eberiezer;  5,  Marcy;  6,  Mehitabel, 
b.  Mar.  11,  1732;  7,  Mary,  b.  Oct.  29,  1734;  8,  Abraham,  b.  Sept.  5,  1739. 

Robert2  (Robert1),  m.  Kezia  Towne  of  Topsfield,  Nov.  9,  1739.  Ch.— 1, 
Kezia,  b.  Jan.  25,  1741;  m.  William  Nichols,  Aug.  18, 1760;  2,  Robert,  b.  Apr. 
21,  1742;  m.  Lydia  Towne,  June  2,  1767;  3,  Samuel,  4,  Hannah,  twins,  b. 
Dec.  12,  1743;  5,  Margaret,  b.  Apr.  10,  1745;  6,  John,  b.  June  16,  1747;  m. 
Rebeckah  Stockwell,  Jan.  15,  1771;  7,  Ruth,  b.  Apr.  27,  1749;  d.  at  Dudley, 
unmarried;  8,  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  26,  1751;  m.  Benj.  Nichols,  Feb.  28,  1772;  9, 
Phebe,  b.  Aug.  9,  1753. 

Samuel3  (Robert2,  Robert1),  m.  Martha  Stearns,  May  14,  1772.  Ch.— 1, 
Clark,  b.  Mar.  12,  1773;  2,  Martha,  b.  July  11,  1776;  3,  Artemas,  b.  Mar.  30, 
1778.  Removed  to  Vermont. 

Jonathan2  (Robert1),  m.  Mary  Hutchinson,  Nov.  27,  1745.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah, 
b.  Sept.  12,  1747;  m.  Benajah  Putnam,  Dec.  13,  1770;  2,  Tamar,  b.  Dec.  15, 
1748;  m.  Gideon  Sibley,  Apr.  28,  1772;  3,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  27,  1750;  in.  Jesse 
Cummiugs,  Aug.  29,  1771;  4,  Anne,  b.  Mar.  10,  1753;  5,  Deborah,  b.  July  19, ' 
1756;  6,  Jonathan,  b.  May  30,  1758;  d.'Mar.  23,  1759;  7,  Eunice,  b.  Mar.  10, 
1761;  8,  Peter,  b.  Sept.  30,  1762;  9,  Paul,  b.  Nov.  31,  1764. 

Benjamin2  (Robert1),  m.  Sarah  Rich,  Oct.  31,  1749;  m.  2d,  Mary  Cook,  Oct. 
19,  1762.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  3,  1750;  2,  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  14,  1753;  m. 
Chloe  White,  Apr.  9,  1778;  3,  Walter,  b.  Apr.  4,  1755;  4,  Robert,  b.  Mar.  27, 
1757;  5,  Edward,  b.  Feb.  10,  1759;  6,  Eunice,  b.  Dec.  22,  1763;  7,  Jonathan, 
b.  Apr.  3,  1764;  8,  Molly,  b.  Mar.  10,  1765;  9,  Huldah,  b.  June  13,  1766;  10, 
David,  b.  Oct.  3,  1767 ;  11,  Benjamin,  b.  July  21,  1769. 

Robert3  (Benjamin2,  Robert1),  m.  Phebe  Patch.  Ch.— 1,  Rhoda,  b.  May  30, 
1779;  2,  Edward,  b.  Mar.  26,  1781;  3,  Rufus,  b.  Jan.  26,  1786;  4,  Anne,  b, 
Mar,  15,  1788. 

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642  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Ebenezer2  (Robert1),  m.  Bethiah  Hutchinson.  Ch. — 1,  Caleb,  b.  May  25, 
1756;  2,  Juditb,  b.  July  30,  1757;  3,  Nathaniel,  b.  Aug.  5,  1759;  4,  Ebenezer, 
b.  Nov.  13,  1761 ;  5,  Lois,  b.  Mar.  21,  1771.  Removed  to  Dudley. 

Abraham2  (Robert1),  m.  Apr.  14,  1767,  Mary  Holman.  Ch.— 1,  Abraham, 
b.  Nov.  4,  1769;  2,  Molly,  b.  Nov.  25,  1771. 

FREELAND. 
BY  MBS.  MAKY  DEW.  FKEELAND. 

The  Freeland,  or  McFreeland  family,  was  of  Scotch 
extraction,  having,  from  political  motives  and  their  Christian 
faith,  retired  from  Scotland  to  Londonderry,  Ireland,  after- 
wards to  Dublin,  previously  to  their  coming  to  America.  In 
1725,  or  about  that  period  of  time,  James  Freeland,  sen., 
left  Dublin,  and  was  accompanied  to  this  country  by  two 
daughters,  Anna  (or  Jane)  and  Rachel,  and  by  two  sons, 
James,  an  under-graduate  of  "Dublin  University,"  and 
Thomas,  the  youngest  of  his  family,  a  child  of  some  seven 
years  of  age.  Joseph,  the  eldest  son,  a  young  barrister, 
remained  in  Dublin ;  he  never  came  to  America. 

James  Freeland,  sen.,  was  a  member  of  the  established 
church  of  Scotland,  and  consulted  the  clergyman  of  his 
church  in  reference  to  his  proposed  settlement  in  the  ' '  New 
World."  The  Scotch  clergyman  was  much  interested  in 
those  about  leaving  his  Christian  care,  and,  with  that  warm 
attachment  for  which  the  Scotch  are  so  characterized,  gave 
them  a  letter,  in  his  own  hand-writing,  for  the  safety  of  their 
Christian  faith,  and  added  his  counsels  for  their  secular  pur- 
suits and  worldly  advancement. 

Thus  they  left  their  Christian  guide  and  earthly  friend ,  and 
embarked,  followed  by  his  prayers  for  their  welfare. 

James  Freeland,  sen.,  on  his  arrival  in  this  country,  was 
first  located  at  Lexington,  subsequently  in  Hopkinton ;  his 
farm  was  situated  about  one-half  mile  north  of  "Hopkinton 
Springs." 

James  Freeland,  jr.,  was  married  in  Hopkinton,  8th  Jan- 
uary, 1741,  to  Sarah  Watson  of  Leicester.  Anna  (or  Jane) 
married  a  Mr.  Black.  Rachel  married  in  Hopkinton,  Jona- 
than Knox  of  Blanford,  28th  September,  1741.  Thomas 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  643 

married  in  Hopkinton,  Mary  McNutt,  27th  January,  1743.* 
From  the  "  Church  Records,"  Hopkinton.     A  copy. 
"Oct.   13,    1743.     James  Freeland,   Sen.    and   his  wife 
were  admitted  to  full  communion  with  this  church,  having 
been  recommended  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hancock,  as  partak- 
ing with  ye  church  of  X  in  Lexington  by  virtue  of  a  certifi- 
cate from  Ireland." 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Mary : 

1,  James,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Dec.,  1743;  2,  Elizabeth,  afterward  Mrs.  Graves, 
resided  in  Sutton ;  3,  John ;  m.  Mrs.  Mary  Gibbs,  dau.  of  Col.  Thos.  Mellen ; 
he  settled  in  Claverack,  near  Hudson,  N.  Y. ;  4,  William ;  m.  Lucy  Claflin  of 
Hopkinton,  and  resided  there;  5,  Joseph;  m.  Judith  Gibson;  was  a  merchant 
in  Hopkinton;  6,  Mary,  m.  John  Holland,  jr.,  of  Sutton,  and  resided  in  Dix- 
field,  Maine;  7,  Anna,  afterward  Mrs.  Hall;  8,  Thomas;  m.  Anna  Barrett; 
resided  in  Hopkinton ;  9,  Sarah ;  m.  Joshua  Park  of  Sutton,  and  resided  in 
Hopkinton  on  the  "Ancient  family  seat;"  10,  Abraham;  resided  in  Hopkin- 
ton, unmarried ;  11,  Asa ;  resided  in  Hopkinton,  unmarried. 

Thomas  Freeland,  sen.,  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son, 
Dr.  James  Freeland,  in  Sutton,  1788. 

Dr.  James  Freeland,  son  of  Thomas  Freeland,  was  the 
first  of  his  family  who  became  a  resident  of  Sutton.  Previ- 
ously to  coming  to  Sutton,  at  the  early  age  of  sixteen  years, 
in  1759,  he  was  in  the  "French  and  Indian  war,"  having 
entered  the  provincial  army  by  enlisting  in  one  of  the  colonial 
regiments  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Thomas  Mellen  of 
Hopkinton,  as  one  of  his  aids.  He  was  in  the  expedition  to 
capture  Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point,  and  attack  Quebec. 
The  French,  with  their  Indian  allies,  far  outnumbered  the 
English  and  colonial  forces.  As  a  ruse  de  guerre  to  cause 
the  French  to  believe  that  large  reinforcements  from  Eng- 
land were  being  landed  under  the  command  of  the  "Prince 
of  Wales"  in  person  (the  "Prince  of  Wales,"  afterward 
George  III.,  King  of  England,  being  at  this  time  in  the 
bloom  of  youth,  affable  and  engaging  in  his  manners) ,  Col. 
Mellen  and  other  officers  appointed  James  Freeland  to 
personate  the  young  Prince,  splendidly  mounted,  and  uni- 
formed in  his  royal  red  regimentals.  He  appears,  with  an 
escort,  at  the  scene  of  war,  as  if  just  arrived  from  England 
by  the  way  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  now  holding  a  review 


*See  Hopkinton  Church  and  Town  Records. 


644  FAMILIES    OP   THE 

of  English  and  colonial  troops.  The  ruse  itself  and  its  exe- 
cution were  so  well  planned  by  Colonel  Mellen  that  the 
soldiers  in  his  own  regiment  were  in  full  belief  they  were 
forming:  in" review  of  the  "Prince  of  Wales."  It  was  well 

O  m. 

calculated  to  arouse  the  courage  of  soldiers,  disheartened 
from  lack  of  numbers  and  ill  provided  for  in  their  long  and 
perilous  march.  It  is  said  Colonel  Mellen  divided  his  forces 
to  make  an  appearance  of  a  large  number  of  troops. 

History  states  the  French  could  not  hope  to  make  a  suc- 
cessful resistance,  and  deserted  their  fortifications  to  the 
English. 

On  the  thirty-first  of  October  1770,  Dr.  James  Freeland 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Mehetabel,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Mellen  of  Hopkinton,  and  soon  came  to  Sutton  and 
established  himself  in  practice  as  a  physician,  in  what  was 
then  the  North  Parish.  His  residence  was  upon  what  is  now 
known  as  "  Millbury  Common." 

Early  in  the  commencement  of  the  war  of  the  revolution, 
he  received  the  appointment  of  surgeon  in  the  United  States 
army,  in  which  he  served  with  distinction.  He  used  often 
to  refer  to  his  practice  as  a  surgeon  in  different  engagements 
during  the  war.  In  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  which 
occurred  October  28,  1776,  he  amputated  thirteen  limbs 
from  the  wounded. 

After  his  retirement  from  the  army  he  resumed  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Sutton,  and  occupied  a  high  position 
as  a  physician  and  surgeon.  He  had,  under  his  instruction, 
many  medical  students.  He  usually  made  his  visits  to  his 
patients  on  horseback,  and  would  at  times  be  seen  accompa- 
nied by  a  number  of  his  students,  also  on  horseback,  form- 
ing quite  a  noticeable  cavalcade. 

Dr.  Freeland  was  a  gentleman,  well  educated  and  extremely 
well  bred.  It  is  said  he  was  an  agreeable  and  most  pleasing 
companion,  very  fastidious  in  his  dress  and  general  appear- 
ance ;  he  would  call  often  on  his  hair-dresser  to  arrange  his 
toilet  and  adjust  his  queue  in  court  style.  His  dress,  pre- 
viously to  the  revolutionary  war,  consisted  of  a  dress  coat 
of  fine  broadcloth  of  brilliant  red  color,  velvet  small  clothes, 
long  hose  with  silver  knee  and  shoe  buckles,  deep  ruffled 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  645 

linen,  and  a  cocked  hat.  A  physician  (Dr.  Burdon  of 
Charlton)  observing  Dr.  Freeland  bow  in  salutation  to  some 
friend,  remarked  aside,  that  "such  a  salutation  was  a  price- 
less accomplishment." 

The  tombstones  of  Dr.  James  and  Mehetabel  Freeland 
may  be  found  in  the  church-yard  near  their  residence,  "  Mill- 
bury  common."  According  to  inscriptions,  Dr.  James  Free- 
land  was  born  in  Hopkinton  1743,  died  in  Sutton  October 
5,  1796. 

Mehetabel  Freeland,  born  in  Hopkinton  1752,  died  in  Sut- 
ton March  23,  1792. 

Ch.—l,  Frances,  b.  Sept.  4,  1771;  m.  Dr.  Timothy  Carter  of  Sutton,  and 
resided  in  Bethel,  Me. ;  died  Nov.  1814;  2,  James,*  b.  Nov.  23,  1773;  d.  Feb. 
27,  1854;  3,  Polla,  b.  Sept.  17,  1778;  m.  Capt.  Samuel  Rawson  of  Sutton, 
resided  in  Paris,  Me. ;  d.  Aug.  29,  1875;  4,  Mehetabel,  b.  Sept.  10,  1780;  m. 
first,  Nathan  Marble  of  Sutton,  resided  in  Bethel,  Me. ;  m.  second,  Elijah 
Burbank  of  Worcester,  resided  in  Quinsigamond  Village,  Worcester;  d. 
Apr.  25,  1874;  5,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  30,  1782;  m.  Roger  Merrill,  Esq.,  resided  in 
Brunswick,  Me. ;  d.  1859. 

James*  (James3,  Thomas2,  James1),  m.  Polly  Marble,  Jan.  1806;  b.  Sept. 
10,  1781;  d.  Feb.  6,  1860.  Ch.—l,  Adeline,  b.  Dec.  8,  1806;  2,  Freeman,  b. 
May  15,  1808;  d.  Feb.  22,  1875;  3,  Fanny,  b.  Aug.  22,  1810;  d.  June  14,  1813; 
4,  Franklin,  b.  Aug.  10,  1812;  5,  Frederick,  b.  Aug.  29,  1814;  d.  Apr.  17, 
1859;  6,  Fayette,  b.  Sept.  17,  1816;  7,  Foster,  b.  Feb.  2,  1819. 

Freeman5  (James*,  James3,  Thomas2,  James1),  m.  Mar.  5,  1862,  Mary,  dau. 
of  Stearns  DeWitt  of  Oxford. 

Mr.  DeWitt    was    a   grentleman    much  esteemed    in  his 

O 

public  character  and  for  his  many  Christian  virtues  in  private 
life.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Rev.  John  Campbell  of 
Oxford,  the  first  clergyman  after  the  English  settlement, 
1721.  Mr.  Campbell  was  of  the  London  branch  of  the 
Campbells,  and  known  as  Colonel  John  Campbell  of  Shank- 
stone,  Scotland.  Mrs.  Freeland,  from  her  mother's  ancestry, 
is  descended  from  Andrew  Sigourney  and  Mary  Gerinaine , 
French  Huguenots  from  Rochelle,  France,  who  came  to 
Oxford  in  1685  or  1686.  Mr.  Sigourney  had  charge  of  the 
French  fortifications  to  defend  the  plantations  from  the 
natives. 


*  See  sketch  of  James  Freeland  in  connection  with  the  history  of  his  home 
in  district  number  three. 


646  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Franklin5  (James4,  James8,  Thomas2,  James1),  m.  Caroline  Adams  1853. 
Ch.— 1,  James,  b.  Feb.  9, 1854;  m.  Mary  Lilian  Shaw,  July  9, 1876;  2,  Fanny, 
b.  Nov.  11,  1855;  3,  Mary  M.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1859;  d.  Oct.  4,  1875;  4,  John  F.,  b. 
Oct.  10,  1860;  5,  Joseph  E.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1866;  6,  George  F.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1868. 

Foster5  (James4,  James3,  Thomas2,  James1),  in.  Frances  J.  Woodbury, 
Apr.  27,  1858;  she  d.  Feb.  15,  1859.  Ch.— 1,  Frances  J.  W.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1859. 

FULLER. 

Levi  and  Jonathan  appear  to  have  been  the  first  of  the 
name  in  Sutton.  They  came  from  Attleboro.  There  is  no 
record  of  the  birth  of  Levi's  children  ;  they  were  probably 
all  born  before  he  came  to  town.  Among  them  were  Turner, 
Simeon  and  Reuben.  The  name  of  William  Fuller  also 
appears,  whose  relationship,  if  any,  to  the  other  families  of 
the  name  is  unknown.  He  had  a  son  Simeon,  born  March 

I,  1763.     Levi  died  Sept.  28,  1814. 

Turner2  (Levi1),  m.  first,  Polly  Buxton,  Oct.  10,  1798;   m.  second,  Sarah 

.    Ch.— 1,  Willard,  b.  Dec.  27,  1798;   d.  Dec.  8, 1876;    2,  Lydia,  b.  Aug. 

16,  1800;  3,  Azubah,  b.  Aug.  1,  1802;  m.  Rufus  Fuller,  Mar.  30,  1820;  4, 
Roxanna,  b.  Apr.  8,  1805;  5,  Sullivan,  b.  Jan.  12,  1807;  6,  Fanny,  b.  Jan.  15, 
1809;  7,  Huldah,  b.  Mar.  9,  1811;  m.  Joseph  Wilcox ;  8,  Stephen  Waters, 
b.  Aug.  4,  1813;  9,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  15,  1816;  10,  Freeman,  b.  Mar.  20,  1819; 

II,  George  Turner,  b.  Oct.  6,  1829. 

Willard3  (Turner2,  Levi1),  m.  Polly  Robbins,  May  20,  1823;  she  d.  Aug.  14, 
1846;  m.  second,  Mrs.  Matilda  Waters.  Ch. — 1,  Asa  Churchill,  b.  Mar.  19, 
1833;  2,  Mary  Ellen,  b.  Sept.  17,  1836;  3,  Freeman  Loren,  b.  June  9,  1840. 

Freeman  L.4  (Willard,3,  Turner2,  Levi1),  m.  Almira  Metcalf,  Aug.  11,  1866. 
Ch.— 1,  Willis  Asa,  b.  Dec.  11,  1867 ;  2,  George  Freeman,  b.  Sept.  29,  1870 ; 
3,  Mary  Emma,  b.  Apr.  16,  1872. 

Sullivan3  (Turner2,  Levi1),  m.  first,  Prudence  Kenney,  Aug.  23,  1826;  m. 
second,  Sarah  E.  Graves,  June  18,  1862 ;  she  d.  Oct.  20,  1871 ;  m.  third, 
Eunice  Knight,  Dec.  2,  1874.  Ch.— 1,  Sumner  P.  b.  Aug.  2,  1827;  d.  in 
Andersonville  prison;  2,  Nancy,  b.  Jan.  7,  1829;  d.  July  11,  1848;  3,  Susan 
R.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1831;  m.  Charles  Bates;  d.  July  12,  1860;  4,  Francis  H.,  b. 
Aug.  11,  1835;  5,  Augusta  A.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1840;  d.  Dec.  9, 1860;  6,  Harriet  M., 
b.  Jan.  6,  1845 ;  m.  Henry  C.  Putnam. 

Sumner  P.4  (Sullivan8,  Turner2,  Levi1),  m.  Harriet  Cook,  Aug.  23,  1848. 
Ch.— 1,  Samuel  Jerome,  b.  Oct.  17,  1850;  2,  Chloe  E.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1853;  3, 
Herbert  Francis,  b.  Sept.  12,  1857;  4,  Orrin  Leroy,  b.  Jan.  16,  1860. 

Francis  H.4  (Sullivan3,  Turner2,  Levi1),  m.  Julia  A.  Woodward.  Ch. — 1, 
Francis  Eugene,  b,  May  20,  1859. 

Simeon2,  (Levi1),  m.  Mary  Harwood,  May  10,  1784.  Ch. — 1,  Prudence,  b. 
Jan.  14,1785;  2,  William,  b.  Feb.  1,  1787;  3,  Polly,  b.  Aug.  3,  1789;  4,  Simeon, 
b.  July  14,  1790. 

Simeon3  (Simeon2,  Levi1),  m.  1st,  Lucy  Arnold;  m.  2d,  Deborah  Robbins; 
m.  3d,  Mrs.  Silence  Kenney  Nelson,  Sept.  26,  1848.  Ch. — 1,  Simeon  Augus- 
tus, b.  Nov.  25,  1817;  2,  George,  b.  Jan.  12,  1833. 


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Simeon  A.*  (Simeon3,  Simeon,2  Levi1),  m.  1st,  Lou  Van  Walker,  May  3, 
1841;  m.  2d,  Ann  Maria  Paine,  Nov.  30,  1865.  Ch.— 1,  Benton  Augustus,  b. 
Sept.  14,  1842;  2,  Emily  Mabel,  b.  Jan.  14,  1869;  3,  Ann  Maria,  4,  Anna 
Louisa,  twins,  b.  Mar.  1,  1872. 

Reuben2  (Levi1),  m.  Sarah  Buxton,  Oct.  25,  1812.  Ch.— 1,  Brigham,  b. 
Mar.  12,  1813;  2,  Keuben  B.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1817;  3,  Manson,  b.  Mar.  7, 1821;  4, 
Sarah  M.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1823;  m.  Alden  W.  Sibley;  5,  Mariner,  b.  Aug.  1, 1826; 
6,  ElishaS.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1829;  7,  Edward,  8,  Edwin,  twins,  b.  Sept.  10,  1832. 

Mariner3  (Reuben2,  Levi1),  m.  Sarah  A. .  Ch. — 1,  Ellen  Louisa,  b. 

Sept.  11,  1853;  2,  Charles  Henry,  b.  Mar.  7,  1836;  3,  Julia  Ann,  b.  June  26, 
1866. 

Jonathan  Fuller  m.  Hannah .  Ch. — 1,  Susanna,  b.  Sept.  7,  1741;  2, 

Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  29,  1744. 

Amos  Fuller  m.  Kezia .  Ch.— 1,  Rufus,  b.  Mar.  12,  1796;  2,  Elisha,  b. 

Apr.  28,  1798;  3,  Polly,  b.  July  23,  1801;  4,  Ann  W.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1804;  5, 
Sarah,  b.  May  28,  1806;  6,  Phebe,  b.  Aug.  15,  1808;  7,  Simeon,  b.  Oct.  4, 
1810;  8,  Charlotte,  b.  Nov.  19,  1812;  9,  Julia,  b.  Aug.  22,  1814;  10,  Levi,  b. 
Dec.  15,  1817. 

Rufus2  (Amos1),  m.  Azubah  Fuller,  Mar.  30,  1820.  Ch.— 1,  Emerson,  b. 
Aug.  29,  1820;  2,  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  6,  1823;  3,  Eustis,  b.  Jan.  9,  1825;  4,  Mon- 
roe, b.  Feb.  2,  1827;  5,  Ann  Jane,  b.  Apr.  9,  1829;  6,  Amos,  b.  Oct.  26,  1831. 

Elisha2  (Amos1),  m.  Elma  Maria  Joslin,  Dec.  28,  1823.  Ch.— 1,  Laura 
Louisa,  b.  Sept.  4,  1825;  2,  Simeon,  b.  Oct.  19,  1828;  3,  Fanny  Jane,  b.  Apr. 
10,  1830;  4,  Emily  Maria,  b.  May  15,  1833;  5,  Julia  Ann,  b.  Nov.  8,  1835. 

Ayres  Fuller  m.  Sally  Eaton,  Sept.  21,  1796.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Apr.  4, 
1797;  m.  Almon  Sibley,  Nov.  30,  1817. 

GALE. 

Richard  Gale,  supposed  to  have  emigrated  from  England, 
settled  in  Watertown,  where,  in  1640,  he  was  the  purchaser 
of  a  "homestall"  of  six  acres.  His  wife's  name  was  Mary, 
and  they  had  several  children,  among  whom  was  Abraham, 
who  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathan  Fiske  of  Water- 
town.  They  had  sixteen  children,  the  first  born  of  whom 
was  Abraham. 

Abraham,  jr.,  m.  Rachel  Parkhurst  of  Watertown,  Dec.  6,  1699.  Ch. — 
Abraham,  Rachel,  Samuel,  Isaac,  Eunice,  Abigail,  Daniel  and  Josiah. 

Isaac  Gale  was  in  the  military  service  during  the  French 
and  Indian  war.  His  name  first  appears  in  Capt.  Solomon 
Holman's  company  as  Lieutenant,  which  post  he  held  until 
March  1,  1763,  when  he  was  appointed  Captain  of  the  same 
company,  which  office  he  resigned  in  September,  1769,  and 
was  succeeded  by  Elisha  Goddard. 

Isaac4  (Abraham3,  Abraham2,  Richard1),  m.  Judith  Sawyer  of  Framingham 
about  1731.  Ch.— 1,  Isaac,  b.  1732;  2,  Judith,  b.  Apr.  12,  1734;  m.  Abel 


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Chase,  Jan.  3,  1754;  3,  Jonas,  b.  Apr.  23,  1735;  m.  1st,  Hannah  Bancroft, 
Sept.  20,  1757;  m.  2d,  Tamar  Marsh,  Dec.  23,  1762;  m.  3d,  Mrs.  Rebekah 
Gay,  Dec.  28,  1783;  4,  Nehemiah,  b.  Feb.  12,  1736;  5,  Sarah,  bapt.  1741;  d. 
young;  6,  Elisha,  b.  Nov.  26, 1743;  m.  Mary  Singletary,  Apr.  8, 1767;  7,  Anna, 
b.  Dec.  4,  1746;  d.  in  infancy;  8,  Anna,  b.  Nov.  11,  1748;  m.  James  Leland, 
jr.,  Feb.  22,  1770. 

Isaac5  (Isaac4,  Abraham8,  Abraham2,  Eichard1),  m.  Mehitable  Dwinnel, 
Aug.  11,  1756.  Ch.— 1,  Peter,  b.  Dec.  4,  1756;  m.  Prudence  French;  2, 
Susanna,  b.  July  14, 1758;  m.  Bartholomew  French;  3,  Isaac,  b.  Dec.  10, 1759; 
m.  Elizabeth  Cutler;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  July  3, 1761 ;  m.  Rhoda  Baker;  5,  James, 
b.  Mar.  9,  1763;  d.  young;  6,  David,  b.  Apr.  24, 1767.  Removed  to  Royalston 
soon  after  the  birth  of  David,  where  he  d.  May  19,  1779. 

Nehemiah5  (Isaac4,  Abraham3,  Abraham2,  Richard1),  m.  Ruth  Marsh,  Jan. 
24,  1760.  Ch.— 1,  Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  18,  1761;  d.  unmarried,  1785;  2,  Solo- 
mon, b.  Sept.  12,  1763;  m.  1st,  Rachel  Woodward,  Dec.  2,  1787;  m.  2d,  Phebe 
Hays;  3,  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  9,  1764;  d.  unmarried,  1806;  4,  Jonas,  b.  Mar.  6, 
1766;  5,  Ruth,  b.  Oct.  12,  1767;  m.  John  Greenwood,  Dec.  17, 1788;  6,  Anna, 
b.  July  3,  1769;  d.  unmarried,  1797;  7,  Tamar,  b.  Feb.  27, 1771;  m.  1st,  Henry 
Dwinnel,  jr.,  June  17,  1790;  m.  2d,  Levi  Page;  8,  Rufus,  b.  July  5,  1773;  m. 
1st,  Louisa  Livermore;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Knox;  9,  Nehemiah,  b.  Jan.  4,  1775;  d. 
young;  10,  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  1,  1777;  11,  Andrews,  b.  Apr.  8,  1780;  d.  1797;  12, 
Hitty,  b.  Sept.  9,  1782;  m.  David  Chase,  May  25,  1800. 

Jonas6  (Nehemiah5,  Isaac4,  Abraham3,  Abraham2,  Richard1),  m.  Betsey 
Grout,  Nov.  1,  1795.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Aug.  11,  1796;  d.  Nov.  22,  1814;  2, 
Lucy,  b.  May  3,  1798;  m.  Benj.  Pond,  M.  D.,  Oct.  8,  1820;  3,  Leonard,  b. 
July  25,  1800;  m.  Anne  E.  Smith;  4,  Philena,  b.  Aug.  3,  1802;  d.  Mar.  3, 
1804;  5,  Philena,  b.  Mar.  6,  1804;  d.  Jan.  23,  1815;  6,  Benjamin  Andrus,  b. 
Apr.  4,  1806;  d.  Jan.  29,  1808;  7,  Jonas  R,  b.  Mar.  30,  1808;  m.  Cynthia  M. 
Adams;  8,  Elizabeth  Grout,  b.  July  29,  1810. 

Isaac6  (Nehemiah5,  Isaac4,  Abraham3,  Abraham2,  Richard1),  m.  Persis  Stiles. 
Ch.—l,  Harriet  Stiles,  b.  July  14,  1804;  2,  Sophronia,  b.  Sept.  21,  1806;  d. 
Sept.  5,  1807. 

The  family  removed  to  Douglas,  thence  to  Indiana. 

Josiah4  (Abraham8,  Abraham2,  Richard1),  m.  Elizabeth  .  Ch.—l, 

Elizabeth,  b.  May  24,  1742;  2,  Josiah,  b.  Mar.  20,  1743;  m.  Elizabeth  Rice, 
Dec.  1,  1768;  3,  Abraham,  b.  July  29,  1745;  m.  Abigail  Rice;  4,  Amos,b. 
Mar.  3,  1748;  m.  Hannah  Maynard;  5,  Henry,  b.  Mar.  22, 1752;  m.  Elizabeth 
Drury,  Jan.  16,  1772;  6,  Rachel,  b.  June  24,  1754;  m.  Ebenezer  Philips,  Mar. 
30,  1775;  7,  Mercy,  b.  Dec.  2,  1756;  m.  Benjamin  Carter,  jr.,  Mar.  13,  1777; 
8,  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  8,  1757;  m.  Samuel  Leland,  Dec.  10, 1788;  9,  Paul,  b.  Sept. 
19,  1762;  m.  Huldah  Holmaii,  Mar.  27.  1783;  10,  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  3,  1764;  m. 
Jesse  Pierce,  Mar.  6,  1784. 

David4  (Ebenezer3,  Abraham2,  Richard1),  m.  Elizabeth  Kenney,  Mar.  9, 
1756.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Aug.  28,  1757;  d.  Nov.  2,  1776;  2,  Huldah,  b.  Feb. 
10,  1760;  m.  Ephraim  Town,  Sept.,  1777;  3,  Judith,  b.  Dec.  30,  1761;  m.  Asa 
Gould,  May  1787. 

This  family  removed  to  Warwick  between  1761  and  1764. 

Daniel5  (Abraham4,  Abraham3,  Abraham2,  Richard1),  m.  Sept.  8,  1743, 
Sarah  Lainson.  Ch.—l,  Daniel,  b.  Sept.  15,  1744;  d.  young;  2,  Jonathan,  b. 
Dec.  3,  1748;  m.  Mary  Bancroft;  3,  Reuben,  b.  Mar.  3,  1751;  d.  unmarried; 
4,  Sarah,  b,  June  14, 1752;  m.  Samuel  Mellody,  Dec.  6,  1770;  5,  Daniel,  b. 


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Nov.  8,  1753;   m.  Esther  Kice;    6,  Esther,  b.  July  13,  1755;   m.  Philip  Goss; 

7,  Noah,  b.  July  20,  1757;   m.  Kebekah  Chase;  8,  John,  b.  Jan.  27,  1759;  m. 
Patty  Marble;  9,  Ephraim,  b.  Apr.  1,  1760;  10,  Richard,  b.  Sept.  19,  1762. 

GIBBS. 

John  Gibbs  m.  Abigail  Chase,  May  18,  1732.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b!  Jan.  24, 
1733;  d.  Oct.  31,  1736;  2,  John,  b.  Dec.  1,  1735;  3,  Mary,  b.  Mar.  12,  1737; 
m.  Stephen  Putnam,  Mar.  14,  1765;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  24,  1742;  m.  Joseph 
Sibley,  Apr.  16,  1761;  5,  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  11,  1745;  m.  David  Lillie,  Sept. 
23,  1762;  6,  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  23,  1747;  m.  Moses  Tyler  Dodge,  Feb.  11,  1762;  7, 
John,  b.  Feb.  26,  1751. 

Nathaniel  Gibbs  m.  Sarah  Holton,  July  9,  1767.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  July  3, 
1768;  2,  Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  26,  1770;  3,  Jacob,  b.  Mar.  13,  1772;  m.  Mary 
Caldwell,  Apr.  5,  1795;  4,  Mary,  b.  May  15,  1774;  5,  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  9,  1776; 
d.  Nov.  30,  1779;  6,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  21,  1778;  7,  Nathaniel,  b.  Apr.  27, 1782; 

8,  Sally,  b.  Mar.  16,  1784;   9,  Anne,  b.  June  10,  1786;   10,  Nabby,  b.  June  22, 
1789. 

John'2  (Nathaniel1),  m.  Mary  Bixby  Lake,  Feb.  18,  1790.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b. 
May  3,  1792. 

GODDARD. 

The  ancestor  of  the  Goddards  in  this  country  was  Edward, 
a  farmer,  who  was  born  and  lived  in  Norfolk  County,  Eng- 
land, was  once  very  wealthy,  but  being  on  the  parliament 
side  during  the  civil  war,  his  house  was  demolished  by  a 
company  of  cavaliers,  who  also  plundered  his  substance. 
He  escaped  in  disguise,  but  died  soon  after.  He  had  nine 
sons  and  three  daughters.  Among  the  sons  was  William, 
who  came  to  this  country  to  collect  a  debt,  and  concluded  to 
remain.  He  accordingly  sent  for  his  wife  and  children,  who 
came  over  in  1666.  His  wife's  name  was  Elizabeth  Miles. 
They  had  six  children  born  in  London,  three  of  whom  died 
young ;  the  other  three  came  to  New  England,  viz  :  William, 
born  1653  ;  Joseph,  born  1655  ;  Robert. 

They  also  had  six  children  bom  in  New  England,  three  of 
whom  died  young ;  the  other  three  were  :  Benjamin,  born 
1668 ;  Josiah,  Edward. 

Joseph  m.  Deborah  Treadwell,  and  had  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 
1,  Joseph;  2,  James;  3,  Robert,  b.  1694;  4,  John,  b.  1699;  5,  Elizabeth;  6, 
Deborah. 

Robert*  (Joseph8,  William2,  Edward1),  settled  in  Sutton,  now  Millbury;  m. 
1st,  Mehitable  Spring;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Dorothy  Child,  Nov.  24,  1761.  Ch.— 1, 
Elisha,  b.  July  13,  1713;  2,  Mehitable,  b.  Mar.  7, 1721;  m.  Nathaniel  Moore, 

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July  31,  1740;  3,  Mary,  b.  Mar.  1,  1725;  m.  Rev.  Ezekiel  Dodge,  Sept.  27, 
1750;  4,  Robert,  b.  Oct.  29, 1727;  d.  Feb.  17,  1730. 

Elisha5  (Robert4,  Joseph8,  William2,  Edward1),  m.  Anna  Haven,  Nov.  17, 
1748;  m.  2d,  Mary  Thatcher.  Ch.— 1,  Elisha,  b.  1749;  d.  Oct.  25,  1771;  2, 
Silence,  b.  1753;  m.  Jonathan  Hale,  Nov.  22,  1769;  d.  Jan.  15,  1800;  3, 
Mehitable,  b.  July  6,  1755;  m.  Benjamin  Hey  wood;  4,  Robert,  b.  Feb.  12, 
1759;  d.  Oct.  10,  1826;  5,  Mary,  b.  Mar.  19,  1760;  d.  Apr.  19,  1776;  6, 
Thacher,  b.  May  25,  1761;  m.  Lucy  Wiswall,  Dec.  23,  1786;  7,  Ebenezer,  b. 
Aug.  25,  1762;  d.  Aug.,  1769;  8,  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  4,  1764. 

Robert6  (Elisha5,  Robert.4,  Joseph8,  William2,  Edward1),  m.  1st,  Anna  Tain- 
ter,  Apr.  13,  1780;  she  d.  Dec.  19,  1792;  m.  2d,  Tamar  Goddard,  Feb.  13, 
1794;  m.  3d,  Hannah  Goddard,  Nov.  6,  1796;  she  d.  Mar.  18,  1797;  m.  4th, 
Mrs.  Sibyl  Penniman,  Jan.  1,  1798.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  25,  1781;  m.  1st, 
Ephraim  Forbes;  m.  2d,  Josiah  Hovey;  2,  Elisha,  b.  Feb.  2,  1783;  m.  Cath- 
erine Broaders,  Jan.  6,  1806;  3,  Nancy,  b.  Apr.  18,  1786;  m.  Rufus  Barton, 
Mar.  11,  1806;  4,  Ebeuezer  Thacher,  b.  July  22,  1789;  d.  Dec.  24,  1804;  5, 
David,  b.  Sept.  5,  1791 ;  m.  Dorcas  Littlehale,  Dec.  28,  1816. 

Samuel6  (Elisha5,  Robert4,  Joseph8,  William2,  Ed  ward1),  m.  Mary  Burbank, 
Apr.  7,  1783.  Ch.— 1,  Susanna,  b.  May  27,  1784. 

Benjamin3  (William2,  Edward1),  m.  Martha  Palfrey.     Ch.— 1,  Nathaniel; 

2,  Benjamin,  b.  1705;   d.  Dec.  9,  1759;    3,  John,  b.  1709;    m.  Feb.  19,  1734, 
Elizabeth  Frost;  4,  Thomas,  b.  1720;  5,  Martha. 

Benjamin4  (Benjamin3,  William2,  Edward1),  m.  Mary  Kidder.  Ch. — 1, 
Nathaniel;  2,  Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  15,  1737;  m.  Mary  Flagg,  Dec.  8,  1763;  3, 
Samuel;  4,  James,  b.  Apr.  24,  1740;  5,  Elizabeth;  6,  Hannah,  m.  Josiah 
Chase;  7,  Mary,  m.  Thomas  Griggs,  July 4,  1776;  8,  Josiah. 

Samuel5  (Benjamin4,  Benjamin3,  William2,  Edward1),  m.  Elizabeth  King, 
May  25,  1769 ;  m.  second,  Mrs.  Catherine  Parks.  Ch. — 1,  Henry,  b.  Feb.  25, 
1770;  2,  Samuel,  b.  July  6,  1772;  3,  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  2,  1774;  4,  Salmon,  b. 
Jan.  26,  1776;  5,  Asahel,  b.  Sept.  25,  1777;  6,  James,  b.  July  5,  1784;  7,  Ben- 
jamin, b.  May  5,  1791;  8,  Tamar,  b.  Feb.  10,  1795;  9,  Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  7, 
1797;  10,  Catherine,  b.  Nov.  4,  1800;  11,  Danford,  died;  12,  Danford,  b. 
Mar.  7,  1804. 

Nathaniel6  (Samuel6,  Benjamin4,  Benjamin8,  William2,  Edward1),  m. 
Rhoda  Gale.  Ch.— 1,  Julia  Ann,  b.  Apr.  25,  1822;  2,  Maria,  b.  Nov.  25, 1824; 

3,  Dolly  Sophia,  b.  Mar.  24,  1828;  4,  Ira  Nathaniel,  b.  March  1,  1830. 
Josiah5  (Benjamin4,  Benjamin3,  William2,  Edward1),  m.  Huldah  Batcheller; 

she  d.  Feb.  9,  1792;  he  d.  Feb.  12,  1784.  Ch.— 1,  Anna,  b.  Feb.  23,  1762;  2, 
Asahel,  b.  Feb.  10,  1764;  3,  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  30,  1766;  4,  Josiah,  b.  May  11, 
1768;  5,  Perley,  b.  Aug.  28,  1770;  6,  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  11,  1772;  7,  Huldah, 
b.  Oct.  29,  1777;  8,  Polly  b.  June  30,  1782. 

Luther  Goddard  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Kezia  Anderson.  Ch. — 1,  Luther 
Allen,  b.  Sept.  21,  1818;  2,  Abraham  Francis,  b.  Nov.  15,1821;  3,  John 
Emerson,  b.  Dec.  26,  1823;  4,  Esther  Jane,  b.  June  15,  1830. 

GOFFE. 

Rev.  Joseph  Goffe,  m.  Elizabeth  Waters,  Dec.  20,  1796.  Ch.— 1,  Ebenezer 
Waters,  b.  Apr.  23,  1799;  2,  Maria,  b.  Feb.  1,  1802;  3,  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  29, 
1804;  4,  Eliza,  b,  Feb.  21,  1806;  5,  Philena,  b.  Apr.  8,  1808, 


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GOLDTHWAIT. 

We  find  on  the  records  the  names  of  Stephen  and  Ezekiel 
Goldthwait,  whose  ancestry  is  unknown.  They  lived  in  that 
part  of  Sutton  which  was  set  off  to  Northbridge. 

Stephen  m.  Patience .  Ch. — 1,  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  14,  1760;  2,  Stephen, 

b.  Mar.  26,  1762;  3,  Mary,  b.  May  10,  1764;  4,  Nathan,  b.  Sept.  24,  1766;  5, 
Thomas,  b.  Apr.  3,  1769;  6,  Naomi,  b.  July  13,  1772;  7,  Lucy,  b.  July  7, 
1774;  8,  Obed,  b.  Feb.  19,  1777. 

Ezekiel  m.  Anne  Adams,  Dec.  3,  1772.  Ch. — 1,  Ezekiel,  b.  Jan.  1,  1774;  2, 
Joel,  b.  Jan.  9,  1776;  3,  Elijah,  b.  Oct.  12,  1777;  4,  Prudence,  b.  Aug..  14, 
1779. 

Jesse  Goldthwait  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Sally  .  Ch. — 1,  Lydia,  b. 

June  9,  1811;  2,  Eunice,  b.  Mar.  17,  1814;  3,  Hiram,  b.  Dec.  11,  1815;  4, 
Mary,  b.  Feb.  17,  1818. 

GOOD ALE. 

Three  of  the  name,  Eleazar,  Amos  and  Samuel,  appear 
on  our  early  records.  The  name  appears  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Lynn.  Samuel  was  received  into  the  church  by 
letter  from  Andover,  in  1740. 

Eleazar  Goodale  m.  Rebekah  Witt  of  Marlborough,  Jan.  17,  1733.     Ch. — 

1,  Silas,  b.  Sept.  12,  1734;  2,  Rebekah,  b.  Feb.  11.  1737. 

Amos  Goodale  m.  Sarah  Russell,  May  27,  1736;  m.  2d,  Lydia  Perry,  Sept. 
5,  1742.  Ch.— 1,  Amos,  b.  Apr.  23,  1738;  2,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  26,  1742;  3,  John, 
b.  Mar.  31,  1745. 

Samuel  Goodale  m.  Silence  Holbrook  of  Grafton,  Oct.  20,  1743.  Ch.— 1, 
Asa,  b.  Sept.  9,  1744;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  8, 1746;  m.  David  Fisk,  Jan.  24, 1769; 
3,  Phebe,  b.  Dec.  17,  1751;  m.  John  Waters,  May  28,  1771;  4,  Asa,  b.  May  5, 
1754;  5,  Betty,  b.  Apr.  26,  1756;  m.  Andrus  Waters,  Nov.  25,  1773;  6,  Mary, 
b.  July  24,  1758;  m.  Asa  Wood,  Mar.  19,  1781;  7,  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  17,  1762; 
8,  John,  b.  May  13,  1766;  m.  Lucy  Fletcher,  Dec.  13,  1781;  9,  Joshua,  b.  Oct. 
15,  1767. 

Asa2  (Samuel1),  m.  Mary  Rice,  Aug.  12,  1784.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  May  4, 
1785;  2,  Betsey,  b.  June  6,  1786;  m.  Aaron  Trask,  Apr.  3,  1806;  3,  Hannah 
L.,  b.  May  18,  1787;  4,  Asa,  b.  Jan.  1,  1789;  5,  John,  b.  Apr.  30,  1792;  6, 
Orra,  b.  Nov.  26,  1793;  7,  Lyman,  b.  May  16,  1798. 

Samuel2  (Samuel1),  m.  Relief  .  Ch. — 1,  Ebenezer  Wood,  b.  May  3, 

1793;  2,  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  28,  1795;  d.  young;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  28,  1797;  4, 
Polly  Wood,  b.  Aug.  24,  1800. 

Ephraim  Goodale  m.  Mrs.  Prudence  Haven,  Aug.  3,  1796.    Ch. — 1,  Laura, 

2,  Sophia,  twins,  b.  Aug.  28,  1797. 

GOULD. 

According  to  Dea.  Leland,  Joseph  and  Ebenezer  were 
brothers,  and  came  from  Salem.  There  is  also  mention 
upon  the  records  of  Thomas,  Caleb  and  George,  whose  rela- 
tionship cannot  be  ascertained. 


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Joseph  m.  Sarah  Twist  of  Salem.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  19,  1731;  m.  1st, 
Mary  Putnam,  Dec.  9,  1762;  m.  2d,  Polly  Stone;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  5,  1743  ; 
m.  Solomon  Holman,  Dec.  22,  1763;  3,  Molly,  b.  July  19,  1751;  m.  John 
Gould,  Aug.  17,  1769;  4,  Betty,  b.  Feb.  26,  1759;  m.  Daniel  Carriel,  Dec.  3, 
1778;  5,  Gideon,  b.  Apr.  26,  1762;  m.  Hannah  Marsh,  Dec.  5,  1782. 

Ebenezer  m.  1st,  Lydia  Marsh,  Nov.  12,  1741 ;  m.  2d,  Abigail  Carriel,  Sept. 
20,  1744;  m.  3d,  Mrs.  Hannah  (Twist)  Jennison,  Aug.  12,  1760.  Ch.— 1, 
Lydia,  b.  Aug.  27,  1742;  m.  Daniel  Harwood,  Mar:  28,  1758;  2,  Ebenezer,  b. 
Jan.  1,  1745;  m.  Tabitha  Kenney,  Feb.  25,  1768;  3,  Abigail,  b.  Aug.  9,  1748; 
m.  Thomas  McKnight,  Mar.  1,  1764;  4,  John,  b.  Jan.  17,  1750;  5,  Anne,  b. 
Mar.  16,  1754;  m.  John  Davidson,  Jan.  16,  1772;  6,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  16, 
1756;  7,  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  27,  1757. 

John2  (Ebenezer1),  m.  Molly  Gould,  Aug.  17,  1769.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  Feb. 
10,  1769;  2,  Betty,  b.  Sept.  16,  1770;  3,  John,  b.  May  20,  1772;  m.  1st,  Lois 
Torrey,  Aug.  12,  1791;  m.  2d,  Ruth  Prentice,  Apr.  12,  1794;  4,  Joseph,  b. 
Feb.  14,  1774;  5,  Peter,  b.  Apr.  18,  1776;  6,  Phebe,  b.  June  8, 1778;  7,  David, 
b.  Apr.  5,  1781;  8,  Simeon,  b.  Mar.  12,  1784;  9,  Stephen,  b.  Aug.  31,  1789. 

Jonathan2  (Ebenezer1),  m.  Lydia  Jennison,  July  11,  1776.  Ch. — 1,  Lydia, 
b.  Sept.  7,  1777;  d.  aged  15;  2,  Dolly,  b.  Aug.  2,  1779;  m.  Isaac  Town,  Oct. 
9,  1799;  3,  Betsey,  b.  Sept.  22,  1786;  m.  Eli  Twitchel,  Jan.  30, 1807;  4,  Hitty, 
b.  July  16,  1788;  m.  Edmund  Chapman,  Aug.  8,  1810;  5,  Nancy,  b.  Apr.  10, 
1790;  m.  Ebenezer  Richardson,  Mar.  3,  1811;  6,  Polly,  b.  Jan.  25,  1792;  m. 
Antipas  Smith;  7,  Lydia,  b.  June  25,  1793;  8,  Lydia,  b.  Mar.  1,  1794;  m. 
Thurston  Hale ;  9,  Calvin,  b.  Mar.  28,  1796 ;  m.  Lucinda  Parker ;  10,  Clarissa, 
b.  May  29, 1798;  m.  Jonathan  Gale;  11,  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  28, 1802;  m.  Waters 
Holman. 

Thomas  Gould  m.  Hannah  .  Ch. — 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  5,  1749;  d. 

Oct.  30,  1781. 

Jonathan2  (Thomas1),  m.  Hannah  Singletary,  Jan.  30,  1770.  Ch. — 1,  John, 
b.  Nov.  26,  1772;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  25,  1777;  3,  Haffield,  b.  Jan.  30,  1779; 
4,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  13,  1781. 

Caleb  Gould  m.  Sarah .     Ch.— 1,  Caleb,  b.  Oct.  3,  1751. 

Thomas  Gould  m.  Martha  Buckmau,  Mar.  15,  1745.  Ch. — 1,  Martha,  b. 
Oct.  6,  1745;  2,  Martha,  b.  Jan.  11,  1747;  3,  Stephen,  b.  Sept.  18,  1748;  4, 
Simeon,  b.  Aug.  24,  1750;  5,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  2,  1754. 

Simeon2  (Thomas1),  m.  Mary .     Ch.— 1,  Ruth,  b.  Aug.  3,  1771. 

George  Gould  m.  Rachel  Dwight.  Ch.— 1,  Elijah,  b.  Sept.  28,  1759;  2, 
Mary,  b.  Apr.  19,  1762;  3,  Hannah,  b.  July  18,  1765;  4,  Rachel,  b.  Feb.  26, 
1767;  5,  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  28,  1770;  6,  Mary,  b.  May  29,  1772. 

GOWING. 

Two  families  of  the  name,  those  of  Thomas  and  Samuel, 
were  among  the  original  thirty  settlers.  Thomas  drew  the 
lot  adjoining  that  of  Benjamin  Marsh,  upon  the  east.  Sam- 
uel drew  lot  twenty-eight,  known  in  later  years  as  the 
Tenney  place.  The  name  Gowing  is  found  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Lynn,  and  these  families  undoubtedly  came  from 
that  town. 


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Benjamin  Gowing  lived  upon  the  lot  drawn  by  Samuel, 
but  whether  he  was  his  son  is  unknown.  His  wife  was 
Abigail  Wyman,  and  came  to  town  with  him. 

Ch. — 1,  Benjamin,  d.  unmarried ;  2,  Abigail,  m.  Jeremiah  Kichardson,  Mar. 
23,  1758;  3,  Nathaniel,  b.  June  26,  1734. 

Nathaniel2  (Benjamin1),  m.  Patience^Richardson  of  ,Woburn,  Mar.  17, 1757. 
Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  July  28,  1758 ;  2,  Patience,  b.  July  30,  1761 ;  m.  Ezekiel 
Brigham  of  Graf  ton ;  3,Samuel,  b.  Nov.  29,  1763. 

The  family  removed  to  Chester,  Yt. 

GREENWOOD. 

Daniel  Greenwood  and  his  wife,  Sarah,  were  received  into 
the  church  in  Sutton,  by  letter  from  the  church  in  Framing- 
ham,  in  1730.  They  were  afterward  dismissed  to  form  the 
church  in  the  north  parish,  now  Millbury. 

He  d.  June  8,  1812.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  10,  1729;  m.  John  Harback, 
Dec.  4,  1753;  2,  James,  b.  Oct.  2,  1730;  3,  Daniel,  b.  June  15,  1732;  4,  Eliza- 
beth, 5,  Sarah,  twins,  b.  Aug.  3,  1734;  Sarah  m.  Daniel  Rooper,  Mar.  18, 1756 ; 
6,  Elizabeth,  b.  July  1,  1737;  m.  Jonathan  Carriel,  Nov.  25,  1756. 

James2  (Daniel1),  m.  Lydia  King,  July  5,  1759;  d.  Jan.  18,  1809.  Ch.— 1, 
Abigail,  b.  Apr.  25,  1760;  m.  Benjamin  Bancroft,  Feb.  13,  1783;  2,  John,  b. 
Sept.  1,  1762;  m.  Ruth  Gale,  Dec.  17,  1788;  3,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  27,  1764;  m. 
Aaron  Pierce,  Sept.  8,  1790;  4,  James,  b.  Jan.  11,  1768;  5,  Samuel,  b.  July 
13,  1772;  6,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  16,  1775;  m.  Peter  Holman,  Jan.  25,  1797. 

James3  (James-,  Daniel1),  m.  Betsey  Gray  of  Worcester,  Dec.  20,  1794. 
Ch.— 1,  Clara,  b.  Dec.  3,  1798;  2,  Betsey  Gray,  b.  May  27,  1800;  3,  Henry 
King,  b.  Feb.  24,  1802;  4,  James,  b.  June  1,  1806. 

Daniel'2  (Daniel1),  m.  Jerusha  Eaton  of  Worcester,  Nov.  17,  1754.  Ch.— 1, 
Sarah,  b.  Aug.  11,  1755;  m.  David  Prince  Chase,  Dec.  2,  1777;  2,  Mary,  b. 
Apr.  13,  1757;  m.  Samuel  Bixby,  jr.,  June  13,  1781;  3,  Daniel,  b.  Mar.  30, 
1759;  4,  Jerusha,  b.  Sept.  20,  1760;  m.  Solomon  Marble,  Nov.  11,  1784. 

Daniel3  (Daniel2,  Daniel1),  m.  Lucy  Chase,  Apr.  16,  1788.  Ch.— 1,  Sukey, 
b.  Mar.  2,  1791 ;  2,  Lucy  Richardson,  b.  June  17,  1793. 

GRIGGS. 

Thomas  Griggs  came  from  Brookline;  m.  Mary  Goddard  of  Graf  ton,  July 
4,  1776.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  b.  Jan.  19,  1782;  2,  John,  b.  Feb.  15,  1785;  3,  Joseph, 
b.  Nov.  3,  1786. 

John2  (Thomas1),  m.  Mary  Thurston.  Ch.— 1,  Lewis,  b.  Sept.  7,  1813;  2, 
Salem,  b.  Feb.  9,  1815;  3,  Susan  Elizabeth,  b.  July  14,  1816;  4,  Thomas 
Thurston,  b.  Jan.  31,  1818;  5,  John,  b.  May  16,  1819;  6,  Joseph  Franklin,  b. 
Apr.  24,  1822;  7.  Mary  Ann,  b.  Apr.  15,  1824;  8,  George,  b.  July  31,  1826;  9, 
Nathan,  b.  July  5,  1828;  10,  Frances  Helen,  b.  Apr.  29,  1834;  m.  Willard  F. 
Pond,  Jan.  20,  1853;  11,  Margaret  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  19,  1835;  m.  Henry  S. 
Stockwell,  Aug.  30,  1859. 


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Lewis8  (John2,  Thomas^/m.  M.  E.  Hancock,  Jan.  1842.  Ch.— 1,  Ann  M. ; 
2,  Mary  L. ;  m.  Henry  S.  Stockwell,  Nov.  17,  1869. 

Joseph  F.3  (John2,  Thomas1)  m.  Eliza  D.  Brooks,  Apr.  16,  1863.  Ch.— 1, 
Martha  Buchanan,  b.  Jan.  24,  1864;  2,  Jeremiah  Brooks,  b.  Jan.  6,  1866;  3, 
Thomas  Campbell,  b.  Mar.  29,  1868;  4,  Mary  Thurston,  b.  Mar.  1,  1870;  d. 
July  2,  1870;  5,  Joseph  Franklin,  b.  Aug,  27,  1871. 

HALL. 

Percival  Hall  was  from  Medford,  and  came  to  Sutton  about 
1720.  He  was  the  son  of  John  of  Concord,  who  was  the  son 
of  Widow  Mary  of  Cambridge.  He  became  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  town  by  the  purchase  of  several  five  hundred 
acre  rights,  and  was  one  of  the  proprietors'  committee  from 
1722  to  1751.  He  was  among  the  founders  of  the  church  at 
Medford,  and  was  received  by  letter  from  that  church  into 
the  church  in  Sutton  in  1721,  and  soon  chosen  deacon. 

He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs,  and  representative  to 
the  provincial  legislature. 

He  married  Jane  Willis  of  Woburn,  Oct.  18,  1697;  d.  Dec.  25,  1752;  she  d. 
Oct.  28,  1757.  Ch.— 1,  Percival,  b.  Nov.  13,  1698;  m.  Lydia  Bounds;  d.  May 

5,  1738;   2,  Jane  b.  May  15,  1700;  3,  Mary;   m.  Thomas  Rice,  June  6,  1726; 
4,  Elizabeth;  m.  James  McClellan,  Dec.  26,  1722;    5,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  2, 
1709;  d.  Jan.  29,  1787;  6,  Martha;  7,  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  15,  1712;  8,  Zaccheus, 
9,  Susanna,  twins,  b.  Jan.  11,  1715;     10,  Grace,  b.  Oct.  7,  1717;    11,  Willis, 
b.  Mar.  7,  1720;  d.  Apr.  10,  1800. 

Stephen*  (Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Sarah  (Taft)  Reed,  Apr.  17, 
1745.  Ch.— 1,  Stephen,  b.  Jan.  14,  1746;  d.  Sept.  12,  1822;  2,  Joseph,  b. 
Feb.  25,  1748;  3,  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  28,  1750;  m.  first,  Benjamin  Swinerton, 
Dec.  21,  1769;  m.  second,  L.  Thompson;  4,  John,  b.  Apr.  26,  1752;  5, 
Samuel  Reed,  b.  Jan.  21,  1755;  6,  Emerson,  b.  Apr.  21,  1758;  m.  Tabitha 
Fletcher,  Apr.  6,  1780;  7,  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  7,  1761;  d.  Nov.  7,  1777. 

Stephen5  (Stephen4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Abigail  Spring  of 
Newtown.  Ch. — 1,  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  7,  1770;  m.  Amos  Batcheller;  2,  Stephen, 
b.  Mar.  4,  1773;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  20,  1775;  in.  Elkanah  Atwood;  4,  Betty , 
b.  Mar.  4,  1778;  m.  David  Stone,  Mar.  12,  1808;  5,  Simeon,  b.  Mar.  27,  1780  ; 

6,  William,  b.  Mar.  9,  1783;  7,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  22,  1785;  m.  Eli  Servey,  Apr.  1 , 
1808;  8,  Calvin,  b.  Jan.  23,  1789. 

Stephen6  (Stephen6,  Stephen*,  Percival8,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Polly 
Stone,  Dec.  1798.  Ch.— 1,  Kelsey,  b.  Apr.  27,  1799;  2,  Daphne,  b.  June  25  , 
1800;  m.  Stephen  Severy,  Nov.  9,  1816;  3,  Therel  Luther,  b.  Aug.  29,  1801  ; 
4,  Olivet,  b.  Oct.  13,  1803;  5,  Merinda,  b.  Oct.  17,  1804;  6,  Acosta,  b.  May  6, 
1804;  7,  Pelthira,  b.  June  17,  1809;  8,  Diolphus  Stephen  Moody  Stone,  b . 
Jan.  22,  1811;  d.  Oct.  23,  1811;  9,  Zera  Spring,  b.  July  27,  1812;  10,  Elthede 
Gould,  b.  Feb.  13,  1815;  11,  Amanda  Ann  Stone,  b.  July  16,  1820;  m.  Corne  - 
lius  Putnam,  1842. 

T.   Luther7   (Stephen6,  Stephen5,   Stephen*,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1), 


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m.  Hannah  Beers,  May  10,  1817.  Ch.— 1,  David  Nichols,  b.  July  5,  1818; 
m.  Sarah  C.  Smith,  1847;  d.  Apr.  29,  1851;  2,  Franklin,  b.  May  2,  1820;  3, 
Anna,  b.  Dec.  1,  1822. 

Simeon6  (Stephen5,  Stephen*,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Hannah 
Dagget,  Oct.  14,  1805.  Ch.— 1,  Eliza  Lydia,  b.  Mar.  1813;  2,  Frederick 
Augustus,  b.  Dec.  4,  1815. 

William6  (Stephen6,  Stephen4,  Percival8,  John2,  w.  Mary1)  m.  Almy 
Greene  of  Rhode  Island.  Ch.— 1,  Ann  Davis,  b.  May  15,  1810;  m.  Wm.  G. 
Maynard,  July  18,  1849;  2,  Almy  Maria,  b.  Apr.  13,  1812;  3,  Abigail  Cathe- 
rine, b.  July  9,  1820;  m.  Amos  B.  Stockwell,  Apr.  16,  1844. 

Calvin6  (Stephen5,  Stephen4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1)  m.  Abigail 
Harback.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  29,  1812;  2,  Edwin  Calvin,  b.  Apr.  6, 
1815;  m.  Priscilla  Brown,  Oct.  16,  1837;  3,  Thomas  Leander,  b.  Apr.  6,  1817; 
4,  Martha  Spring,  b.  Nov.  21,  1819;  5,  Candace  Ann,  b.  Jan.  21,1821;  6, 
Sarah  Sophia,  b.  Mar.  2,  1823 ;  7,  William  Estes,  b.  Dec.  21,  1825 ;  m.  Frances 
J.  Hill,  Sept.  12,  1850;  8,  Catherine  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  13,1828;  9,  Henry 
Lewis,  b.  Apr.  14,  1832. 

Thomas  L.v  (Calvin6,  Stephen5,  Stephen4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1), 
m.  Jane  W.  Herrick.  Ch.— 1,  a  daughter  b.  Nov.  26,  1849. 

Joseph5  (Stephen4,  Percival8,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Mary  Trowbridge, 
1769.  Ch.— 1,  Thaddeus,  b.  Mar.  28,  1770;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  26,  1771 ;  m. 
Orrin  Stevens;  3,  Amasa,  b.  June  4,  1774;  d.  young;  4,  Abrier,  b.  July  25, 
1775;  died  young;  5,  Polly,  b.  May  15,  1777;  m.  James  Butler;  6,  Joseph,  b. 
Sept.  14,  1779;  7,  Louis,  b.  Dec.  7,  1781;  d.  in  infancy;  8,  Edmund  T.  b. 
Juue  1,  1783;  9,  Ethen,  b.  Sept.  12,  1785;  m.  Isaac  Hallock;  10,  Asher,  b. 
June  25,  1787;  11,  Anna,  b.  Apr.  19,  1789;  m.  Aaron  Curtis;  12,  John,  b. 
1791;  d.  young;  13,  Betsey,  b.  1793;  d.  young;  14,  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  22,  1796. 

Edmund  T.6  (Joseph5,  Stephen4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m. 
Abigail  Slocomb,  Jan.  1,  1807.  Ch.— 1,  Albert  T.,  b.  June  22,  1807;  2, 
William  Slocomb,  b.  Nov.  2,  1816;  3,  Theron  Edmund,  b.  Nov.  8,  1821;  4, 
Joseph  Leonard,  b.  Oct.  12,  1823;  5,  Electa;  m.  Joseph  S.  Livermore. 

Joseph  L.7  (Edmund  T.6,  Joseph5,  Stephen4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1), 
m.  Eliza  A.  Prescott,  Sept.  24,  1844.  Ch.— 1,  Henry  S.  b.  Apr.  8,  1845. 

John5  (Stephen4,  Percival8,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Dolly  Ward,  Jan. 
1727.  Ch.— 1,  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  10,  1778;  m.  Joseph  Nelson,  Aug.  25,  1796;  2, 
Thaddeus,  b.  Nov.  30,  1779;  3,  Jonas,  b.  Jan.  13,  1782;  4,  John,  b.  Oct.  28, 
1787;  5,  Dolly,  b.  Feb.  12,  1789;  m.  July  18,  1806,  John  Haskell;  6,  Harriet, 
b.  Mar.  14,  1792;  m.  Jona.  F.  Putnam,  June  25,  1811;  7,  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  9, 
1794;  m.  Abner  Mayuard,  June  19,  1814;  8,  Increase  Sumner,  b.  Apr.  3, 
1797 ;  d.  in  Cincinnati. 

John6  (John5,  Stephen4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Persis  Cum- 
inings,  June  14,  1814.  Ch.— 1,  Susanna  Sibley,  b.  Feb.  1,  1815;  2,  John 
Sidney,  b.  Aug.  4,  1818;  3,  Estes  Harrison,  b.  Dec.  30,  1821;  4,  Marcus 
Morton,  b.  Oct.  19,  1824. 

Thomas4  (Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  first,  Judith  Chase,  June 
30,  1737 ;  m.  second,  Huldah  Park,  June  24,  1758.  Ch.— 1,  Percival,  b.  Mar. 
15,  1741;  2,  Thomas,  b.  Mar.  23,  1743;  d.  young;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  28,  1745; 
4,  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  1,  1747;  5,  Mary,  b.  June  10,  1750;  6,  Betty,  b.  June  9, 
1753;  in.  Jabez  Lathe,  Nov.  8,  1776;  7,  Moses,  b.  Aug.  27,  1755;  8,  Judith, 
b.  Sept.  16,  1757;  9,  Moody,  b.  Feb.  25,  1760;  10,  Huldah,  b.  July  26,  1761. 
Family  removed  to  Cornish,  N.  H, 


656  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Zaccheus4  (Percival8,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Mary  Jennison.  Ch.— 1,  Elias, 
b.  Sept.  23,  1743;  2,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  17,  1745;  3,  Zaccheus,  b.  July  1,  1749;  4, 
Aaron;*  5,  Percival;  6,  Lydia. 

Willis*  (Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  1st,  Martha  Gibbs,  May  21,  1746; 
m.  2d,  Anne  Coye,  Dec.  10,  1756.  Ch.— 1,  Willis,  b.  May  29,  1747:  2,  Jacob, 
b.  Feb.  2,  1749;  3,  Martha,  b.  Sept.  12,  1751;  m.  Absalom  Forbes,  July  25, 
1771;  4,  Grace,  b.  Oct.  30,  1753;  m.  Jesse  Greene;  5,  Olive,  b.  Dec.  11,  1755; 
m.  Archelaus  Dwinel,  May  26,  1778;  6,  Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  21,  1757;  m.  Nancy 
Cady;  7,  Josiah,  b.  Oct.  5,  1759;  8,  Israel,  b.  Jan.  21,  1762;  d.  Sept.  5,  1764; 
9,  Nathaniel,  b.  Apr.  9, 1764 ;  m.  Hannah  Emerson ;  10,  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  26, 
1767;  11,  Anne,  b.  June  1,  1769;  m.  John  Whipple,  Nov.  28,  1794. 

Willis5  (Willis4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Mrs.  Rebeckah  Parsons, 
Dec.  3,  1767.  Ch.— 1,  Anna,  b.  1768;  2,  Andrew,  d.  young;  3,  John,  b.  1772; 
m.  Marib  Armsby,  Mar.  31,  1803;  4,  Liberty,  d.  about  1828;  5,  Ruth;  6, 
Willis. 

Josiah6  (Willis4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Mary  Marble,  May  12, 
1785.  Ch.— 1,  Oliver,  b.  Dec.  1,  1785 ;  2,  Polly,  b,  Apr.  7,  1788 ;  m.  Alpheus 
Marble,  Nov.  25,  1819;  3,  Almira,  b.  June  4,  1790;  d.  Sept.  12, 1795;  4,  Debo- 
rah, b.  Jan.  18,  1793;  d.  Sept.  12,  1795;  5,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  13,  1795;  m.  1st, 
Rufus  Carter,  Dec.  13,  1819;  m.  2d,  Cyrus  Faulkner;  6,  Mindwell,  b.  Feb.  8, 
1798;  m.  James  Phelps;  7,  Anna,  b.  June  17,  1800 ;  d.  unmarried;  8,  Sally, 
b.  May  7,  1804;  d.  May  11,  1839. 

Oliver6  (Josiah5,  Willis4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Cimene  Carter, 
1812.  Ch.— 1,  Gardner,  b.  Apr.  6,  1813;  2,  Julia  Ann,  b.  Feb.  21,  1815;  m. 
S.  Dexter  King,  Apr.  16,  1837;  3,  Willis,  b.  Apr.  28,  1818;  4,  Josiah  Clark,  b. 
Sept.  11,  1820;  5,  Mary  Marble,  b.  Mar.  8,  1822;  m.  John  Hinds;  d.  Oct.  13, 
1853;  6,  Susan  Marble,  b.  June  3,  1824;  m.  Robert  Luther,  May  10,  1848;  d. 
Oct.  21,  1876;  7,  Rufus  Carter,  b.  July  7,  1827;  8,  Frances  Amelia,  b.  Apr. 
30,  1836;  m.  Rev.  N.  Medbery,  Nov.  3,  1868. 

Gardner7  (Oliver6,  Josiah5,  Willis4,  Percival8,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  1st, 
Catherine  B.  Woodbury,  Sept.  19,  1841;  she  d.  May  14,  1858;  m.  2d,  Annie 
E.  Spaulding,  Apr.  6,  1859.  Ch.— 1,  John  Gardner,  b.  July  1*  1842;  2,  Cath- 
erine W.,  b.  June  23,  1851;  d.  June  16,  1852;  3,  Arthur  W.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1860. 

Josiah  C.7  (Oliver6,  Josiah5,  Willis4,  Percival3,  John'2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Jane 
E.  Congdon,  Jan.  1,  1851.  Ch.— 1,  Fanny  Jane,  b.  May  21,  1852;  2,  Mary; 

3,  Nellie. 

Rufus  C.7  (Oliver6,  Josiah5,  Willis4,  Percival3,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  AnnE. 
Dudley,  May  25,  1853.  Ch.— 1,  Florence  Dudley,  b.  Apr.  5,  1863. 

Joseph5  (Willis4,  Percival8,  John2,  w.  Mary1),  m.  Anna  Harback,  May  27, 
1792.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Apr.  19,  1793;  m.  Carter  Elliot;  2,  Joseph  M.,  b. 
Nov.  2,  1794;  d.  Aug.  6, 1795;  3,  Laurinda,  b.  June  19, 1797;  m.  David  Elliot; 

4,  Lewis,  b.  Nov.  2,  1799;   d.  Jan.  15,  1801;  5,  Willard,  b.  May  25,  1802;  m. 
Stone. 


*  Aaron  entered  Harvard  College,  but  left  on  account  of  the  revolutionary 
war ;  entered  the  army  and  continued  in  it  until  peace  was  declared.  He  held 
some  commission.  After  the  war  he  came  to  Sutton,  married,  and  removed 
to  Westhampton, 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  657 

HALL,  REV.  DAVID,  D.  D. 

Rev.  David4*  (Joseph8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Dr.  Jonathan 
Prescott  of  Concord,  June  24,  1731.  Her  mother  was  Rebekah,  dau.  of  Peter 
Bulkley,  Esq.,  of  Concord,  and  grand-daughter  of  Rev.  Peter  Bulkley,  first 
minister  of  Concord;  she  d.  Aug.  7,  1803,  aged  90.  Ch. — 1,  David,  b.  May  5, 
1732;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  17,  1734;  m.  Dr.  John  Hale  of  Hollis,  Sept.  5, 
1754;  3,  Rebekah,  b.  Sept.  1,  1736;  m.  Rev.  Aaron  Putnam,  Oct.  30,  1760; 
4,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  14,  1738;  m.  John  Putnam,  Apr.  13,  1758;  5,  Hannah,  b. 
Aug.  30,  1740;  m.  Asa  Grosvenor,  Apr.  24,  1766;  6,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  15,  1742; 
m.  Gen.  Jonathan  Chase  of  Cornish,  N.  H. ;  7,  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  27, 1746;  8, 
Lucy,  b.  Mar.  19,  1749;  m.  Sept.  6,  1773,  Samuel  Paine;  9,  Joseph,  b.  Sept. 
8,  1751;  10,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  20,  1754;  m.  Bathsheba  Mumford ;  11,  Debo- 
rah, b.  Mar.  5,  1756;  m.  May  9,  1776,  Rev.  Daniel  Grosvenor. 

David5  (Rev.  David*,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Mrs.  Mary  Barrett,  Sept. 
11,  1755.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Nov.  19,  1755 ;  2,  Joseph  Barrett,  b.  Feb.  19, 1758. 

Removed  to  Pomfret,  Ct. 

Benjamin5  (Rev.  David4,  Joseph8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth  Mosely, 
Aug.  22,  1771.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  June  16,  1774. 

Removed  to  Cornish,  N.  H. 

Joseph5  (Rev.  David4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Chloe  Grosvenor  of  Pom- 
fret,  Ct.  Ch.— 1,  John  Hancock,  b.  Nov.  24,  1786;  d.  June  16,  1815;  2, 
Joseph  G.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1789;  3,  David  Ebenezer,  b.  Nov.  14,  1791;  4,  Lemuel, 
b.  Aug.  17,  1794;  5,  Lucy  C.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1797;  m.  Sept.  3,  1820,  Dr.  S.  C.  H. 
Smith. 

HARBACK. 

Thomas  Harback,  ancestor  of  the  Sutton  Harbacks,  born 
in  the  county  of  Warwickshire,  England,  in  the  year  1698, 
came  to  America  about  1720. 

He  m.  Annabel  Coolidge  in  1723;  she  d.  Mar.  8,  1777;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Abigail 
Gould,  July  8,  1777;  he  d.  Sept.  23,  1782.  Ch.— 1,  Henry,  b.  Feb.  9, 1724;  d. 
Jan.  22,  1775;  2,  John,  T>.  Feb.  4,  1725;  d.  May  1,  1801;  3,  Elizabeth,  b.  June 
23,  1728;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  31,  1730;  5,  William,  b.  May  26, 1733;  d.  June 
13,  1791;  6,  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  2,  1736;  7,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  11,  1738;  m.  Jacob 
Nelson ;  8,  Thomas,  b.  July  4,  1741 ;  d.  July  20,  1821 ;  9,  Annabel,  b.  June  3, 
1744. 

John2  (Thomas1),  m.  Hannah  Greenwood.  Ch. — 1,  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  1, 
1756;  2,  John,  b.  July  1,  1758;  3,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  6,  1760;  4,  Sarah,  b.  June 
5,1762;  5,  Anne,  b.  May  4,  1764;  6,  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  21,  1766;  d.  Jan.  10, 
1839;  7,  David,  b.  June  22,  1769;  8,  Mary,  b.  Oct.  23,  1773. 

Daniel3  (John2,  Thomas1),  m.  Lucretia  Ward,  Mar.  27,  1787;  she  d.  Apr. 
29,  1810.  Ch.— 1,  Dolly,  b.  May  13,  1787;  2,  Charles  Ward,  b.  Feb.  3,  1789; 
3,  Origen,  b.  Jan.  20,  1791;  4,  Betsey,  b.  Aug.  13,  1793;  5,  John,  b.  Jan.  10, 
1798;  d.  Nov.  1,  1841 ;  6,  George  Washington,  b.  Oct.  23,  1799;  d.  Sept.  6, 
1803;  7,  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  12,  1802;  d.  Sept  24,  1845;  8,  Palmer,  b.  Aug.  2, 
1806. 


*  See  history  of  his  home. 
83 


658  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Charles  Ward4  (Daniel3,  John2,  Thomas1),  m.  Lydia .  Ch.— 1,  George 

Rawson,  b.  Jan.  31,  1817;  2,  Charles  Franklin,  b.  May  28,  1818;  3,  Lucretia 
Maria,  b.  Nov.  15,  1820. 

Origen4  (Daniel8,  John2,  Thomas1),  m.  Ruth .  Ch.— 1,  Adeline,  b.  Feb. 

2,  1817;  2,  John,  b.  June  7,  1820;  3,  Hannah  Marble,  b.  Apr.  16,  1822;  4, 
Mary  Ann,  b.  Dec.  3,  1824. 

Thomas2  (Thomas1),  m.  Catherine  Benais,  Jan.  15,  1777;  she  d.  July  20, 
1820.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  7,  1777 ;  m.  John  Woodbury,  3d ;  2,  Eunice,  b. 
July  3,  1779;  m.  Moses  Hayden;  3,  Thomas,  b.  Mar.  1, 1782;  4,  Henry  Bright, 
b.  June  24,  1784;  5,  Sophia  Coolidge,  b.  Apr.  20,  1786;  d.  July  10,  1809;  6, 
Catherine,  b.  Aug.  28,  1788;  m.  Luther  Woodbury;  7,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  20, 
1790;  m.  Calvin  Hall;  8,  Persia,  b.  Sept.  26,  1792;  d.  Oct.  9,  1795;  9,  Benja- 
min, b.  Nov.  23,  1794;  d.  Dec.  9,  1794. 

Thomas8  (Thomas2  Thomas1),  m.  Nancy  Sherman;  m.  2d,  Elizabeth  John- 
son of  Worcester.  Ch.— 1,  Thomas  Sherman,  b.  June  20,  1812;  2,  Nancy 
Maria,  b.  Sept.  9,  1813. 

Henry  B.8  (Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Lucretia  Barton,  Oct.  2,  1808;  she  d. 
May  21,  1818;  m.  2d,  Dolly  Bellows,  Sept.  9,  1822.  Ch.— 1,  William  Henry, 
b.  Feb.  21,  1810;  d.  Dec.  17,  1858;  2,  Alexander  Porter,  b.  Nov.  4,  1811;  3, 
Rufus  Harrison,  b.  Sept.  10, 1813;  4,  Mary  Bellows,  b.  Feb.  1,  1826;  d.  July 
20,1827;  5,  Thomas  Franklin,  b.  Apr.  11,  1828;  d.  Aug.  30,  1831 ;  6,  Calvin 

Briggs,  b.  June  11,  1830;  7,  Rebecca  Elvira,  b.  Apr.  5,  1832;  m. Harris; 

8,  Nancy  Barton,  b.  June  11,  1834;  9,  Lydia  Pierce  Foster,  b.  June  17,  1836; 
d.  Mar.  6,  1847;  10,  Franklin  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  29,  1838;  d.  Feb.  4,  1839;  11, 
Charles  Bemis,  b.  Dec.  22,  1839. 

William  H.4  (Henry  B.8,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Eliza  C.  Lamson.  Ch.— 
1,  Julia  Ann,  b.  Sept.  28,  1835;  2,  Vashti  E.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1839;  3,  George  L., 
b.  Aug.  29,  1840. 

HARWOOD. 

David  Harwood  m.  Elizabeth .  Ch.— 1,  David,  b.  May  28,  1740;  2, 

Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  4,  1742;  3,  Ezra,  b.  Aug.  29,  1744;  4,  Persis,  b.  Jan.  14, 
1747;  5,  Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  8,  1749;  m.  Apphya  Woodbury,  Mar.  23,  1784;  6, 
Hannah,  b.  July  2,  1751;  7,  Ebenezer,  b.  Feb.  11,  1753;  m.  Elizabeth  Lipper- 
well,  Apr.  12,  1780. 

David2  (David1),  m.  Mary .    Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  17,  1766. 

Ezra2  (David1),  m.  Lydia .  Ch.— 1,  Chloe,  b.  Oct.  20,  1769;  2,  Ezra, 

b.  Oct.  16,  1771;  3,  Lydia,  4,  Molly,  twins,  b.  Jan.  1,  1773;  5,  Hannah,  b. 
Oct.  19,  1774. 

Daniel  Harwood  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Lydia .  Ch. — 1,  Daniel,  b. 

Apr.  7,  1759;  2,  Peter,  b.  Feb.  23,  1762;  3,  Jesse,  b.  Feb.  14,  1764;  4,  Simeon, 
b.  Mar.  2,  1769;  5,  Lydia,  b.  Sept.  1,  1773;  6,  Abner,  b.  Jan.  8,  1776;  m. 
Sally  Eddy,  Oct.  8,  1798;  7,  Huldah,  b.  Jan.  22,  1778;  8,  Caleb,  b.  May  13, 
1780;  9,  Wilcutt,  b.  Feb.  13,  1782. 

Peter2  (Daniel1),  m.  Phoebe .     Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  July  21,  1789. 

HATHEWAY. 

Joshua2  (Jacob  Hatheway1),  came  to  Suttonfrom  Freetown;  m.  Mrs.  Mary 
Evans;  d.  May  4,  1807.  Ch.— 1,  Mary;  m.  Gilbert  Hatheway ;  2,  Roba,  m. 
William  Warren;  3,  Simeon;  4,  Caroline  Matilda;  m,  Joshua  Morse,  May  9, 
1782;  5,  Joshua;  m.  Hannah  Harback. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTON.  659 

Simeon8  (Joshua2,  Jacob1),  m.  first,  Betsey  Wellington ;  m.  second,  Lucy 
Burdon,  June  2,  1793.  Ch.— 1,  Simeon,  b.  Dec.  31,  1778;  2,  Betsey,  b.  Apr. 

3,  1780;  m.  Caleb  Hist,  May  17,  1799;  3,  Lucinda,  b.  Oct.  31,  1781;  m.  Cyrus 
Putnam,  May  17,  1800;    4,  Daniel,  b.  Mar.  17,  1783;    5,  Salmon,  b.  Dec.  7, 
1784;  m.  Betsey  Wordsworth;  6,  Warren,  b.  July  18,  1786;  d.  Feb.  19,  1817; 
7,  Polly,  b.  July  14,  1788;   m.  John  Morse,  Nov.  15,  1809;   8,  Lydia,  b.  Nov. 
22,  1789;    m.  Asa  Cummings,  May  25,  1808;    9,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  19,  1791;    d. 
May  20,  1791;   10,  Prudence,  b.  Mar.  17,  1792;  d.  Mar.  18,  1792;  11,  Lucy,  b. 
Jan.  5,  1793;    m.  John  Parson,  Nov.  4,  1813;   12,  John  Burdon,  b.  July  7, 
1794;  d.  Feb.  11,  1818;    13,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  19,  1796;    m.  Ziba  Eaton,  Dec.  4, 
1817;    14,  Aurel,  b.  Sept.  16,  1797;    m.  Joseph  Bigelow,  Nov.  11,  1820;    15, 
Alice  Eliza,  b.  May  4,  1799;   m.  Samuel  Eaton,  Sept.  25,  1820;    16,  Prudence, 
b.  Jan.  25,  1801;   m.  Nathan  Bigelow;   17,  Joseph  Reid,  b.  Nov.  26,  1802;  m. 
Sophia  Sheldon ;   18,  Bailey  Evans,  19,  Bennet  Bailey,  twins,  b.  Aug.  1,  and 
2,  1805;    Bailey  E.  d.  Aug.  6,  1805;    Bennet  B.  m.  Tryphena  Abbott;   20, 
Paulina  Hoxy,  b.  May  1,  1807;  d.  May  4,  1817;  21,  Diantha  Rich,  b.  Mar.  15, 
1811 ;  m. Newton. 

Simeon4  (Simeon3,  Joshua2,  Jacob1),  m.  Silence  Hicks,  May  29,  1801.  Ch. 
1,  Isaac,  b.  May  3,  1802;  2,  Ozman,  b.  Feb.  29,  1804;  m.  Sarah  Harding;  3, 
Silence,  b.  Aug.  8,  1807;  4,  Benjamin  Hicks,  b.  Nov.  27,  1810;  5,  Sally  Jane, 
b.  Jan.  20,  1815;  6,  Lawson  Brigham. 

Isaac5,  (Simeon4,  Simeon3,  Joshua2,  Jacob1),  m.  Fanny  Batcheller,  May  8, 
1825.  Ch.— 1,  Simeon  Augustus,  b.  Sept.  18,  1826;  2,  Daniel  Batcheller,  b. 
Jan.  5,  1832;  3,  Emma  Jane,  b.  Jan.  18,  1844. 

Benjamin  Hicks5  (Simeon4,  Simeon3,  Joshua2,  Jacob1),  m.  Mary  Foster, 
May  13,  1835.  Ch.— 1,  Albert;  2,  Charles;  3,  Augusta;  4,  Mary  Ann,  b.  Oct. 
1,  1845;  5,  James  H.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1847;  6,  Frederick  Walter,  b.  July  12,  1851. 

Lawson  B.5  (Simeon4,  Simeon3,  Joshua2,  Jacob1),  m.  Martha  Leonard, 
Sept.  4,  1842.  Ch.— 1,  Franklin  J.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1843;  2,  Ozman,  b.  July  11, 
1846;  3,  Austin  Taylor,  b.  May  23,  1849;  4,  Harriet  Azubah,  b.  Aug.  19, 
1856;  5,  Jane  Ursula,  b.  Aug.  30,  1858. 

Daniel4  (Simeon3,  Joshua2,  Jacob1),  m.  Prudence  Putnam.  Ch. — 1,  Pru- 
dence, b.  Nov.  12,  1805;  d.  Oct.  18,  1807;  2,  Phebe,  b.  Oct.  24,1807;  3, 
Daniel,  b.  Aug.  18,  1808;  4,  Prudence,  b.  Mar.  10,  1810;  5,  Joseph  Hall,  b. 
Nov.  19,  1812 ;  6,  Mary  b.  Aug.  17,  1815. 

Warren4  (Simeon3,  Joshua2,  Jacob1),  m.  Jemima  Dudley,  Nov.  27,  1808. 
Ch.— 1,  Leonard  W.,  b.  Apr.  24,  1809;  2,  Dexter,  b.  Feb.  22,  1812. 

Joshua3  (Joshua2,  Jacob1),  m.  Hannah  Harback.  Ch. — 1,  Joshua,  b.  Jan. 
21,  1782. 

HAVEN. 

John6  (Elkanah4,  John3,  Richard2,  Richard1),  m.  Susanna,  dau.  of  Israel 
Towne  of  Oxford ;  she  was  b.  Mar.  8,  1716,  and  the  first  child  born  in  Oxford 
after  the  re-settlement  of  the  town.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  16,  1750;  2,  Lydia, 
b.  June  8,  1755;  3,  Azubah,  b.  Feb.  25,  1758;  m.  Ezra  Mixer,  June  21,  1779; 

4,  John,  b.  Dec.  15,  1762. 

HAZELTINE. 

John  Hazeltine  m.  Jane .     Ch.— 1,  Paul,  b.  Nov.  20,  1728;  2,  Rachel, 

b.  Feb.  26,  1731;    3,  Abigail,  b.  Mar.  14,  1732;    m.  Joshua  Barnard,  Sept.  5, 
1754;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  9,  1755. 


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Silas  Hazsltine,  m.  Judith  Morse,  June  5,  1753;  d.  May  24,  1772.     Ch.— 1, 
Silas,  b.  Mar.  25,  1759;  2,  John,  b.  July  18,  1760;  3,  Judith,  b.  Jan.  18,  1762; 
4,  Benjamin,  b.  July  8,  1763;  5,  Stephen,  6,  Mary,  twins,  b.  May  11,  1765;  7, 
Hannah,  b.  June  8,  1767;  8,  David,  b.  Feb.  11,  1769;   9,  Nanny,  b.  Jan.  27, 
1772. 

Stephen2,  (Silas1),  m.  Sibbel  Mosely,  July  20,  1783.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  Feb. 
26,  1784. 

John  Hazeltine.  m.  Abigail .     Ch. — 1,  Simeon,  b.  June  5,  1779. 

HICKS. 

John  Hicks  was  of  Cambridge  and  moved  to  Westboro. 
His  family  were  probably  born  there.  He  came  to  Sutton 
before  or  about  1730. 

He  m.  Rebeckah  Champney.  Ch. — 1,  John  —  never  came  to  Sutton  — 
killed  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill;  2,  Rebekah,  m.  Elijah  Warren;  3,  Han- 
nah m.  Jonas  Bond;  4,  Ruth,  m.  Capt.  Caleb  Hill,  Jan.  10, 1765;  5,  Zachariah; 
6,  Samuel;  7,  Elizabeth;  m.  James  Caldwell;  8,  Joshua;  9,  Lydia,  m. 
Stephen  Williams ;  10,  Joseph,  d.  unmarried  in  the  expedition  against  Chig- 
necto;  11,  Benjamin. 

Zachariah2  (John1),  m.  Jan.  3,  1759,  Elizabeth  Davenport.  Ch. — 1,  Joseph, 
b.  July  24,  1760;  d.  Aug.  8,  1815;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  9,  1762;  d.  unmarried; 
3,  Zachariah,  b.  Oct.  1,  1767,  drowned  when  fourteen  years  of  age ;  4,  Caleb, 
b.  May  29,  1771;  5,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  24,  1774;  m.  David  Esty,  June  26,  1794;  6, 
David,  b.  Feb.  21,  1776 ;  m.  Jemima  Davis  of  Oxford. 

Joseph3  (Zachariah2,  John1),  m.  Lucy  Elliot,  Nov.  28,  1799.  Ch.— 1 
Fanny,  b.  Mar.  16,  1801;  m.  Felix  Brown,  Dec.  3,  1818;  2,  Hiram,  b.  Sept.  6, 
1804;  3,  Lucinda,  b.  Oct.  13,  1806;  m.  Elhanan  Batcheller,  Jan.  4,  1826;  4, 
Polly;  5,  Jemima. 

Hiram*  (Joseph3,  Zachariah2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Batcheller,  1826.  Ch.— 
1,  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  13,  1827;  2,  Henry  A.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1830;  3,  Polly  Maria,  b. 
July  7,  1833;  m.  Clarendon  H.  Bates,  Feb.  9,  1853;  4,  Champney  Davis,  b. 
Oct.  17,  1836. 

Joseph5  (Hiram*,  Joseph8,  Zachariah2,  John1),  m.  Frances  R.  Stevens,  Mar. 
8,1858.  Ch.— 1,  Hiram  Phineas,  b.  Nov.  23,  1858;  2,  Abigail  Frances,  b. 
Oct.  24,  1864. 

Henry  A.5  (Hiram*,  Joseph8,  Zachariah2,  John1),  m.  Augusta  Odlin.  Ch. — 

1,  Charles  Elmer,  b.  May  16,  1861;   2,  Helen  Augusta,  b.  Aug.  27,  1862;  3, 
Lyman  Clifton,  b.  Nov.  5,  1864;  4,  Edward  Henry,  b.  Apr.  20,  1866;   5,  Cora 
Bell,  b.  Aug.  25,  1867;  6,  Maria  Frances,  b.  Apr.  8,  1869;   7,  James  Walker, 
b.  July  17,  1872. 

Caleb8  (Zachariah2,  John1),  m.  Polly  Lackey,  Jan.  21, 1796;  she  d.  Aug.  19, 
1803;  m.  2d,  Esther  Armsby,  Jan.  5,  1805.  Ch.— 1,  Sumner,  b.  June  28, 1800 ; 

2,  Anderson,  b.  Nov.  7,  1805;   3,  Eaton,  b.  Jan.  3,  1807;  4,  Polly  Lackey,  b. 
Dec.  3,  1811;  d.  Jan.  11,  1812. 

David3  (Zachariah2,  John1),  m.  Jemima  Davis  of  Oxford.  Ch. — 1,  Davis, 
b.  Sept.  14,  1813;  d.  Sept.  20,  1813. 

Samuel2  (John1),  m.  Elizabeth  Leland,  Jan.  24,  1760.  Ch.— 1,  Moses,  b. 
June  9,  1761;  was  in  the  rev. ;  d.  at  17;  2,  John,  b.  Apr.  11,  1763;  d.  hi  the 


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revolution iry  war;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Jane  30,  1765;  m.  Lucy  Runnel*;  4,  Eliza- 
bath,  b.  Feb.  21,  1783;  5,  Abigail,  b.  May  11,  1770;  6,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  6,  1772; 
d.  unnnrried  at  25;  7,  Lydia,  b.  Mar.  24, 1775;  8,  Mary,  b.  May  30, 1777;  d.  at 
the  same  time  as  her  sister  Sarah;  9,  Solomon,  b.  Jan.  8,  1780;  m.  Eunice 
Armsby,  Jan.  6,  1807;  10,  Elijah,  b.  May  6,  1782. 

Elijah3  (Samuel2,  John1),  m.  Nancy  Leland,  Feb.  13,  1805.  Ch. — 1,  Samuel 
Prescott,  b.  Nov.  25,  1805 ;  2,  Nancy,  b.  Dec.  15,  1807. 

Joshua'2  (John1),  m.  Elizabeth  Bacon,  Aug.  23,  1759.  Ch. — 1,  Joshua,  b. 
Oct.  23,  1761;  2,  Nathan,  b.  Mar.  23,  1763;  3,  Olive,  b.  Jan.  20,  1765;  4,  Jon- 
athan, b.  Aug.  29,  1766;  5,  Chloe,  b.  July  7,  1768;  6,  Israel,  b.  May  12,  1770. 

Benjamin2  (John1),  in.  Mary  Woodbury,  Sept.  4,  1776.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b. 
June  10,  1767;  in.  Job.  Sibley,  Nov.  16,  1786;  2,  Phebe,  b.  Apr.  21,  1770;  m. 
Archelaus  Putnam,  Mar.  14,  1792;  3,  Anna,  b.  June  3, 1773;  m.  Amos  Pierce, 
Mar.  6,  1800;  4,  Silence,  b.  Dec.  2,  1778;  m.  Simeon  Hathaway,  May  29,  1801 ; 
5,  Rebekah,  b.  July  20,  1780;  m.  Samuel  Taylor,  May  27,  1808. 

HOLBROOK. 

The  Sutton  families  of  this  name  descend  from  Thomas 
Holbrook,  who  was  in  Weymouth  in  1641.  His  name  is 
found  upon  the  earliest  records  of  the  town,  and  from  the 
public  offices  he  held,  it  is  evident  that  he  was  a  citizen  of 
high  standing.  He  had,  among  other  children,  Thomas,  who 
resided  at  Scituate,  Weymouth  and  Braintree,  and  is  referred 
to  as  a  man  of  enterprise  and  wealth.  Among  the  children 
of  this  Thomas  was  Peter,  who  settled  at  Mendon  and  died 
there  May  3,  1712. 

It  is  said  of  him  :  "  He  was  an  important  man  for  his  day, 
and  laid  the  foundation  of  great  good  to  his  race,  many  of 
whom  are  still  enjoying  it  within  the  circle  of  his  former 
influence  and  possessions." 

He  had  eleven  children,  among  whom  was  Silvanus. 

Silvanus  was  b.  Aug.  16,  1685;  m.  Mar.  6,  1713,  Mrs.  Nancy  Cook.  Ch.— 
Silvanus,  Ruth  and  John ;  he  d.  in  1740. 

Silvanus5  (Silvanus4,  Peter3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Thankful  Thayer,  Oct. 
25,  1748;  he  d.  at  Uxbridge  about  1792;  she  d.  Dec.  10,  1798.  Ch.— 1,  Silva- 
nus, b.  Apr.  21,  1750;  2,  Ruth,  b.  Aug.  10,  1751;  3,  Rachel,  b.  Nov.  6,  1753; 
4,  Comfort,  b.  Mar.  12,  1756;  5,  Margaret,  b.  Aug.  14,  1757;  6,  Thankful,  b. 
Feb.  23,  1760;  7,  Molly,  b.  Feb.  1,  1762;  8,  Stephen,  b.  June  19,  1764;  9,  Abi- 
gail, b.  Sept.  13,  1765;  10,  Henry,  b.  Feb.  11,  1768;  11,  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  13, 
1770. 

Stephen6  (Silvanus5,  Silvanus4,  Peter3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Hopestill 
Albee,  Sept.  11,  1787;  d.  Aug.  16, 1830;  shed.  Jan.  18,  1840.  Ch.— 1, Rachel, 
b.  Apr.  22,  1789;  m.  May  24, 1810,  Foster  Verrey ;  2,  Silvanus,  b.  July  28, 1792; 
m.  1st,  Elizabeth  Farnum;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Whitney;  m.  3d,  Martha  Waters; 


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3,  Willard,  4,  Wilder,  twins,  b.  Apr.  7,  1795;  Willard  m.  Aug.  8,  1822,  Alice 
Comstock;  5,  Chloe,  b.  Aug.  13,  1801;  m.  Nov.  14, 1822,  Jona.  F.  Southwick; 
6,  Henry,  b.  Apr.  19,  1804;  m.  Sally  Wads  worth;  7,  Ellery,  b.  June  26,  1810; 
m.  May  10,  1831,  Hannah  C.  Hale;  d.  at  Uxbridge,  July  10,  1847. 

Wilder7  (Stephen6,  Silvanus6,  Silvanus4,  Peter3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m. 
Tyla  Buffurn,  May  21,  1818;  d.  Jan.  2,  1855;  she  d.  Apr.  20,  1876.  Ch.— 1, 
Stephen  B.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1819;  2,  Chloe  M.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1820;  d.  Oct.  3, 1838;  3, 
Elizabeth  F.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1825;  m.  James  C.  Southwick,  Sept.  18,  1845. 

Stephen  B.8  (Wilder7,  Stephen6,  Silvanus5,  Silvanus*,  Peter8,  Thomas2, 
Thomas1),  m.  Hannah  O.  Sutton,  Nov.  27,  1839.  Ch.— 1,  Wilder  S.,  b.  Aug. 
31,  1840;  2,  Flora  A.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1842;  3,  Harriet  A.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1855. 

Wilder9  (Stephen  B.8,  Wilder7,  Stephen6,  Silvanus5,  Silvanus4,  Peter8, 
Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Jane  M.  Paine,  June  30,  1864.  Ch.— 1,  Jennie  Tyla, 
b.  Apr.  23,  1865;  2,  Flora  A.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1872;  d.  Sept.  24,  1873;  3,  Alice 
Marion,  b.  Sept.  24,  1874. 

Flora  A.9  m.  David  M.  Daniels,  May  23,  1865;  she  d.  in  Worcester,  Apr.  15, 
1869,  leaving  one  child,  Walter  H.,  b.  July  1,  1867.  Mr.  Daniels  d.  Oct.  9, 
1871,  of  disease  contracted  in  the  army. 

Another  family  of  the  name  in  Sutton  follows  the  above 
line  of  descent  to  Peter,  of  the  third  generation,  where  it 
diverges  through  his  son  Peter,  brother  of  Silvanus  (4) . 
This  Peter  married  Hannah  Pool,  March  23,  1713,  and  had 
Peter,  Isaac,  Daniel,  Elizabeth — who  died  young — Abigail, 
who  also  died  young,  Elizabeth,  Oliver  and  Abigail. 

Peter5  (Peter4,  Peter3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  .  Ch.— 1, 

Stephen,  b.  Apr.  30,  1737;  2,  Sarah,  b.  1739;  3,  Sarah,  b.  July  24,  1740;  d. 
May  23,  1753;  4,  Peter,  b.  July  22,  1742;  d.  1780;  5,  Simeon,  b.  Oct.  10, 1744; 
d.  July  20,  1814,  unmarried;  6,  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  28,  1746;  7,  Jemima,  b. 
Oct.  8,  1747;  8,  Timothy,  b.  Oct.  3,  1751. 

Stephen6  (Peter5,  Peter4,  Peter3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Mary  Penniman. 
Ch. — 1,  Amory,  2,  Willard,  twins,  b.  Jan.  6,  1794;  Amory  was  drowned  July 
20,  1816;  3,  Polly,  b.  Feb.  1,  1796;  d.  young;  4,  Mary,  b.  May  29,  1798;  m. 
1st,  Dea.  Jesse  Tourtellotte,  May  28, 1841;  m.  2d,  Benjamin  Barnes;  5,  Lewis, 
b.  Nov.  12,  1801;  6,  Delia  Maria;  m.  Simeon  Stockwell,  Mar.  18,  1822. 

Willard  graduated  at  Brown  University,  class  1814,  and 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1817.  Ordained  at  Eowley, 

July  22,  1818  ;  dismissed  May  12,  1840  ;  installed  at  Black- 
stone,  August  18,  1841;  dismissed  February  19,  1850,  and 
returned  to  Rowley.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
John  and  Margaret  (Choate)  Crocker.  His  children  are  : 
Amory,  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College ;  read  law  with  Hon. 
Rufus  Choate,  and  was  district  attorney  for  Oregon.  2d, 
John  C.,  died  in  1829  ;  3d,  Willard  R. 


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HOLMAN. 

"The  Holman  family  migrated  from  Wales  to  the  Ber- 
muda Islands  between  1670  and  1690.  It  included  three 
sons,  born  in  Wales.  Two  of  the  sons,  Solomon  and  John, 
were  seized  by  a  press-gang  and  brought  to  Newburvport. 
There,  they  succeeded  in  escaping  from  the  British  ship. 

John,  the  younger,  settled  in  North  Carolina.  Solomon 
settled  in  Newbury ;  married  a  Miss  Mary  Barton  of  Old 
York.* 

Coffin,  in  his  "History  of  Newbury,"  says,  "Solomon 
Holman  and  his  wife  Mary  came  to  Newbury  about  1693  or 
1694." 

Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  24,  1695;  2,  Solomon,  b.  Nov.  25,  1697;  3,  Edward, 
b.  Jan.  26,  1700;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  24,  1701;  5,  Thomas;  6,  Rachel,  m. 
Samuel  Waters,  Nov.  13,  1729;  7,  Anne,  m.  Richard  Waters,  July  12,  1732; 
8,  Sarah,  m.  Abel  Chase ;  9,  John. 

David  Holman,  in  the  letter  referred  to,  makes  no  men- 
tion of  Mary  and  Elizabeth,  but  does  of  Rachel,  Anne, 
Sarah  and  John. 

Edward  Holman  was  received  into  the  church  in  1731, 
and  probably  he  and  his  brothers  Solomon  and  Thomas  came 
to  Sutton  about  that  time.  According  to  the  proprietors' 
records,  Solomon,  sen.,  of  Newbury,  divided,  June  6,  1732, 
land  which  he  had  purchased  in  Sutton  between  the  above 
named  sons. 

Solomon'2  (Solomon1),  m.  probably  in  Newbury,  Mary  Brackett;  m.  2d, 
Mercy  Waters  of  Sutton,  Aug.  28,  1729.  Ch. — 1,  Solomon,  b.  probably  in 
Newbury ;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  May  5,  1728 ;  m.  Oliver  Shumway,  Apr.  15,  1747 ; 
3,  Mary,  b.  Oct.  7,  1730;  m.  Daniel  Allen,  May  30, 1753;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  Aug. 
13,  1732;  5,  Ruth,  b.  Sept.  18,  1734;  6,  Rachel,  b.  Oct.  19,  1736;  7,  Elisha,  b. 
May  13,  1739;  8,  Daniel,  b.  Sept.  1,  1743;  9,  Lydia,  b.  July  9, 1745;  10,  Dolly, 
b.  Sept.  5,  1747. 

Solomon8  (Solomon2,  Solomon1),  m.  Sarah  Waite,  May  29,  1746.  Ch.— 1, 
Sarah,  b.  Mar.  17,  1747;  2,  Stephen,  b.  Dec.  8,  1748;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  25, 
1750;  4,  Kate,  b.  Mar.  23,  1753;  5,  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  12,  1756;  6,  Lucy,  b.  Apr. 
15,  1758;  7,  Judith,  b.  July  3,  1760. 

Samuel4  (Solomon8,  Solomon2,  Solomon1),  m.  Hannah  Cummings,  Dec.  18, 
1766.  Ch.— 1,  Judith,  b.  July  3,  1773;  2,  Samuel,  b.  July  5,  1775;  3,  Ruth, 
b.  Sept.  7,  1777;  4,  Rube  Cummings,  b.  Nov.  11,  1780;  m.  Barnabas  Kenney, 
Feb.  13,  1801. 


*  See  History  Mendon  Association,  letter  of  Rev.  David  Holman,  page  144, 


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Jonathan8  (Solomon2,  Solomon1),  m.  1st,  Hannah  Sibley,  Nov.  3,  1763;  m. 
2d,  Susanna  Trask,  July  10,  1783.  Ch.— 1,  Kuth,  b.  Dec.  6, 1764;  2,  Solomon, 
b.  May  24,  1766;  3,  Robert,  b.  May  28,  1768;  4,  Peter,  b.  Oct.  16,  1769;  5, 
Ruth,  b.  Dec.  20,  1771;  6,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  3,  1774;  m.  Polly  Cummings, 
May  2,  1799;  7,  Mercy,  b.  Nov.  14,  1775;  8,  Ebenezer  Waters,  b.  May  25, 
1778;  9,  Elijah,  b.  Feb.  2,  1780;  10.  Susan,  b.  Feb.  22,  1784;  m.  Asa  Waters, 
jr.,  May  19,  1802;  11,  Luther,  b.  Oct.  12,  1786;  12,  Nancy,  b.  July  14,  1792. 

Peter4  (Jonathan3,  Solomon2,  Solomon1),  m.  Lydia  Greenwood,  Jan.  25, 
1797.  Ch.— 1,  Harvey,  b.  Nov.  9,  1797;  d.  Oct.  7,  1801;  2,  Lucy,  b.  June  3, 
1799;  3,  Harvey,  b.  June  26,  1802;  d.  July  3,  1803;  4,  Peter,  b.  Jan.  30,  1804; 

5,  Lydia  K.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1805. 

Elisha8  (Solomon2,  Solomon1),  m.  Jerusha  Snow,  May  21,  1767.  Ch.— 1, 
Sarah,  b.  Mar.  9,  1768;  m.  Francis  Kidder,  Jan.  30,  1788;  2,  Molly  (Polly) 
b.  Dec.  23,  1769 ;  m.  Samuel  Park,  Apr.  28,  1791 ;  3,  Nathan,  b.  Oct.  26,  1771 ; 
4,  Aaron,  b.  Aug.  1,  1773 ;  d.  Sept.  24,  1775 ;  5,  Amos,  b.  June  26,  1775 ;  d. 
Oct.  24,  1777;  6,  Elisha,  b.  Nov.  6,  1777;  7,  Rachel,  b.  Sept.  5,  1779;  m. 

first, Barrows ;  m.  second, Cook ;  8,  Daniel,  b.  May  18,  1782 ;  9, 

Silence,  b.  July  18,  1784. 

Edward2  (Solomon1),  m.  (probably  in  Newbury )  Hannah .  Ch. — 1,  Han- 
nah, b.  Feb.  4,  1727;  m.  John  Severy,  Mar.  8,  1750;  2,  Mary,  b.  Oct.  28, 1728; 

3,  Edward,  b.  Oct.  13,  1730;    4,  John,  b.  July  21,  1732;   5,  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct. 

4,  1734;  6,  David,  b.  Feb.  19,  1737;   7,  Solomon,  8,  Sarah,  twins,  b.  Apr.  12, 
1738;  9,  Joshua,  b.  May  13,  1741. 

Edward3  (Edward2,  Solomon1),  m.  first,  Rebecca  Gale,  May  7,  1754;  m. 
second,  Sarah  Kenney,  Mar.  22,  1763.  Ch.— 1,  Lucy,  b.  Feb.  3,1761;  2, 
Lydia,  b.  Oct.  21,  1763;  3,  John,  b.  Feb.  17,  1765;  4,  Edward,  b.  Sept.  11, 
1766;  5,  Joshua,  b.  Apr.  30,  1768;  6,  Smith,  b.  Jan.  20,  1770;  7,  Noah,  b. 
Nov.  14,  1771;  8,  Stephen,  b.  Mar.  11,  1774;  9,  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  16,  1776. 

John3  (Edward2,  Solomon1)  m.  Hannah  Cheney,  Nov.  25,  1755.  Ch. — 1, 
John,  b.  Sept.  30,  1756. 

David3,  (Edward2,  Solomon1),  m.  Lucy  Thurston.  Ch. — 1,  John,  b.  Dec. 
26,  1701;  2,  David,  b.  Mar.  26,  1764;  3,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  6,  1766;  d.  young; 
4,  Nathan,  b.  May  17,  1769;  m.  Lettice  Morey;  5,  Peter,  b.  June  28,  1772; 

6,  Thurston,  b.  Apr.  27,  1775;  7,  David,  b.  Dec.  13,  1777;   m.  first,  Clarissa 
Packard;  she  d.  Nov.  14,  1823;  m.  second,  Lois  Adams;  she  d.  Sept.  9,  1831; 
m.  third,  Sarah  Cannon;  8,  Aaron,  b.  Sept  7,  1780;   9,  Amrey,  b.  Sept.  28, 
1783;  10,  Pearley,  b.  Sept.  5,  1786. 

Nathan  Holman  graduated  at  Brown  University  1797,  and 
A.  M.  with  distinguished  honors ;  studied  theology  with 
Rev.  Edmund  Mills  of  Sutton,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Nathaniel 
Einmons  of  Franklin,  and  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  East  Attleboro,  October  15,  1800; 
dismissed  May  22,  1821.  He  was  not  again  settled,  but 
preached  as  he  was  able  as  supply.  He  died  October  8, 
1844. 

David  Holman  graduated  at  Brown  University  1803,  and 
A.  M. :  studied  theology  with  his  brother,  Rev.  N.  Holman, 


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and  with  Rev.  Dr.  Emmons ;  ordained  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Douglas,  October  19,  1808  ;  dismissed 
August  17,  1842.  After  an  absence  of  six  years,  he  was 
recalled  and  engaged  as  stated  supply,  in  which  service  he 
continued  for  quite  a  number  of  years. 

Aaron4,  (David3,  Edward2,  Solomon1),  m.  first,  Judith  Chase,  Nov.  29, 
1804;  in.  second,  Mary  (Polly)  Stockwell,  Jan.  9,  1809.  Ch.— 1,  David,  b. 
Sept.  1,  1805;  2,  Presson,  b.  July  6,  1807;  3,  Aaron;  4,  Luther;  5,  Judith;  6, 
Mary  Anna. 

Thomas2  (Solomon1),  m.  first,  Lydia ;  m.  second,  Sarah  Cooper,  Apr. 

30,  1759.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  14,  1740;  2,  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  13,  1743;  3, 
Mary,  b.  June  31,  1745;  4,  William,  b.  Feb.  5,  1747;  5,  Judith,  b.  Sept.  1749; 
6,  William,  b.  Apr.  12,  1751;  7,  Sarah,  b.  June  19,  1754;  8,  Deborah,  b.  Aug. 
21,  1757;  9,  John,  b.  Feb.  16,  1760;  10,  Huldah,  b.  May  10,  1763;  11,  Anne, 
b.  Jan.  25,  1765;  12,  Abram,  b.  Nov.  25,  1774. 

Thomas3  (Thomas2,  Solomon1),  m.  Lydia  Bates,  Oct.  17,  1771.  Ch.— 1, 
Zilpah,  b.  Oct.  16,  1772;  2,  Thomas,  b.  May  19,  1774;  3,  Abraham,  b.  July 
30,  1776;  4,  Jeremiah,  b.  Feb.  27,  1789. 

Stephen  Holman  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Euth  Putnam,  Nov.  5,  1751;  d. 
Nov.  15,  1800.  Ch.— 1,  Ruth,  b.  Sept.  13,  1754;  2,  Stephen,  b.  Dec.  7,  1756; 
3,  Judith,  b.  Feb.  21.  1759. 

Abel  Holman  (ancestry  unknown),  married  Hannah .  Ch. — 1,  Francis, 

b.  Nov.  3,  1765;  2,  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  28,  1767;  3,  Abel,  b.  Oct.  8,  1768;  4, 
Moses,  b.  Aug.  1,  1770;  5,  Huse,  b.  Feb.  11,  1772. 

Francis2  (Abel1),  m.  Sarah .  Ch.— 1,  Nabby,  b.  July  22,  1789;  2,  Abel, 

b.  Sept.  9,  1791;  3,  Solomon,  b.  Nov.  12,  1794;  4,  Francis  Hardy,  b.  Jan.  26, 
1799. 

HOLTON. 

Timothy  Holton  came  to  town,  probably,  in  1727,  as  he 
received  a  deed  of  land,  April  12,  1727.  We  can  learn 
nothing  of  his  ancestry.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of 
ability  and  prominence  ;  was  chosen  town  clerk  in  1730,  and 
held  the  office  seven  years. 

He  m.  first,  Keziah ;  she  d.  June  14,  1724;  m.  second,  Mary . 

Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Sept.  19,  1717;  d.  May  13,  1760;  2,  Timothy,  b.  Sept.  5, 
1719;  3,  Nathan,  b.  Mar.  21,  1732;  4,  Keziah,  b.  July  4,  1734;  5,  Ebenezer, 
b.  Oct.  7,  1736. 

John2  (Timothy1),  m.  Mrs.  Ann  Rawson,  Oct.  1,  1747.  Ch.— 1,  Anne,  b. 
July  13,  1749;  2,  Sarah,  b.  May  20,  1752;  3,  Mary,  b.  Aug.  9,  1754;  4,  Abigail, 
b.  Nov.  1757. 

Timothy2  (Timothy1),  m.  Susanna  Putnam,  Feb.  24,  1742.  Ch.— 1,  Kezia, 
b.  Nov.  16,  1743;  m.  Solomon  Cook,  Nov.  29,  1768;  2,  Timothy,  b.  May  1, 
1745;  3,  Elisha,  b.  Feb.  17,  1752;  4,  Susanna,  b.  Nov.  1755;  m.  Benjamin 
Cogswell,  Aug.  29,  1779;  5,  Sarah,  b.  May  20,  1758. 

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HO  VET. 

Daniel  Hovey  is  the  first  of  the  name  that  appears  upon 
the  records.  Ancestry  unknown. 

Hem.  Ruth .  Ch.—  1,  Moses,  b.  Oct.  28,  1748;  2,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  16, 

1755;  m.  Stephen  Humes,  July  15,  1779;  3,  Benjamin,  b.  Mar.  12,  1758. 

Moses2  (Daniel1),  m.  Aug.  14,  1777,  Phebe  Tenney,  b.  Apr.  20,  1759;  d. 
Apr.  25,  1813;  he  d.  Oct.  29,  1813.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  29,  1778;  d.  Jan. 
10,  1839;  2,  Polly,  b.  Aug.  19,  1780;  3,  Rebekah,  b.  Dec.  9,  1783;  4,  John 
Tyler,  b.  Nov.  16,  1785;  d.  Nov.  26,  1813;  5,  Ebenezer  B.,  b.  July  15,  1789; 
d.  Sept  1826;  6,  Benjamin,  b.  June  20,  1793;  7,  Simon,  b.  July  19,  1795;  8, 
William,  b.  July  26,  1798;  d.  Aug.  1838;  9,  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  18,  1800;  d.  Feb.  8, 
1878. 

Daniel3  (Moses2,  Daniel1),  m.  1st,  Susanna  Sibley,  July  3, 1808;  shed.  Aug. 
25,  1811;  m.  2d,  Susan  Jacobs,  Nov.  10,  1813;  she  d.  Mar.  25,  1850;  he  d. 
Jan.  10,  1839.  Ch.— 1,  Jonas  Augustus,  b.  Sept.  16,  1809 ;  d.  Jan.  22,  1875 ; 
2,  John  Jacobs,  b.  Aug.  31,  1814;  3,  Daniel  Tyler,  b.  Oct.  19,  1815;  d.  Jan. 
31,  1851;  4,  Susan  Sibley,  b.  Apr.  12,  1817;  d.  Aug.  12,  1847;  5,  Marius  Mil- 
ner,  b.  Aug.  17,  1818;  6,  William  Henry,  b.  June  29,  1822;  d.  May  11,  1871; 
7,  Erastus  Franklin,  b.  July  8,  1824;  8,  Charles  Harrison,  b.  July  17, 1826;  d. 
Sept.  1828;  9,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  17,  1829;  m.  Col.  Asa.  H.  Waters, 
June  27,  1849. 

Marius  M.4  (Daniel3,  Moses2,  Daniel1),  m.  1st,  Louisa  Sabin,  June  18, 1851; 
she  d.  Sept.  24,  1860;  m.  2d,  Ellen  D.  Pierce,  Nov.  16,  1864.  Ch.— 1,  John 
William,  b.  Aug.  24,  1865 ;  2,  Marius  Milner,  b.  June  15,  1875. 

William3  (Moses2,  Daniel1),  m.  Mary  W.  .  Ch.— 1,  Sally  Adelia,  b. 

Nov.  19,  1828. 

Benjamin  Hovey  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Julia  Walker,  Feb.  16,  1813. 
Ch.— 1,  Moses  Edwin,  b.  Aug.  29,  1813;  2,  Mary  Tyler,  b.  Nov.  24,  1814;  3, 
Julia  Emeline,  b.  May  23,  1816;  4,  Eliza  Jane,  b.  June  21,  1817. 

HOWARD. 

The  names  of  James  and  Stephen  Howard  appear  on  our 
records,  whose  ancestry  is  unknown.. 

James  Howard  m.  Rebekah ;  she  d.  Jan.  2,  1814.  Ch. — 1,  Joel,  b. 

Aug.  29,  1774;  d.  May  4,  1795;  2,  Lois,  b.  Aug.  8,  1776;  d.  Apr.  26,  1795;  3, 
Prusha,  b.  1779;  m.  Jonas  Batcheller,  Sept.  12,  1799;  4,  Rebekah,  b.  Oct.  16, 
1781;  5,  James,  b.  June  22,  1784;  d.  May  29,  1795;  6,  Fanny,  b.  May  15, 
1788;  7,  Rachel,  b.  Aug.  10,  1790;  d.  June  15,  1813;  8,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  22, 
1793;  9,  Clarissa,  b.  Nov.  20,  1797;  m.  Alpheus  Williams,  Jan.  12,  1814. 

Stephen  Howard  m.  Betsey  Cummings,  Dec.  23,  1790.  Ch. — 1,  Pearley,  b. 
June  27,  1794;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  6,  1796;  d.  July  23,  1872;  3,  Stephen,  b. 
Mar.  13,  1798;  4,  Betsey,  b.  Feb.  27,  1800;  5,  Sily,  b.  Aug.  20,  1803. 

Jonathan2  (Stephen1),  m.  Lorinda  Woodbury,  Oct.  9,  1821;  she  d.  Feb.  10, 
1863.  Ch.— 1,  Lewis  W.,  b.  July  10,  1822;  2,  Loren  C.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1825;  m. 
Emeline  A.  Anthony,  Sept.  12,  1851;  3,  Elizabeth  P.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1829;  m. 
Edwin  A.  Dudley;  4,  Sarah  A.,  b.  July  31, 1832;  m.  J.  M.  Wilcox;  5,  William 
H.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1837;  d.  Sept.  6,  1864;  6,  George  S.,  b.  Oct.  31, 1842;  in.  Laura 
L.  Barney,  Sept.  23,  1866;  d.  Feb.  18,  1868;  7,  Charles  A-,  b.  Feb.  13,  1845. 


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Lewis  W.s  (Jonathan2,  Stephen1),  m.  Laura  M.  Rugg,  Sept.  14, 1843.  Ch.— 
1,  Frank  A.,  b.  May  31,  1845;  2,  Louisa  E.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1849;  m.  Robert  V. 
Pierce,  Dec.  25,  1872;  3,  Walter  C.,  b.  May  29,  1852;  4,  Nellie  M.,  b.  Mar.  2, 
1858. 

William  H.3  (Jonathan2,  Stephen1),  m.  Isabella  V.  Walker.  Ch.— 1,  Alice 
May,  b.  May  9,  1857;  2,  Herbert  William,  b.  May  6,  1859;  3,  Charles,  b.  July 
10,  1861. 

Charles  A.3  (Jonathan2,  Stephen1),  m.  Annie  S.  Hill,  Apr.  25,  1866;  she  d. 
Oct.  20,  1869.  Ch.— 1,  Carrie  L.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1867;  2,  Annie  Louisa,  b.  July 
12,  1869. 

HUTCHINSON. 

Richard,  the  ancestor  of  the  Hutchinsons  of  New  Eng- 
land, born  in  1602,  came  to  America  in  1634,  with  his  wife 
Alice  and  four  children,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Joseph  and  John. 

Joseph2  (Richard1),  m.  1st,  probably  a  dau.  of  John  Gedney;  m.  2d,  Feb. 
28,  1678,  Mrs.  Lydia  Small,  dau.  of  Anthony  and  Elizabeth  Buxton.  By  the 
first  marriage  he  had  five  children :  Abigail,  Bethia,  Joseph,  John  and  Ben- 
jamin ;  by  second  marriage,  six  children :  Abigail,  Richard,  Samuel,  Ambrose, 
Lydia  and  Robert. 

Benjamin3  (Joseph2,  Richard1),  m.  1st,  Nov.  14,  16 — ,  Jane,  dau.  of  Walter 
and  Margaret  Philips ;  shed,  in  1711;  m.  2d,  Jan.  26,  1715,  Abigail  Foster. 
He  had  by  the  first  marriage  eleven  children ;  a  son,  d.  in  infancy,  Benjamin, 
Hannah,  Benjamin,  Bethia,  Nathaniel,  Sarah,  Bartholomew,  Jane,  Israel, 
John ;  and  Jonathan  by  Abigail. 

Nathaniel4  (Benjamin3,  Joseph2,  Richard1),  m.  1st,  Mary ;  date  of  m. 

not  given.  He  and  his  wife  Mary  united  with  the  church  at  Salem  Village, 
Mar.  15,  1724.  Children  by  first  marriage  were,  Mary,  bapt.  Mar.  15,  1724 ; 
m.  Jona.  Fitts,  Nov.  27,  1745 ;  Susanna,  bapt.  Nov.  28,  1725 ;  m.  Daniel  Day, 
May  14,  1752 ;  Bethia,  bapt.  July  14,  1730 ;  m.  Ebenezer  Fitts ;  he  m.  2d, 
Joanna,  dau.  of  Lot  and  Elizabeth  Conant.  He  came  to  Sutton  with  his 
family  in  1733.  Children  by  second  wife:  1,  Bartholomew,  b.  June  28, 1734; 
d.  Feb.  18,  1820;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  1,  1736;  m.  Israel  Richardson,  Aug.  13, 
1762;  3,  Lot,  b.  Aug.  1,  1741;  4,  Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  30, 1744;  m.  Judith  Lilley, 
Nov.  2,  1769;  5,  Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  2,  1746;  6,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  1752. 

Bartholomew5  (Nathaniel4,  Benjamin3,  Joseph2,  Richard1),  m.  1st,  Ruth 
Haven,  Aug.  4,  1763;  she  d.  1796;  m.  2d,  Rebekah  Monroe,  she  d.  Sept.  26, 
1826.  Ch.— 1,  Nathaniel,  b.  Apr.  13,  1764;  d.  Aug.  3,  1794;  2,  John,  b.  Jan. 
18,  1766;  m.  Lucy  Kenney,  Jan.  4,  1793;  3,  Asa,  b.  Dec.  24,  1767;  4,  Barthol- 
omew, b.  Jan.  7,  1770;  m.  Olive  Kenney,  Jan.  23,  1797;  5,  Lois,  b.  Jan.  18, 
1772;  m.  Simeon  Holbrook,  May  15,  1798;  d.  Aug.  7,  1799;  6,  Timothy,  b. 
July  31,  1774;  7,  Ruth,  b.  June  7,  1776;  d.  Sept.  3,  1776;  8,  Simon,  b.  Apr. 
26,  1779;  d.  Sept.  11,  1865;  9,  Betsey,  b.  Apr.  22,  1781;  m.  Jonas  Cummings, 
Oct.  7,  1804;  10,  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  24,  1784;  m.  Sylvester  Morse,  Nov.  28,  1808. 

Timothy6  (Bartholomew5,  Nathaniel4,  Benjamin8,  Joseph2,  Richard1),  m. 
Nizaula  Rawson,  Mar.  24,  1797.  Ch.— 1,  Louis,  b.  Oct.  3,  1797;  2,  James 
Sullivan,  b.  Nov.  22,  1804. 

Simon6  (Bartholomew5,  Nathaniel4,  Benjamin8,  Joseph2,  Richard1),  m. 
1st,  Vandalinda  Morse,  Nov.  27,  1806;  she  d.  Aug.  18,  1839;  m.  2d,  Mrs. 
Sophia  Batcheller,  Jan.  13,  1841.  Ch.— 1,  Alaxa  Ann,  b.  Sept.  7,  1808;  m. 


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A.  A.  Lombard,  Nov.  1,  1830;  2,  Sylvander,  b.  Mar.  7,  1809;  grad.  at  Am. 
Col.,  class  1835;  d.  June  15,  1838;  3,  Dexter,  b.  Mar.  14,  1811;  d.  July  24, 
1813;  4,  Lacy  Morse,  b.  Sept.  24,  1812;  m.  Joaa.  D.  Holbrook,  May  4,  1853; 
5,  Charles  Dexter;  6,  Horace;  7,  Hannah  Gibbs,  b.  July  23,  1818;  d.  July  16, 
1845;  8,  Bartholomew,  b.  Sept.  3,  1820;  d.  Sept.  14,  1820;  9,  Edwin  Haven, 
b.  Aug.  22,  1821;  10,  Emeline  Bemis,  b.  July  23, 1823;  m.  Amos  Brown,  Aug. 
30,  1853;  11,  Mary  Lee,  b.  Sept.  23,  1828;  d.  July  28,  1844;  12,  Margaret,  b. 
Oct.  12,  1830;  d.  June  3,  1831. 

Edwin  H.7  (Simon6,  Bartholomew5,  Nathaniel4,  Benjamin3,  Joseph2,  Rich  - 
ard1),  m.  Mary  Ann  F.  Waters,  Dec.  12,  1844.  Ch.— 1,  William  Horace,  b. 
Feb.  28,  1846;  killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  3,  1864;  2,  Mary  E.,  b.  Aug. 
30,  1848;  m.  Samuel  W.  Penniman,  Nov.  24,  1870;  3,  Charles  E.,  b.  Feb.  3, 
1851;  4,  Martha  Ann,  b.  Mar.  30,  1854. 

Lot5  (Nathaniel4,  Benjamin3,  Joseph2,  Richard1),  m.  Hannah  Morse,  Sept- 
25,  1764;  she  d.  Jan.  17,  1815.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  2, 1765;  m.  Timothy 
Jones,  Jan.  7,  1790;  2,  Joanna,  b.  June  7,  1768;  3,  Aaron;  4,  Asa;  5,  Polly. 

Stephen  Hutchinson  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Eveline .  Ch. — 1,  Stephen, 

b.  Aug.  8,  1825;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1826;  3,  William  G.,  b.  June  22,  1827; 
4,  Mary  E.,  b.  July  6,  1829;  5,  Emily  M.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1831;  6,  Jesse,  b.  Jan. 
22,  1833;  7,  Daniel,  b.  Nov.  14,  1834. 

JENNISON. 

Robert  Jennison  came  from  Watertown  and  settled  in 
Sutton  about  1727. 

He  m.  Mrs.  Dorothy  Whittemore.  Ch. — 1,  Joseph,  b.  in  Framingham  about 
1719;  2,  Elias,  b.  in  Framingham ;  3,  Molly,  m.  1st,  Zaccheus  Hall;  m.  2d, 
Ephraim  Woods;  4,  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  16,  1729;  5,  Lydia,  b.  June  9,  1731;  m. 
Amos  Dwinnel. 

Joseph2  (Robert1),  m.  Martha  Twist  of  Salem.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Apr.  21, 
1746;  m.  John  Singletary;  2,  Anne,  b.  Sept.  15, 1747;  m.  Anthony  Dike,  Jan. 
16,  1775;  3,  Peter,  b.  Jan.  6,  1750;  m.  Mehitable  Singletary;  4,  Daniel,  b. 
Sept.  1,  1757 ;  m.  Molly  Putnam,  Jan.  29,  1778. 

Elias2  (Robert1),  m.  Hannah  Twist,  June  16, 1748.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail,  b.  Jan. 
20,  1749;  m.  William  Dike;  2,  Olive,  b.  Aug.  20,  1751;  m.  Reuben  Barton;  3, 
Mary,  b.  Nov.  18,  1754;  m.  Ezra  Lovell;  4,  Elias,  b.  July  4,  1756;  m.  Betsey 
Gage;  5,  Robert,  b.  May  18,  1758;  m.  Hannah  Howe;  6,  William,  b.  Jan.  18, 
1760. 

Samuel2  (Robert1),  m.  Hannah  Perkins,  Oct.  30,  1757;  he  d.  Oct.  29,  1824; 
she  d.  July  23,  1823.  Ch.— 1,  Lydia,  b.  Sept.  19,  1758 ;  m.  Jonathan  Gould ; 
2,  Hannah,  b.  June  10, 1762 ;  m.  Isaac  Lincoln. 

KENNEY. 

We  find  the  names  of  Daniel,  Theophilus  and  Jonathan, 
whose  ancestry  can  not  be  traced.  The  family  probably 
came  from  Danvers. 

Daniel  m.  Elizabeth  Stockwell,  Aug.  28,  1727.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  July  15, 
1728;  2,  William,  b.  July  16,  1730;  3,  Archelaus,  b.  May  25,  1732;  4,  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Jan.  9,  1734;  5,  Jethro,  b.  Jan.  10,  1736;  6,  Israel,  b.  Oct.  23,  1739; 


TOWN   OF   STJTTON.  669 

7,  Lois,  b.  Nov.  16,  1741;  8,  Asa,  b.  Oct.  14,  1743;  9.  Eunice,  b.  Aug.  3,  1745; 
10,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  8,  1748;  11,  Reuben,  b.  Jan.  9,  1750. 

Daniel2  (Daniel1),  m.  Abigail  Davis,  Apr.  29,  1751.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b. 
Apr.  21,  1752;  2,  Richard/.b.  Oct.  4,  1753;  3,  Jethro,  b.  May  7,  1756;  4,?Rose 
Anne,  b.  Dec.  11,  1757. 

William2  (Daniel1),  m.  Sarah  Stockwell,  Aug.  13,  1752.  Ch.— 1,  William, 
b.  Nov.  4,  1755 ;  m.  Mary  Snow,  Aug.  31,  1780. 

Asa2  (Daniel1),  m.  Mehetable  Stockwell,  July  24,  1762.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b. 
June  12,  1763;  2,  Mehetable,  b.  Apr.  13,  1766;  3,  Asa,  b.  Nov.  7,  1768;  4, 
Lucy,  b.  Sept.  23,  1771;  m.  John  Hutchinson,  Jan.  4,  1793;  5,  Simeon,  b. 
May  17,  1774;  d.  Oct.  21,  1777;  6,  Simeon,  b.  Apr.  17,  1779;  7,  Jesse,  b.  Dec. 
31,  1783. 

John3  (Asa2,  Daniel1),  m.  Mary  Marsh,  July  27,  1786.  Ch.— 1,  Joel,  b. 
Nov.  9,  1786;  d.  Apr.  6,  1792;  2,  John,  b.  Aug.  29,  1788;  3,  Polly,  b.  Aug. 
27,  1790;  d.  Apr.  25,  1792;  4,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  15,  1793;  5,  Polly,  b.  July  20, 
1795;  d.  Aug.  27,  1796;  6,  Silas,  b.  June  12,  1797;  7,  Cyrus,  b.  Apr.  26,  1799; 

8,  Nancy,  b.  June  19,  1801 ;  9,  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  8,  1803 ;   10,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  8, 
1805;  11,  Joel,  b.  Dec.  22,  1807. 

Reuben2  (Daniel1),  m.  Hannah .  Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  Sept.  18,  1776;  2, 

Reuben,  b.  Feb.  1,  1779. 

Theophilus  Kenney  m.  Jemima  Pond,  Mar.  1,  1732 ;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Abigail 
Gibbs,  Oct.  13,  1763.  Ch.— 1,  Henry,  b.  Nov.  2,  1733;  m.  Abigail  Truesdell, 
Oct.  24,  1745;  2,  Huldah,  b.  Dec.  29,  1735;  m.  William  Sibley,  jr.,  May  1, 
1755;  3,  Asa,  b.  Mar.  14,  1738;  4,  Stephen,  b.  Jan.  24,  1743;  d.  Nov.  8,  1806; 

5,  Tabitha,  >b.  July  8,  1744;  6,  Anne,  b.  July  18,  1749;    7,  Jesse,  b.  Sept.  3, 
1752. 

Stephen2  (Theophilus1),  m.  Mary .     Ch.— 1,  Stephen,  b.  Aug.  30,  1769; 

m.  Sally  Stockwell,  May  23,  1796;  2,  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  1,  1773;  3.  Barnabas, 
b.  Nov.  27,  1774;  m.  Ruby  Holman,  Feb.  13,  1801;  4,  Olive,  b.  Mar.  20,  1777; 
m.  Bartholomew  Hutchinson,  jr.,  Jan.  23,  1797;  5,  Pearley,  b.  Dec.  30,  1778; 

6,  Anne,  b.  Nov.  16,  1780;  7,  John,  b.  June  26,  1782;  8,  Harvey,  b.  June  25, 
1787 ;  perished  in  a  snow  storm,  Feb.  24,  1804. 

Pearley3  (Stephen2,  Theophilus1),  m.  Ruth .  Ch.— 1,  Willard,  b.  Aug. 

30, 1803;  2,  Sila,  b.  Dec.  31,  1805;  3,  Harvey,  b.  Mar.  9,  1807;  4,  Prudence, 
Apr.  17,  1809;  5,  Alford,  b.  Nov.  17,  1810. 

Willard*  (Pearley3,  Stephen2,  Theophilus1),  m.  Fanny  Fuller.  Ch.— 1, 
Dennis,  b.  May  21,  1847. 

Sumner  Kenney  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Nancy .  Ch. — 1,  Austin 

Sumner,  b.  Aug.  1,  1843. 

KlDDEK. 

We  find  the  names  of  Joseph  and  Francis  Kidder  on  the 
records,  the  ancestry  of  whom  is  unknown. 

Joseph  m.  Hannah .  Ch.— 1,  Job,  b.  July  14,  1725;  2,  John,  b.  June 

3,  1727;  3,  Noah,  b.  Feb.  19,  1730;  4,  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  8,  1735. 

Francis,  m.  Elizabeth .  Ch.— 1,  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  27,  1732;  2,  Mary, 

b.  Apr.  31,  1734;  3,  Enoch,  b.  Mar.  22,  1736;  4,  Francis,  b.  Mar.  22,  1738;  5, 
Francis,  b.  Feb.  6,  1743;  6,  Jonathan,  b.  July  6,  1744;  7,  Mary,  b.  Apr.  30, 
1746;  8,  John,  b.  July  5,  1749. 


670  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Francis2  (Francis1),  m.  Mary  Chase,  Apr.  21,  1763.  "*Ch. — 1,  Francis,  b. 
Feb.  6,  1764;  m.  Sally  Holman,  Jan.  30,  1788;  2,  Abel,  b.  Apr.  29,  1766;  m. 
Mary  Chase,  Jan.  23,  1793. 

Jonathan2,  (Francis1),  m.  Susanna  Dwinnel,  Nov.  30,  1769.  ~Ch. — 1,  Jona- 
than, b.  Nov.  21,  1770;  m.  Polly  Severy,  Apr.  12,  1795;  2,  Francis,  b.  Aug. 
13,  1773;  3,  Susanna,  b.  Mar.  21,  1774;  4,  Jacob,  b.  Jan.  29,  1776;  5,  Hitty, 
b.  Mar.  18,  1778;  6,  Nahum,  b.  Apr.  20,  1779;  7,  Peter,  b.  Sept.  18,  1781; 
8,  Ruth,  b.  Oct  13,  1783;  9,  Solomon,  b.  Jan.  11,  1786;  10,  Daniel,  b.  May 
31,  1788. 

John2  (Francis1),  m.  Sarah  Dodge,  Feb.  25,  1771.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  June 
10,  1772;  2,  Lyman,  b.  May  29,  1774;  3,  Sally,  b.  Mar.  1,  1776;  4,  Nabby,  b. 
Feb.  6,  1778;  5,  Polly,  b.  Mar.  28,  1780;  6,  Betty,  b.  June  19,  1781;  7,  Chloe, 
b.  Oct.  6,  1783;  8,  Rufus,  b.  Oct.  14,  1786;  .9,  William,  b.  May  14,  1787;.  10, 
Tyler,  b.  May  25,  1790. 


KING — JONATHAN  KING  BRANCH. 
BY  S.  D.  KING. 

I.  William  King  with  his  wife  Dorithy  and  two  children 
came  from  Stepney  Parish,  London,  England,  to  Salem, 
Massachusetts.  The  following  [appears  in  the  early  history 
of  that  town  :  ' '  William  King  came  from  London  in'the  Abi- 
gail in  1635,  aged  twenty-eight ;  had  a  grant  of  land  in  1637  ; 
was  freeman  after  it.  Had  there  baptized  Mehitable,  on  25th 
December  1636  ;  John,  1st  November  1638  ;  and  Deliver- 
ance, 31st  October,  1641.  In  his  case  we  find  not  the  wife 
in  the  valuable  list  of  church  members,  as  was  commonly 
the  much  more  natural  occurrence ;  but  he  seems  to  have 
been  the  superior  polemic,  if  not  devotee,  as  in  the  antino- 
mian  perversity  of  1637,  he  was  one  of  the  five  men  in 
Salem  who  required  to  be  disarmed  for  the  public  safety, 
and  in  the  more  violent  ragings  of  spiritual  insubordination 
in  1659,  his  Christian  kindness  to  the  Quakers  exposed  him 
to  whipping  and  banishment.  From  the  latter  he  was 
restored  in  1661,  on  repentance." 

His  children  were  as  follows:  William,  jr.,  m.  Catharine  Stone;  d.  about 
the  year  1690,  leaving  no  children;  Samuel,  b.  1633;  m.,  and  his  descendants 
are  supposed  to  live  in  New  Salem;  Mehitable,  bapt.  Dec.  25,  1636;  John, 
bapt.  Nov.  1, 1638;  Deliverance,  bapt.  Oct  31,  1641. 

The  above  is  supposed  to  have  been  obtained  originally 
from  the  church  records ;  as  the  names,  except  John,  do  not 
appear  upon  the  town  records. 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  671 

II.  John  King  m.  Elizabeth  Goldthwait  in  Sept.  1660;  by  whom  he  had 
eight  children,  five  sons  and  three  daughters^-  as  follows,  viz. :  John,  jr.,  b. 
Oct.  1662;  nothing  further  is  known  concerning  him ;  Samuel,  b.  May  1664; 
m.  and  had  one  daughter,  Elizabeth;  William,  b.  June  1669;  m.  Hannah 
Cook  and  settled  in  Sutton  in  1717;  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  1671;  m.  probably, 
Nathaniel  Waters,  Dec.  12,  1699 ;  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  1674 ;  m.  Alice  Verry, 
Feb.  2,  1726;  settled  in  Sutton  1717;  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  1677,  d.  Oct.  1680; 
Hannah,  b.  Apr.  1681 ;  m.  probably,  Benjamin  Marsh,  June  24,  1709,  and 
settled  in  Sutton  about  the  year  1717 ;  Mary,  b.  Mar.  1687 ;  nothing  further  is 
known  concerning  her. 

III.  Jonathan  King  came  to  Sutton  in  1717.  He  was  not 
one  of  the  proprietors,  but  bought  of  his  brother,  William, 
and  Benj.  Marsh  (probably  brother-in-law)  one-fifteenth 
part  of  3,000  acres  which  they  at  one  time  owned,  paying 
for  the  same  16£.  13s.  4d.  The  date  of  his  deed  was  Aug. 

D 

14,  1715,  a  copy  of  which  may  be  found  in  the  registry  of 
deeds  office  for  the  County  of  Suffolk. 

Whether  this  purchase  included  the  place  on  which  he 
afterward  settled,  is  not  known  to  the  writer.  The  place  on 
which  he  lived  was  the  east  or  first  of  the  eight  lots. 

The  house  he  first  built  stood  a  few  rods  east  of  the  one 
now  owned  by  Solomon  Severy.  Subsequently  he  built 
another  upon  the  spot  where  Mr.  Severy's  now  stands. 

From  some  minutes  which  appear  upon  the  proprietors' 
records  it  would  seem  that  his  mother  came  to  live  with  him, 
and  as  he  was  not  married  until  some  years  later,  it  is  prob- 
able she  kept  his  house. 

He  was  married  in  Salem  to  Alice  Yerry,  Feb.  2,  1726,  by  whom  he  had 
four  children,  as  follows,  viz:  Desire,  b.  June  22, 1729;  m.  Amos  Gould,  Oct. 
31,  1749;  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  11,  1731;  m.  Eliphalet  Rowell,  Dec.  26,  1755;' Jona- 
than, b.  Sept.  3,  1734;  m.  Elizabeth  McKnight,  Apr.  10,  1755;  John,  b.  Jan. 
19,  1737 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Town,  Jan.  10,  1758. 

In  regard  to  his  death  nothing  is  definitely  known,  but  as 
all  his  children,  when  first  married,  settled  on  different  parts 
of  the  farm,  it  is  probable  that  the  estate  was  divided 
between  them  when  they  were  young.  Subsequently  John 
bought  all  of  the  old  homestead,  and  the  others  left  the  place. 

Desire  and  her  husband  moved  to  Charltou,  where  their  children  married, 

and  he  died.     She  afterwards  went  with  her  son  Amos  to ,  N.  Y.,  where 

she  died  at  an  advanced  age. 


672  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Sarah  had  four  children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters;  afterwards  they 
removed  to  Great  Barrington,  In  this  State.  Nothing  further  is  known  in 
relation  to  them. 

Jonathan,  jr.,  lived  on  the  road  leading  from  the  Eight  Lots  school-house  to 
Millbury,  nearly  opposite  the  place  known  as  the  Harwood  place,  on  the  west 
side  of  the  road.  He  had  three  or  more  children.  One  or  more  of  his  sons 
were  in  the  army  of  the  revolution.  Immediately  after  the  close  of  the  war 
his  sons  removed  to  New  York,  somewhere  in  the  vicinity  of  Plattsburg, 
where,  after  the  death  of  his  second  wife,  he  went  to  reside  with  them.  He 
married  for  his  second  wife  Rachel  Stockwell,  May  15,  1781,  by  whom  he  had 
no  children,  and  with  whom,  I  think,  he  lived  but  a  few  years.  The  name  of 
one  of  his  sons  was  Stephen ;  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  ran  away  and  enlisted 
in  the  army.  The  following  anecdote  the  writer  has  often  heard  related  of 
him:  He  used,  in  speaking  of  his  experience  while  there,  to  refer  to  the  first 
time  he  was  brought  into  an  engagement.  As  they  were  being  marched  into 
position,  the  enemy  fired  upon  them,  and  as  he  heard  the  balls  whistling 
through  the  air,  every  hair  upon  his  head  seemed  to  stand  upright,  taking  with 
it  his  basin-crowned  hat ;  to  save  it,  he  brought  up  his  hand  and  pushed  it  to 
its  place,  but  it  would  still  persist  in  going  up,  and  he  was  obliged  to  keep 
driving  it  back  till  they  were  actually  engaged,  when  the  basin-crown  settled 
to  its  place  and  never  after  troubled  him  in  that  way  again. 

He  had  one  daughter,  named  Mary  or  Molly,  who  married  Benjamin  David- 
son, Dec.  14,  1780.  They  lived  for  a  number  of  years  in  the  vicinity  of  her 
father ;  afterwards  they  removed  to  Spencer,  where  he  died.  He  must  have 
been  at  some  time  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  as  before  his  death  he 
drew  a  pension,  which  was  continued  to  his  widow,  who  was  living  as  late  as 
1850,  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety  years  or  more,  very  active  both  in  mind 
and  body,  as  she  was  said  to  have  been  through  all  her  life.  She  has  one 
daughter  unmarried,  still  living  in  Spencer,  and  several  grand-children,  among 
t  hem  William  G.  Davidson  of  West  Millbury,  and  John  C.  Davidson  of 
Worcester. 

IV.  John  married  Elizabeth  Town  of  Oxford,  Jan.  10, 
1758,  and  settled  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Daniel  Bugbee. 
He  at  one  time  owned  all  the  estate  that  belonged  to  his 
father.  It  would  seem  he  was  a  man  better  educated  than 
most  men  of  his  time. 

He  was  a  subscriber  to  the  Massachusetts  Spy  when  that 
paper  was  first  published  in  Worcester,  going  himself  or 
sending  his  children  to  the  office  after  it  every  week,  when 
his  neighbors,  or  at  least  several  of  them,  would  meet  at  his 
house  to  hear  the  paper  read.  He  early  espoused  the  patriot 
cause,  being  orderly-sergeant  of  the  first  company  enlisted 
in  Sutton,  of  which  Arthur  Daggett  was  captain.  Whether 
or  not  he  marched  to  the  seat  of  war  with  that  company  I 
am  not  informed,  but  at  the  time  the  army  was  stationed  at 
Porchester  Heights  and  Roxbury,  he  held  a  commission  as 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  673 

Lieutenant  in  Capt.  's  company  of  Col.  Larned's  regi- 
ment, and  it  was  that  regiment  which  entered  Boston  first 
after  its  evacuation  by  the  British  troops,  March  17,  1776. 
Soon  after  this  he  was  appointed  commissary,  with  the  title 
of  captain,  which  position  he  held  till  the  close  of  the  war. 
Soon  after  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  appointed  deputy 
sheriff,  which  position  he  held  several  years. 

At  that  time  the  law  was  such  that  you  could  take  all  that 
a  man  had,  and  then  put  him  in  prison  and  keep  him  there, 
I  think  as  long  as  you  were  willing  to  pay  his  board.  He 
was  accustomed,  when  sent  to  attach  a  person's  property,  if 
he  thought  him  honest  and  willing  to  pay,  to  become  bail  for 
him  and  so  give  him  time  ;  but  he  did  that  one  time  too  many, 
and  for  a  man  who  grossly  deceived  and  then  abused  him. 

The  account  of  it,  as  the  writer  has  often  heard  it  related 
by  his  children,  is  as  follows  :  He  was  sent  to  Uxbridge  to 
attach  the  property  of  a  man  for  a  large  amount ;  the  man 
told  him  his  circumstances  and  what  he  could  do  if  he  could 
have  a  little  time  in  which  to  turn  himself,  in  such  an  artless 
manner  as  to  win  his  confidence,  and  he  either  failed  to  make 
the  attachment,  or  became  his  bail,  and  so  became  responsi- 
ble for  the  debt.  He  then  disposed  of  his  property  as  soon 
as  possible,  and  instead  of  paying  his  debts  as  he  agreed, 
put  the  money  in  his  pocket  and  left  for  parts  unknown. 
This  brought  the  debt  upon  the  sheriff,  and  it  was  so  large 
as  to  take  everything  he  had,  and  he  was  compelled  to  leave 
the  farm  upon  which  he  was  born,  and  where  he  had  lived 
more  than  fifty  years,  with  just  those  few  articles  of  house- 
hold furniture  which  the  law  at  that  time  allowed.  But  the 
worst  remains  to  be  told.  After  a  time  he  heard  of  this 
man  as  living  in  or  near  Albany,  New  York,  in  good  circum- 
stances. Thinking  if  he  could  see  him  he  would  be  willing 
to  pay  at  least  some  of  the  claim,  he  procured  a  horse  and 
on  horseback  started  for  Albany,  where,  after  a  wearisome 
journey,  he  arrived  one  day  just  at  night.  He  put  up  at 
the  tavern,  intending  to  call  upon  the  man  in  the  morning, 
who,  upon  inquiry,  he  learned  resided  near  there,  but  what 
was  his  surprise  when  on  coming  down  the  next  morning  he 
was  arrested  for  debt  due  this  very  man,  his  horse  attached, 
85 


674  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

and  himself  hurried  off  to  jail,  because  being  a  stranger  he 
had  no  one  to  be  bail  for  him.  In  vain  were  all  his  remon- 
strances that  he  owed  the  man  nothing,  there  was  the  claim. 
He  asked  to  see  the  man ;  the  man  came,  and  if  any  one 
was  in  hearing  would  assert  the  genuineness  of  his  claim, 
but  when  alone  would  say  to  him  whenever  you  will  give  me 
a  receipt  in  full  of  all  demands  to  date,  I  will  obtain  your 
release,  and  not  till  then.  This  he  refused  to  do,  hoping  to 
see  some  one  from  this  way  by  whom  he  could  get  word 
home,  it  being  before  the  days  of  post-offices.  He  requested 
the  tavern  keeper  to  inform  him  of  any  such  arrival,  but 
after  waiting  a  long  time,  and  hearing  nothing,  he  made  up 
his  mind  the  tavern  keeper  was  in  collusion  with  the  man  he 
came  to  see,  and  that  to  hold  out  longer  would  be  useless. 
He  at  the  end  of  two  months  gave  the  desired  receipt, 
obtained  his  release  and  started  for  home,  where  in  due  time 
he  arrived,  so  broken  down  both  in  body  and  mind  as  never 
to  attempt  doing  anything  more,  and  in  a  short  time  died  at 
the  age  of  fifty-eight  years. 

He  had  ten  children,  six  sons  and  four  daughters,  all  of  whom  survived 
him,  as  follows;  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  29,  1758;  m.  Bazaleel  Gleason,  Nov.  1, 1779; 
Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  27,  1760;  m.  Mrs.  Lucy  Blanchard,  Jan.  13,  1792;  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Oct.  13,  1762;  m.  Asahel  Flint;  Edmund,  b.  Sept.  18,  1764;  m.  Polly 
Mellen;  John,  jr.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1766;  m.  Tamar  Putnam,  Mar.  17,  1785;  Sim- 
eon, b.  Nov.  8,  1770;  d.  unmarried,  Feb.  28, 1797;  Solomon,  b.  Sept.  15,  1772; 
m.  Sarah  Phelps,  Apr.  7,  1810;  Tarrant,  b.  Aug.  17,  1774;  m.  Betsey  Morse, 
July  20,  1802;  Polly,  b.  Aug.  7,  1776;  d.  unmarried,  Feb.  21,  1861;  Patty, 
b.  May  30,  1779 ;  m.  Turner  Rawson,  Dec.  30,  1805. 

Sarah,  when  first  married,  lived  where  her  grandfather  settled.  This  cir- 
cumstance I  have  often  heard  related:  She  was  confined  with  her  first  child 
at  the  time  of  the  great  snow  storm  in  1780.  The  services  of  a  midwife  being 
required,  and  it  being  impossible  to  move  with  a  team,  the  men  of  the  neigh- 
borhood put  on  snow-shoes,  took  a  hand-sled,  and  went  after  a  Mrs.  Dudley, 
living  on  the  place  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Sullivan  Newton,  near 
Wilkinsonville,  and  brought  her  there  in  that  way,  a  distance  of  five  miles. 
Afterwards  the  family  removed  to  Braintree,  Vermont,  when  that  town  was 
first  settled,  where  he  died.  After  his  death  she  married  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Briggs,  and  went  to  reside  in  Rochester,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  belonged. 
That  is  the  last  information  the  writer  has  of  her.  Their  children  removed  to 
Ohio,  when  that  was  the  far  west,  since  which  time  all  trace  of  them  has  been 
lost 

V.  Jonathan  was  three  times  married ;  for  his  first  wife  Mrs.  Lucy  Blanchard 
(maiden  name  Lilley),  Jan.  13,1792;  his  second,  Eliza  Whittaker,  May  18, 
1811 ;  his  third,  Elizabeth  Crawford  of  Oakham,  in  1815.  He  lived  ever  after 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  675 

his  marriage,  until  within  three  or  four  years  of  his  death,  on  the  place  where 
Solomon  Severy  now  lives,  in  the  house  built  by  his  grandfather. 

He  was  a  very  large,  strong  man,  and  besides  carrying  on  the  farm,  used  to 
team  from  Boston  to  Sutton  and  vicinity  nearly  all  his  life,  much  of  the  time 
owning  two  teams,  driving  one  himself  and  employing  a  man  to  drive  the 
other.  He  died  April  1,  1827,  aged  sixty-six  years. 

When  he  married  his  first  wife,  who  was  the  widow  of  Thomas  Blanchard, 
she  had  one  child  named  Lucy.  She  married  Amos  Stockwell,  by  whom  she 
had  two  children,  Thomas  Blanchard  and  Amos  Wright,  both  of  whom  were 
graduates  of  Amherst  College.  The  former  fitted  for  the  ministry,  but  died 
before  accepting  a  charge ;  a  profound  scholar  and  earnest  Christian  worker, 
deeply  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him.  The  latter  was  a  lawyer  by  profes- 
sion; married  October  4,  1836,  Susan  L.  B.  March,  daughter  of  Jacob  March, 
by  whom  he  had  three  children :  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  He  practiced 
for  a  time  in  Worcester  and  then  removed  to  Chicopee,  where  he  resided  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  March  10,  1853,  at  the  age  of  forty-four  years.  The 
paper  that  chronicled  his  death  said  of  him,  among  other  things,  that  "  In  him 
his  political  friends  have  lost  a  faithful  sentinel;  the  church,  a  warm  and 
devoted  member;  this  village,  a  citizen  always  alive  to  its  interests;  his  social 
circle,  a  generous  heart ;  the  poor,  a  ready,  willing  helper ;  and  the  place  in 
which  he  was  best  known  and  loved,  his  family,  a  devoted  husband  and  indul- 
gent father."  The  daughter  died  soon  after  her  father,  quite  young.  His 
oldest  son,  Thomas  B.,  a  graduate  of  Brown  University,  now  resides  in  Prov- 
idence, Rhode  Island,  where  he  is  State  Superintendent  of  schools.  His 
mother  makes  her  home  with  him. 

Their  youngest  son,  Francis  Munroe,  now  resides  in  Framingham,  where  he 
is  assistant  cashier  of  the  bank.  I  speak  of  them  in  this  connection  because 
they  were  always  so  closely  identified  with  the  King  family. 

Jonathan  and  Lucy  King's  children  were:  1,  Lucina,  b.  July  19,  1792;  m. 
Amos  Merriam,  Mar.  13,  1818;  2,  Rufus,  b.  Oct.  30, 1793;  d.  unmarried,  Mar. 
8,  1813;  3,  Otis,  b.  Apr.  4,  1795;  m.  Eliza  Jane  Wheeler,  Sept.  1827;  4,  Ira, 
b.  June  9,  1797;  m.  Lucy  Sargent,  Feb.  21,  1827;  5,  Sylvia,  b.  July  30,  1799;  . 
m.  Otis  Adams,  May  1822;  6,  Betsey,  b.  Feb.  22,  1801;  m.  Joshua  Hutchin- 
son,  Jan.  4,  1822;  7,  Melinda,  b.  Mar.  23,  1803;  m.  John  A.  Nichols,  1826. 

Jonathan  and  Eliza  King's  children  were:  1,  Lucy  Lilley,  b.  Feb.  21, 1812; 
m.  Arnold  Allen,  May  1,  1832;  2,  Elvesta  Henderson,  b.  June  23,  1813;  m. 
Charles  Parmenter,  Dec.  31,  1846;  3,  Mary  Eliza,  b.  Oct.  15,  1814;  m.  David 
F.  Parmenter,  Oct.  9,  1845. 

By  his  last  wife:  Harriet  Amelia,  b.  May  7,  1818;  d.  Aug.  13  of  the  same 
year.  The  history  of  each,  so  far  as  is  known,  is  as  follows : 

Lucina  married  her  husband  from  Oxford ;  he  was  a  farmer,  and  after  their 
marriage  resided  in  Sutton.  He  was  one  of  those  men  of  whom  we  have  too 
few  at  the  present  day,  who  never  owned  a  farm  but  to  improve  it.  They  had 
two  children,  viz:  Rufus  King  and  Lucy  Elizabeth.  Mrs.  M.  died  August 
1844 ;  her  husband,  November  4,  1875. 

Rufus  K.  married  Eliza  Ann  Clement  of  Worcester,  March  13,  1845.  He 
resided,  after  his  marriage,  for  several  years  on  the  farm  with  his  father. 
About  1860,  his  health  becoming  so  delicate  as  to  disqualify  him  for  such  hard 
labor,  he  felt  compelled  to  sell.  While  here  he  was  elected  several  times  to 
offices  of  trust  and  responsibility  by  the  town,  and  by  the  first  Baptist  church 
as  one  of  its  deacons. 


676  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

After  selling  his  farm  he  removed  to  Millbury,  where  he  has  been  engaged 
in  business  nearly  all  the  time  since.  They  had  four  children,  viz:  Fred.  H. 
C.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1846;  m.  Martha  A.  Smith  of  Millbury,  Dec.  1,  1870;  Lucina 
King,  b.  Dec.  9,  1848;  m.  F.  L.  Durkee  of  Ashford,  Ct.,  June  9,  1871. 

After  her  marriage  they  resided  in  Worcester  until  her  death,  which  occurred 
Feb.  23,  1872.  She  left  one  son:  Charles  Albert,  b.  Oct.  9,  1852;  d.  Dec.  17 
of  the  same  year.  Henry  Trowbridge,  b.  May  18, 1855,  resides  with  his  parents. 

Lucy  E.  married  Cornelius  Case  of  Hartland,  Ct.,  where  she  went  to 
reside.  He  lived  but  a  few  months.  Soon  after  the  close  of  the  war,  she 
went  to  Atlanta,  Ga.,  as  a  teacher  of  freedmen,  a  position  which  she  still 
holds. 

,  Otis,  before  his  marriage,  settled  in  Sherbrooke,  Canada.  His  wife  was 
from  Oxford,  N.  H.  In  connection  with  his  brother,  Ira,  he  carried  on  an 
extensive  business,  and  accumulated  a  handsome  property.  They  sold  out 
and  dissolved  partnership  about  1837  or  1838,  when  he  came  to  Lynn  and 
purchased  the  hotel  then  known  as  the  Railroad  House,  which  he  kept  for  a 
number  of  years;  finally,  selling  out,  he  bought  the  place  then  known  as  the 
Mineral  Springs  Hotel  in  that  town.  This  place  he  sold  a  few  months  before 
his  death,  in  1846,  to  the  Roman  Catholics,  in  which  to  found  a  school,  as  they 
said.  He  died  Feb.  28,  1847.  He  left  one  son,  Henry  Otis,  who,  in  a  few 
years  after  his  father's  death,  went  to  reside  in  New  York.  When  the  rebel- 
lion broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  army,  but  since  the  close  of  the  war  none  of 
his  relatives,  so  far  as  I  know,  have  ever  heard  from  him. 

Ira  married  his  wife  from  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.  Leaving  Sherbrooke  with 
his  brother  Otis,  he  purchased  a  farm  and  other  property  in  Barnstead,  Stan, 
stead  County,  Province  of  Quebec,  where  he  died,  leaving  a  wife  and  six 
children,  viz. :  Lucy  Maria,  Ira  Otis,  Susan  Amelia,  Eliza  Jane,  Frederick 
Orville  and  Mary  Lucina;  all  of  whom  are  married  and  live  in  that  vicinity, 
being  "the  Queen's  most  loyal  subjects,"  except  the  youngest  son,  who  lives 
in  Boston,  Charlestown  district.  The  mother  is  still  living  with  her  oldest 
son  on  the  homestead. 

Sylvia  married  in  Grafton.  Her  husband  was  a  farmer  in  good  circumstances, 
holding  many  offices  of  trust  and  honor  in  his  native  town.  He  was  for  many 
years  one  of  the  county  commissioners,  much  of  the  time  their  chairman,  and 
deacon  of  the  Evangelical  Congregational  church  in  Grafton.  He  died  May 
4,  1860,  much  respected.  She  is  still  living  in  Grafton.  They  had  five 
children,  viz. :  Charles  Otis,  John  Quincy,  Andrew  Hunt,  Sylvia  King  and 
Henry  Harrington ;  they  have  all  married.  The  oldest  son  lives  in  Oakham ; 
the  second  son  died  before  his  father ;  the  others  are  all  living,  I  think,  in 
Chicago,  111. 

Betsey  married  her  husband  from  Royalston ;  he  was  a  farmer.  They  had 
three  children:  Orville  King,  Otis  Adams  and  Elizabeth;  though  not  gradu- 
ates of  any  college,  they  were  all  well  educated. 

Orville  K.  was  for  a  long  time  connected  with  the  State  Reform  school  at 
Westboro' — at  one  time  its  superintendent;  he  is  now,  and  has  been  for  a 
number  of  years,  superintendent  of  the  Colored  Orphan  asylum,  New  York 
City.  He  married  while  in  Westboro'. 

Otis  A.  is  married,  is  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and  resides  in  Chicago. 

Elizabeth  married  A.  P.  Stone  of  Piennont,  N.  H.,  at  one  time  preceptor 
of  the  academy  in  Millbury.  Afterwards  teacher  in  Plymouth,  Mass. ,  and  Port- 
land, Me. ;  but  at  present  superintendent  of  schools  in  Springfield  in  this  State. 


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Melinda  married  her  husband  from  Sherbrooke,  Canada;  I  think  he  was  a 
merchant.  They  had  one  son,  George  King,  who  resides  in  Grafton,  where 
he  is  married  and  has  a  family.  Her  husband  died  when  their  son  was  quite 
young.  In  1849  she  married  William  French  of  Kingston,  R.  I.,  with  whom 
she  lived  until  his  death,  when  she  returned  to  Grafton,  where  she  died 
Mar.  1,  1869. 

Lucy  Lilley  married  her  husband  at  North  Brookfield,  where  she  lived  until 
his  death,  Oct.  15,  1839 ;  when  she  went  to  live  with  her  brother,  Otis,  at 
Lynn,  where  she  married  the  second  time  to  Samuel  Johnson,  a  native  of 
Canada ;  after  residing  a  few  years  in  Salem,  they  removed  to  Waterville, 
Province  of  Quebec,  where  they  still  live.  They  have  no  children. 

Elvesta  H.  married  her  husband  from  Holden.  At  the  time  of  their  marriage 
he  was  living  in  Philadelphia;  after  a  few  years  they  came  to  live  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Holden.  Subsequently  he  sold  out  in  Holden,  and  bought  a 
farm  in  Oakham,  where  they  now  reside.  They  have  two  children,  viz. :  Mary 
Melinda,  at  present  a  school  teacher  in  Worcester,  and  George  Albert,  at 
present  residing  in  Chicago,  111. 

MaryE.  married  her  husband  from  Holden;  he  was  a  farmer  in  good  cir- 
cumstances. After  a  few  years  he  sold  out  and  went  into  business  in 
Worcester;  his  health  failing  him,  in  consequence  of  an  accident  by  which  he 
came  near  losing  his  life,  he  gave  up  business  and  moved  on  to  a  farm  in  Oak- 
ham,  where  they  now  reside.  They  have  three  children,  viz. :  Helen  Elvesta, 
wife  of  James  Myron  Kennan  of  Rutland,  Edward  Franklin  and  Jonathan 
King. 

Elizabeth,  after  her  marriage,  went  to  reside  in  Braintree,  Vt.,  where  she 
died,  leaving  no  children,  Aug.  1802. 

Edmund  studied  medicine,  and  after  his  marriage  went  to  reside  in  Great 
Barrington,  where  he  practised  but  a  short  time,  when  he  was  afflicted  with 
what  was  then  known  as  king's  evil.  He  returned  to  his  father's,  where  he 
died  Dec.  31,  1789. 

John,  jr.,  after  his  marriage,  lived  for  a  time  in  Sutton,  and  then  moved 
to  Ward  (now  Auburn),  where  his  wife  died  Dec.  6,  1819;  after  which  he 
went  to  reside  with  his  daughter  in  Phillipston,  where  he  died  Mar.  14,  1824. 
They  had  three  children,  viz. :  Tamar,  born  July  7,  1785;  John,  jr.,  Feb.  7, 
1787,  and  James. 

Tamar  married  Moses  Bancroft  of  Sutton  in  1806.  Soon  after  their  marriage 
they  removed  to  Phillipston,  where  they  resided  ever  after.  She  died  Mar. 
27,  1827.  They  had  eleven  children,  viz. :  Hannah  King,  b.  Mar.  3,  1807 ; 
Julia  Putnam,  b.  Aug.  1,  1808;  Freeman  Tainter,  b.  May  20,  1811,  and  d. 
May  1812;  Janette,  b.  May  7,  1813,  and  died  the  18th  of  the  same  month; 
Lucy  Stanley,  b.  June  27,  1815;  John  Austin,  b.  Mar.  30,  1817;  James 
Hiram,  b.  Feb.  15,  1819,  and  d.  Oct.  11,  1838;  Lorey  Freeman,  b.  Aug.  10, 
1820;  Moses  Jerome,  b.  Feb.  22,  1823;  Joseph  Rasselas,  b.  Nov.  13,  1824,  and 
Henry  Lawton,  b.  Jan.  18,  1827. 

Hannah  King  m.  Aaron  Sanborn,  by  whom  she  had  eight  children.  One 
son  is  a  prominent  lawyer  in  New  York  City ;  another  is  teller  in  a  bank  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  and  a  son-in-law  is  in  one  of  the  departments  at  Washington. 
The  others,  I  think,  are  all  dead.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sanborn  are  both  dead. 

Julia  P.  married  Daniel  P.  Livermore  of  Millbury.  They  had  three 
children,  one  son  and  two  daughters.  The  daughters  died  when  young 
ladies;  and  the  son,  Anson  G.,  resides  on  the  place  where  his  parents  lived 
and  died. 


678  FAMILIES    OP   THE 

Lucy  S.  married  Francis  Nickerson  of  Proviiicetown ;  they  resided  in 
Worcester  for  several  years,  where  he  died  Jan.  29,  1872.  After  his  death 
she  married  George  F.  Farley,  with  whom  she  still  resides.  She  has  no  chil- 
dren. 

John  A.  married  Caroline  G.  Bates  of  Phillipston,  by  whom  he  had  six 
children;  three  of  whom  are  still  living  with  their  father  in  Worcester.  His 
wife  died  Sept.  1856.  In  1872,  Jan.  24,  he  married  for  his  second  wife  Mrs. 
Harriet  C.  Rich,  by  whom  he  has  two  children. 

Lorey  F.  resides  at  South  Worcester.  He  has  had  three  wives ;  by  the  first 
he  has  one  son,  who  is  keeping  hotel  in  New  Bedford ;  by  the  second,  one  son, 
who  is  a  machinist  and  resides  in  Boston ;  by  his  third,  two  daughters.  Mr. 
B.  is  the  inventor  of  the  street  sprinkler  now  extensively  used  in  nearly  every 
city  in  the  Union ;  also  of  other  important  inventions. 

Joseph  R.  married  Harriet  Damon  of  Lancaster ;  they  had  two  children. 
After  her  death  he  married  Mrs.  Eva  Humphrey,  by  whom  he  had  two  chil- 
dren; he  resides  in  Sutton.  Henry  L.  has  had  four  wives;  he  formerly 
lived  in  Worcester,  but  now  resides  with  his  last  wife  in  Lodi,  Wis. ;  he  had 
four  children  by  his  third  wife,  and  two  by  his  last,  all  of  whom  at  present 
reside  with  their  father.  John  went  quite  young  to  reside  with  one  of  his 
mother's  brothers,  who  emigrated  to  Warren,  Pa.,  taking  John  with  him; 
there  he  married,  Aug.  15,  1811,  Betsey  Gilston;  accumulated  property, 
and  reared  a  large  family.  One  of  his  sons,  James  E.  King,  is  a  practising 
physician  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  he  married  Sarah  M.  Kendall  of  Pembroke,  N.  H. 
James  married  Mary  Jacobs  of  Millbury ;  soon  after  his  marriage  he  went 
south,  where  he  was  drowned  by  the  capsizing  of  the  boat  while  crossing  a 
river.  His  widow  married  Rev.  Caleb  B.  Elliot,  with  whom  she  lived  many 
years.  She  died  a  few  years  since,  in  Millbury,  leaving  no  children. 

Simeon  (never  married)  was  injured  by  the  fall  of  a  tree  while  at  work  in  the 
woods  in  Paxton,  causing  his  death  in  a  day  or  two  after,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
six  years. 

Solomon's  first  wife  died  December  4,  1810,  having  been  married  but  about 
eight  months.  He  married  for  his  second  wife  Mrs.  Ruth  Thompson  (maiden 
name  Cummings),  September  1812,  by  whom  he  had  two  children:  Solomon 
Dexter,  born  December  15,  1813,  and  Sarah  Phelps,  born  September  21,  1819. 
Solomon  D.  married  April  16,  1837,  Julia  Ann  Hall,  daughter  of  Oliver  Hall. 
They  had  four  children :  Solomon,  born  April  16,  1838,  and  died  October  12, 
1860,  aged  22  years;  Simeon  Edmund,  born  March  4th,  1844;  married  Emma 
A.  Barnes  of  Millbury,  November  22,  1870.  They  reside  at  present  in  West 
Millbury.  Henry  Hall,  born  March  20,  1856,  and  Sarah  Jane,  born  Sept.  14, 
1857,  both  of  whom  still  live  with  their  parents  in  Sutton. 

Sarah  Phelps  never  married;  she  died  while  on  a  visit  to  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
February  13,  1857,  aged  thirty-seven  years. 

When  Solomon  married  his  second  wife  she  was  the  widow  of  Jeremy 
Thompson,  and  had  one  son  named  Linus,  who  married  Rachel  Searles,  by 
whom  he  had  three  children,  two  of  whom  died  young ;  the  other,  a  very 
promising  young  man,  died  at  the  age  of  nineteen  of  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs. 
Mr.  Thompson  died  September  1,  1867,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  His 
widow  is  still  living  in  Sutton. 

Solomon  and  his  wife  were  both  killed  by  lightning,  July  5, 1835,  aged  sixty- 
three  and  fifty-seven  years  respectively. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  679 

Tarrant,  after  his  marriage,  resided  in  Sutton  and  had  seven  children,  viz  : 
Sukey,  b.  Oct.  28,  1803;  d.  Feb.  7,  1804;  Sumner  Barstow,  b.  Sept.  25,  1805; 
Lucy  Morse,  b.  Nov.  24,  1806;  Nathaniel  Gibbs,  b.  Apr.  21,  1809;  Turner 
Kawson,  b.  Jan.  20,  1812;  Tarrant  Franklin,  b.  May  1,  1815;  Eliza,  b.  Dec.  1, 
1818. 

He  died  August  5,  1825.  His  wife  survived  him  many  years  and  died  Jan. 
20,  1857. 

Sumner  B. .married  December  21,  1830,  Julia  Ann  Whiting,  daughter  of 
Paul  Whiting.  She  died  June  22,  1832.  After  her  death  he  married  Nov.  21, 
1833,  Mary,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  with  whom  he  lived  till  her  death,  Oct.  13, 
1871.  Having  no  children,  they  adopted,  in  1835,  Mary  Tamar,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Tamar  (Searles)  Fuller.  She  married  Joseph  H.  Nason  and 
lives  near  her  father  King.  She  has  one  son,  Edward  Sumner  Nason. 

In  1845  Mr.  King  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  first  Congregational  church, 
which  office  he  still  holds. 

Lucy  M.  never  married,  but  lived  with  her  mother  until j^her  death;  soon 
after,  becoming  insane,  she  was  taken  to  the  insane  hospital,  where  she  died 
May  7,  1863,  aged  fifty-six. 

Nathaniel  G.  married,  November  11,  1834,  Eveline  Morse,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Morse,  and  moved  on  the  place  built  by  his  uncle,  Dea.  John  Morse,  and 
where  he  still  resides  with  his  son,  his  wife  having  died  March  25, 1863.  They 
had  four  children,  viz:  Loraine  E.,  LaviniaC.,  George  Samuel  and  Eveline. 
Lavinia  C.  married,  December  27,  1855,  Frederick  H.  Hastings  of  Brainerd, 
New  York.  She  died  July  27,  1861,  leaving  one  daughter. 

In  the  spring  of  1863  Mr.  Hastings  married  Loraine  E.,  by  whom  he  had 
several  children.  After  his  death  she  came  to  live  in  Amherst,  where  she 
now  resides. 

George  S.  married  Mary  Emma  Howard,  August  8,  1866,  and  lives  on  the 
place  formerly  occupied  by  his  father.  He  has  two  children :  Chester  Howard 
and  Emma  Eveline. 

Eveline  married  Frederick  A.  Stockwell  and  resides  in  Webster,  where  he  is 
engaged  as  merchant  in  connection  with  the  Slaters. 

Turner  E.  never  married.  He  emigrated  to  Illinois  more  than  forty  years 
since,  where,  for  a  long  time,  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  government  as  land 
agent,  with  his  home  in  Springfield.  He  now  resides  in  McLean,  in  that  State, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  agriculture. 

Franklin  T.  also  went  to  Illinois  when  quite  a  young  man,  and  was  present 
at  the  riot  which  resulted  in  the  death  of  Lovejoy,  with  whom  he  was  inti- 
mately connected  in  anti-slavery  work,  and,  but  for  presence  of  mind,  would 
have  shared  his  fate.  He  has  been  twice  married  and  has  had  two  children. 
His  only  son  was  drowned  a  few  years  since.  He  is  a  physician  and  resides  in 
Galesburg,  Illinois. 

Eliza  married  Richard  Sandford  of  Oxford,  September  23,  1835.  He  was  a 
merchant,  but  has  retired  from  business.  They  have  one  daughter  named 
Helen,  who  married  a  Mr.  Clark,  by  whom  she  has  children. 

Polly  never  married.  She  was  greatly  beloved  by  all  her  connections  and 
filled  an  important  place  in  many  of  their  families.  She  was_a~ consistent  and 
exemplary  Christian.  The  last  twenty-three  years  of  .her  life  she  made  her 
home  in  the  family  of  the  writer.  She  died  February  21,  1861,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-four  years,  six  months  and  fourteen  days. 

Patty,  after  her  marriage  with  Mr.  Rawson,  went  to  Grafton  to  reside.  He 
Jived  but  a  few  years.  After  his  death  she  married  Phineas  Lelaud,  father  of 


680  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

the  late  Col.  Joshua  Leland.  After  her  husband's  death  she  remained  on  the 
place  with  his  son,  for  whom  she  entertained  great  respect,  till  a  few  years 
before  her  death,  when  she  went  to  reside  in  Holden  in  the  house  with  her 
niece,  Mrs.  D.  F.  Parmenter,  where  she  died  October  14,  1864,  aged  eighty- 
five  years,  four  months  and  fourteen  days. 

KING — WILLIAM  KING  BRANCH. 

William8  (John2,  William1),  m.  1st,  Hannah  Cook,  June  4,  1695;  m.  2d, 
Rebekah  Wakefield. 

He  was  one  of  the  original  settlers  in  the  town.  His 
name  is  entered  as  the  owner  of  lot  number  nineteen,  of  the 
four  thousand  acres,  subsequently  known  as  the  Whiting 
place;  he  also  became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  town. 
In  the  drawing  of  the  one  hundred  acre  lots,  August  20,  1716, 
it  seems  he  was  the  owner  of  one  five  hundred  acre  right, 
and  drew  lot  number  thirty-five.  The  survey  of  this  lot  is 
recorded  June  1718. 

His  name  appears  on  the  record  of  the  first  town  meeting, 
December  1718,  as  one  of  a  committee  for  building  the 
meeting-house.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  and 
wealthy  of  the  first  settlers.  He  died  in  November  1748. 

His  children,  of  whom  anything  is  known,  were  William, 
Isaac  and  Henry.  Isaac  died  unmarried.  Deacon  Leland 
says  that  William  came,  with  a  mulatto  man,  before  the 
father,  and  began  clearing  the  land.  He  was  soon  taken  sick 
and  died — the  first  white  person  who  died  in  town;  and 
was  buried  in  the  burying  ground  near  the  meeting-house. 

Henry4  (William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  Abigail  Green,  sister  of  Dr.  Thomas 
Green  of  Leicester.  Captain  Henry  King  was  much  in  public  life ;  was  many 
times  a  representative  in  the  legislature,  and  was  also  sent  as  a  delegate  to 
the  provincial  congress.  Ch. — 1,  William,  b.  Oct.  27,  1734;  d.  Dec.  3,  1825; 

2,  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  28,  1736;  d.  at  Fort  Edward  in  1757  or  1758;  3,  John,  b. 
Nov.  1,  1737 ;  m.  Sarah  Wiswell  of  Newtown ;  4,  Lydia,  b.  June  17,  1739 ;  m. 
James  Greenwood,  July  5,  1759;  5,  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  7,  1741;  m.  Samuel  God- 
dard  of  Worcester,  May  22,  1760;   6,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  22,  1743;   d.  young;  7, 
Tamar,  b.  Sept.  16,  1744;  m.  John  Carriel,  Dec.  12,  1765;  8,  Mehetable,  b. 
Oct.  19,  1746;  died  young;  9,  Henry,  b.  May  9,  1748;   m.  Prudence  Dudley, 
June  18,  1772;  10,  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  26,  1750;  m.  Samuel  Goddard  of  Graf- 
ton,  May  25,  1769. 

William5  (Henry4,  William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  Silence  Dwight  of  Ded- 
ham,  Mar.  29,  1759;  she  d.  May  4,  1798.  Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b.  July  22,  1760; 
d.  in  Smithfield,  Pa.,  Oct.  1,  1812;  2,  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  17, 1762;  d.  Nov.  8, 1859; 

3,  Daniel,  b.  Nov.  6,  1764;   m.  Lucy  Woodbury,  Apr.  30,  1789;  d.  Apr.  1833; 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  681 

4,  Peter,  b.  Sept.  26,  1767;   d.  unmarried  Apr.  16, 1854;  5,  Timothy,  b.  Apr. 

27,  1770;  d.  unmarried  Oct.  11,  1804;  6,  Elizabeth,  b.  July  6,  1772;   m.  Jona- 
than Leland,  July  8,  1798;   d.  Sept.  30,  1840;   7,  Rebekah,  b.  July  26,  1774; 
m.  Aaron  Woodbury,  Dec.  1794;   d.  Jan.  1,  1807;   8,  Silence,  b.  Jan.  6,  1777; 
m.  Caleb  Woodbury,  Mar.  20,  1799;  d.  May  21,  1864;   9,  Hannah,  b.  July  24, 
1779;  d.  May  29,  1796. 

Samuel6  (William5,  Henry*,  William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  Ruth  Marble, 
Mar.  4,  1790;  she  d.  May  29,  1798.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  Nov.  28,  1790;  m. 
Ezekiel  Stiles;  d.  July  12,  1855;  2,  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  8,  1793;  m.  Elihu  Osgood; 
3,  Samuel  Dwight,  b.  May  1,  1797;  m.  May  1,  1828,  Sarah  Dresser  Pillsbury. 
Samuel,  sen.,  was  a  Baptist  minister;  removed  to  Wendell  in  1803,  thence  to 
Smithfield,  Pa. 

Isaac6  (William6,  Henry*,  William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  1st,  Sally  Put- 
nam, Nov.  27,  1788;  shed.  Apr.  30,  1823;  m.  2d,  Sarah  Howard,  Nov.  11, 
1824;  she  d.  Jan.  13,  1836.  Ch.— 1,  Tamar,  b.  Nov.  15,  1789;  d.  unmarried, 
Dec.  14,  1824;  2,  William,  b.  Oct.  5,  1791;  3,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  19,  1793;  d.  July 
22,  1795;  4,  Prudence,  b.  Feb.  11,  1795;  m.  Maj.  Rufus  Burdon,  Mar.  5, 
1826;  d.  Mar.  5,  1859;  5,  Luther,  b.  Feb.  14,  1797;  d.  Oct.  3,  1868;  6,  Rufus, 
b.  Mar.  28,  1799;  d.  unmarried,  Jan.  31,  1823;  7,  Eliza  (Elissa),  b.  Feb.  21, 
1801;  in.  Jefferson  Wheelock,  Apr.  11,  1824;  d.  Apr.  8,  1826;  8,  Charles,  b. 
Mar.  11,  1803;  9,  Maria,  b.  July  25,  1805;  m.  Owen  Brown;  d.  Sept.  14,  1828; 
10,  Nancy,  b.  Nov.  14,  1808;  m.  Elbridge  Gerry  Weld;  d.  June  25,  1830;  11, 
Putnam,  b.  Apr.  10,  1810;  12,  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  26,  1814. 

William"  (Isaac6,  William6,  Henry4,  William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  Maria 
King  of  Newton.  Ch. — 1,  Jane  Maria,  b.  June  22,  1819;  2,  Sarah  Ann,  b. 
May  24,  1824;  d.  Aug.  8,  1826;  3,  Rufus,  b.  Mar.  12,  1827;  4,  Ebenezer,  b. 
June  24,  1829;  d.  Aug.  28,  1831;  5,  Esther  Mary,  b.  Mar.  24,  1831;  d.  Aug. 

28,  1833;  6,  John,  b.  Jan.  12,  1835;  d.  Jan.  19,  1863;   7,  William  Henry,  b. 
Jan.  7,  1840;  d.  Apr.  3,  1867. 

Luther7  (Isaac6,  William5,  Henry4,  William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  Hannah 
Tisdale;  shed.  Mar.  8,  1866.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah  P.,  b.  Oct.  9,1817;  m.  Estes 
Putnam,  Nov.  24,  1840;  2,  Isaac,  b.  Apr.  5,  1819;  m.  Rosalinda  Stockwell, 
Oct.  2,  1845 ;  removed  to  Hornellsville,  N.  Y. 

Charles7  (Isaac6,  William5,  Henry4,  William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  Serena 
Pratt,  Aug.  29,  1824.  Ch.— 1,  Elias  Pratt,  b.  Sept.  6,  1825;  removed  to 
Anoka,  Minn. 

Putnam7  (Isaac6,  William6,  Henry4,  William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  Jerusha 
Davis,  May  17,  1831.  Ch.— 1,  Frances  Amelia,  b.  July  17, 1832;  d.  unmarried, 
Sept.  25,  1856;  2,  Julia  Sophy,  b.  Mar.  14,  1834;  d.  unmarried,  Feb.  21,  1851; 
3,  Putnam  Dwight,  b.  Jan.  16,  1842;  4,  Eli  Davis,  b.  June  29,  1845;  5,  Emily 
Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  20,  1848;  m.  D.  Albert  Vaughn,  Dec.  23,  1875;  6,  Abby,  b. 
Apr.  26,  1850;  m.  Henry  F.  Rice,  May  2,  1876;  7,  Benjamin  Franklin,  b.  Jan. 
19,  1853;  m.  Mary  H.  Johnson,  Nov.  7,  1877. 

P.  Dwight8  (Putnam7,  Isaac6,  William6,  Henry4,  William8,  John2,  William1), 
m.  Mary  J.  Whitney,  Mar.  21,  1866.  Ch.— 1,  Dwight  Ernest,  b.  Apr.  27, 
1867. 

Samuel7  (Isaac6,  William5,  Henry4,  William8,  John2,  William1),  m.  Azubah 
Sibley,  Dec.  16,  1835;  shed.  Mar.  3,  1846;  m.  2d,  Sept.  13,  1849,  Francis 
Sibley  Putnam.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel  Isaac,  b.  Oct.  28,  1836;  2,  Charles  Owen,  b. 
Sept.  14,  1839;  removed  to  Anoka,  Minn. 

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FAMILIES  OF  THE 
KNAPP. 

Job  Knapp,  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  1669,  m.  in  1691,  Mrs.  Mary  Car- 
penter, b.  in  Manchester,  England,  in  1668 ;  moved  to  the  Nipmug  country  in 
1705.  Ch.— 1,  William,  b.  1693;  2,  Hannah,  b.  1695;  3,  Job,  b.  1696;  4, 
Ruth,  b.  1698;  5,  Betty,  b.  1700. 

William2  (Job1),  m.  Lucy  Balcome,  1709.     Ch.— 1,  Joshua. 

Joshua8  (William2,  Job1),  m.  Hannah  Chase.     Ch. — 1,  James. 

James4  (Joshua8,  William2,  Job1),  m.  Edith  Chase.  Ch.— 1,  Lois;  2,  Joel, 
b.  Nov.  15,  1774;  d.  May  10,  1832. 

Joel5  (James*,  Joshua3,  William2,  Job1),  m.  1st,  Lydia  Elliot,  by  whom  he 
had  two  sons,  names  not  given;  m.  2d,  Sybil  Croney,  Nov.  1,  1804.  They 
had  six  children,  two  sons  and  four  daughters,  of  whom  the  eldest  was  Joel, 
b.  Aug.  14,  1805. 

Joel6  (Joel5,  James4,  Joshua3,  William2,  Job1),  m.  1st,  Eliza  Smith,  Aug. 
15,  1827 ;  m.  2d,  Mary  Jane  McCurdy,  Apr.  25,  1860.  Ch.— 1,  Edwin  Albert, 
b.  Dec.  24,  1861;  2,  Emily  Eliza,  b.  May  25,  1863;  3,  Fannie  Foster,  b.  May 
29,  1865. 

LACKEY. 

Matthew  Lackey  came  to  this  country  about  the  year  1735, 
from  the  north  of  Ireland,  to  which  place  his  family  had 
previously  emigrated  from  Scotland.  He  had  a  family  of 
eight  children,  all  born,  it  is  supposed,  in  Upton,  where  he 
lived  for  a  time,  then  removed  to  New  York.  His  second 
son,  Matthew,  born  October  21,  1742,  came  to  Sutton  about 
the  year  1772,  and  built  the  house  in  which  Lysander 
Houghton  now  lives,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in 
1809. 

He  m.  1st,  Mary  Merriam ;  m.  2d,  Dorcas  Woodbury,  Jan.  28,  1777.  Ch. — 
1,  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  28,  1771;  m.  David  Smith,  Oct.  13,  1794;  2,  Mary,  b. 
Jan.  25,  1773;  m.  Caleb  Hicks,  Jan.  21,  1796;  3,  Matthew,  b.  July  16,  1775; 
4,  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  26,  1778;  5,  Joshua,  b.  Oct.  2,  1781;  6,  Joel,  b.  July  28, 
1783;  7,  Nahum,  b.  Sept.  21,  1785;  8,  Jonathan,  b.  May  24,  1788;  9,  Wood- 
bury,  b.  Dec.  18,  1790;  10,  Dorcas,  b.  May  13,  1793. 

Matthew3  (Matthew2,  Matthew1),  m.  Nancy  Fuller,  Nov.  28, 1805.  Ch.— 1, 
Mary  Ann,  b.  Jan.  30,  1806;  2,  Rufus  Albert,  b.  Dec.  3,  1807;  3,  Cynthia,  b. 
July  10,  1811 ;  m.  Josiah  M.  Goldthwait,  July  10,  1837 ;  4,  Emory  Davenport, 
b.  Mar.  31,  1814;  5,  Ciraene,  b.  June  11,  1817. 

Joshua8  (Matthew2,  Matthew1),  m.  Azubah  Davenport,  Mar.  1807.  Ch.— 
1,  Lorinda,  b.  Oct.  12,  1808;  m.  Amos  Burdon,  Aug.  13,  1830;  2,  Eunice,  b. 
Mar.  19,  1810;  m.  Leander  Putnam,  1837;  3,  Dorcas,  b.  June  24,  1811;  4, 
Leander,  b.  Oct.  2,  1812;  5,  Amory  D.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1814;  6,  Annah  Levina, 
b.  Nov.  25,  1815;  7,  Betsey;  8,  Abigail;  9,  Joshua;  10,  Harriet. 

Leander4  (Joshua3,  Matthew2,  Matthew1),  m.  Rebecca  Houghton,  May  13, 
1834.  Ch.— 1,  Juliette  A.,  b.  July  19,  1835;  m.  Franklin  H.  Marble;  2, 
George  A.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1837;  m.  Mary  C.  Caswell,  Dec.  13,  1860;  3,  Andrew 
J.,  b.  July  11,  1839;  d.  Sept.  27,  1839;  4,  Alfred  A.,  b.  July  19, 1841;  d.  June 
12,  1842;  5,  Lansford,  b.  May  21,  1843;  d.  Aug.  22,  1843;  6,  Adelaide  B.,  b. 


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Sept.  22,  1844;  d.  Sept.  16,  1850;  7,  Azubah  L.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1849;  d.  Aug. 
13,  1849;  8,  Ella  A.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1857;  m.  Fred.  H.  Yeaton,  Nov.  16,  1876. 

Amory  D.4  (Joshua3,  Matthew2,  Matthew1),  m.  Lydia  Burdon,  Mar.  18, 
1839.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  Burdon,  b.  July  8,  1840. 

Joshua4  (Joshua8,  Matthew2,  Matthew1),  m.  Emeline .  Ch. — 1,  Edwin 

Joshua,  b.  Oct.  21,  1850;  2,  Emeline,  b.  Aug.  16,  1852;  3,  Jerome,  b.  June 
10,  1854. 

Joel3  (Matthew2,  Matthew1),  m.  Lucina  Arnold,  Sept.  27,  1807.  Ch.— 1, 
Frederick  Arnold,  b.  Feb.  25,  1808;  2,  Polly,  b.  Nov.  29,  1809;  3,  Newell. 

Newell4  (Joel3,  Matthew2,  Matthew1),  m.  1st,  Susan  E.  Waterman,  Nov.  11, 

1845;  m.  2d,  Sarah .  Ch. — 1,  Eugene,  b.  June  15,  1846;  2,  Susan  Maria, 

b.  Sept.  7,  1854;  3,  Charlotte  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  16,  1856;  4,  Newell,  b.  Oct. 
28,  1857. 

Nahum3  (Matthew2,  Matthew1),  m.  1st,  Betsey  Crossman,  Mar.  5,  1806;  m. 
2d,  Lavina  Sibley,  Aug.  28,  1809.  Ch.— 1,  Palmer,  b.  Apr.  3,  1808. 

LE  BARON. 

Dr.  Francis  Le  Baron,  the  ancestor  of  the  Le  Barons  in 
this  country,  was  born  (as  is  supposed)  in  Bordeaux,  France. 
He  came  to  Plymouth  about  1694.  The  first  mention  of 
him  in  the  Plymouth  records  is  his  marriage  to  Mary  Wilder 
of  Hingham,  September  6,  1695.  He  died  August  8, 1704, 
aged  thirty-six  years,  leaving  three  small  boys,  James, 
Lazarus  and  Francis. 

His  grave-stone  on  the  "ancient  hill"  in  Plymouth,  now 
in  good  preservation,  marks  the  date  of  his  death  and  age, 
and  a  copy  of  his  will  can  be  found  in  the  probate  office  at 
Plymouth,  with  an  inventory  of  his  property,  which,  for 
those  days,  was  large. 

His  son  Lazarus  received  a  liberal  education  and  finished 
his  study  of  medicine  in  the  city  of  New  York.  He  married 
and  resided  in  Plymouth,  his  native  town,  and  had  fourteen 
children,  nine  sons  and  five  daughters.  The  eldest  of  his 
sons  was  Lazarus,  who  was  educated  and  studied  medicine 
under  his  father ;  went  to  Barbadoes,  West  Indies,  where  he 
was  for  a  time  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and 
married  Marguerite  Newsome,  November  10,  1743.  He  had 
two  children,  a  son  Lazarus,  and  a  daughter,  who,  with  his 
wife,  died  in  Barbadoes.  He  returned  to  Plymouth  with 
his  son,  where  he  settled,  taking  his  father's  practice.  Here 
he  married  the  widow  Mary  Thomas  Lothrop  and  died,  with- 
out further  issue,  in  1784. 


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His  son  Lazarus  was  apprenticed  to  Dea.  Jones  of  Boston, 
as  a  hatter.  This  trade  he  carried  on  very  successfully  until 
1774,  when  he  removed  to  Suttou  and  purchased  of  Captain 
Nathaniel  Sibley  the  estate  now  known  as  the  ' ;  Le  Baron 
place." 

He  married  first,  March  3,  1767,  Susanna,  daughter  of 
Andrew  Johannot  of  Boston;  born  1738,  died  August  10, 
1774. 

The  father  of  Andrew  Johannot  was  Daniel,  who  came  to 
this  country  with  his  parents,  who  were  French  Huguenots, 
and  settled,  with  other  families  of  the  same  extraction,  in 
Oxford.  After  the  massacre  by  the  Indians  of  quite  a  num- 
ber *of  those  composing  the  French  colony,  the  Johannot 
family  returned  to  Boston. 

Mr.  Le  Baron  m.  2d,  May  11, 1775,  Hannah  Chase;  m.  3d,  June  1783,  Mary 
Chase;  m.  4th,  Mary  Woodbury,  Jan.  28,  1802;  she  d.  Aug.  28, 1837,  aged  72; 
he  d.  Nov.  30,  1827.  Ch.— 1,  Susanna,  b.  Dec.  1,  1767;  m.  Dr.  Stephen  Mon- 
roe, Sept.  6,  1790;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  22,  1776;  m.  Israel  Putnam,  Apr.  24, 
1796. 

Hannah,  one  of  the  daughters  of  Lazarus  Le  Baron,  the  first, 
married  Benjamin  Goodwin  of  Boston,  whose  son,  Daniel 
Goodwin  of  Norton,  was  father  of  Rev.  Daniel  Le  Baron 
Goodwin  of  Wilkinsonville. 

Daniel  L.  B.  Goodwin  m.  Kebekah  Wilkinson,  Dec.  12,  1825.  Ch.— 1, 
Sarah  W.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1828;  2,  Mary  B.,  b.  Nov.  1830;  3,  Elizabeth  L.,  b. 
Mar.  1833;  4,  Daniel,  b.  Mar.  10,  1835;  5,  Hannah  W.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1837;  6, 
William  W..  b.  Aug.  1,  1839;  7,  Anna  D.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1841;  8,  Rebekah  Le 
B.,  b.  June  9,  1843;  9,  Susan  W.,  b.  June  18,  1848. 

LELAND. 

According  to  Dea.  Leland,  the  first  of  the  name  in  this 
country  was  Henry,  who  was  living  in  Medfield  in  1657, 
which  year  his  son,  Ebenezer,  was  born.  Ebenezer  had  a 
son,  James,  who  came  from  Sherburne  and  settled  in  what 
is  now  Grafton,  upon  the  place  owned  by  Deacon  John 
McClellan. 

James3  (Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  Hannah  Learned.  Ch. — 1,  Jerusha,  m. 
Jacob  Whipple,  Jan.  6,  1729;  2,  Benjamin,  m.  Rebekah  Parker;  3,  Moses,  b. 
about  1717 ;  4,  James ;  5,  Hannah,  m.  Joseph  Rice ;  6,  Thankful,  b.  Aug.  16, 
1724;  7,  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  27,  1726;  d.  Apr.  26,  1759;  8,  Deliverance,  b.  Feb. 
17,  1729;  9,  Phineas,  b.  Dec.  26,  1730;  10,  Prudence,  b.  Jan.  13, 1732;  d.  Jan. 
29,  1732. 


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Moses4  (James8,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  Mrs.  Abigail  Bobbins  of  Littleton; 
d.  Mar.  23,  1797.  Ch.— 1,  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  19,  1740;  m.  Samuel  Hicks, 
Jan.  24,  1760;  2,  Solomon,  b.  May  12,  1742;  d.  July  21,  1808;  3,  Moses,  b. 
Sept.  1,  1744;  m.  Sarah  Brigham;  d.  at  24;  4,  Jacob,  b.  Apr.  2,  1746;  in. 
Anne  Taylor,  Aug.  2,  1767;  5,  Mary,  b.  Apr.  26,  1748;  m.  Abraham  Taylor, 
Sept.  21,  1769;  6,  Timothy,  b.  June  1,  1750;  7,  Abigail,  b.  May  27,  1752;  m. 
Moody  Morse,  jr.,  Mar.  31, 1774;  8,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  23, 1755;  m.  Sam'l  Leland, 
Dec.  10,  1778;  9,  Prudence,  b.  Aug.  8,  1759;  m.  Abner  Batcheller,  Feb.  22, 
1781. 

Solomon5  (Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  1st,  Lois  Haven,  Nov. 
27,  1764;  she  d.  Nov.  5,  1788;  m.  2d,  Molly  Dudley,  Jan.  14,  1791;  d.  Oct. 
1824.  Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  31,  1768;  2,  Solomon,  b.  Aug.  2,  1771;  m. 
Lois  Cummings,  Apr.  2,  1795;  3,  Susanna,  b.  June  23, 1773;  d.  Sept.  11, 1777; 

4,  Lois,  b.  Sept.  4,  1776;   d.  Sept.  9,  1777;  5,  Azubah,  b.  Aug.  30,  1778;   m. 
Peter  Trask,  Oct.  31,  1799;  6,  Silas,  b.  Oct.  3,  1781;  m.  Lucina  Bartlett,  Nov. 
27,  1805;  7,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  13,  1785;   m.  Sylvester  Morse,  May  20,  1815;   8, 
Lois,  b.  Oct.  10,  1788;  m.  Nahum  W.  Chamberlain. 

Jonathan6  (Solomon5,  Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  Elizabeth, 
dau.  of  William  King,  July  8, 1798.  Ch.— 1,  Silence  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  17, 1799; 
d.  unmarried;  2,  Eliza,  b.  July  30,  1801;  3,  Horace,  b.  Mar.  31,  1803;  d. 
unmarried ;  4,  Alvan,  b.  Aug.  20,  1805 ;  d.  Feb.  8,  1845 ;  5,  Rebekah  King,  b. 
July  1,  1807;  drowned  June  29,  1809;  6,  Catherine  Haven,  b.  May  9, 1809;  m. 
John  C.  Whitin,  May  30,  1831 ;  7,  Solomon  Williams,  b.  Nov.  18,  1811 ;  8, 
Mary  Maxwell,  b.  Feb.  21,  1814;  9,  Susan  Lois,  b.  July  3,  1816;  m.  Samuel 

5.  Edmunds,  Apr.  19,  1849. 

Alvau7  (Jonathan6,  Solomon5,  Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  1st, 
Sophia  Waters  of  Millbury,  Dec.  30,  1834;  she  d.  Apr.  26,  1838;  m.  2d,  Julia 
Jenks  of  Roscoe,  111.,  July  23,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  Julia  Sophia,  b.  Nov.  14,  1841; 
d.  May  19,  1850. 

Timothy5  (Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  Mary  Sibley,  Feb.  9, 
1775.  Ch.— 1,  Reuben,  b.  Dec.  19,  1775;  d.  young;  2,  David,  b.  Mar.  7,  1778; 
3,  Mary,  b.  May  10,  1779;  d.  young;  4,  Susanna,  b.  Dec.  25,  1780;  d.  Oct.  24, 
1814;  5,  Oliver,  b.  Oct.  23,  1782;  d.  Jan.  25,  1859;  6,  Lois,  b.  Sept.  25,  1785; 
7,  Sally,  b.  July  14,  1789;  8,  John,  b.  Nov.  8,  1794;  m.  1st,  Julia  Putnam; 
m.  2d,  Betsey  Batcheller,  Nov.  24,  1825;  9,  Lydia,  b.  July  2,  1798;  d.  July  2, 
1798. 

David6  (Timothy5,  Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  Chloe  Richard- 
son. Ch.— 1,  Martha  Forbush,  b.  June  5,  1829. 

Oliver6  (Timothy5,  Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  Silence  Ellis, 
May  24,  1810;  she  d.  Apr.  10,  1866.  Ch.— 1,  Reuben,  b.  Feb.  21,  1811;  2, 
John  Ellis,  b.  Oct.  20, 1812;  m.  Philura  C.  Rice;  3,  Elias,  b.  Feb.  1815;  d.  Feb. 
25,  1860;  4,  Lyman,  b.  June  15,  1817;  m.  1st,  Martha  Livermore;  2d,  Eunice 
Hartwell;  5,  Timothy  Edwin,  b.  June  4,  1821;  m.  Lovicy  Eddy;  6,  Austin, 
b.  July  17,  1825. 

Reuben7  (Oliver6,  Timothy5,  Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  Mary 
H.  Stockwell,  Apr.  16,  1839.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  Fletcher,  b.  Aug.  21,  1841 ;  d. 
Apr.  4,  1842;  2,  George  Reuben,  b.  June  23,  1843;  m.  Anna  M.  Philips,  Sept. 
1,  1870;  3,  Henry  F.  b.  Oct.  18,  1848. 

Henry  F.8  (Reuben7,  Oliver9,  Timothy5,  Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1 ), 
m.  Nancy  F.  Bowen,  Oct.  7,  1869.  Ch.— 1,  Frederick  Henry,  b.  June  4,  1871. 

Austin7  (Oliver6,  Timothy5,  Moses4,  James8,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1),  m.  1st, 


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Maria  Johnson ;  m.  2d,  Lydia  G.  Spaulding.  Ch. — 1,  Charles  Austin,  b.  May 
4,  1848;  2,  Louisa  Maria,  b.  Apr.  17,  1850;  m.  J.  Francis  Woodbury,  June  1, 
1871 ;  3,  Lyman  Franklin,  b.  Sept.  11,  1852. 

Charles  A.8  (Austin7,  Oliver6,  Timothy5,  Moses4,  James3,  Ebenezer2,  Henry1), 
m.  Clara  J.  Mirick.  Ch. — 1,  Clarence;  2,  William  Austin;  3,  Arthur,  b.  July 
31,  1878. 

LILLET. 

Jonathan  Lilley  m.  Hannah .     Ch. — 1,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  24,  1732. 

David  Lilley  m.  Anna  Chase,  May  25,  1736.  Ch.— 1,  Lydia,  b.  Mar.  18, 
1737;  2,  David,  b.  Apr.  24,  1739;  3,  Joshua,  b.  Jan.  23,  1744;  4,  Judith,  b. 
Nov.  12,  1745;  m.  Benjamin  Hutchinson,  Nov.  2,  1769;  5,  Anne,  b.  Sept.  2, 
1747;  6,  Jonathan,  b.  June  2,  1755. 

David2  (David1),  m.  Elizabeth  Gibbs,  Sept.  23,  1762.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Nov. 
18,  1763;  2,  Betty,  b.  Sept.  30,  1765;  3,  Lucy,  b.  Feb.  23,  1769;  m.  Thomas 
Blanchard,  Sept.  1,  1785;  4,  David,  b.  Oct.  17, 1773;  m.  Dolly  Stockwell,  June 
10,  1795;  5,  Stephen,  b.  Dec.  14, 1775;  m.  Esther  Wheeler,  June  20,  1798;  6, 
Anne,  b.  Nov.  24,  1778 ;  m.  Jonathan  Eaton,  June  18,  1799. 

John3  (David2,  David1),  m.  Elizabeth  Wilkins,  Nov.  25, 1783.  Ch.— 1,  Polly, 
b.  Mar.  15,  1787;  2,  Fanny,  b.  June  3,  1789;  3,  Sumner,  b.  Feb.  1,  1801. 

Joshua2  (David1),  m.  Betty .  Ch.— 1,  Joshua,  b.  Jan.  28,  1769;  2, 

Aaron,  b.  Jan.  1,  1770;  3,  Moses,  b.  Sept.  12,  1771;  4,  Betty,  b.  June  11, 
1773. 

LOMBARD. 

Nathan  Lombard  m.  Delight  Allen.  Ch. — 1,  Alanson  Allen,  b.  Jan.  25, 
1803;  2,  Adaline  Marinda,  b.  Aug.  5,  1804;  drowned  May  29,  1822;  3,  Harvey 
Faulkner,  b.  May  3,  1806;  4,  Nathan  Austin,  b.  Apr.  16,  1808;  5,  Julia  Ann, 
b.  Aug.  8,  1814;  6,  Emily,  b.  May  9,  1817;  7,  Francis  Edward,  d.  Mar.  19, 
1822. 

Alanson  A.2  (Nathan1),  in.  Alexa  Ann  Hutchinson,  Nov.  1,  1830.  Ch. — 
1,  Frances  Ann,  b.  Apr.  5,  1832;  d.  Apr.  29,  1836;  2,  Henry  F.,  b.  Jan.  19, 
1834;  3,  Edwin,  b.  Dec.  22,  1836. 

Henry  F.3  (Alanson  A.2,  Nathan1),  m.  Nellie  Callahan,  1863.  Ch.— 1,  Her- 
bert E.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1864;  2,  Frank  E.  b.  Nov.  21,  1873. 

Nathan  A.2  (Nathan1),  m.  Sarai .     Ch. — 1,  George  Austin,  b.  Sept.  9, 

1837. 

LOVELL. 

Thomas  Lovell  (son  of  Thomas  Lovell  of  Ipswich),  came  to  Sutton  about 
1722.  He  m.  Martha  Herrick.  Ch.— 1,  Esther,  b.  Mar.  27, 1717;  m.  Holyoke 
Putnam;  2,  Thomas,  b.  June  17,  1719;  3,  Martha  b.  Jan.  7,  1722;  d.  Aug. 
14,  1723;  4,  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  16,  1724;  m.  William  Waite;  5,  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept. 
23,  1726;  m.  Joshua  Carter;  6,  George,  b.  June  28,  1729. 

Thomas3  (Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Eunice  Putnam.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Aug. 
22,  1744;  m.  Josiah  Waite;  2,  John,  b.  Aug.  8,  1746;  3,  Ezra,  b.  Mar.  29, 
1749;  4,  Eunice,  b.  Oct.  2,  1751. 

Ezra4  (Thomas3,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Mary  Jennison.  Ch. — 1,  Elias,  b. 
Jan.  12,  1778;  2,  Polly,  b.  Feb.  17,  1779;  3,  Lydia,  b.  June  5,  1782;  4,  Ezra, 
b,  July  8,  1787. 

Elias6  (Ezra4,  Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Betsey  Pierce.  Ch.— 1, 
Elias,  b.  Jan.  22,  1804. 


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George8  (Thomas2,  Thomas1),  m.  Abigail  Perkins.  Ch. — 1,  Jonathan,  b. 
Nov.  18,  1753;  2,  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  28,  1755;  m.  Reuben  Eaton;  3,  Howit,  b. 
Dec.  27,  1756 ;  killed  in  the  revolutionary  war.  4,  Hannah,  b.  July  17,  1759 ; 
5,  Tabitha,  b.  Feb.  7,  1761. 

Thomas  Lovell  (relationship  unknown),  m.  Lydia  Moore,  Jan.  13,  1762. 
Ch.— 1,  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  30,  1762. 

MARBLE. 

Freegrace  Marble  was  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  the 
town.  Of  his  ancestry  very  little  can  be  learned.  He  was 
the  son  of  Samuel  and  Rebekah,  and  came  from  Andover; 
married  Mary  Sibley,  and,  according  to  Deacon  Leland,  was 
the  first  person  married  in  town.  He  was  a  mason  by  trade 
and  helped  build  the  old  State  House,  in  State  street,  Bos- 
ton. He  died  April  21,  1799. 

Ch. — 1,  Mary,  b.  Apr.  4,  1721 ;  m.  Jacob  Cummings,  Jan.  21,  1741 ;  2, 
Samuel,  b.  Apr.  27,  1723;  3,  Enoch,  b.  Nov.  25,  1726;  4,  Rebekah,  b.  Mar.  10, 
1729;  5,  Malachi,  b.  Sept.  25,  1736. 

Samuel3  (Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Patience  Gale.  Ch. — 1,  Samuel,  b.  Aug. 
25,  1745;  2,  Molly,  b.  Apr.  18,  1747;  d.  young;  3,  Betty,  b.  Mar.  26,  1749;  m. 
Jacob  Snow,  jr.,  Dec.  18,  1776;  4,  Marcus,  b.  July  31,  1751;  never  married; 
d.  in  Springfield;  5,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  17,  1753;  d.  Dec.  18,  1817;  6,  Joel,  b. 
Nov.  10,  1754;  committed  suicide;  7,  Jesse,  b.  June  25,  1756;  m.  Sally  Put- 
nam, Feb.  26,  1790;  8,  Solomon,  b.  Apr.  14,  1758;  9,  Rebekah,  b.  Nov.  20, 
1759. 

Samuel4  (Samuel3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Lucretia  Richardson  of  Wo- 
burn,  Nov.  16,  1769.  Ch.— 1,  Molly,  b.  Sept.  23,  1770;  2,  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  7, 
1772;  3,  Lucretia,  b.  Mar.  20,  1773;  4,  Elijah,  b.  Oct.  20,  1774. 

Deacon  Leland  says  "  he  went  and  settled  in  Stratton,  Vt." 

Stephen4  (Samuel3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Betty  Putnam,  Nov.  14,  1776; 
she  d.  Dec.  21,  1812.  Ch.— 1,  Nathan,  b.  June  29,  1778;  2,  Betsey,  b.  Jan. 
10,  1780 ;  m.  Nov.  15,  1800,  Simeon  Waters ;  3,  Polly,  b.  Sept.  10,  1781 ; 
m.  Jan.  14, 1806,  James  Freeland ;  4,  Palmer,  b.  Sept.  20, 1784 ;  5,  Charlotte,  b . 
Dec.  7,  1786;  m.  Nov.  21,  1804,  John,  son  of  Andrew  Elliot ;  6,  Samuel,  b. 
Dec.  3,  1788;  unmarried;  went  to  Nova  Scotia;  7,  Nancy,  d.  young  of  lock- 
jaw. 

Nathan5  (Stephen4.  Samuel3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Mehetabel  Freeland. 
Ch.— 1,  James  Putnam,  b.  Nov.  25,  1800. 

Palmer5  (Stephen4,  Samuel3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Polly  Woodbury, 
Sept.  22,  1814.  Ch.— 1,  Stephen,  b.  May  14,  1816;  d.  Jan.  13,  1845;  2, 
Hannah,  b.  July  27,  1818;  m.  Tyler  Waters,  May  29,  1844;  3,  Betsey,  b.  Aug. 
13,  1820;  4,  Nancy,  b.  Sept.  12,  1823;  m.  George  Metcalf,  May  14,  1845;  d. 
June  9,  1848;  5,  Lewis,  b.  May  1,  1826;  d.  July  12,  1847;  6,  Phoebe  Jane, 
b.  May  10,  1828;  d.  Nov.  25,  1847;  7,  Mary  Woodbury,  b.  Oct.  30,  1832;  d. 
Dec.  24,  1844;  8,  John  Woodbury,  b.  Dec.  1,  1835;  m.  Susan  Garfield. 

Stephen6  (Palmer5,  Stephen4,  Samuel3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Lerenna 
.  Ch.— 1,  Lauren  Stephen,  b.  June  13,  1843;  d.  Jan.  25,  1845. 

Jesse4  (Samuel3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1)  m.  Sally  Putnam,  Feb.  26, 1790.  Ch.— 
1,  Lewis,  b.  Sept.  7,  .1790;  2,  Esther,  b.  Jan.  12,  1792;  m,  Mar.  24,  1813, 


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Buckley  Waters;  3,  Sally,  b.  Aug.  22,  1793;  m.  Nov.  24,  1815,  Alvan  Pratt; 
4,  Sukey,  b.  Sept.  25,  1796;   5,  Betsey,  b.  May  22,  1798. 

Solomon*  (Samuel3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Jerusha  Greenwood,  May  11, 
1784.  Ch.— 1,  Oliver,  b.  Oct.  11,  1785;  2,  Cyne,  b.  Mar.  13,  1787;  3,  Esther, 
b.  Dec.  17,  1788;  4,  Marcus,  b.  Aug.  7,  1790;  5,  David,  b.  July  2,  1792;  6, 
Roxa,  b.  May  2, 1794;  m.  Isaac  Dwinel,  May  7, 1817;  7,  Peter,  b.  May  6, 1796; 

8,  Elijah,  b.  May  19,  1799;  9,  Leaf  a,  b.  April  14,  1801;  10,  Joel,  b.  July  17, 
1803. 

Enoch8  (Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Abigail  Holland,  Jan.  9, 1750;  d.  Jan.  12, 
1815;  she  d.  Jan.  15,  1815.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  May  10,  1751;  2,  Alpheus,  b. 
Aug.  7,  1753;  d.  July  21,  1807;  3,  Daniel,  b.  Dec.  17,  1755;  4,  Thaddeus;  5, 
Aaron,  m.  Rebekah  Putnam,  Nov.  16,  1784;  6,  Antipas;  7,  Enoch;  8,  Rufus; 

9,  Sally,  m.  Peter  Putnam,  Oct.  1,  1782;  10,  Persis,  m.  Thaddeus  Chase,  Oct. 
4,  1787;  11,  Betsey. 

Alpheus4  (Enoch8,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Anna  Dudley,  Dec.  15,  1774. 
Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  27,  1776;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  3,  1778;  3,  Anna,  b. 
July  5,  1780;  4,  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  11,  1783;  5,  Alpheus,  b.  Nov.  28, 1785;  6,  John, 
b.  May  9,  1788;  7,  Freegrace,  b.  Mar.  6,  1792. 

Samuel5  (Alpheus4,  Enoch3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Hetty,  dau.  of  Bena- 
jah  Putnam.  Ch. — 1,  Samuel;  2,  Alpheus;  3,  Leonard. 

Alpheus5  (Alpheus4,  Enoch3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Capt. 
Josiah,  son  of  Dea.  Willis  Hall,  Nov.  25,  1819.  Ch.— 1,  Willard,  b.  Feb.  9, 
1821;  2,  Mary  Ann,  b.  Apr.  7,  1823;  3,  Henry,  b.  Dec.  4,  1828. 

John5  (Alpheus4,  Enoch3,  Ereegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Nancy  Lathe  of  Graf- 
ton,  Jan.  1808.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy  L.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1809;  2,  Frances,  b.  Aug.  10, 
1810;  3,  John,  b.  Dec.  25,  1812;  4,  Ezra  S..  b.  Mar.  1,  1814;  5,  Susanna,  b. 
Dec.  24,  1820;  6,  Jane  L.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1823;  7,  Mary  L.,  b.  Mar.  3,  1825. 

Ezra  S.6  (John5,  Alpheus4,  Enoch8,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Oct.  24,  1833, 
Fannie  Gibbs,  b.  Oct.  24,  1805 ;  he  d.  Oct.  24,  1862.  Ch.— 1,  Ann  Frances,  b. 
Oct.  7,  1834;  m.  Clarence  M.  Ruggles,  Jan.  28,  1854;  2,  Juliette,  b.  Aug.  3, 
1835;  d.  Aug.  20,  1835;  3,  Eleanor  Jane,  b.  Nov.  20,  1836;  4,  Ezra  Washing- 
ton, b.  Feb.  8,  1838;  5,  Mary  Julia  Francena,  b.  Nov.  12,  1839;  m.  Edwin  D. 
Hill,  Nov.  18,1862;  6,  William  Henry  Harrison,  b.  Apr.  13,  1841;  7,  Eliza 
Maria,  b.  Feb.  13,  1843;  d.  Feb.  24,  1843;  8,  Elmer  Waldron,  b.  Mar.  10, 1847; 
d.  June  14,  1847;  9,  Georgianna  H.  V.  A.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1848;  d.  May  15,  1848. 

Ezra  W.7  (Ezra  S.6,  John5,  Alpheus4,  Enoch3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  1st, 
Harriet  M.  Sawyer,  July  24,  1858;  m.  2d,  Lunetta  E.  Barnes,  Sept.  7,  1873; 
she  d.  May  9,  1874;  m.  3d,  Apr.  23,  1877,  Ella  J.  Wheelock.  Ch.— 1,  Fannie 
Maria,  b.  June  12,  1859;  2,  Elmer  Ezra,  b.  Feb.  9,  1874;  d.  Mar.  6,  1874. 

Henry  H.7  (Ezra  S.6,  John5,  Alpheus4,  Enoch3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m. 
June  7,  1862,  Ellen  M.  Darling,  b.  June  29,  1842.  Ch.— 1,  Frederick  E.  E., 
b.  Dec.  4,  1863. 

Malachi3  (Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  1st,  Jan.  29,  1761  (entered  upon  the 
records  as  Michael;  probably  a  mistake);  m.  2d,  Apr.  6,  1786,  Abigail  Keyes. 
Ch.— 1,  Andrew,  b.  Nov.  17,  1761;  d.  Apr.  6,  1808;  2,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  24, 1763; 
m.  May  12,  1785,  Josiah  Hall ;  3,  Moses,  b.  Feb.  2,  1765 ;  4,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  18, 
1767;  m.  Nov.  27,  1788,  Jonathan  Dudley;  5,  Simon,  b.  Apr.  29,  1769;  6, 
Deborah,  b.  Mar.  15,  1771;  m.  Feb.  28,  1792,  John  Dudley;  7,  Hannah,  b, 
July  10,  1774;  8,  Peter,  b.  Feb.  15,  1776;  9,  Simeon,  b.  Nov.  5, 1777;  10,  Ezra, 
b,  Feb.  25,  1780;  11,  Sukey,  b.  Apr.  28,  1787;  12,  Cyrus,  b.  Jan.  3,  1789. 


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Andrew4  (Malachi8,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  Sarah  Harback,  July  28, 1789. 
Ch.—l,  Sally  Harback,  b.  Nov.  17,  1790;  2,  Simon  L.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1792;  3, 
John  Stillman,  b.  Sept.  2,  1794;  4,  Royal  Tyler,  b.  Mar.  13, 1797;  5,  Mary  H., 
b.  June  2,  1798;  drowned  May  29,  1822;  6,  Hannah  Greenwood,  b.  Nov.  27, 
1799;  drowned  May  29,  1822;  7,  Jonas  Russell,  b.  Jan.  7,  1803;  d.  Oct.  7, 
1803;  8,  Simeon  Russell,  b.  Nov.  5,  1807. 

Simon  L.5  (Andrew4,  Malachi8,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m.  June  16,  1822, 
Prudy  Putnam.  Ch.—l,  Andrew  A.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1823;  2,  Mary  H.,  b.  May 
14,  1825;  3,  Joanna  L.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1828;  4,  Hannah  G.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1830;  5, 
Franklin  H.,  b.  July  12,  1833;  6,  Ann  Louisa,  b.  June  29,  1836;  7,  Albert 
Augustin,  b.  June  15,  1840;  8,  Martha  E.,  b.  June  29,  1842. 

Franklin  H.6  (Simon  L.5,  Andrew4,  Malachi3,  Freegrace2,  Samuel1),  m. 
Juliette  A.  Lackey.  Ch.— 1,  Ada  Juliette,  b.  Jan.  18, 1859;  2,  Charles  Frank- 
lin, b.  Aug.  22,  1860;  3,  Freddie  Lincoln,  b.  Jan.  21,  1862;  4,  Alfred  Russell, 
b.  Nov.  16,  1863;  5,  George  Edwin,  b.  Jan.  11,  1865;  6,  Herbert  William,  b. 
June  11,  1872;  d.  Jan.  15,  1873. 

MARCH. 

The  name  of  Hugh  March  appears  upon  the  records  of 
Newbury  at  an  early  date. 

He  had  three  wives :  1st,  Judith ,  who  d.  Dec.  14,  1675 ;  m.  2d,  Dorcas 

Blackleach,  May  29,  1676;  she  d.  Nov.  22,  1683;  m.  3d,  Sarah  Healey,  Dec.  3, 
1685 ;  she  d.  Oct.  25,  1699 ;  he  d.  Dec.  12,  1693,  and  left,  among  other  child- 
ren, Hugh,  b.  Nov.  3,  1656. 

Hugh2  (Hugh1),  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  Moody,  Mar.  29,  1683.  They  had,  among 
other  children,  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  30,  1695.  This  Daniel  was  probably  the  father 
of  Jacob  March,  who  was  b.  July  17,  1747,  and  came  to  Sutton  about  1780. 

Jacob4  (Daniel3,  Hugh2,  Hugh1),  m.  July  4,  1781,  Elleanor,  dau.  of  David 
Moore,  b.  Apr.  14,  1761;  she  d.  Feb.  25,  1848;  he  d.  Sept.  29,  1814.  Ch.—l, 
Samuel,  b.  Apr.  24,  1782;  2,  John,  b.  Dec.  12,  1783;  3,  David,  b.  Jan.  29, 
1785;  d.  May  13,  1829;  4,  Jacob,  b.  May  7,  1786;  d.  Aug.  13,  1823;  5,  Tap- 
pan,  b.  June  14,  1788;  6,  Tyrus,  b.  Nov.  27,  1789;  7,  Achsah,  b.  Oct.  22, 1792; 
8,  Jesse,  b.  Aug.  1,  1794;  d.  in  infancy;  9,  Alden,  b.  Sept.  20,  1795;  d.  June 
17,  1869;  10,  Elleanor,  b.  Aug.  25,  1797;  d.  Nov.  24,  1874;  11,  Lucy,  b.  May  2, 
1800;  12,  Pamela,  b.  Mar.  9,  1802;  d.  Mar.  1877. 

David5  (Jacob4,  Daniel3,  Hugh2,  Hugh1),  m.  Catherine,  dau.  of  Dr.  Stephen 
Monroe.  Ch. — 1,  Catherine  M.,  m.  James  W.  Clark;  2,  Augusta;  3,  Emily 
S.,  m.  C.  C.  Esty  of  Framingham. 

Jacob5  (Jacob4,  Daniel3,  Hugh2,  Hugh1),  m.  Mary  Le  Baron,  dau.  of  Dr. 
Stephen  Monroe,  Dec.  15,  1811.  Ch. — 1,  Susan  L.  B.,  m.  Amos  W.  Stock- 
well,  Esq.,  of  Worcester;  2,  Mary  C.,  m.  Austin  G.  Fitch  of  Worcester;  3, 
Harriet,  m.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy. 

MARSH. 

Benjamin  Marsh  (see  Annals)  was  one  of  the  three  who 

spent  the  winter  of  1716-'! 7  in  town.     He  does  not  seem, 

however,  to  have  occupied  the  place  which  has  borne  his 

name  until  1719  ;  from  which  circumstance  it  has  been  sup- 

87 


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posed  by  some  that  he  was  not  a  settler  until  that  date.  In 
the  history  of  the  home  he  occupied,  it  is  said  that  he  came 
from  Danvers  in  1719,  which  is  probably  a  mistake. 

He  m.  1st  (probably),  Hannah  King,  June  24,  1709;  ra.  2d,  Elizabeth 
Wheeler,  Feb.  11, 1748.  Ch.— 1,  Benjamin;  2,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  29,  1718;  m. 
1st,  Jonathan  Gould,  Apr.  17,  1744;  in.  2d,  Thomas  Harback,  July  8,  1777; 
m.  3d,  Benj.  Marsh,  2d,  nephew  of  Elder  Benj.,  Nov.  26,  1783;  m.  4th,  Seth 
Chase,  Mar.  17,  1788;  3,  Mary,  b.  May  30,  1720;  m.  Joseph  Bullen,  Jan.  1, 
1740;  4,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  1722;  m.  1st,  Ebenezer  Gould,  Nov.  12,  1741;  m.  2d, 
Daniel  Harwood,  Mar.  28,  1758;  5,  Hannah,  m.  John  Sibley,  Mar.  13,  1732. 

Benjamin2  (Benjamin1),  m.  1st,  Mehetabel  King,  Jan.  3,  1729;  m.  2d,  Ruth 
Waters.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  9,  1729;  m.  Nathaniel  Wheeler,  Dec.  29, 
1748;  2,  Mehetabel,  b.  May  8,  1731 ;  m.  Arthur  Dagget,  Jan.  28,  1751;  3, 
Stephen,  b.  Dec.  20,  1735;  4,  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  1,  1740;  m.  Nehemiah  Gale,  Jan. 
24,  1760;  5,  Tamar,  b.  Nov.  17,  1743;  m.  Jonas  Gale,  Dec.  23,  1762.  6,  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Dec.  3,  1745;  m.  Nathaniel  Whitmore,  Feb.  9,  1764. 

Stephen3  (Benjamin2,  Benjamin1),  in.  Nancy  Dodge,  Dec.  15,  1757;  she  d. 
Sept.  15,  1809.  Ch.— 1,  Mehetabel,  b.  Jan.  9,  1759;  in.  Edward  Easty,  July- 
Si,  1781;  2,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  9,  1761;  d.  Sept.  23,  1845;  3,  Tyler,  b.  Apr.  15, 
1763;  4,  John,  b.  Sept.  10,  1765;  m.  Lois  Marsh,  Feb.  5,  1788;  5,  Nancy,  b. 
Feb.  29,  1768;  d.  Apr.  29,  1768;  6,  James,  b.  Aug.  18,  1769;  7,  Nancy,  b.  Oct. 
26,  1770;  m.  Paul  Sibley,  jr.,  Jan.  31,  1792;  8,  Joseph,  b  June  7,  1774;  9, 
Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  21,  1776;  10,  Molly,  b.  Dec.  25,  1778. 

Stephen4  (Stephen3,  Benjamin2,  Benjamin1),  m.  Tamar  Sibley,  Apr.  26, 
1786;  she  d.  Sept.  13,  1814.  Ch.— 1,  Mehetabel,  b.  Mar.  10,  1787;  d.  June  4, 
1810;  2,  Tamar,  b.  Feb.  7,  1790;  d.  Dec.  3,  1808;  3,  Sally,  b.  Jan.  1,  1792;  m. 
John  T.  Putnam,  June  23,  1812;  4,  Nancy,  b.  Nov.  30,  1795;  in.  Robert  W. 
Flagg,  Dec.  6,  1821;  5,  Silvanus,  b.  May  10,  1798;  6,  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  4, 1800; 
7,  Benoni,  b.  Jan.  11,  1805;  d.  Mar.  14,  1805;  8,  Brooksey,  b.  May  31,  1806; 
9,  Adaline,  b.  June  4,  1808. 

Stephen5  (Stephen4,  Stephen3,  Benjamin2,  Benjamin1),  m.  Lucy  Rich,  Jan. 
18,  1838.  Ch.— 1,  Stephen  Francis,  b.  Nov.  4,  1838 ;  2,  Sarah  Angeline,  b. 
Sept.  26,  1846;  m.  Geo.  W.  Dodge,  Apr.  30,  1874. 

Stephen  F.6  (Stephen5,  Stephen4,  Stephen8,  Benjamin2,  Benjamin1),  m. 
Martha  A.  Holman,  Mar.  6,  1862.  Ch.— 1,  Anna  Lucy,  b.  June  26,  1864;  2, 
George  Stephen,  b.  June  8,  1870;  3,  Mary  Alrnira,  b.  Mar.  13,  1873. 

Benjamin,  2d,  nephew  of  Elder  Benjamin  Marsh,  probabty 
came  to  town  soon  after  his  uncle.  It  appears  that  he  had  a 
son  known  as  Benjamin,  3d,  who  came  to  Sutton  with  him. 

Benjamin,  2d,  m.  2d,  Desire  Moulton  of  Salem,  Aug.  27,  1735 ;  m.  3d,  Mrs. 
Abigail  Harback,  Nov.  26,  1783.  Ch. — 1,  Benjamin;  2,  Desire,  b.  Aug.  5, 
1737 ;  m.  Zaehra  Warren,  Apr.  1,  1755. 

Benjamin2  (Benjamin,  2d:),  m.  Rebekah  Carriel,  Jan.  14,  1742;  she  d.  Aug. 
4,  1805.  Ch.— 1,  Joshua,  b.  Feb.  21,  1744;  2,  Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  9,  1745;  3, 
Lot,  b.  Oct.  7,  1747;  4,  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  27,  1749;  5,  Rebekah,  b.  June  14, 
1751;  6,  Mehetabel,  b.  Aug.  24,  1753;  7,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  4,  1756;  8,  Peter,  b, 
June  24,  1760. 


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Joshua8  (Benjamin2,  Benjamin,  2d*),  m.  Lois  .  Ch.— 1,  Joshua,  b. 

Aug.  9,  1764;  m.  Abigail  Sibley,  Jan.  11,  1787;  2,  Caleb,  b.  Aug.  19,  1766;  3, 
Andrew,  b.  June  2,  1769 ;  4,  Lois,  b.  July  20,  1771 ;  5,  Warren,  b.  May  27, 
1786 ;  6,  Sally,  b.  May  17,  1789. 

Andrew4  (Joshua3,  Benjamin'2,  tenjamin,  2dJ),  m.  Rebekah  Stone,  Apr.  9, 
1788.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Mar.  24,  1791. 

Warren4  (Joshua3,  Benjamin2,  Benjamin,  2dJ),  m.  Betsey  McClellan,  June 
24,  1806.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  McClellan,  b.  Oct.  22,  180i5;  2,  Paulina  Bacon,  b. 
Mar.  23,  1810;  m.  Eli  Sprague,  Mar.  25,  1835;  3,  Waldo  Warren,  b.  Mar.  27, 
1812;  4,  Louisa  Chase,  b.  Feb.  15,  1814. 

Benjamin3  (Benjamin2,  Benjamin,  2dJ),  m.  Mellesou  Davenport,  May  8, 
1765.  Ch.— 1,  Melleson,  b.  Apr.  17,  1766;  2,  Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  31,  1768;  3, 
Rebekah,  b.  Mar.  7,  1770;  4,  Huldah,  b.  Mar.  4,  1772;  5,  John,  b.  Apr.  4, 
1778;  6,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  15,  1779;  7,  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  27,  1782. 

John4  (Benjamin3,  Benjamin2,  Benjamin,  2dJ),  m,  Lucretia .  Ch. — 1, 

Horace,  b.  Sept.  20,  1801;  d.  Aug.  3,  1803;  2,  John,  b.  Aug.  5,  1803. 

Lot3  (Benjamin2,  Benjamin,  2dJ),  m.  Abigail .  Ch. — 1,  Abigail,  b.  Sept. 

24,  1772;  2,  Mehetable,  b.  Sept.  8,  1774;  3,  Lot,  b.  Oct.  11,  1776. 

Peter3  (Benjamin2,  Benjamin,  2dJ),  m.  Sarah ;  she  d.  Feb.  20,  1822. 

Ch.— 1,  Luuua,  b.  Feb.  23,  1785;  2,  Hannah,  b.  May  4,  1787;  3,  Fanny,  b. 
Apr.  28,  1790. 

Caleb  Marsh  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Ruth  Dodge,  Feb.  13,  1759.  Ch. — 1, 
Betsey;  2,  Tyler;  3,  Purley;  4,  Amasa,  b.  Apr.  21,  1768;  5,  Polly,  b.  Apr.  1, 
1778;  d.  young;  6,  Lemuel,  b.  Dec.  22,  1781;  d.  young. 

.Tyler2  (Caleb1),  m.  Lucy  Putnam.  Ch.— 1,  Betsey,  b.  Dec.  28,  1793;  2, 
Seraph,  b.  Apr.  7,  1796;  3,  Harriet,  b.  May  28,  1798;  4,  Lewis,  b.  Oct.  22, 
1800;  5,  Willard,  b.  June  17,  1802. 

Ebenezer  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Mary .  Ch. — 1,  Ebenezer,  b.  Apr.  15, 

1765 ;  2,  Mary,  b.  May  17,  1767 ;  3,  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  29,  1769 ;  4,  Marcus,  b. 
July  26,  1771;  5,  Silas,  b.  Aug.  24,  1773;  6,  Ezekiel,  b.  Dec.  7,  1775;  7,  Anna, 
b.  Aug.  15,  1780;  8,  Mercy,  b.  May  6,  1784;  9,  Phebe,  b.  June  28,  1786;  10, 
John,  b.  Mar.  18,  1788. 

Ezekiel2  (Ebenezer1),  m.  Sukey  Paisley,  May  21,  1805.  Ch.— 1,  George,  b. 
Feb.  13,  1805;  2,  Sukey,  b.  July  29,  1806;  d.  Jan.  14,  1810;  3,  Daniel,  b.  June 
18,  1808;  4,  Elijah,  b.  May  11,  1810;  5,  Ezekiel  P.,  b.  June  28,  1812. 

Alpheus  Marsh  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Patty  Butler,  Mar.  28, 1800;  she  d. 
June  26,  1812.  Ch.— 1,  Patty,  b.  July  2,  1801;  2,  Alpheus,  b.  Dec.  9,  1805. 

McKiNSTRY,  REV.  JOHN. 

John  McKinstry,  the  first  of  the  name  who  came  to  this 
country,  was  born  in  Erode  Parish,  in  the  county  of  Antrim, 
Ireland,  in  1677.  He  was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  was  the 
son  of  Roger  McKinstry  and  Mary  Wilson,  who  lived  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Edinburgh  until  compelled  by  the  perse- 
cutions under  Charles  II.,  about  1669,  to  seek  security  and 
repose  with  their  Presbyterian  brethren  in  the  Province  of 
Ulster  and  the  county  of  Antrim. 


692  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

He  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  from 
which  he  graduated  master  of  arts  in  1712.  How  he  dis- 
posed of  himself  for  the  next  six  years  is  not  known ;  he 
certainly  qualified  himself  for  the  ministry,  and  undoubtedly 
received  Presbyterian  ordination. 

He  joined  the  company  of  emigrants  from  the  north  of 
Ireland  in  the  summer  of  1718,  and  arrived  in  Boston  Aug. 
4,  1718.  He  followed  the  fortunes  of  that  portion  of  the 
immigrants  that  went  to  Worcester  county.  He  had  not 
long  been  there  before  his  services  were  sought  by  the  peo- 
ple of  Sutton. 

[For  action  of  the  town  in  reference  to  his  settlement  and 
dismission,  see  Annals.] 

After  his  dismissal  he  concluded  to  join  his  Presbyterian 
brethren  in  New  York.  On  his  way  thither,  his  wife's  health 
failing,  he  rested  at  East  Windsor,  in  Connecticut.  The 
parish  in  the  eastern  precinct  of  the  town,  afterward  called 
Ellington,  having  no  preacher,  he  was  requested  to  supply 
the  pulpit.  This  circumstance  resulted  in  a  suspension  of 
his  journey  southward,  and  a  settlement  over  that  parish  as 
its  first  pastor,  in  1733.  He  continued  in  this  situation  six- 
teen years,  and  remained  in  the  town  until  his  death,  which 
took  place  on  Sunday,  January  20,  1754,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-seven  years.  He  preached  on  the  Sunday  previous 
to  his  death. 

Mr.  McKinstry  is  said  to  have  been  a  gentleman  of  good 
abilities,  of  popular  talents,  of  unwavering  integrity,  a  qual- 
ity belonging  to  the  family. 

His  wife  died  October  25,  1762,  aged  eighty-one. 

Soon  after  his  settlement  in  Sutton  he  married  Elizabeth 
Fairfield  of  Wenham,  probably  a  daughter  of  William  Fair- 
field,  who  represented  his  town  in  the  general  court  twenty- 
seven  years,  in  nine  of  which  he  was  speaker  of  the  house. 

By  her  he  had  seven  children,  viz:  1,  John,  b.  Dec.  31,  1723;  2,  Mary,  b. 
Jan.  24,  1726;  m.  Daniel  Ellsworth  of  Ellington;  3,  Alexander,  b.  May  16, 
1729;  4,  William,  b.  Oct.  8,  1732:  5,  Paul,  b.  Sept.  18,  1734;  6,  Elizabeth,  b. 
May  27,  1736;  7,  Abigail,  b.  Mar.  26,  1739. 

The  first  two  were  born  in  Sutton,  the  others  in  Ellington,  Ct. 

Elizabeth  and  Abigail  died  unmarried,  the  latter  in  Ellington,  May  18, 1814. 
Elizabeth  was  killed  by  a  negro  servant  of  her  brother  William,  June  4,  1763, 


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while  she  was  visiting  him  in  Taunton.  The  negro  was  fond  of  Elizabeth, 
but  had  been  made  to  believe  that  he  could  obtain  his  freedom  by  killing  some 
one  of  the  family.  He  therefore  took  an  opportunity,  when  his  victim's  back 
was  towards  him,  and  struck  her  a  fatal  blow  on  the  back  of  her  head  with  a 
flat-iron.  Much  excitement  was  produced  in  that  quiet  village  and  through- 
out the  county  by  this  sad  event,  and  a  great  crowd  attended  on  his  trial  and 
execution  which  soon  afterward  followed. 

John,  eldest  son  of  Rev.  John,  married  Eunice,  daughter  of  David  Smith  of 
Suffield,  Ct,  1760.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1746;  was  a  class-mate 
and  chum  of  Ezra  Stiles,  afterwards  the  distinguished  president  of  the  college. 
He  was  ordained  the  first  pastor  of  the  secdnd  church  in  Springfield,  now 
Chicopee,  in  1752;  the  church  was  formed  in  September  of  the  same  year. 

Alexander  married  Sarah  Lee  of  Litchfield,  Ct.,  and  died  in  Ellington,  Nov. 
9,  1759. 

William  married  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Leonard,  pastor  of 
the  first  church  in  Plymouth,  November  27,  1760.  He  was  a  physician  and 
settled  in  Taunton.  He  died  March  21,  1776. 

Just  before  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  of  the  revolution,  he  was  in  success- 
ful practice  in  Taunton ;  but,  being  suspected  of  Tory  principles,  became  the 
subject  of  offensive  remark  and  was  exposed  to  insult  and  injury.  Being  in 
feeble  health  and  of  a  sensitive  nature  which  could  not  bear  hard  usage  nor  a 
suspected  position,  he  thought  it  advisable  to  retire  for  a  time  to  Boston,  where 
his  family  soon  joined  him.  So  high  was  his  reputation  in  his  profession  that 
he  received  from  General  Gage  the  appointment  of  surgeon-general  of  the  hos- 
pitals in  Boston.  When  Boston  was  evacuated,  Dr.  McKinstry  and  his  family 
went  on  board  the  fleet,  which  lay  ten  days  in  Nautasket  roads  waiting  orders. 
During  that  time,  viz.,  March  21,  1776,  Dr.  McKinstry  died  of  consumption 
on  board  the  Dutton  hospital  ship,  at  the  age  of  forty-three  years,  and  his 
remains  lie  buried  on  George's  Island  in  that  harbor. 

Paul  had  three  wives:  1st,  Sarah  Laird  of  Stafford;  2d,  wid.  Abigail  Stone, 
maiden  name  Dean ;  3d, . 

McCLELLAN. 
BY  R.   R.   DODGE. 

Several  families  of  this  name  came  to  America  probably 
about  the  years  1690  to  1700 ;  but  their  residence,  connec- 
tions and  genealogy  are  not  fully  known.  They  were  of 
Scottish  origin.  One  family  settled  in  Woodstock,  Conn. 
Colonel  Hugh  McClellan  settled  in  Colraine.  Rev.  Daniel 
McClellan  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  but  was  living  in  Col- 
raine in  1769.  James  McClellan  came  into  New  England 
about  1718,  and  settled  in  Worcester. 

He  married  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Dea.  Percival  Hall  of  Sutton,  Dec.  22,  1722. 
They  had  six  children:  John,  b.  Dec.  6,  1723;  Rebecca,  b.  April  23,  1725; 
James,  b.  June  22,  1727;  Mary,  b.  Jan.  17,  1730;  Moses,  b.  July  9,  1733; 
David,  b.  Aug.  19,  1735. 


694  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

James,  the  third  child,  married  Sarah  Axtell  of  Grafton,  Feb.  2,  1758.  He 
purchased  a  farm  in  the  eastern  part  of  Sutton,  upon  which  he  settled,  and 
where  he  and  his  wife  lived  until  their  death.  He  d.  Sept.  11,  1794.  She 
was  b.  1737;  d.  Sept.  2,  1805. 

The  farm  was  occupied  by  his  son,  Deacon  James  McClellan,  and  his  grand- 
son, Deacon  John  McClellan,  until  the  year  1855,  when  it  was  purchased  by 
Reuben  R.  Dodge,  in  whose  possession  it  now  remains. 

Ch.  of  James  and  Sarah  McClellan :  James,  b.  Aug.  8,  1759 ;  d.  June  26, 
1841,  aged  eighty-two;  Betsey,  b.  1761;  d.  June  20,  1766;  Sallie,  b.  1763; 
d.  July  2,  1766;  Anna,  b.  1765;  d.  July  22,  1766. 

James,  the  only  surviving  child  of  James  and  Sarah  McClellan,  settled  on 
the  same  farm.  He  married  Beulah,  dau.  of  Dea.  Jonathan  Bacon  (then  of 
Northbridge,  afterwards  of  Dudley),  in  Nov.  1784.  Mrs.  Beulah  McClellan  d. 
Aug.  9,  1837,  aged  seventy-three. 

Ch.  of  James  and  Beulah  McClellan:  Betsey,  b.  1785;  d.  Aug.  14,  1852; 
Sarah,  b.  1787;  d.  Aug.  29,  1837;  James,  b.  Sept.  18,  1789;  d.  July  11,  1868; 
Patty,  b.  1791;  d.  Feb.  2,  1816;  Nancy,  b.  Jan.  13,  1794;  d.  Oct.  26,  1864; 
Mary,  b.  1796;  Beulah,  b.  1798;  d.  Nov.  22,  1815;  Lucy,  b.  Dec.  4,  1800;  d. 
Mar.  1870;  John,  b.  Dec.  8,  1806. 

I.  Betsey  McClellan,  oldest  child  of  Dea.  James  and  Beulah  McClellan, 
was  m.  to  Warren  Marsh  of  Sutton,  1806.  Ch.— Mary,  b.  Oct.  28,  1806;  d. 
July  1876;  Paulina  B.,  b.  1810;  Waldo,  b.  Mar.  27,  1812;  Louisa  C.  b.  1814; 
Martha  True,  b.  1816;  Maria  True,  b.  1818. 

Mary  M.  Marsh  was  m.  to  Col.  Timothy  Wheelock  of  Grafton,  b.  May  19, 
1800,  Feb.  7,  1825.  Ch.— Harriet  L.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1826;  d.  Sept.  4,  1828;  Timo- 
thy E.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1828;  Harriet  L.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1830;  d.  Apr.  30,  1857; 
Warren,  b.  Jan.  4,  1840;  d.  Sept.  7,  1842;  Ellen  M.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1843. 

Timothy  E.  m.  Elizabeth  J.  Good,  Nov.  26,  1854.  Ch.— Warren  W.,  b. 
Aug.  7,  1855;  Edward,  b.  Aug.  5,  1857;  Charles,  b.  Aug.  18,  1859. 

Paulina  B.  Marsh  m.  Eli  Sprague  of  Sutton,  Mar.  25,  1835.  Ch. — George; 
Mary;  Harriet;  Martha. 

George  Sprague  m.  Letitia  Young,  Aug.  1865.  Ch. — Joseph;  Martha  True; 
Mary  Jane. 

Mary  Sprague  m.  George  Williams,  who  d. ;  afterward  m.  Joseph  L.  Hill. 

Harriet  Sprague  m.  Charles  Hammond.     Ch. — Ezra  W. ;  Arthur. 

Martha  Sprague  m.  John  M.  Fairbanks.     Ch. — Marietta;  Alonzo  F. 

Waldo  Marsh,  m.  Rhoda  Stillwell,  (b.  Dec.  6, 1813),  Oct.  18,  1834.  Ch.— 
Abram  L.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1835;  d.  Sept  2,  1852;  Henrietta,  b.  Feb.  5,  1838;  d. 
Aug.  18,  1870;  Joseph  W.,b.  Oct.  30,  1842;  d.  Sept.  2,  1861;  MaryE.,b.  Apr. 
23,  1845;  d.  June  1,  1846;  Mary  A.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1847;  d.  Jan.  17,  1865;  Abby 
A.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1851;  George  I.  b.  1855. 

Henrietta  Marsh  m.  Holden  Eldred,  Jan.  22,  1859. 

Mary  A.  Marsh  m.  Jacob  Plank,  Jan.  1863. 

Abby  A.  Marsh  m.  John  W.  Winans,  Jan.   17,  1872.     Ch.— Charles  W. 

Louisa  C.  Marsh  m.  Albert  C.  Williams  (b.  1813),  Apr.  1835.  Ch.— Ellen 
L.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1837;  m.  William  H.  Fairbanks  of  Holden,  Oct.  30, 1860.  Ch.— 
Adele  L.,  b.  Sept.  1861;  Jennie  M.,  b.  Dec.  1865;  Edward  E.,  b.  Aug.  1868; 
William  G.,  b.  May  1874. 

Maria  Marsh  m.  Daniel  Tainter.  Ch. — Louise,  m.  Henry  Woodruff;  Etta, 
m.  Eugene  Reade;  George,  d.  at  the  age  of  12. 

Martha  T.  Marsh  m.  Jeremiah  True. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  695 

H.  Sarah  McClellan  m.  Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Forbush,  Aug.  24,  1812.  Ch.— 
Jonathan  M.,  b.  Mar.  19,  1815;  d.  Mar.  24,  1836;  James  E.,  d.  1868;  Lurinda 
B.  ;  Edwin  A.,  d.  1871;  Sarah  M. ;  Mary  A.,  b.  1825. 

James  E.  Forbush  m.  Elizabeth  Goddard.  Ch. — Mary  A.,  Annette,  James 
M.,  Elizabeth  G.,  George  S.,  Frank  M. 

James  M.  Forbush  m.  Emily  Whitney  of  Natick,  May  19, 1869.  Ch.— Gayle 
F.,  Bessie  E. 

Elizabeth  G.  Forbush  m.  Fred.  M.  Morse,  Nov.  29,  1876. 

Lurinda  B.  Forbush  m.  Dr.  Wm.  M.  Barrett,  Nov.  30,  1846.  Ch.— Emma 
C.,  William  E.,  Alice  M.,  Bertha. 

Emma  C.  Barrett  m.  George  C.  Cutler. 

Edwin  A.  Forbush  m.  Melvina  F.  Ware  of  Wrentham,  Oct.  24, 1841.  Ch.— 
Sarah  E.,  Preston  W.,  Edwin  A.,  Flora  D.,  Walter. 

Sarah  E.  Forbush  m.  George  Chamberlain  of  Ashland,  1862.  Ch. — George, 
jr.,  b.  1864;  d.  1864. 

George  Chamberlain,  d.  1864.  His  wid.,  Sarah  E.,  m.  George  Downs  of 
Ashland.  Ch.— Nettie. 

Preston  W.  Forbush  m.  Eliza  F.  Higley  of  Ashland,  Oct.  23,  1866.  Ch.— 
Hattie,  Harry  W. 

Edwin  A.  Forbush  m.  Josie  Pond.     One  child ;  d.  young. 

Mary  A.  Forbush  m.  Norman  F.  Wright,  1845.  Ch.— Emma  C.,  b.  1847; 
Arthur  M.,  b.  1849;  Frank  F.,  b.  1851;  Fred.  N.,  b.  1853;  George,  b.  1855;  d. 
1858;  Walter  K.,  b.  1858. 

Arthur  M.  Wright  m.  1876.  „ 

Frank  F.  Wright  m.  Mary  Abbott  of  Binghampton,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  15,  1875. 

III.  James  McClellan  m.  Fanny  Fletcher  of  Northbridge,  1812;  b.  June  21, 
1790.  Ch.— James,  b.  July  25,  1813,  d.  Feb.  1855;  Cornelia  F.,  b.  Mar.  28, 
1815;  d.  Oct.  1839;  Andrew  F.,  b.  1816;  d.  1817;  Leonard  E.,  b.  Sept.  18, 
1817;  Martha,  b.  Jan.  27,  1819;  Nancy,  b.  Apr.  12,  1821;  d.  May  1875;  Beu- 
lah  M.,  b,  Dec.  26,  1824;  Gilbert,  b.  Aug.  1826;  d.  1829. 

James  McClellan  m.  Edith  S.  Sherman,  Sept.  1,  1835;  she  d.  Mar.  1837;  he 
m.  2d,  Eunice  C.  Sherman,  May  1839.  Ch.— James  O.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1840; 
Edith  S.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1841;-  Louise,  b.  June  16,  1843;  Clara  E.,  b.  Mar.  5, 1845; 
S.  Medora,  b.  Mar.  5,  1847;  Florence,  b.  Dec.  1849;  d.  1852;  Eunice  C.,  d. 
1850. 

James  McClellan  m.  3d,  Eliza ,  1851.  Ch.— Fanny,  b.  Apr.  1852;  Ara- 
bella, b.  1853;  d.  1855. 

James  O.  McClellan  m.  Carrie  *,  1867.  Ch. — Florence,  b.  July  1870; 

Edith,  b.  Nov.  1871. 

Edith  S.  McClellan  m.  John  Titsworth  of  Aurora,  111.,  June  1868.  Ch.— 
Gertrude,  b.  1871 ;  Edna. 

Louise  McClellan  m.  John  Parrington,  June  1861.  Ch. — John  W.,  b.  June 
10,  1869;  Vernon,  b.  Sept.  1871. 

Clara  E.  McClellan  m.  James  Shaffer  of  Chicago,  111.,  Feb.  11,  1868.  Ch.— 
Dora,  b.  Sept.  5,  1870. 

S.  Medora  McClellan  m.  Dr.  John  Mitchell  of  Chicago,  111.,  May  28,1872. 
Ch.— Beulah,  b.  Mar.  15,  1873;  Westley  Clair,  b.  Aug.  5,  1874. 

Fanny  M.  McClellan  m.  Lorin  Kilburn,  May  1874. 

Cornelia  F.  McClellan  m.  Isaac  Grimwood  of  Bristol,  111.,  Feb.  1839. 

Leonard  E.  McClellan  m.  Cornelia  Seeley  of  Bristol,  111.,  Dec.  1842, 

Martha  McClellan  in.  John  M-  VanOsdel  of  Chicago,  111, 


696  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Nancy  McClellan  m.  Dea.  Samuel  Lathrop  of  Bristol,  111.,  July  5,  1838. 
Ch.— Leonard  O.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1840;  Cornelia  E.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1842;  Lenora  F., 
b.  Dec.  28,  1846;  Emma  A.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1849;  Jessie,  b.  Jan.  8,  1857;  John 
M.,  b.  May  1,  1860;  d.  Dec.  12,  1871. 

Leonard  O.  Lathrop  m.  Josephine  Parsons  of  Piano,  111.,  Dec.  1870.  Ch. — 
Emma  L.,  b.  June  16,  1872. 

Cornelia  E.  Lathrop  m.  Edward  Hobbs,  Feb.  13,  1868.  Ch.— Cornelia  L., 
b.  Mar.  2,  1869;  Frances  J.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1874. 

Lenora  F.  Lathrop  m.  Emmett  Arnold  of  Bristol,  111.,  Sept.  1870.  Ch. — 
Emma  L.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1868;  d.  1869;  Andrew  H.,  b.  July  14,  1870;  Fred.  L., 
b.  Jan.  10,  1875. 

Emma  A.  Lathrop  m.  William  W.  Dixon  of  Bristol,  111.,  June  15,  1871. 

Beulah  McClellan  m.  Francis  S.  Seeley  of  Bristol,  111.,  Feb.  1842. 

IV.  Patty  McClellan  m.  Joshua  Armsby  of  Sutton,  Apr.  19,  1813.     Ch. — 
Lewis,  b.  June  25,  1814;  d.  Feb.  23,  1873;   Joshua  M.,  b.  Jan.  1816;   d.  Dec. 
1873. 

Lewis  Armsby  m.  1st,  Clarissa  B.  Downe  of  Framingham;  she  d.  June  1846 ; 
he  m.  2d,  Mary  A.  Prentiss  of  Northbridge,  June  6,  1847.  Ch. — Henry,  b. 
July  1848;  d.  Aug.  1848;  Henry  P.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1853;  Eddie  L.,  b.  Dec.  4, 
1858;  d.  Sept.  1859. 

Joshua  W.  Armsby  m.  Emeline  Brewer  of  Worcester.  Ch. — Twins,  d. 
young;  Ella  A.,  b.  Oct.  1847;  George  F.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1850. 

George  F.  Armsby  m.  Emily  Banister  of  Worcester,  Dec.  1872.  Ch. — 
Maud,  b.  Dec.  1874;  Florence  and  Robert  B.,  b.  Mar.  1876. 

V.  Nancy  McClellan  m.  Apr.  1818,  Rev.  Job  Boomer  of  Fall  River;  b.  Sept. 
8,  1793;  d.  Aug.  16,  1864.     Ch.— Nancy  M.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1819;  Amelia  M.,  b. 
June  19,  1823;   Lucius  B.,  b.  July  4,  1826;  George  B.,  b.  July  26,  1832;   d. 
May  22,  1863. 

Nancy  M.  Boomer,  m.  June  18,  1840,  John  Dagget  of  Attleboro,  b.  Feb.  10, 
1805.  Ch.— Mary  B.,  b.  June  17,  1842;  d.  Sept.  9,  1842;  Marcia  M.,  b.  Dec. 
26,  1843;  d.  Aug.  19,  1854;  John  M.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1845;  Charles  S.  b.  June  5, 
1848;  d.  June  27,  1855;  Amelia  M.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1850;  Henry  H.,  b.  Sept.  10, 
1852;  d.  Aug.  13,  1854;  Herman  S.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1855;  d.  Mar.  9,  1858. 

John  M.  Dagget  m.  Nov.  18,  1868,  Rose  E.  Brown  of  Stonington,  Ct,  b. 
Mar.  17,  1849.  Ch.— John  M.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1869;  Ernestine  R.,  b.  Oct.  14, 
1873;  d.  Feb.  26,  1874. 

Amelia  M.  Boomer  m.  Sept.  1846,  Andrus  Stone  of  Brookfield,  b.  June  18, 
1824.  Ch.— Isabella  G.  and  Arabella  J.,  b.  June  5,  1848. 

Isabella  G.  Stone  m.  Francis  S.  Marbury  of  New  York  City,  Jan.  22,  1868. 
Ch.— Francis  S.,  b.  Nov.  1868;  Isabella  G.,  b.  June  1871. 

Arabella  J.  Stone  m.  William  L.  Thompson  of  New  York  City,  Jan.  28, 
1869.  Ch.— William  L.,  b.  Nov.  1869;  George  F. 

Lucius  B.  Boomer  m.  Sept.  20,  1848,  Elizabeth  Messenger  of  Fitchburg,  b. 
Aug.  4,  1824;  d.  Dec.  15,  1850.  Ch.— Lucius  S.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1850. 

Lucius  B.  Boomer  m.  2d,  Sept.  4,  1855,  Mary  A.  DeForest  of  Bridgeport, 
Ct.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1828.  Ch.— William  B.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1857;  Mary  M.,  b.  July 
7,  1861. 

Lucius  S.  Boomer  m.  Mar.  13,  1877,  Bertha  Sterling  of  Bridgeport,  Ct. 

VI.  Mary  McClellan  m.  Dana  Gale,  May  1823.    Ch.— Joseph  F.,  b.  Sept. 
21,  1824;  James  M.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1825;  Jonathan  D.,  b.  June  19,  1829. 


TOWN    OF   8UTTON.  697 

Joseph  F.  Gale  in.  Lois  Sloan  of  New  York,  Jan.  13, 1856.  Ch. — John  D., 
b.  Oct.  11,  1856;  Mary  J.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1858;  Joseph  E.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1860;  d. 
Feb.  5,  1861;  Lois  S.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1862;  d.  Aug.  23,  1862;  George  W.,  b.  Jan. 
22,  1868;  d.  Aug.  20,  1868;  Ella  B.,  b.  June  21,  1870;  d.  July  30,  1870. 

James  M.  Gale  m.  Susan  B.  Boomer  of  Bristol,  111.,  Mar.  4,  1856.  Ch. — 
Inez  M.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1857;  d.  Oct.  30,  1857;  Arthur  J.,  b.  July  14,  1859. 

Jonathan  D.  Gale  m.  Leannah  .  Ch. — Mary  E.,  b.  May  12,  1855; 

Edwin  D.,  b.  Sept.  1856;  d.  May  1857;  George  F.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1859;  Minnie 
E.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1866. 

Mary  E.  Gale  m.  Thomas  S.  Stump,  Oct.  24,  1872.  Ch.— Arthur  D.,  b. 
Sept.  8,  1873. 

VII.  Lucy  McClellan  m.  Apr.  20,  1822,  James  Boomer  of  Fall  River,  who 
d.  Nov.  1876.     Ch.— Mary  L.  b.  July  8,  1825;   d.  June  1845;  Susan  B.,  b. 
Nov.  19,1827;   James  M.,  b.  June  26,  1831;   Charles  S.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1834;    d. 
Apr.  17,  1871;   Merrill  F.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1839;    d.  Dec.  5,  1864;   Cornelia  E.,  b. 
May  23,  1842. 

Susan  B.  Boomer  m.  James  Gale,  Mar.  4,  1856.  Ch. — Inez  M.,  b.  Feb.  11, 
1857;  d.  Oct.  30,  1857;  Arthur  J.,  b.  July  14,  1859. 

James  Boomer  m.  Mary  A.  Haigh  of  Bristol,  111.,  Feb.  13,  1862.  Ch.— 
Alice,  b.  Feb.  28,  1864;  Merrill  B.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1867;  James  D.,  b.  Aug.  30, 
1870;  d.  Aug.  18,  1873. 

Cornelia  E.  Boomer  m.  Dr.  William  Putney,  Mar.  13,  1873.  Ch.— LucyB., 
b.  June  30,  1874. 

VIII.  Dea.  John  McClellan  m.  Oct.  14.  1834,  Anna  I.  Dagget  of  Attleboro, 
b.  Nov.  24,  1811.     Ch.— James  E.,  b.  June  16,  1838;   d.  July  7,  1863;  Emma 
C.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1841;   Sarah  J.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1843;   Marcy  T.,  b.  July  22,  1845; 
John  E.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1847;  Arthur  D.,  b.  May  21,  1850;   Leila  A.,  b.  Feb.  23, 
1852;   d.  July  29,  1875;   Francis  A.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1854;    Jennie  I.,  b.  July  7, 
1857. 

John  E.  McClellan  m.  Mary  Bartshee  of  Buffalo,  Missouri,  Nov.  17,  1868. 
Ch.— James  H.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1869;  Annie,  b.  May  8;  1871;  Arthur  L.,  b.  Mar. 
14,  1873. 


MILLS. 

Rev.  Edmund  Mills  was  born  in  Kent,  Connecticut,  in 
1752.     He  was  the  son  of  John  and  Jane_ (Lewis)  Mills. 

He  m.  Mrs.  Abigail  (Moore)  Packard,  Jan.  23, 1789.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  Jan. 
10,  1790;  d.  Jan.  1800;  2,  Edmund  John,  b.  Aug.  17,  1791;  3,  Abbie  M.,  b, 
May  16,  1793;  m.  William  Whittlesey,  Oct.  27,  1815;  4,  Maria  S.,  b.  Dec.  2. 
1794;  m.  Newton  Whittlesey,  Apr.  15,  1821;  5,  an  infant,  b.  Sept.  19,  1797; 
d.  1797;  6,  Lewis,  b.  Mar.  26,  1800;  7,  Henry,  b.  Feb.  20,  1802. 

Edmund  John8  (Rev.  Edmund2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Tenney,  Feb.  1825.  Ch.— 
1,  William  Edmund,  b.  Nov.  2,  1825 ;  m.  E.  J.  Dusenbury,  Sept.  3,  1851 ;  2, 
Nancy  Tenney,  b.  Mar.  15,  1828;  m.  Leander  Taylor,  Jan.  3, 1854;  3,  Samuel 
John,  b.  Nov.  17,  1830;  d.  Jan.  23,  1837;  4,  Franklin  Lewis,  b.  Oct.  24,  1836; 
5,  an  infant  son,  b.  Mar.  1835;  d.  Mar.  31,  1835;  6,  Sarah  Maria,  b.  Aug.  J8, 
1841. 


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MORSE  . 

Dr.  Benjamin  Morse,  born  in  Newbury,  was  the  son  of 
Benjamin,  who  married  Susanna  Merrill ;  who  was  the  son  of 
Benjamin,  who  married  Ruth  Sawyer ;  who  was  the  son  of 
Anthony,  who  came  from  Marlborough,  England,  and  settled 
in  Newbury  in  1635.  He  came  to  Sutton,  according  to  Dea. 
Leland,  in  1734;  when  he  was  about  twenty-one  years  of 
age;  married  May  25,  1735,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Dudley,  Esq.  He  died,  according  to  Dr.  Hall,  April  2, 
1776. 

Ch.— 1,  Judith,  b.  Dec.  16,  1737;  m.  1st,  Silas  Hazeltine,  Juue-6,  1758;  m. 
2d,  Eli  Whitney,  July  15,  1759;  2,  Benjamin,  b.  Mar.  20,  1740;  3,  Francis,  b. 
Sept.  30,  1742;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Mar.  29,  1745;  m.  Isaac  Dodge,  jr.,  Mar.  19, 
1771 ;  5,  Hannah,  6,  Susanna,  twins,  b.  May  29,  1747 ;  Hannah  m.  Joseph 
Bullen,  jr.,  Feb.  11,  1774;  Susanna  d.  young;  7,  Ezekiel,  b.  Sept.  12,  1749; 
8,  John,  b.  July  31,  1752. 

Benjamin5  (Benjamin4,  Benjamin3,  Benjamin'2,  Anthony1),  m.  Mrs.  Mary 
Barnard,  Nov.  27,  1760.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  28, 1762;  2,  Benjamin,  b.  Mar. 
10,  1763;  3,  Abel,  b.  Feb.  11,  1765;  4,  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  9,  1766;  5,  Susanna, 
b.  Oct.  29,  1769;  6,  Barnard,  b.  Nov.  6,  1777. 

Benjamin"  (Benjamin5,  Benjamin4,  Benjamin3,  Benjamin2,  Anthony1),  m. 

Elizabeth ;  she  d.  June  20,  1815.  Ch.— 1,  Lefe,  b.  Nov.  25,  1788;  2, 

Late,  m.  Nov.  25,  1791;  3,  Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  27,  1795. 

Ezekiel5  (Benjamin4,  Benjamin3,  Benjamin2,  Anthony1),  m.  Mary  Tyler, 
Feb.  18, 1785.  Ch.— 1,  Polly  Tyler,!).  Apr.  29, 1787 ;  m.  Septimus  Huntington, 
Feb.  7,  1810;  2,  Royal  Tyler,  b.  Aug.  12,  1790;  3,  Nabby  Dudley,  b.  Mar.  5, 
1793;  4,  Benj.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1796. 

Moody4  (Anthony8,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m.  May  7,  1741,  Hannah  Carleton, 
who  was  brought  up  in  the  family  of  Nathaniel  Fry  of  Audover;  he  d.  Aug. 
14,  1805.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  23,  1742;  m.  Lot  Hutchinson,  Sept.  25, 
1764;  2,  Moody,  b.  July  7,  1746;  3,  Molly,  b.  July  25,  1748;  m.  John  Dudley, 
Oct.  13,  1768;  4,  Nathaniel  Fry,  b.  Dec.  6,  1750;  d.  in  1828;  5,  Caleb,  b.  July 
26,  1753;  6,  Martha,  b.  Apr.  14,  1756;  m.  Daniel  Tenney,  jr.,  Jan.  29,  1779; 
7,  Joshua,  b.  July  9,  1759 ;  8,  Susanna,  b.  Apr.  21,  1761;  d.  unmarried ;  9, 
David,  b.  June  17,  1765. 

Moody5  (Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  or.  Abigail  Leland,  Mar. 
31,  1774.  Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  1775;  d.  Mar.  16,  1788;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  Apr. 
22,  1777;  3,  Molly,  b.  Apr.  3,  1779;  m.  Levi  Ball;  4,  Moses  Leland,  b.  May 
19,  1781;  5,  Prudence,  b.  June  12,  1783;  m.  Maj.  Josiah  Willard;  6,  Charles, 
b.  Oct.  27, 1785;  m.  Sally  Butterfield;  7,  Silence,  b.  Mar.  15,  1788. 

Moses  L.6  (Moody5,  Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m.  Huldah 
Sibley,  Dec.  10,  1804.  Ch.— 1,  Charles  Willard,  b.  Dec.  27,  1805;  2,  Ruth 
Sibley,  b.  May  15,  1822;  m.  Aug.  25,  1844,  Rev.  Charles  F.  Allen,  D.  D.,  who 
is  now  president  of  the  Maine  Agricultural  college,  Orono.  They  have  four 
children :  Mary  Elizabeth,  Isabel  Sibley,  William  Albert  and  Charles  Morse. 

Charles  W.7  (Moses  L.6,  Moody5,  Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1), 
m.  1st,  Hannah  Dascomb  Russell,  June  16,  1832;  she  d.  Mar.  3,  1860;  m.  2d, 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  699 

Mrs.  Rebekah  True  Cobb,  May  8,  1861.  Ch.— 1,  Abby  Caroline,  b.  Aug.  16, 
1833;  2,  Joseph  Leland,  b.  Mar.  23,  1835;  d.  Apr.  17,  1836;  3,  Joseph  Leland, 
b.  May  4,  1837;  4,  Mary  Russell,  b.  Dec.  20,  1839;  d.  June  2,  1853. 

Josepb  L.8  (Charles  W.7,  Moses  L.6,  Moody5,  Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2, 
Anthony1),  graduated  at  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Conn.,  1859.  Pro- 
fessor of  languages  at  the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary  and  Female  College  at 
Kent's  Hill,  Maine,  since  1862;  joined  Maine  Conference,  M.  E.  church,  1861; 
m.  Emily  J.  Leavitt,  Oct.  5,  1861.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  Susan,  b.  Sept.  21,  1862;  2, 
Isabell  Russell,  b.  May  22,  1866;  3,  Charles  Leavitt,  b.  Aug.  23,  1867;  4, 
Albert  Augustus,  b.  July  21,  1870;  5,  Harriet  Leland,  b.  June  16,  1874. 

Nathaniel  T.5  (Moody4,  Anthony8,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m.  Hannah  Gibbs, 
May  18,  1774;  she  d.  Oct.  22,  1805;  m.  2d,  Rebekah  Hall  Putnam  in  1810; 
she  d.  Jan.  28,  1819.  Ch.— 1,  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  11,  1774;  d.  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  months;  2,  Lucy,  b.  Oct.  2,  1776;  3,  Susanna,  b.  Oct.  24,  1778;  d. 
at  thirteen*  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  5,  1780;  m.  Tarrant  King,  July  20,  1803;  5, 
Sylvester,  b.  Jan.  18,  1783;  d.  Nov.  7,  1820;  6,  Vandalinda,  b.  Apr.  28,  1785; 
m.  Simon  Hutchinson,  Nov.  28,  1806;  7,  John,  b.  Aug.  8, 1787;  8,  Hannah,  b. 
Oct.  13,  1789;  d.  at  two  years  of  age;  9,  Nathaniel,  b.  Nov.  27,  1792;  d.  un- 
married; 10,  Polly,  b.  Mar.  1,  1795;  11,  Arethusa,  b.  Aug.  30,1797;  m.  Ithran 
Harris,  Dec.  19,  1820. 

Sylvester6  (Nathaniel  F.5,  Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m.  1st, 
Lucy  Hutchinson,  Nov.  28,  1808;  m.  2d,  Abigail  Leland,  May  20,  1815. 
Ch.— 1,  Sylvester,  b.  Sept.  24,  1816;  2,  Lucy  Hutchinson,  b.  Aug.  22,  1818;  3, 
Edward  W.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1820. 

John6  (Nathaniel5,  Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m.  Polly  Hath- 
away, Nov.  15,  1805.  Ch. — 1,  Susanna,  b.  Feb.  14,  1811;  2,  Leander,  b.  Aug. 
15,  1812;  drowned  July  21,  1814;  3,  Mary  Gibbs,  b.  Jan.  29,  1815;  4,  Harriet 
Newell,  b.  Mar.  29,  1817;  5,  John  Hathaway,  b.  July  21,  1819;  6,  Catherine 
Brown,  b.  Apr.  22,  1822;  d.  in  New  Orleans;  7,  David  Wilkinson,  b.  Feb.  16, 
1825;  8,  Jane  Wellington  (according  to  Dea.  Leland). 

John  H.7  (John6,  Nathaniel5,  Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m. 
1st,  Panthea  Armsby  of  Sutton,  Mar.  3,  1841 ;  she  d.  Nov.  18,  1844;  m.  2d, 
Mary  P.  Barrows,  Jan.  1,  1861.  Ch.— 1,  John  Grant,  b.  July  11,  1863;  2, 
George  Barrows,  b.  Aug.  8,  1868;  3,  Horace  Armsby,  b.  Mar.  27,  1873. 

David  W.7  (John6,  Nathaniel5,  Moody4,  Anthony8,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m. 

1st, ;  m.  2d,  Anne  S.  Crist,  Mar.  28,  1865.  Ch.— 1,  Ella  P.,  b.  Sept  1, 

1849;  2,  John  H.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1851;  3,  Annie,  b.  Nov.  4,  1859;  4,  Willy  C.,  b. 
Feb.  3,  1866;  5,  Bessie,  b.  Oct.  30,  1867. 

Caleb5  (Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  in.  Lucy  Ward,  1777.  Ch. — 
1,  Joseph  Ward,  b.  Nov.  8,  1778;  m.  Susan  Elliot  of  Leicester;  2,  Oliver,  b. 
Feb.  7,  1781;  m.  Laurinda  Prouty  of  Spencer;  3,  Mindwell,  b.  Mar.  9,  1783; 
m.  Major  Prouty  of  Spencer;  4,  Nancy,  b.  July  4,  1785;  m.  Eleazer  Prouty  of 
Spencer;  5,  Caleb  Moody,  b.  Feb.  27,  1788;  m.  Polly  Bernis;  6,  Lucy,  m. 
Rev. Hitchcock;  7,  George  Washington. 

Joshua5  (Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m.  Caroline  Matilda 
Hathaway,  May  9,  1782.  Ch.— 1,  Caroline  Matilda,  b.  Feb.  6,  1783;  2,  Char- 
lotte, b.  Sept.  15,  1785;  3,  Patty,  b.  Mar.  26,  1789;  4,  Otis,  b.  Nov.  30,  1790; 
m.  Sarah  Putnam,  Dec.  26,  1813;  5,  Hannah;  6,  Julia  Ann. 

David5  (Moody4,  Anthony3,  Joshua2,  Anthony1),  m.  Dolly  Rice,  Oct.  6, 1789. 
Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  Sept.  8,  1790;  m.  David  Haynes  of  Brookfield. 

Simeon  Morse  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Azubah  Wheeler,  Dec.  15,  1785. 


700  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Ch.— 1,  Anna,  b.  Oct.  1,  1786;  2,  Jason,  b.  Apr.  11,  1788;  3,  Mary,  b.  Apr. 
16,  1790;  4,  Azubah,  b.  Feb.  27,  1792;  m.  James  Putnam,  Apr.  28,  1811;  5, 
Simeon,  b.  Feb.  21,  1794;  6,  David,  b.  Apr.  11,  1796. 

Jason2  (Simeon1),  m.  Abigail .  Ch.— 1,  Harriet  Waters,  b.  May  5, 1816 ; 

2,  Jason  Augustus,  b.  Aug.  20,  1817;  3,  Mason  W.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1823;  4,  Sarah 
Ann,  b.  Feb.  7,  1827. 

Mason  W.3  (Jason2,  Simeon1),  m.  Frances  M.  Sprague,  Nov.  14, 1850.  Ch.— 

1,  Scotto,  b.  Nov.  16, 1853. 

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NICHOLS. 

Isaac  Nichols  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Sarah  Wilkins  of  Boxford,  Feb.  1, 
172-  (record  illegible).  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  5,  1730;  2,  Henry,  b.  Mar.  17, 
1732;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  13,  1734;  4,  Isaac,  b.  May  13,  1737;  5,  William,  b. 
Nov.  1,  1739;  6,  Joanne,  b.  Mar.  21,  1742;  m.  Jas.  Stranahan,  jr.,  Nov.  27, 

1760;  7,  Abigail,  b.  May  12,  1744;  8,  Anne,  b. 31,  1747;  9,  Benjamin,  b. 

Oct.  12,  1750. 

Henry2  (Isaac1),  m.  Elizabeth  Town,  Sept.  22,  1757.  Ch.— 1,  Anne,  b.  May 
28,  1759;  2,  Isaac,  b.  Nov.  12,  1760;  3,  Moses,  b.  Sept.  22,  1762;  4,  David,  5, 
Jonathan,  twins,  b.  Mar.,28,  1764;  6,  Henry,  b.  Apr.  8,  1768. 

Isaac2  (Isaac1),  m.  Dorcas  Sibley,  Apr.  20,  1758.  Ch. — 1,  Sampson,  b.  Apr. 
26,  1759;  2,  John,  b.  Oct.  2,  1761;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  30,  1764. 

John8  (Isaac2,  Isaac1),  m.  Hannah .     Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Feb.  5,  1783. 

William2  (Isaac1),  m.  Kezia  Fitts,  Aug.  18, 1760.  Ch.— 1,  Solomon,  b.  Sept. 
24,  1761;  2,  Molly,  b.  Mar.  23,  1763;  3,  Kezia,  b.  Oct.  30,  1764;  4,  Sarah,  b. 
Dec.  1,  1766;  5,  Solomon,  b.  Sept.  23,  1768;  6,  William,  b.  Apr.  25,  1771. 

Benjamin2  (Isaac1),  m.  Lucy  Fitts,  Feb.  28,  1772.  Ch.— 1,  Phebe,  b.  Aug. 
28,  1772;  m.  Daniel  Buckman,  July  1,  1771;  2,  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  3,  1774;  3,  Ben- 
jamin, b.  May  15,  1775;  4,  Ruth,  b.  Nov.  16,  1776. 

Jonathan  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Mary .  Ch. — 1,  Lucy,  b.  July  13, 

1733;  2,  Huldah,  b.  June  19,  1736;  m.  Jona.  White,  Feb.  28,  1760. 


PEIKCE. 

John  Peirce,  the  ancestor  of  the  Sutton  branch  of  the 
Pierce  family,  lived  in  Woburn.  He  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  court  in  1689.  He  had  a  son,  John,  who  had 
a  son,  Ebenezer,  the  father  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  Pierce,  who 
came  to  Sutton  about  1740.  He  was  born  Sept.  11,  1711 ; 
died  March  2,  1805.  He  married  Mary  Stowe,  Feb.  25, 
1742.  She  was  born  1719  ;  died  Aug.  7,  1801. 

Dr.  P.  settled  in  that  part  of  Sutton,  now  Millbury,  on 
or  near  Grass  Hill. 

Dea.  Leland  speaks  of  him  as  a  man  of  ' '  unexceptionable 
character,"  and  as  active  in  every  good  work.  He  was  a 
deacon  of  the  north  parish  church. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  701 

Ch.—  1,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  4,  1744;  m.  Capt.  Abijah  Burbank,  Feb.  21,  1788; 
2,  Ebenezer,  b.  June  9,  1745 ;  m.  Eunice  Loomis ;  3,  Sarah,  b.  July  18,  1747 ; 
d.  Sept.  9,  1769;  4,  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  27,  1749;  d.  Sept.  30, 1750;  5,  Ruth,  b.  Nov. 
25,  1750;  d.  unm.,  Oct.  21,  1782;  6,  Deborah,  b.  Oct.  28,  1752;  m.  Samuel 
Small,  July  5,  1786;  7,  John,  b.  Apr.  20,  1754;  8,  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  19,  1756;  m. 
Jedediah  Barton,  Mar.  23,  1774;  9,  Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  17,  1757;  10,  David,  b. 
Aug.  12,  1760;  m.  Sarah  Bridges;  11,  Aaron,  b.  Apr.  16,  1762. 

John5,  (Ebenezer4,  Ebenezer8,  John2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Lucy  Snow,  Oct.  5, 
1775;  m.  2d,  Esther  (Willington)  Gale.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  July  12,  1776;  d. 
Aug.  20,  1796;  2,  Betty,  b.  Oct.  29,  1777;  m.  Elias  Lovell,  Dec.  1,  1802;  3, 
Lucy,  b.  May  25, 1779;  m.  Andrus  Waters,  Aug.  19,  1801;  4,  Luther,  b.  Oct. 
14,  1781;  5,  Calvin,  b.  Dec.  12,  1784;  6,  Harvey,  b.  Oct.  24,  1790;  d.  Sept. 
20,  1796;  7,  Polly,  b.  Mar.  7,  1792;  m.  Jared  Brainerd,  June  23,  1811;  8, 
Harvey,  b.  Mar.  26,  1797;  9,  John  Wyman,  b.  May  20,  1801;  d.  Aug.  1,  1803. 

Aaron5  (Ebenezer4,  Ebenezer8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Hannah  Greenwood, 
Sept.  8,  1790.  Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  June  10,  1791 ;  m.  Paul  C.  Chase;  2,  Lydia, 
b.  Sept.  9,  1792;  m.  Daniel  Gordon;  3,  Leonard,  b.  Dec.  8,  1793;  d.  Sept.  20, 
1796;  4,  Hannah,  b.  July  9,  1796;  m.  Thomas  Eaton;  5,  Leonard,  b.  Jan.  11, 
1798;  6,  Aaron,  b.  Aug.  8,  1802;  d.  Sept.  29,  1878,  in  New  York  City. 

Leonard6  (Aaron5,  Ebenezer4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  studied  medicine,  • 
practiced  successfully  for  a  time  in  Sutton;    then  removed  to  Canton,  111., 
where  he  died  Aug.  30,  1843.     He  married  Mary  Le  Baron,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Israel  Putnam,  Nov.  15,  1831.     Ch.— 1,  Mary  Frances,  b.  May  18,  1834;    2, 
Ellen  Douglas,  b.  Aug.  22,  1836. 

Jonathan,  son  of  William  of  Hopkinton  (ancestry  unknown),  b.  June  10, 
1736;  m.  Mary  Goodale,  Feb.  2,  1764;  d.  Jan.  22,  1800;  she  d.  Nov.  17,  1808. 
Ch. — 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  10,  1765;  m.  Phebe  Chamberlain;  2,  Eunice,  b. 
Jan.  21,  1766;  m.  Reuben  Walker;  3,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  1,  1768;  m.  1st,  Joseph 
Park;  m.  2d,  Daniel  Harback;  4,  Amos,  b.  Oct.  13,  1770;  d.  Sept.  12,  1822; 
5,  Ebenezer,  b.  July  6,  1772;  d.  at  eighteen  years;  6,  William,  b.  June  10, 
1774;  m.  Lydia  Lincoln;  7,  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  24,  1775;  8,  John,  b.  Aug.  31, 
1777;  d.  Jan.  9,  1827;  9,  David,  b.  May  12,  1779;  10,  Joel,  b.  Mar.  31, 1781 ; 
11,  Jacob,  b.  Feb.  27,  1783;  m.  Azubah  Glazier;  12,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  12,  1785; 
m.  Lewis  Slocomb;  13,  Ezekiel,  b.  Nov.  1,  1787;  m.  Ruth  Perry. 

Amos3  (Jonathan2,  William1),  m.  Anna  Hicks,  Mar.  6,  1800;  she  d.  Apr. 
13, 1851.  Ch.— 1,  Amos,  b.  Mar.  29,  1801;  2,  Silence,  b.  Feb.  6, 1803;  m.  Silas 
Bigelow;  3,  Lewis,  b.  Nov.  23,  1804;  4,  Eliza,  b.  1809;  5,  Charles  A.,  b.  Dec. 
25,  1812;  m.  Anna  E.  Sibley,  Oct.  10,  1839;  6,  John  A.,  b.  1815;  7,  Silas  A., 
b.  Sept.  10,  1818;  m.  Maria  Smith,  Oct.  18,  1849. 

Lewis4  (Amos3,  Jonathan2,  William1),  m.  Merinda  Benson.     Ch.— 1,  Geo. ; 

2,  Sarah;  3,  Charles. 

John3  (Jonathan2,  William1),  m.  Lucy  Carriel;  she  d.  Apr.  7,  1851.  Ch. — 
1,  Lucy,  b.  May  10,  1803;  m.  David  Prescott;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  Apr.  28,  1805; 

3,  Olive,  b.  Apr.  27,  1807;   in.  B.  F.  Ho  well;   4,  Solomon,  b.  Aug.  1809;   5, 
John  Walter,  b.  July  14,  1811;   6,  Mary  C.,  b.  July  4,  1813;  7,  Sarah  D.;   8, 
Asa  H.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1817;   9,  Elizabeth  S.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1819;   10,  Emily  J.,  b. 
Aug.  29,  1821;  11,  William  N.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1824;  12,  Seth  W.,  b.  Aug.  17, 1826. 

Jonathan4  (John3,  Jonathan2,  William1),  m.  Fidelia  Beaman,  Oct.  28, 1830. 
Ch.— 1,  Charles  Irving,  b.  Nov.  11,  1831;  2,  Walter  Whitman,  b.  Dec.  12, 
1831 ;  d.  June  13,  1861. 


702  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Charles  Irving5  (Jonathan4,  John8,  Jonathan2,  William1),  m.  Lucy  Ann 
Waterman,  Nov.  25,  1857.  Ch.— 1,  Cora  Waterman,  b.  May  27, 1860;  2,  Sara 
Bond,  b.  Jan.  24,  1863;  3.  Charles  Walter,  b.  Nov.  20,  1865;  4,  Fred.  Bea- 
man,  b.  Dec.  17,  1868;  5,  Harry  Lincoln,  b.  Nov.  1,  1870. 

William  N.4  (John3,  Jonathan2,  William1),  m.  Mary  Ann  Dickinson.  Ch. — 
1,  Julia  Ann,  b.  June  20,  1852;  d.  June  23,  1852;  2,  Hellen  E.,  b.  Nov.  10, 
1853;  d.  Sept.  22,  1855;  3,  Willie  Dickinson,  b.  July  4,  1856;  d.  June  9, 1872; 
4,  Walter  Newell,  b.  July  30,  1858;  d.  Sept.  4,  1860;  5,  George,  b.  May  13, 
1861;  d.  May  16,  1861;  6,  Emily  Jane,  b.  May  13,  1861;  d.  Aug.  27,  1863;  7, 
Annie  Carroll,  b.  Apr.  21,  1864. 

Joel3  (Jonathan2,  William1),  m.  Reconcile  Grossman,  Oct.  9,  1805.  Ch. — 
1,  Dexter,  b.  Mar.  6,  1806;  m.  Anne  Fiske;  2,  Candice,  b.  Dec.  10,  1808;  3, 
Betsey,  b.  Sept.  10,  1811;  4,  Harrison,  b.  Dec.  23,  1813;  5,  Chauncy;  6,  Geo. 
Washington;  7,  Winfield  Scott;  8,  Helen  Mar,  b.  May  10,  1833. 

Joseph  Pierce  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Abigail  Carriel,  Oct.  10,  1765.  Ch. — 
1,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  11,  1766;  2,  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  1,  1767;  3,  Lydia,  b.  Nov.  6, 
1769;  4,  John,  b.  Oct.  14,  1771;  5,  Caty,  b.  Mar.  9,  1774. 

Isaac  Pierce  (line  of  descent  unknown),  m.  Martha .  Ch.— 1,  Eunice, 

b.  Feb.  24,  1754;  2,  Isaac,  b.  Oct.  10,  1757;  m.  Esther  Garfield,  June  17, 1779; 
3,  Amos,  b.  Aug.  8,  1761 ;  4,  Jesse,  b.  Mar.  4,  1764 ;  m.  Lydia  Gale,  Mar.  6, 
1784;  5,  Joshua,  b.  Nov.  3,  1765;  6,  Abraham,  b.  Mar.  4,  1769. 

PRINCE. 

David  Prince  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Phebe .  Ch. — 1,  David,  b.  Oct. 

23,  1725;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Apr.  28,  1727;  3,  Stephen,  b.  Oct.  4,  1730;  4,  John,  b. 
Nov.  27,  1733. 

Stephen2  (David1),  m.  Abigail  Perkins,  Sept.  16,  1756.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail,  b. 
Jan.  4,  1756;  2,  Phebe,  b.  July  25,  1757;  m.  Daniel  Sibley,  Apr.  14,  1779;  3, 
Sarah,  b.  Nov.  25,  1758;  m.  Henry  Harback,  July  20,  1780;  4,  Hannah,  b. 
May  18,  1760 ;  m.  Eleazar  Putney,  Apr.  5,  1781 ;  5,  Molly,  b.  Aug.  30,  1763 ; 
m.  Joseph  Carriel,  Apr.  6,  1788;  6,  Huldah,  b.  Oct.  25,  1765;  m.  Billy  Brown, 
Oct.  20,  1785;  7,  Miriam,  b.  May  17,  1767;  8,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  1,  1769;  9, 
David,  b.  Jan.  1,  1771;  10,  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  4,  1772;  11,  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  8, 
1775;  12,  Lydia,  b.  Mar.  8,  1777;  13,  Naomi,  b.  May  8,  1781. 

PUTNAM. 
BY  ALTAI*  W.  PUTNAM. 

In  the  history  of  the  early  settlers  of  Sutton  are  found 
the  names  of  seven  persons  of  the  name  of  Putnam,  whose 
immediate  relationship  cannot  be  traced ;  but  it  is  believed 
that  they  all  descended  from  John  Putnam,  who  came  from 
Buckinghamshire,  England,  in  the  year  1634,  and  settled  in 
Salem.  He  was  admitted  freeman  in  1647,  and  died  in 
1663.  Three  sons  came  with  him,  viz  :  Thomas,  Nathaniel, 
John. 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1),  married  August  17,  1643,  Pru- 
dence Holyoke  from  Tarn  worth  (on  the  border  of  Warwick- 


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shire) ,  England,  She  was  probably  a  daughter  of  Edward 
Holyoke,  who  came  from  Tarn  worth  in  1630,  and  settled  in 
Lynn,  and  ancestor  of  President  Holyoke 'and  the  late  Dr. 
Edward  Holyoke,  who  died  in  Salem,  March  1829,  aged  one 
hundred  years. 

From  this  family  the  Putnams  in  Sutton  had  the  names 
Edward  and  Holyoke.  He  was  admitted  freeman  in  1642, 
and  to  the  church  in  Salem,  April  3,  1643. 

Thomas  and  Prudence  had  three  sons  and  five  daughters. 
The  .'daughters'  names  are  not  given.  The  names  of  the  sons 
are  :  Thomas,  Edward,  Joseph. 

Thomas3  (Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Ann  Carr,  Sept.  25,  1678.  They  had  one 
son  and  four  daughters,  whose  names  are  not  given. 

Edward8  (Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Hale,  June  14,  1681.  Ch.— 1,  Edward, 
b.  Apr.  29,  1682;  2,  Holyoke,  b.  Sept.  18,  1683;  killed  by  the  Indians;  3, 
Elisha,  b.  Nov.  3,  1685;  settled  in  Sutton ;  4,  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  1, 1687;  5,  Nehe- 
miah,  b.  Dec.  29,  1694;  6,  Ezra,  b.  Apr.  29,  1696;  7,  Isaac,  b.  Mar.  14,  1698; 
settled  in  Sutton. 

Edward*  (Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. .  Ch.— 1,  Holyoke,  b.  1705; 

settled  in  Sutton;  2,  Edward,  b.  1711;  d.  Feb.  17,  1800;  3,  Miles,  b.  1725. 

Holyoke5  (Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Eunice ;  m.  2d, 

Esther  Lovell,  May  4,  1742.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  6, 1735;  m.  Eleazar  Bate- 
man,  Nov.  8,  1757 ;  2,  Ebenezer,  b.  Sept.  7,  1738 ;  m.  Hannah  Dike,  Jan.  16, 
1766;  3,  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  26,  1741;  4,  Martha,  b.  Apr.  27,  1743;  5,  Eunice,  b. 
Feb.  10,  1745;  6,  Susanna,  b.  Aug.  16,  1747;  7,  Joseph,  b.  Apr.  19,  1749;  8, 
Ezra,  b.  Nov.  2,  1751;  9,  Thomas,  b.  July  1,  1754;  10,  Mary,  b.  Apr.  5,  1758. 

Ezra6  (Holyoke5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Kebekah  Dike, 
Dec.  14,  1780.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  18,  1781 ;  2,  Charlotte,  b.  June  12, 
1783. 

Edward5  (Edward*,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Ruth  Fuller  of  Middle- 
ton.  He  came  to  Sutton  in  1737  and  lived  and  died  where  Peter  H.  Putnam 
now  lives.  Ch. — 1,  John,  b.  at  Middletou,  Aug.  25,  1735;  d.  June  13,  1809; 

2,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  20,  1739;   d.  in  the  French  and  Indian  war;   3,  Ruth,  b. 
June  6,  1741;  m.  Samuel  Rich,  jr.,  Mar.  18,  1761;  4,  Archelaus,  b.  Feb.  16, 
1743;  d.  Jan.  14,  1809;  5,  Phrebe,  b.  Nov.  2,  1745;   m.  Nath'l,  son  of  Elisha 
Rich,  Sept.  25,  1766;  6,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  12,  1747;  m.  Paul,  son  of  Jona.  Sibley, 
Dec.  2,  1766;   7,  Molly,  bapt.  Apr.  22,  1750;   m.  Bartholomew  Putnam;   8, 
David,  b.  July  19,  1752;  m.  Phebe  Woodbury,  July  3,  1776;   9,  Caleb,  b.  Oct. 
27,  1754;    m.  Judith  Sibley,  Aug.  21,  1776;   10,  Peter,  b.  May  29,  1757;   11, 
Lucy,  b.  June  2,  1760;  m.  Henry  Phelps,  jr.,  Aug.  19,  1777;   12,  Asa,  b.  Apr. 
30,  1763. 

John6  (Edward5,  Edward*,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Mary,  dau.  of 
Rev.  David  Hall,  D.  D.,  Apr.  13, 1758.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  revolutionary 
war  and  a  colonel  in  the  militia.  Ch. — 1,  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  25,  1758;  d.  in  the 
rev.  war  in  1776;  2,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  5,  1761;  removed  to  Whitingham,  Vt. ; 

3,  Elizabeth,  b.  July  31, 1763;   m.  Thomas  Eddy,  May  25,  1784;  4,  John,  b. 
June  27,  1766;   was  a  physician ;  settled  at  Upton;  5,  Charles,  b.  Nov.  10, 


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1768;  6,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  3,  1771;  m.  Aaron  Putnam,  May  18, 1790;  7,  Deborah, 
b.  May  3,  1773;  d.  about  1789  or  '90;  8,  Rebekah  Hall,  bapt.  July  4,  1776;  d. 
young;  9,  Sarah,  bapt.  May  17,  1778;  m.  Rufus  Marble,  Apr.  14,  1798;  10, 
Joseph  Hall,  b.  Apr.  5,  1780;  11,  Rebekah  Prescott,  b.  Apr.  16,  1783;  m.  Sol- 
omon Putnam,  Sept.  20,  1805. 

Charles7  (John6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas*,  John1),  m.  Rhoda 
Stone,  June  1,  1794.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  Sept.  12,  1794;  m.  Capt.  Chas.  Chase, 
May  1,  1814;  2,  Sally,  b.  Aug.  23,  1796;  3,  Matilda,  b.  Nov.  8, 1798;  4,  Rhoda, 
b.  Mar.  15,  1801;  d.  May  30,  1801;  5,  Betsey,  b.  May  15,  1802;  m.  Otis  Pratt, 
June  26,  1828;  6,  Charles  Prescott,  b.  Apr.  13,  1804;  m.  Mary  E.  Marble,  Oct. 
11,  1843;  7,  Sumner,  8,  Solomon,  twins,  b.  June  26,  1807. 

Joseph  Hall7  (John6,  Edward6,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. 
1st,  Nancy  Blandon,  Nov.  20,  1805;  m.  2d,  Waity  Black.  Ch.— 1,  Brooksey, 
b.  Aug.  2,  1806;  2,  Sullivan,  b.  May  23,  1808;  3,  Sumner,  b.  Dec.  2,  1809;  d. 
May  21,  1876;  4,  Pearley,  b.  Nov.  10,  1815;  5,  Nancy,  b.  Oct.  6,  1824;  m. 
Joseph  Jones,  Sept.  20,  1846 ;  6,  Emeline,  b.  June  8, 1828 ;  m.  Joshua  Lackey. 

Sullivan8  (Joseph  H.7,  John6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3, Thomas2,  John1), 
m.  Millia  R.  Draper.  Ch.— 1,  Alfred  A.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1842;  m.  Abbie  M.  Put- 
nam, Dec.  3,  1867;  2,  Joseph  Hall,  b.  Feb.  8,  1849. 

Joseph  Hall9  (Sullivan8,  Joseph  H.7,  John6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3, 
Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Amanda  L.  Whipple.  Ch.— 1,  Millia,  b.  June  30,  1874; 
d.  Sept.  23,  1874. 

Sumner8  (Joseph  H.7,  John6,  Edward6,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1,) 
m.  Susan  Dudley,  July  1,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  Louise,  b.  Aug.  2, 1846;  m.  E.  Ever- 
ett Burdon,  Oct.  9,  1867;  d.  Aug.  5,  1869;  2,  Joseph  Edward,  b.  Dec.  19, 
1848;  d.  June  7,  1862. 

Pearley8  (Joseph  H.7,  John6,  Edward6,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1,) 
m.  Julia  A.  Walker,  Feb.  3,  1841.  Ch.— 1,  Clarence  D.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1846;  d. 
Oct.  10,  1849;  2,  infant  daughter,  b.  July  22,  1850;  d.  Sept.  13, 1850;  3,  Mary 
E.  W.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1860;  m.  Lovell  W.  Putnam,  Oct.  9,  1878. 

Archelaus6  (Edward6,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Put- 
nam, Oct.  10,  1765.  Ch.— 1,  Aaron,  b.  July  13,  1766 ;  2,  Archelaus,  b.  Aug. 
17,  1768;  d.  Feb.  9,  1854;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  26,  1770;  m.  Isaac  King,  Nov.  27, 
1788;  4,  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  24,  1773;  5,  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  22,  1776;  m.  Adonijah 
Bartlett;  6,  Amy,  b.  Oct.  7,  1779;  m.  Abner  Putnam,  Mar.  13,  1799;  7,  Bet- 
sey, b.  Sept.  14,  1781 ;  m.  Capt.  Cyrus  Carpenter. 

Aaron7  (Archelaus6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. 
Mary  Putnam,  May  18,  1790.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  Aug.  20,  1790;  m.  Jason 
Morse,  Sept.  6,  1812;  2,  Caleb,  b.  Oct.  18,  1792;  d.  unmarried;  3,  Charles,  b. 
Dec.  12,  1794;  4,  Willard,  b.  Mar.  29,  1798;  5,  Rebekah,  b.  Oct.  13,  1802;  m. 
Samuel  Waters;  6,  Betsey,  b.  Aug.  15,  1804;  7,  Jason,  b.  Sept.  4,  1807;  8, 
Palmer,  b.  Oct.  10,  1814. 

Archelaus7  (Archelaus6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. 
Phoebe  Hicks,  Mar.  14,  1792.  Ch.— 1,  Silence,  b,  May  22,  1793;  2,  Tyler,  b. 
Nov.  8,  1795:  d.  Sept.  9,  1849;  3,  Julia,  b.  May  30,  1798;  m.  John  Leland, 
Apr.  7,  1821;  4,  Nancy,  b.  Feb.  17,  1805;  m.  1st,  Simon  Tenney,  Feb.  6, 1828; 
m.  2d,  Dr.  David  Hall. 

Tyler8  (Archelaus7,  Archelaus0,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2, 
John1),  m.  Phoebe  Woodbury,  Nov.  23,  1820.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  Ann,  b.  Nov.  17, 
1821,  m.  Andreas  W.  Pierce;  2,  Alvan  W.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1824;  3,  John  E.,  b. 
Nov.  10,  1826;  m,  Nancy  A.  Merriam;  removed  to  Big  Lake,  Minn.;  4,  Julia 


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• 

L.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1828;  d.  Mar.  26,  1851;  5,  Emily  Jane,  b.  Dec.  9,  1830;  m. 
John  B.  Pratt  of  Oxford;  6,  Henry  Tyler,  b.  Nov.  18,  1832;  m.  Caroline  P. 
Newton;  7,  Susan  E.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1834;  d.  Apr.  6,  1836. 

Alvan  Woodbury9  (Tyler8,  Archelaus7,  Archelaus6,  Edward5,  Edward4, 
Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Lovell  Knight.  Ch. — 1,  Elwin  Tyler, 
b.  Apr.  29,  1849;  2,  Edgar  Eugene,  b.  Mar.  6,  1852;  3,  Irving  Wilbur,  b.  Dec. 
5,  1853;  4,  Lovell  Woodbury,  b.  Nov.  10,  1856;  m.  Mary  E.  W.  Putnam,  Oct. 
9,  1878;  5,  Milton  Knight,  b.  May  20,  1859;  6,  Jennie  Frances,  b.  July  14, 
1862;  d.  Feb.  8,  1863;  7,  Elmer  Julius,  b.  May  27,  1864;  8,  Edward  Pratt,  9, 
Edwin  Pierce,  twins,  b.  May  13,  1867;  d.  same  date;  10,  Emma  Carrie,  b. 
Nov.  14,  1868. 

Andrew7  (Archelaus6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. 
Tamar  Carriel,  Nov.  30,  1797.  Ch.— 1,  Salmon,  b.  Jan.  18,  1799;  d.  Sept.  13, 
1800;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  29,  1801;  3,  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  8,  1803;  4,  Tamar,  b. 
Aug.  1,  1805;  5,  Sauford,  b.  June  8,  1807;  6,  Sumner,  b.  May  3,  1810;  7, 
John  E.,  b.  June  6,  1812;  8,  Willard,  b.  Jan.  9,  1815;  d.  Sept.  29,  1818;  9, 
Darius,  b.  Oct.  30,  1819. 

Peter6  (Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Marble, 
Oct.  1,  1782.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Apr.  2,  1784;  m.  Moses  Sibley,  Dec.  16,  1801; 
2,  Peter,  b.  Mar.  22, 1788;  3,  Fanny,  b.  June  2,  1800;  m.  Pearley  Waters,  May 
12,  1822;  4,  Persis,  b.  Aug.  21,  1802;  m.  Rufus  Bacon,  Dec.  11,  1823. 

Peter7  (Peter6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  1st, 
Patty  Putnam ;  she  d.  Apr.  26,  1822 ;  m.  2d,  Ruth  E.  Watson ;  m.  3d,  Mrs. 
Nancy  Putnam,  June  15,  1836.  Ch.— 1,  Marble,  b.  Oct.  6,  1808;  m.  Adeline 
Marsh,  Aug.  14,  1834;  2,  Waldo,  b.  Oct.  8,  1810;  3,  Patty  Waters,  b.  May  18, 
1812;  m.  Dea.  Ansel  Holman,  May  25,  1824;  4,  Peter  Holland,  b.  Sept.  24, 
1814;  5,  Waters,  b.  Mar.  16,  1817;  6,  Andrew  Jackson,  b.  Apr.  25,  1819;  m. 
Charlotte  A.  Andrews;  7,  Ruth  Edson,  b.  Aug.  25,  1823;  d.  Oct.  28,  1826;  8, 
Edwin  Lombard,  b.  Nov.  26,  1827;  9,  Solon  Smith,  b.  June  14,  1829;  10, 
Ruth  Elizabeth,  b.  July  20.  1832;  m.  Geo.  Gibson;  11,  Frances  Ann,  b.  Apr. 
20,  1837;  m.  Asa  P.  Dodge,  June  22, 1857;  12,  Sarah  Marble,  b.  Feb.  15,  1840; 
m.  John  R.  Humes. 

Waldo8  (Peter7,  Peter0,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. 
Mary  Sibley,  Dec.  1,  1835.  Ch.— 1,  Marcus  N.,  b.  Sept.  17, 1836;  m.  Almona 
Walker;  2,  Elijah  B.,  b.  July  15, 1838;  d.  July  23, 1867;  3,  Edward  S.,  b.  Aug. 
29,  1840;  d.  Aug.  27,  1874;  4,  Mary  M.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1842;  d.  Sept.  3,  1844;  5, 
David  W.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1844;  d.  Mar.  15,  1849;  6,  Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1847, 
d.  Apr.  3,  1849;  7,  Ellen  E.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1850;  d.  May  12,  1867;  8,  Andrew  J., 
b.  Oct.  19,  1851;  d.  July  4,  1872;  9,  Julia  F.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1854;  d.  Mar.  10, 
1864;  10,  Martha,  b.  Jan.  23,  1858. 

Elijah  B.9  (Waldo8,  Peter7,  Peter6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward8,  Thomas2, 
John1),  m.  Lucy  M.  Fuller.  Cb.— 1,  Mary  E.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1859;  2,  Waldo  J. 
B.,  b.  June  1.  1866. 

Edward  S.9  (Waldo8,  Peter7,  Peter6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2, 
John1),  in.  Josephine  J.  Dennison.  Ch.— 1,  Willie  E.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1868;  2, 
Charles,  b.  Nov.  14,  1870. 

Peter  Holland8  (Peter7,  Peter6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2, 
John1),  m.  Hannah  B.  Putnam,  Oct.  29,  1837.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail,  b.  July  29, 
1838;  m.  Abial  Newton;  2,  Peter  Holland,  b.  Oct.  19,  1840. 

Peter  Holland9  (Peter  H.8,  Peter7,  Peter6,  Edward6,  Edward4,  Edward8, 
Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Harriet  A.  Putnam,  July  6,  1862.  Ch.— 1,  David  0.,  b. 


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May  22,  1864;  2,  Peter  O.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1867;  3,  Frank  H.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1869;  4, 
Phoebe  N.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1870;  5,  Cora  A.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1873;  6,  Wallace  E.,  b. 
Nov.  3, 1875;  7,  Carl  W.  S.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1878. 

Waters8  (Peter7,  Peter6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. 
Jane  Putnam,  May  10,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah  Jane,  b.  Nov.  2,  1841 ;  2,  Nancy 
Louisa,  b.  Aug.  15,  1845;  m.  James  W.  Davis;  3,  Marble,  b.  Aug.  19,  1847; 
4,  Martha  Waters,  b.  Nov.  8,  1849;'  d.  Feb.  8,  1856;  5,  Henry  Waters,  b.  Oct. 

1,  1855. 

Marble9  (Waters8,  Peter7,  Peter6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2, 
John1),  m.  Eveline,  dau.  of  Richard  Waters,  Dec.  22,  1869.  Ch.— 1,  Justin 
Marble,  b.  Feb.  27,  1873;  2,  Julia  Rosina,  b.  Aug.  22,  1875. 

Asa6  (Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Rachel  Harwood 
of  Barre;  m.  2d,  a  Mrs.  Taft  of  Douglas.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  Aug.  13,  1787; 

2,  Pearley,  b.  Oct.  28,  1789;  d.  Dec.  20,  1808;   3,  David,  b.  Feb.  7,  1793;  4, 
Asa,  b.  June  13,  1795;   m.  Patty  Dudley,  Nov.  28,  1815;   5,  Delia,  b.  May  12, 
1798;    m.  Capt.  Pearly  Howard;    6,  Darius,  b.Feb.  2,  1801;  d.  Aug.  2,  1838; 
7,  Rachel,  b.  Apr.  15,  1803;  m.  John  Rich,  May  24,  1825;  8,  Julia,  b.  Nov.  13, 
1808 ;  m.  Leonard  Dodge,  Dec.  15,  1831. 

David"  (Asa6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Phebe 
Harwood.  Ch.— 1,  Bradford,  b.  Aug.  11,  1817. 

Bradford8  (David7,  Asa6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1), 
m.  Harriet  Sibley,  Feb.  23,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  Harriet  A.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1841;  m. 
Peter  H.  Putnam,  July  6,  1862. 

Darius7  (Asa6,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Sally 
Putnam.  Ch.— 1,  Mayuard,  b.  May  5,  1823;  2,  Darius  Erastus,  b.  Mar.  25, 
1825. 

Elisha4  (Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Hannah  Marble  of  Salem;  m. 
2d,  Susanna  Fuller  of  Topsfield. 

Elisha  Putnam  lived  on  and  owned  the  place  known  as  the 
James  Freeland  farm.  He  probably  came  into  Sutton  as 
early  as  1725 ;  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  1730,  and 
chosen  deacon  in  1731.  He  was  town  clerk  and  for  many 
years  town  treasurer. 

Ch.— 1,  Elisha,  b.  Dec.  2,  1715;  d.  in  1758;  2,  Nehemiah,  b.  Mar.  22,  1719; 
d.  Nov.  27,  1791;  3,  Jonathan,  b.  July  19,  1721;  4,  Hannah;  m.  Jonathan 
Dudley,  Esq.;  5,  Susannah;  m.  1st,  Timothy  Holton,  Feb.  24,  1742;  m.  2d, 
John  Whipple;  6,  Mary,  b.  June  12,  1725;  d.  Apr.  22,  1736;  7,  Stephen,  b. 
Apr.  4,  1728;  8,  Amos,  b.  July  22,  1730;  d.  Sept.  17,  1811 ;  9,  Eunice,  b.  July 
6,  1732;  d.  at  Windham  unmarried;  10,  Huldah,  b.  May  25,  1734;  m.  a  Mat- 
thews; 11,  Rufus,  b.  Apr.  7,  1738. 

Elisha5  (Elisha4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Lydia  Chase,  Mar.  3,  1742. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and  d.  at  or  near  Crown 
Point  about  1758.  Ch.— 1,  Andrew,  b.  May  2,  1742;  m.  Lucy  Park,  Jan.  10, 
1764;  2,  Elisha,  b.  Dec.  4,1745;  d.  May  25,  1784;  3,  Antipas,  b.  July  24, 
1747;  4,  Jokton,  b.  May  1,  1750;  removed  to  Sutton,  Vt. ;  5,  Luke,  b.  Oct.  5, 
1755;  was  a  revolutionary  soldier;  6,  William,  b.  Jan.  7,  1758. 

Elisha6  (Elisha5,  Elisha4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Chamber- 
lain, Apr.  2,  1765,  Ch.— 1,  Molly,  b.  Feb.  23,  1766;  m.  Moses  Sibley;  2, 


TOWN    OP    BUTTON.  707 

Vashti,  b.  Jan.  28,  1768;  m.  a  Wheelock;  3,  Hannah,  4,  Deborah,  twins,  b. 
Jan.  20,  1770;  Deborah  d.  Feb.  6,  1770;  5,  Elisha,  b.  Aug.  8,  1772;  m.  Levina 
Ellis;  6,  Abraham,  b.  Jan.  19,  1775;  d.  Apr.  14,  1777;  7,  Abner,  b.  Mar.  28, 
1777;  m.  a  Stearns;  8,  Lucy,  b.  Nov.  16,  1779;  m.  Oliver  Sibley. 

Luke6  (Elisha5,  Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Putnam,  Nov. 
23,  1786.  Ch.— 1,  Tyler,  b.  Sept.  11,  1791. 

Nehemiah5  (Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Manning,  Oct. 
5,1742.  Ch.— 1,  Aaron,  b.  Mar.  23,  1744;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  10,  1746;  3, 
Hannah,  b.  July  26,  1748;  m.  Jona.  Willard,  Nov.  25,  1773;  4,  Rachel,  b. 
Apr.  17,  1750;  5,  Susanna,  b.  Jan.  19.  1752;  m.  John  Fuller,  Mar.  26,  1771; 
6,  Eunice,  b.  Dec.  4,  1753;  m.  Benj.  Shumway,  Apr.  4,  1773;  7,  Reuben,  b. 
Apr.  9,  1757;  8,  Joseph,  9,  Benjamin,  twins,  b.  Sept.  20,  1760;  Benjamin  m. 
Patty  Mason. 

Aaron6  (Nehemiah5,  Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. .  Ch. — 1, 

Calvin;  2,  Franklin;  3,  Luther,  d.  young. 

Calvin7  (Aaron6,  Nehemiah5,  Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Abi- 
gail Davidson,  Dec.  3,  1799.  Ch. — 1,  Samuel;  2,  Hannah. 

Reuben6  (Nehemiah5,  Elisha4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth 
Mason.  Ch.— 1,  Aaron,  b.  Aug.  29,  1781;  d.  Feb.  27,  1854;  2,  Jonas,  b.  Mar. 

5,  1783;  3,  Mason,  b.  Dec.  20,  1784;   4,  Manning,  b.  Apr.  12,  1787;  5,  Rufus 
Austin,  b.  Nov.  18,  1791 ;  6,  Polycarp  (afterward  changed  to  John  Milton),  b. 
Feb.  26,  1794;  7,  John  O.,  b.  July  26,  1796. 

Joseph6  (Nehemiah5,  Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Tamar  Towne. 
Ch.— 1,  Tamar,  b.  July  8,  1786;  2,  John  Towne,  b.  Sept.  24,  1787;  3,  Daniel, 
b.  Aug.  30,  1789. 

Jonathan5  (Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Mrs.  Anne  (Chase) 
Stockwell,  Nov.  3,  1743.  Ch.— 1,  Adonijah,  b.  Oct.  9, 1744;  m.  Mary  Wilkins, 
Nov.  27,  1766;  2,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  25,  1755;  m.  Luke  Putnam,  Nov.  23,  1786;  3, 
Francis,  b.  Sept.  24, 1758;  4,  Jona.  Follansbee,  b.  May  9, 1763;  d.  Oct.  30,  1858. 

Francis6  (Jonathan5,  Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Joanna Leland, 
Dec.  11,  1783.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Feb.  8,  1784;  m.  Charles  Rich,  Apr.  9, 
1809;  2,  Phebe,  b.  Feb.  7,  1786;  3,  Silas,  b.  Oct.  15,  1788;  4,  Roya),  b.  Apr. 
16,  1791;  m.  Mary  Ann  Seaver;  5,  Olive,  b.  May  27,  1794;  6,  Maria,  b.  June 
28,  1796;  m.  Aaron  Elliot;  7,  Prudy,  b.  Feb.  28,  1799;  m.  Simon  L.  Marble, 
June  16,  1822;  8,  Pliny,  b.  Feb.  15,  1801;  m.  Olive  Grey;  9,  Fanny,  b.  May 
28,  1804. 

Silas7  (Francis6,  Jonathan5,  Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Sarah, 
dau.  of  Capt.  Levi  Ludden,  a  descendant  of  George  Soule,  one  of  the  Pilgrims 
who  came  from  England  in  the  Mayflower.  Ch. — 1,  Syra  Leland,  b.  Sept. 
18,  1824;  2,  Annette  Soule,  b.  Apr.  24,  1826;  3,  William  Pitt,  b.  Mar.  10, 
1828;  4,  Walter  Tell,  b.  Aug.  11,  1829;  5,  Rosetta  Asenath,  b.  July  24,  1831; 

6,  Ada  Freeman,  b.  May  11,  1833. 

Jonathan  Follansbee6  (Jonathan5,  Elisha4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. 
Philana  Leland,  July  6,  1786.  Ch.— 1,  Jonathan  F.,  b.  May  6,  1787;  2,  Phi- 
lana,  b.  Nov.  1,  1789;  m.  Major  Rufus  Burdon;  3,  Jim,  b.  July  11,  1795;  d. 
June  13,  1855. 

Jonathan  Follansbee"  (Jonathan  F.6,  Jonathan6,  Elisha4,  Edward8,  Thomas2, 
John1),  m.  Harriet  Hall.  Ch.— 1,  Denney  Sumner,  b.  Mar.  13,  1817;  2,  Har- 
riet Ward. 

Jim7  (Jonathan  F.6,  Jonathan5,  Elisha4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m. 
Roxana  Burdon.  Ch.— 1,  Estes,  b.  Dec.  2,  1819;  2,  Roxana,  b.  July  5,  1821  ; 
3,  Sumner,  b.  Dae.  1,  1822. 


708  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Estes8  (Jim7,  Jonathan  F.9,  Jonathan5,  Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1), 
m.  Sarah  P.  King,  Nov.  24,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah  R,  b.  July  23,  1842;  m. 
Joseph  Bodo;  2,  Hannah  E.,  b.  June  30,  1848;  m.  Arteinas  Pickering;  3, 
Abbie  F.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1860. 

Sumner8  (Jim7,  Jonathan  F.6,  Jonathan6,  Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2, 
John1),  m.  Laura  E.  Lowe.  Ch. — 1,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  14,  1857;  m. 
Frank  Walden ;  2,  James  Selah,  b.  Oct.  17,  1858 ;  3,  Jenny  Josephine,  b.  Feb. 

24,  1861;   4,  George  Decatur,  b.  Nov.  21,  1862;   5,  Hattie  Estelle,  b.  Sept.  5, 
1866;  6,  John  E.  L.  B.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1870;  7,  Fred.  Thurston,  b.  Oct.  7,  1872. 

Stephen5  (Elisha4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Gibbs,  Mar.  14, 
1755.  Ch.— 1,  Solomon,  b.  July  17,  1755;  2,  Mary,  b.  June  8, 1757;  3,  Rhoda, 
b.  July  2,  1759.  This  family  removed  to  Hampshire  county. 

Amos5  (Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Swift,  June  26,  1760. 
Ch.— 1,  Etiphal,  b.  July  8,  1762;  d.  Sept.  25,  1845;  2,  Lucretia,  b.  Sept  6, 
1764;  d.  Jan.  1852;  3,  Rebekah,  b.  Feb.  18,  1767;  d.  Dec.  29,  1854;  4,  Paul, 
b.  Mar.  4,  1769;  d.  1779;  5,  Susanna,  d.  in  childhood;  6,  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  22, 
1772;  m.  Ebenezer  Newton;  7,  Polly,  b.  1775;  d.  in  1851;  8,  Sarah  T.,  b. 
1779;  m.  Ebenezer  Bryant;  both  d.  about  Nov.  1,  1855;  9,  Martha,  b.  Oct. 

25,  1781 ;  m.  Silas  Livermore ;  d.  Oct.  3,  1852. 

Rufus5  (Elisha4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Miss  Elizabeth  Ayres, 
April  1761;  m.  2d,  Miss  Persis  Rice.  Ch.— 1,  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  19,  1765;  2, 
Persis,  b.  June  6,  1767;  3,  Susanna,  b.  Aug.  5,  1768;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Aug.  7, 
1770;  5,  William  Rufus,  b.  Dec.  12,  1771;  6,  Franklin,  b.  May  27,  1774;  d. 
Apr.  1776;  7,  Edwin,  b.  Jan.  19,  1776;  8,  Patty,  b.  Nov.  25,  1777;  9,  Cathe- 
rine, b.  Oct.  17,  1780;  10,  Ayres. 

See  sketch  of  Gen.  Rufus  Putnam  in  history  of  the  homes,  in  connection 
with  his  birthplace  in  district  number  three. 

Isaac  (4),  Edward  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John  (1),  settled  in 
Sutton  abont  1722,  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Mr.  Oliver 
Hall  and  Robert  Luther.  He  was  recommended  by  the  church 
in  Salem  (now  Danvers)  to  the  church  in  Sutton,  and  admit- 
ted February  1,  1730.  His  name  is  not  found  on  the  records 
after  1740.  He  died  in  the  fifty-ninth  year  of  his  age.  No 
one  of  his  posterity  is  known  to  be  living  in  Sutton  at  the 
present  time. 

Dea.  Palmer  Marble,  Mrs.  James  Freeland,  and  the  child- 
ren of  John  Waters,  deceased,  are  his  great-grandchildren. 

His  children  were:  1,  Phineas,  b.  Oct.  1,  1722;  2,  Asaph,  b.  Sept.  11, 1724; 
3,  Anna,  b.  July  27,  1726;  4,  Susanna,  b.  Aug.  20,  1728;  m.  John  Sadler  of 
Upton,  Jan.  15,  1746;  5,  Nathan,  b.  Oct.  24,  1730;  6,  Edward,  b.  Feb.  5, 1733; 
7,  Isaac,  b.  Nov.  4,  1734;*  8,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  20,  1736;  9,  Daniel,  b.  Mar.  28, 
1739;  m.  Anna,  dau.  of  Hon.  Samuel  Chase;  removed  to  Cornish,  N.  H. 

*  The  intention  of  marriage  of  Isaac  Putnam  and  Rachel  Pratt,  March  22, 
1760,  is  recorded  in  book  A.,  page  260,  of  the  records  in  the  town  clerk's 
office,  Oxford.  Mrs.  Putnam  died  in  Becket,  at  the  house  of  her  son  David, 
aged  one  hundred  and  four  years. 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  709 

Phineas8  (Isaac4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  .  Ch.— 1,  Levi,  set- 
tled at  Whitingham,  Vt.;  2,  Enoch;  3,  Daniel;  4,  Betty;  5,  Huldah;  6, 
Eunice. 

Daniel6  (Phineas5,  Isaac4,  Edward8,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Phebe  Walker  of 
Upton.  Ch.— 1,  Austin,  b.  Mar.  16,  1796. 

Asaph5  (Isaac4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Jona.  Park, 
Sept.  7,  1743.  There  is  no  record  of  his  family  on  the  town  books,  and  it  is 
thought  that  he  left  town  previously  to  1760.  From  the  record  of  the  church 
it  appears  he  had  five  children  baptized,  viz :  1,  Abijah,  bapt.  Oct.  21,  1744 ; 

2,  Asaph,  bapt.  June  18,  1749;  3,  Jonas,  bapt.  Aug.  16, 1752;  4,  Ephron,  bapt. 
July  7,  1756 ;  5,  Park,  bapt.  July  7,  1756. 

Nathan5  (Isaac4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Betty .  Ch.— 1,  Zadock, 

b.  Dec.  29,  1752;  m.  Abigail,  dau.  of  Major  Elliot;   2,  Micah,  b.  Apr.  8,  1754; 

3,  James,  b.  Nov.  26,  1755 ;  m.  Betsey  Willard ;    settled  in  Graf  ton ;  4,  Betty, 
b.  Jan.  12,  1758;  m.  Lieut.  Stephen  Marble,  Nov.  14,  1776;  5,  Lydia,  b.  Dec. 
31,1759;    m.  Stephen  Fuller,  Nov.  7,  1777;   6,  Nathan,  b.  May  16,  1761;   7, 
Hannah,  b.  Mar.  13,  1763;   m.  John  Waters,  jr.,  Dec.  15,  1796;   8,  Abner,  b. 
Mar.  17,  1765;   m.  Abigail  Waters;  9,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  27,  1767;  m.  Jesse  Mar- 
ble, Feb.  26,  1790;    10,  Tamar,  b.  Oct.  23,  1768;  m.  John  King,  jr.,  Mar.  17, 
1785;  11,  Polly,  b.  Apr.  1,  1770;  m.  Amos  Waters,  July  4,  1791;   12,  John,  b. 
Sept.  3,  1771;    13,  Oliver,  b.  July  9,  1773;  m.  Betsey  Newton,  Dec.  15,  1796; 
14,  George  W.,  d.  without  issue;  15,  Abigail,  m.  a  Rawson. 

Micah6  (Nathan5,  Isaac4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Anna  Carriel,  May 
26,  1774.  Ch.— 1,  Rebekah,  b.  Oct.  3,  1774;  2,  Timothy,  b.  Apr.  7,  1776. 

The  family  removed  to  Paris,  Oneida  County,  New  York. 

Nathan6  (Nathan5,  Isaac4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Putnam, 
Mar.  25,  1785.  Ch.— 1,  Ruth,  b.  Sept.  2,  1785;  2,  Ruth,  b.  Sept.  23,  1787;  m. 
Judah  Waters,  Mar.  23,  1806. 

John6  (Nathan5,  Isaac4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1),  m.  Anne .     Ch. — 

1,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  25,  1799;  d.  Nov.  5,  1802;  2,  Harvey,  b.  Mar.  27,  1800;  3, 
Gardner,  b.  Oct.  26,  1801 ;  d.  Oct.  26,  1802. 

Nathaniel2  (John1),  m. .     Ch. — 1,  Samuel;    2,  John;    3,  Joseph;    4, 

Nathaniel;  5,  Benjamin,  b.  July  11,  1764. 

Benjamin3  (Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Holton,  Aug.  25,  1686.  They 
had  seven  sous  and  one  daughter ;  among  his  sons  were :  1,  Tarrant,  b.  Apr. 
12,  1688;  2,  Cornelius,  b.  Sept.  3,  1702. 

Tarrant4  (Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. .     Ch. — 1,  Tarrant,  b. 

Apr.  3,  1716;  2,  Israel;  3,  Samuel;  4,  Gideon. 

Tarrant5  (Tarrant4,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Priscilla  Baker, 
Dec.  9,  1742.  Ch.— 1,  Tarraut,  b.  Apr.  24,  1744;  d.  Dec.  7,  1770;  2,  Elijah, 
b.  Jan.  23,  1747;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1766;  3,  Elizabeth,  b.  May 
30,  1749;  m.  Abraham  Brown,  Mar.  2,  1773;  4,  Priscilla,  b.  Aug.  22, 1751;  m. 
Adam  Brown,  Dec.  3,  1772;  5,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  4,  1753;  m.  Timothy  Merriam, 
June  21,  1775;  6,  Martha,  b.  July  15,  1755;  m.  David  Copeland,  Sept.  1, 1778; 
7,  Rebekah,  b.  May  5,  1759;  m.  Aaron  Marble,  Nov.  16,  1784;  8,  Lydia,  b. 
July  27,  1761;  9,  Molly,  b.  Nov.  15,  1763;  10,  Israel,  b.  May  22,  1767. 

Israel6  (Tarrant5,  Tarrant4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Hannah 
Woodbury,  Jan.  30,  1795;  she  d.  Sept.  1795;  m.  2d,  Hannah  LeBaron,  Apr. 
24,  1796.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah  LeBaron,  b.  Mar.  10,  1797;  m.  Jabez  Hull, 
Oct.  22,  1821;  2,  LeBaron,  b.  Aug.  JLQ,  1799;  3,  Tarrant,  b.  May  18, 
1801;  4,  Mary  LeBaron,  b.  Nov.  7,  1803;  m.  Dr.  Leonard  Pierce,  Nov.  15, 


710  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

1831;  5,  Israel,  b.  Dec.  25,  1805;  6,  Edwin,  b.  Jan.  9,  1808;  7,  Frederick 
William,  b.  Aug.  3,  1810;  8,  Frederick  Augustus,  b.  May  30,  1813;  9,  Theo- 
dore Elijah,  b.  Sept.  12,  1815;  10,  Caroline  Priscilla,  b.  Aug.  3,  1818;  m.  1st, 
Dr.  N.  C.  Sibley,  Nov.  29,  1838. 

LeBaron7  (Israel6,  Tarrant5,  Tarrant4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Ann  Braman,  dau.  of  Dr.  Amasa  Braman  of  Millbury.  Ch. — 1,  Henry,  b. 
Jan.  3,  1824;  2,  George  Frederick,  b.  Aug.  29,  1826;  3,  Edward  Francis,  b. 
Dec.  28,  1828. 

Tarrant7  (Israel6,  Tarrant6,  Tarrant4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Cornelia  Titus  Van  Nortwick  of  New  York,  Oct.  4,  1828.  Ch.— 1,  William 
Bruce,  b.  July  29,  1829 ;  2,  Emma  LeBaron,  b.  Mar.  27,  1831 ;  3,  Caroline 
Monroe,  b.  Oct.  7,  1832. 

Israel7  (Israel6,  Tarrant5,  Tarrant4,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Sarah  Frost  of  Topsham,  Me.  He  graduated  at  Brown  University ;  was  a 
physician  and  practised  in  Wales,  and  afterward  at  Bath,  Me.  Ch. — 1,  Wil- 
liam LeBaron,  b.  1835. 

Cornelius4  (Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Sarah ;   she  d.  June  9, 

1741;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Perkins  from  Salem,  Nov.  12,  1741.  Ch.— 1, 
Sarah,  b.  Jan.  3,  1726;  d.  May  30.  1738;  2,  Bethia,  b.  Dec.  18,  1728;  3,  Cor- 
nelius, b.  May  23,  1730;  m.  Elizabeth  Perkins,  Aug.  2,  1753;  4,  Benjamin,  b. 
May  13,  1732;  5,  Nathaniel,  b.  May  3,  1734;  6,  Tarrant,  b.  Mar.  28,  1736;  7, 
Bartholomew,  b.  Apr.  19,  1739;  d.  young;  8,  David,  9,  Sarah,  twins,  b.  May 
31,  1741;  10,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  18,  1743;  m.  Captain  Archelaus  Putnam,  Oct. 
16,  1765;  11,  Bartholomew,  b.  Apr.  21,  1745;  12,  David,  b.  May  14,  1747;  13, 
Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  28,  1749;  14,  Amma,  b.  Nov.  21,  1754. 

Nathaniel5  (Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Deborah  To wne , 
Nov.  23,  1756.  Ch.— 1,  Moses,  b.  Jan.  23,  1758;  2,  Molly,  b.  Feb.  25,  1759; 
m.  Daniel  Jennison,  Jan.  29,  1778 ;  3,  Hannah,  b.  May  11,  1761 ;  m.  Tarran  t 
Sibley,  Apr.  22,  1779;  4,  Stephen,  b.  Jan.  17,  1764;  d.  July  1779. 

Moses6  (Nathaniel5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Mary 
Allen,  June  24,  1779.  Ch.— 1,  Deborah,  b.  June  26,  1780;  2,  Polly,  b.  Sept. 
25,  1781;  3,  Stephen,  b.  Dec.  24,  1782;  4,  Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  13,  1785;  5, 
Elijah,  b.  Oct.  9, 1786;  d.  Dec.  31, 1788;  6,  Moses,  b.  Aug.  17, 1788;  7,  Elijah, 
b.  July  16,  1790;  8,  Sally,  b.  July  14,  1792;  m.  Abraham  Howard  Apr.  3, 
1811;  9,  Stillman,  b.  Jan.  15,  1797;  d.  Aug.  17,  1798;  10,  Suky,  b.  June  13, 
1799;  d.  Aug.  22,  1803. 

Stephen7  (Moses6,  Nathaniel5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1), 
m.  Mrs.  Betsey  Goddard,  June  27,  1810.  Ch.— 1,  Fayette,  b.  Mar.  24,  1811 ; 
d.  Aug.  1813;  2,  Eliza,  b.  Apr.  13,  1813;  3,  Mary  Allen,  b.  Apr.  18,  1816;  4, 
Fayette,  b.  July  29,  1819;  5,  Manilla,  b.  Oct.  11,  1820;  6,  Emila  Sarah,  b. 
July  22,  1824. 

Nathaniel"  (Moses6,  Nathaniel5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1), 
m.  Charlotte,  dau.  of  Joshua  Morse.  Ch. — 1,  Susan,  b.  Nov.  18,  1805;  2, 
Stillman,  b.  July  13,  1807;  3,  Emily  R.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1810;  d.  July  13,  1813;  4, 
Hannah  W.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1820. 

Bartholomew5  (Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Mary 
Putnam;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Axtell.  Ch. — 1,  Bartholomew,  b.  July  13,  1774;  2, 
Lucy,  b.  July  18,  1779;  3,  Edward,  b.  Jan.  26,  1782;  4,  Prudence,  b.  Nov.  13, 
1784;  in.  Dauiel  Hathaway;  5,  Phebe,  b.  Oct.  10,  1787;  m.  Capt.  Elijah 
Bigelow;  6,  Lewis,  b.  July  15,  1796;  7,  Cynthia,  b.  Aug.  27,  1804. 

Bartholomew3  (Bartholomew5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1), 
m.  Hanuah,  dau.  of  Tarrant  Sibley,  Sept.  4,  1801.  Ch.— 1,  Russell,  b.  Feb. 


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3,  1802;    2,  Polly,  b.  Apr.  4,  1804;   m.  Bethuel  Leonard,  Aug.  8,  1826;   3, 
Clark,  b.  Feb.  18, 1806;    4,  Prudence,  b.  Feb.  19, 1808;  5,  Leonard,  b.  Apr.  26, 
1810;  6,  Zilpha,  b.  Apr.  8,  1812. 

Kussell7  (Bartholomew6,  Bartholomew6,  Cornelius*,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2, 

John1),  m.  Adeline .  Ch. — 1,  Russell  Bartholomew,  b.  Apr.  4,  1825;  2, 

Lucien,  b.  July  24,  1827;  3,  Silas,  b.  July  19,  1830;  4,  Leonard,  b.  Mar.  27? 
1833. 

David5  (Cornelius4,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth  Wood- 
bury,  Apr.  12,  1770.  Ch.— 1,  David,  b.  Apr.  30,  1771;  d.  young;  2,  Betty,  b. 
Apr.  14,  1773;  m.  Aaron  Elliot;  3,  Abner,  b.  May  14,  1775;  d.  June  25,  1859; 

4,  Cyrus,  b.  Aug.  21,  1777;  5,  Jerusha,  b.  Dec.  13,  1779;  m.  Thomas  Bigelow, 
Aug.  28,  1803;   6,  Cornelius,  b.  Jan.  28,  1782;   7,  Sally,  b.  July  28,  1784;  m. 
Samuel  Bigelow,  Dec.  27,  1806;  8,  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  8,  1787;  m.  June  1,  1805, 
Simeon,  son  of  Dea.  Aaron  Elliot;  9,  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  23,  1790. 

Abner6  (David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Amy,  dau. 
of  Capt.  Archelaus  Putnam,  Mar.  13,  1799.  Ch.— 1,  Ruth,  b.  June  12, 1800; 

2,  Sally,  b.  Apr.  29,  1802;  m.  1st,  Darius  Putnam;  m.  2d,  Tourtellott  Inman; 

3,  Harvey,  b.  Nov.  29,  1804;  4,  Anna,  b.  Nov.  3,  1806;   m.  Chas.  H.  Newton, 
Oct.  23, 1831;   5,  Archelaus,  b.  Dec.  3,  1808;   6,  Willard,  b.  Feb.  7,  1811;  7, 
Dexter,  b.  Nov.  14,  1813;   m.  Ruby  T.  Torrey,  Mar.  16,  1840;   8,  Louisa,  b. 
Oct.  14,  1816;  9,  Lawson,  b.  Sept.  18,  1820. 

Harvey7  (Abner6,  David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin4,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Rebekah  Lee,  Jan.  7,  1829.  Ch.— 1,  Elias  Merriam,  b.  Oct.  7,  1829;  2,  Susan 
Ann,  b.  Nov.  7,  1830;  m.  Salem  J.  Shaw,  Feb.  18,  1851;  3,  Ann  Janette. 

Archelaus7  (Abner6,  David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Laura  Nichols.  Ch.— 1,  Francis,  b.  Feb.  16,  1833;  2,  Gilbert;  3,  Willard;  4, 
Addison;  5,  Laura. 

Lawson7  (Abner6,  David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  1st, 
Martha  M.  Inman,  Mar.  1,  1847;  shed.  July  11,  1858;  m.  2d,  Sarah  R.  C. 
Johnson,  Feb.  29,  1860.  Ch.— 1,  Milo  Herbert,  b.  Dec.  19,  1849;  d.  May  30, 
1853;  2,  Wilmot  S.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1852;  3,  Arthur  L.,  b.  Apr.  18, 1862;  4,  Sarah 
E.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1864;  5,  Effer  R.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1866;  6,  Amasa  S.,  b.  Dec.  5, 
1870. 

Cyrus6  (David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel-,  John1),  m.  Lucinda 
Hathaway,  May  17,  1800.  Ch.— 1,  Salmon,  b.  Dec.  29,  1800;  2,  David,  b. 
Feb.  6,  1803;  3,  Prudence,  b.  Dec.  20,  1804;  d.  Dec.  28,  1804;  4,  Lucinda,  b. 
Oct.  5,  1806;  m.  MerrittCook;  d.  Jan.  14,  1845;  5,  Horace,  b.  Feb.  16,  1809; 
6,  Mary  Reid,  b.  Oct.  2,  1811 ;  d.  Jan.  15,  1812;  7,  Philander,  8,  Leander, 
twins,  b.  Mar.  10,  1815. 

Salmon7  (Cyrus6,  David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Tryphena  Bigelow,  Feb.  24,  1824.  Ch.— 1,  Henry;  2,  Otis;  3,  Samuel;  4, 
Mary  Lucinda;  5,  Persis  Jane. 

David"  (Cyrus6,  David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  1st, 
Polly  Titus,  1825;  she  d.  May  20,  1829;  m.  2d,  Almy  Hicks,  Oct.  4,  1829;  she 
d.  Mar.  31,  1842;  m.  3d,  Susan  Williams,  Nov.  20,  1842;  slie  d.  Aug.  9,  1846; 
m.  4th,  Rebekah  Church,  Mar.  28,  1847.  Ch.— 1,  Waterman,  b.  Oct.  1826;  d. 
Feb.  1828;  2,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  13,  1828;  3,  Serthana,  b.  June  21,  1832;  d.  July 
19,  1842;  4,  Philander,  b.  Dec.  30,  1833;  5,  Cyrus,  b.  O*i.  5,  1844;  6,  Albro, 
b.  July  28,  1846. 

Horace7  (Cyrus6,  David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Clarinda  Boyce.  Ch. — 1,  Maria;  2,  Jane;  3,  Silas;  4,  William;  5,  Ann;  6, 
Julia ;j7,  Emma. 


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Philander7  (Cyrus6,  David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin3,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Harriet  Prentice,  Oct.  1838.  Ch.—  1,  Marcus,  b.  Nov.  10,  1839;  2,  Wheelock, 
b.  Sept.  9,  1841;  3,  Edward,  b.  July  14,  1843;  4,  Emma  Jane,  b.  June  28, 1847. 

Leander7  (Cyrus6,  David5,  Cornelius*,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m. 
Eunice  Lackey,  June  1,  1837;  she  d.  Mar.  30,  1852;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Martha  A. 
Bowen,  Mar.  28,  1853.  Ch.— 1,  Dorcas  Anna  Lackey,  b.  Dec.  29,  1838;  m. 
Reuben  A.  Usher ;  2,  Emerlaide,  b.  Feb.  6,  1843 ;  m.  Franklin  Howard ;  3, 
Jerome,  d.  Mar.  26,  1852;  4,  Franklin  L.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1853. 

Cornelius6  (David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Abigail 
Bigelow.  Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  June  1,  1804;  2,  Darius,  b.  Sept.  30,  1806;  3, 
Lucy,  b.  Sept.  3,  1808;  4,  Ulver  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  18,  1811;  m.  Nathan  Waters, 
Dec.  2,  1832 ;  5,  Harrison  Bigelow,  b.  Apr.  18,  1813. 

Joseph6  (David5,  Cornelius4,  Benjamin8,  Nathaniel2,  John1),  m.  Polly  Put- 
nam, Dec.  26,  1813;  m.  2d,  Fanny  Whittemore  of  Leicester.  Ch. — 1,  Maria 
Louisa,  b.  Jan.  4,  1815;  2,  Palmer,  b.  May  1,  1817;  3,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b. 
July  3,  1819;  4,  Simeon,  b.  Nov.  17,  1821;  5,  Alexander,  b.  June  29,  1824;  6, 
George  Whittemore,  b.  Aug.  11,  1827;  7,  Charles  Vernon,  b.  July  6,  1829;  8, 
Porter  Franklin,  b.  July  21,  1831. 

John2  (John1),  b.  about  1630;  was  a  military  officer,  representative  of  Salem 
in  1680,  1686,  1690  and  1691;  was  admitted  freeman  in  1665;  m.  Rebekah 
Prince,  July  3,  165-.  They  had  four  sons  and  four  daughters.  The  name  of 
but  one  is  given :  Ebenezer,  b.  1665. 

Ebenezer3  (John2,  John1),  m.  Hannah  Brown,  1695.  They  had  three  sons 
and  two  daughters.  Among  his  sons  was  Jeptha,  b.  Aug.  24,  1699. 

Jeptha4  (Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Ruth  Ray;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Ruth 
Hay  ward  of  Beverly,  Jan.  8,  1746.  Ch.— 1,  Benajah,  b.  Aug.  27,  1725 ;  2, 
Samuel,  b.  May  19,  1727;  3,  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  13,  1728;  m.  Benj.  Woodbury, 
May  28,  1746;  4,  Ebenezer,  b.  Feb.  22,  1730;  d.  Mar.  5,  1730;  5,  Fuller,  b. 
Jan.  13,  1731;  6,  Ruth,  b.  Oct.  18,  1732;  m.  Stephen  Holman,  Nov.  5,  1751;  7, 
John,  b.  July  27, 1738;  8,  Mary,  b.  Oct.  23,  1741;  9,  Benajah,  b.  Sept.  7, 1747; 
10,  Gideon. 

Samuel5  (Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Kezia  Hay  ward,  Sept  22, 
1757.  They  had  one  son  who  enlisted  in  the  army  of  the  revolution  and  was 
killed  in  battle. 

Fuller5  (Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Mary  Cummings,  Dec. 
4,  1752;  m.  2d,  Eunice  Hay  ward,  Nov.  23,  1756.  Ch.— 1,  David,  b.  Jan.  26, 
1753;  2,  Eli,  b.  Sept.  27,  1754;  3,  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  4,  1757;  4,  John,  b.  July  8, 
1760;  5,  Jeptha,  b.  Sept.  24,  1762;  6,  Sarah,  b.  July  20, 1765;  m.  Nathan  Put- 
nam, jr.,  Mar.  31,  1785;  7,  Lucy,  b.  Feb.  16,  17^8;  m.  Tyler,  son  of  Caleb 
Marsh,  Mar.  9,  1781;  8,  Ruby,  b.  Sept.  20,  1770;  9,  Prudy,  b.  July  20,  1774; 
in.  Caleb  Sibley,  Jan.  1,  1794. 

David6  (Fuller5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Martha  Waters,  Jan. 
15,  1781.  There  is  no  record  of  their  children.  1,  Rufus,  m.  Sally  Sibley, 
Dec.  15,  1805 ;  2,  Patty,  m.  Capt.  Peter  Putnam ;  3,  Eli,  m.  Elizabeth,  dau. 
of  John  Harback,  &nd  removed  to  Ludon,  where  he  d.  without  issue. 

John6  (Fuller5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Huldah  Waters, 
Aug.  22,  1781;  m.  2d,  Anne  Powers;  m.  3d,  Dorcas  Collar.  Ch. — 1,  John; 
2,  Sylvanus;  3,  Harry;  4,  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  26,  1820;  5,  Esther,  b.  Oct.  28, 1822; 
m.  Freeman  Sibley. 

John7  (John6,  Fuller5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Nancy,  dau. 
of  Abner  Cummings.  Ch.— 1,  Dulcena,  b.  Dec.  12,  1813;  d.  July  20,  1816; 


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2,  Harriet,  b.  Mar.  20,  1815;   d.  July  20,  1816;   3,  Jane,  b.  Nov.  1,  1816;   m. 
Waters  Putnam;  4,  John  Perry,  b.  Mar.  27,  1818;  5,  Ira,  b.  Nov.  15,  1819;  d. 
May  12,  1821;  6,  Ephraim  Laughton,  b.  Apr.  30,  1821;  d.  Dec.  3,  1822. 

John  Perry8  (John7,  John6,  Fuller6,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer8,  John2,  John1),  m. 
Harriet  M.  Ward,  June  26,  1850.  Ch.— 1,  John  Walter,  b.  Sept.  13,  1852;  2, 
Emma  Jane,  b.  Mar.  19,  1854. 

John  W.9  (John  P.8,  John7,  John6,  Fuller5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer8,  John2, 
John1),  m.  Adora  L.  Putnam.  Ch.— 1,  Lucy  Harriet,  b.  Feb.  12,  1876. 

Sylvanus7  (John0,  Fuller5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer8,  John2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Bet- 
sey Elliot;  m.  2d,  Persia  Hai  back,  July  31,  1839.  Ch.— 1,  Ira  Sylvanus,  b. 
Aug.  14,  1827;  2,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  June  8,  1829;  d.  July  26,  1844;  3,  Julia 
Ann,  b.  Jan.  12,  1833;  m.  Eev.  Joseph  Barber;  4,  Sarah  Maria,  b.  Mar.  24, 
1835;  m.  Franklin  Sibley. 

John5  (Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Cummings,  Apr.  9, 
1761.  Ch.— 1,  Rebekah,  b.  Sept.  13,  1763;  2,  Jacob,  b.  Nov.  20,  1764;  3, 
John,  b.  Mar.  8,  1766;  4,  Olive,  b.  Aug.  28, 1767;  5,  Simeon,  b.  Aug.  10, 1769; 
m.  Martha  Batcheller. 

Benajah5  (Jeptha4,  Ebenezer8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  Fitts,  Dec.  13, 
1770.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  July  5,  1771;  m.  Peter  Stockwell,  Sept.  30,  1803;  2, 
Phebe,  b.  Nov.  26,  1773;  m.  Samuel  Dudley,  Feb.  15,  1795;  3,  Mehitable,  b. 
Apr.  25,  1775;  m.  Capt.  Samuel  Marble;  4,  Anne,  b.  May  11, 1777;  5,  Abijah, 
b.  July  30,  1779;  6,  Eunice,  b.  June  17,  1782;  7,  Molly,  b.  May  2,  1784;  m. 
Andrew  Sibley;  8,  James,  b.  Nov.  2,  1786;  9,  Sylvester. 

Abijah0  (Benajah5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Betsey  Burdon, 
May  15,  1803.  Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  June  22,  1803;  2,  Melona,  b.  June  4,  1805; 
m.  Nicholas  Woodward;  3,  Vilota,  b.  June  26,  1807;  4,  Luther,  b.  Feb.  16, 
1809;  5,  Jason,  b.  Feb.  14,  1811;  6,  Lyman,  b.  Jan.  28,  1813;  7,  James,  b. 
Feb.  7,  1816;  8,  Emory,  b.  July  26,  1818;  9,  Sylvester,  b.  Sept.  12,  1821;  m. 
Ann  M.  Lynch,  Mar.  3,  1820;  10,  Sally,  b.  Nov.  26,  1823;  11,  Rufus,  b.  Nov. 
19,  1827. 

Lyman"  (Abijah0,  Benajah5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Eliza 
J.  Brigham.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah  J.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1840;  2,  Julia  M.,  b.  Dec.  31, 1846; 

3,  Laura  A.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1848;    4,  Orason  L.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1850;    d.  Sept.  19, 
1870;  5,  Emma  A.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1859. 

James",  (Abijah6,  Benajah5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Phebe 
P.  Sloan,  Nov.  9,  1836.  Ch.— 1,  Jane  Eleasleth,  b.  Nov.  11,  1837;  2,  Henry 
Clinton,  b.  July  6,  1839;  3,  George  Emory,  b.  Jan.  9,  1841;  4,  Abbie  Melissa, 
b.'  Dec.  3,  1844;  m.  Alfred  A.  Putnam,  Dec.  3,  1867. 

Henry  Clinton8  (James7,  Abijah6,  Benajah5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer8,  John2, 
John1),  m.  Harriet  M.  Fuller.  Ch.— 1,  Flora  L.,  b.  July  20,  1860;  2,  George 
Henry,  b.  Feb.  11,  1865. 

Emory7  (Abijah6,  Benajah5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  1st, 
Martha  E.  Miller;  m.  2d,  Jane  Miranda  Miller.  Ch.— 1,  Martha  Jane,  b. 
June  13,  1852 ;  m.  Lewis  Pratt. 

Rufus7  (Abijah6,  Benajah5,  Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Hannah 
J.  Graves.  Ch.— 1,  Ella  Frances,  b.  May  22,  1871 ;  2,  Walter  Edwin. 

Gideon5  (Jeptha4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Holton,  Nov.  28, 
1775.  Ch.— 1,  Gideon,  b.  June  7,  1776;  2,  Nabby,  b.  Apr.  23,  1778;  3,  Arte- 
mas,  b.  May  31,  1780.  He  removed  with  hi*  family  to  Calais,  Vt. 


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KAWSON. 

Ebenezer  Rawson4*  (David8,  William2,  Edward1),  m.  Sarah  Chase,  Mar.  9, 
1758;  d.  June  12,  1813;  she  d.  Nov.  4,  1814.  Ch.— 1,  Prudence,  b.  Dec.  24, 
1758;  m.  Stephen  Marsh,  Aug.  24,  1783;  2,  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  18,  1760;  m.  Dan'l 
Bullen,  June  20,  1784;  3,  Ebenezer,  b.  Dec.  22,  1761;  4,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  18, 
1763;  m.  Samuel  Robinson,  Feb.  11,  1793;  5,  Abner,  b.  Mar.  2, 1765;  6,  John, 
b.  June  1,  1767;  d.  young;  7,  Jerusha,  b.  Oct.  13,  1769;  m.  James  Holmes, 
Feb.  24,  1792;  8,  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  4,  1771 ;  m.  Polly  Freeland;  9,  Elizabeth, 
b.  June  5,  1774;  m.  Jacob  Dodge,  Mar.  7,  1801;  10,  Marmaduke,  11,  Nizaula, 
twins,  b.  Apr.  18,  1777;  Nizaula  m.  Timothy  Hutchinson,  Mar.  24, 1797;  12, 
Mary,  b.  July  5,  1780;  m.  Sullivan  Bridgman,  Feb.  26,  1805;  m.  2d,  Thomas 
Brown;  13,  Clarissa,  b.  Feb.  26,  1782;  d.  Sept.  3,  1810;  14,  Abigail,  b.  May 

11,  1786. 

RICE. 

The  ancestor  of  the  Rices  in  this  country  was  Edmund, 
born  about  1594 ;  came  from  Barkhampstead,  England,  and 
settled  in  Sudbury  in  1639,  removed  thence  to  Marlboro', 
where  he  died  May  3,  1663.  He  had  eleven  children, 

among  whom   was   Thomas,  who   married   Mary ,  and 

resided  at  Sudbury  and  Marlboro'.  He  had  thirteen  chil- 
dren, among  whom  was  Thomas,  born  June  30,  1654  ;  mar- 
ried Mary ,  and  resided  in  Marlboro'. 

Ch.— 1,  Thomas,  b.  1683;  m.  Mary  Oakes;  2,  Charles,  b.  July  7,  1684;  m. 
Rachel  Wheeler;  3,  Eunice,  b.  May  3,  1686;  4,  Jason,  b.  Feb.  23,  1688;  5, 
Jedediah,  b.  June  10,  1690;  m.  Dorcas  Wheeler;  6,  Abial,  7,  Anna,  twins,  b. 
Dec.  11,  1692;  Abial  d.  Dec.  27,  1692;  Anna  d.  Dec.  25,  1692;  8,  Ashur,  b. 
July  6,  1694;  9,  Adonijah,  b.  Aug.  11,  1696;  taken  by  the  Indians,  Aug.  8, 
1704,  carried  to  Canada  and  never  returned;  10,  Perez,  b.  July  23,  1698;  11, 
Vashti,  b.  Mar.  7,  1700;  m.  Daniel  Hardy,  Dec.  22,  1727;  12,  Beriah,  b.  Aug. 
20,  1702;  m.  Mary  Goodenow;  13,  Noah. 

Perez*  (Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Edmund1),  m.  Lydia ;  resided  at  West- 

boro',  where  they  were  admitted  to  the  church,  Sept.  5, 1725 ;  he  was  dismissed 
to  the  church  in  Button,  May  19,  1734,  and  his  wife  Lydia,  July  8,  1739. 
They  came  to  Sutton  about  1732,  were  both  admitted  to  the  church  in  1740. 
Ch.— 1,  Phineas,  b.  Aug.  4,  1724;  2,  Jedediah,  b.  May  29,  1726;  d.  Apr.  4, 
1756;  3,  Ephraim,  b.  Mar.  14,  1729;  4,  Mehitabel,  b.  Apr.  3,  1731;  5,  John, 
b.  June  26,  1734;  6,  Benjamin,  b.  June  16,  1744;  7,  Betsey,  b.  Aug.  17,  1747; 
m.  Bartholomew  Towne,  Jan.  22,  1767 ;  8,  Stephen,  b.  June  20,  1749. 

Phineas5  (Perez4,  Thomas3,  Thomas2,  Edmund1),  m.  Hannah  Cummings, 
Mar.  23,  1744.  Ch.— 1,  Nathaniel,  b.  Sept.  18,  1745;  m.  Elizabeth  Lawrence; 
2,  Hannah,  b.  July  26,  1747;  3,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  10,  1751;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  July 

6,  1753;  5,  Abigail,  b.  Apr.  17,  1755;  6,  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  24,  1758;  m.  John  Rice; 

7,  Noah,  b.  Mar.  5,  1760;  8,  Lydia,  b.  May  29,  1763. 

Stephen5  (Perez4,  Thomas8,  Thomas2,  Edmund1),  m.  1st,  Ruth  Stone,  May 

12,  1768;  m.  2d,  Mary  Batcheller,  Sept.  18,  1771.     Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  July  3, 


*.  See  history  of  the  home  he  occupied  in  district  number  twelve. 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON.  715 

1769;  d.  young;  2,  Stephen,  b.  Sept.  27,  1772;  3,  Euth,  b.  May  10, 1774;  4, 
Ruth,  b.  Feb.  7,  1780;  5,  Mary,  b.  Nov.  18, 1782;  6,  Susanna,  b.  May  21,  1789; 
7,  Lucinda,  b.  Nov.  4,  1797 ;  8,  Daniel,  b.  July  17,  1799. 

Noah*  (Thomas3,  Thomas2,  Edmund1),  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Joshua  and 
Rebekah  (Church)  Warren.  Ch. — 1,  Lydia;  m.  Timothy  Bacon,  Aug.  6, 
1752;  2,  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  27,  1734;  m.  Rebekah  Kingsbury,  Jan.  16,  1767;  3, 
Noah,  b.  Oct.  17,  1738;  d.  Aug.  10,  1739;  4,  Fortunatus,  b.  Sept.  1740;  d. 
1740;  5,  Asahel,  b.  Feb.  13,  1742. 

Asahel5  (Noah4,  Thomas3,  Thomas2,  Edmund1),  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Joseph 
and  Elizabeth  (Legg)  Brownell ;  she  d.  June  7,  1821.  Ch. — 1,  Lydia,  b.  Apr. 
29,  1762;  m.  Hon.  Jonas  Sibley,  Aug.  18,  1785;  2,  Dolly,  b.  July  10,  1763;  m. 
David  Morse,  Aug.  6,  1789;  3,  George  Keith,  b.  Feb.  2,  1765;  d.  1851;  4, 
Hannah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1766;  m.  Gibbs  Sibley,  July  1,  1788;  d.  July  11,  1856; 

5,  Mary,  b.  Aug.  2,  1768;  d.  1790;  6,  Noah,  b.  Feb.  24,  1770;  m. Howell; 

7,  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  28, 1773 ;  8,  Jemima,  b.  Oct.  17, 1775 ;  m.  Gardner  Wright ; 
9,  Joseph  Warren,  b.  Mar.  10,  1778;  m.  Ruth  Sibley;  10,  Nancy,  b.  Oct.  25, 
1781;  m.  Simon  Sibley;  11,  Charles,  b.  July  10,  1783;  m.  Annis  Dunham. 

George  Keith6  (Asahel5,  Noah4,  Thomas3,  Thomas2,  Edmund1),  m.  Fannie, 
dau.  of  Jonathan  Harback,  Nov.  8,  1790.  Ch.— 1,  George,  b.  June  28,  1791 ; 
m.  Sally  Bacon,  Mar.  17,  1813;  2,  Fannie;  m.  Elijah  Spurr;  3,  Thomas  A.; 
m.  Marietta  Stone,  Apr.  28,  1829;  4,  William;  5,  Polly. 

Daniel5  (Joseph4,  Phineas3,  Joseph2,  Edmund1),  m.  Anna  Holbrook,  Aug. 
24,  1784;  d.  1830.  Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  Feb.  27,  1786;  2,  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  19, 
1788;  3,  Asenath,  b.  Oct.  31,  1789;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  10,  1792;  5,  Oliver, 
b.  Sept.  29,  1793. 

Alexander6  (Elijah3,  Elijah4,  Elisha3,  Thomas2,  Edmund1),  m.  1st,  Sarah 
Drury,  1811;  she  d.  Apr.  2,  1814;  in.  2d,  Lottie  Morse.  Ch.— 1,  Martin 
Alexander,  b.  June  7,  1815;  2,  Sally  Drury,  b.  Jan.  5,  1817;  3,  Elizabeth 
Morse,  b.  Aug.  3,  1819;  4,  Charlotte  Relief  Williams,  b.  Nov.  13,  1821;  5, 
Angelina,  b.  Feb.  26,  1823;  6,  George  Washington,  b.  Aug.  6,  1828;  7,  Lucy 
Wheeler,  b.  Nov.  30,  1829;  8,  Franklin,  b.  Oct.  6,  1834;  9,  Ann,  b.  Nov.  5, 
1837. 

Noah  Rice  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Hannah  Marble.  Ch. — 1,  Hosea,  b. 
Jan.  24,  1803;  2,  Willard,  b.  Nov.  23,  1805;  3,  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  5,  1813. 

Hosea2  (Noah1),  m.  Sophronia  Barton.  Ch.— 1,  Alden,  b.  Oct.  9,  1827;  2, 
Jane  E.,  b.  June  25,  1830;  m.  James  W.  Barnes,  Sept.  18,  1849;  3,  Henry  F., 
b.  Jan.  29,  1844;  m.  Abby  A.  King,  May  2,  1876. 

Willard2  (Noah1),  m.  Almy  F.  Watson,  Jan.  31,  1833.  Ch.— 1,  George 
Willard,  b.  Jan.  22,  1836 ;  2,  Alvear  Jackson,  3,  Almy  Amanda,  twins,  b. 
June  30,  1841. 

George  W.3  (Willard2,  Noah1),  m.  Ellen  E.  Penniman,  June  17,  1862. 
Ch.— 1,  Arthur,  b.  Oct.  20,  1865. 

RICH. 

We  find  the  names  of  Samuel,  Elisha  and  Israel  Rich,  all 
of  whom  came  to  Button  about  the  same  time,  but  their 
relationship  is  unknown.  There  is  no  record  of  the  mar- 
riage of  Samuel  or  Israel,  and  they  probably  brought  their 
wives  with  them. 


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Samuel  m.  Elizabeth  — — ;  she  d.  Mar.  20,  1805.     Ch. — 1,  Samuel,  b.  July 

30,  1735;  2,  Benjamin,  b.  July  20,  1737;  m.  Rebekah  Dagget,  July  15,  1762; 
3,  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  16,  1738 ;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  July  29,  1741 ;  5,  Sarah,  b.  Apr. 
3,  1743;  6,  David,  b.  Mar.  4,  1744;  7,  Jonathan,  b.  July  20,  1747;  8,  Reuben, 
b.  May  10,  1752;  9,  Amos,  b.  Sept.  4,  1757. 

Samuel2  (Samuel1),  m.  Ruth  Putnam,  Mar.  18,  1761;  she  d.  Dec.  28,  1811. 
Ch.— 1,  Stephen,  b.  Jan.  3,  1762;  2,  Elijah,  b.  Apr.  4,  1764;  3,  Ruth,  b.  July 

31,  1766;  4,  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  26,  1769;  5,  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  23,  1772. 
Stephen3  (Samuel2,  Samuel1),  m.  Rebekah  Carriel,  Nov.  18,  1784.     Ch.— 1, 

George,  b.  Dec.  1,  1785;  2,  Plrebe,  b.  June  5,  1790. 

Jonathan2  (Samuel1),  m.  Mehetable  Dagget,  July  7, 1774.  Ch. — 1,  Reuben, 
b.  Apr.  26,  1775;  2,  Arthur,  b.  Oct.  13,  1777;  m.  Ruby  Titus,  Mar.  25,  1801; 
3,  Simeon,  b.  Mar.  6,  1780;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  19,  1782;  5,  Paul,  b.  Aug. 
16,  1785;  6,  Barnabas,  b.  Oct.  13,  1787. 

Elisha  Rich  m.  Mary  Davis,  Dec.  21,  1737.  Ch.— 1,  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  29, 
1738;  2,  Elisha,  b.  Apr.  7,  1740;  3,  Nathaniel,  b.  Mar.  20,  1742;  4,  Charles,  b. 
Apr.  21,  1744;  5,  Mary,  b.  May  11,  1746;  6,  Jacob,  b.  July  15,  1747;  7,  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Oct.  8,  1748;  8,  Caleb,  b.  Aug.  1,  1750;  9,  Ebenezer,  b.  Nov.  18, 1751 ; 
d.  Jan.  24,  1811;  10,  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  1,  1753;  11,  Sarah,  b.  July  31,  1755; 
12,  Judith,  b.  Nov.  8,  1757;  13,  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  1,  1759. 

Ebenezer2  (Elisha1),  m.  1st,  Mehetabel ;  m.  2d,  Isabel  Holton,  July  24, 

1785.  Ch.— 1,  Molly,  b.  Feb.  28, 1777;  2,  Mehetabel,  b.  Dec.  6, 1778;  3,  Lucy, 
b.  Jan.  1,  1781 ;  4,  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  21,  1783 ;  5,  Ebenezer,  b.  June  17,  1786 ; 
6,  Jacob,  b.  Sept.  11,  1787;  7,  Elisha,  b.  Dec.  22, 1788. 

Israel  Rich  m.  Sarah .     Ch.— 1,  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  7, 1745;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Oct. 

3,  1746;  3,  Israel,  b.  Aug.  20,  1748. 

John  Rich  (ancestry  unknown),  m,  Rhoda  Hunt,  Apr.  28,  1801.  Ch. — 1, 
John,  b.  Apr.  6,  1803;  2,  George,  b.  July  10, 1805;  3,  Phebe,  b.  Aug.  13, 1808 ; 

4,  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  3,  1811. 

John2  (John1),  m.  Rachel  Putnam,  May  24,  1825.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Aug. 
12,  1825;  2,  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  30,  1828. 

George2  (John1),  in.  Sarah  Stockwell,  Jan.  18,  1838.  Ch.— 1,  Rhoda  Ann, 
b.  Sept.  18,  1838;  d.  June  2,  1845;  2,  Sarah  Jane,  b.  Sept.  2,  1839;  3,  Maria 
Azubah,  b.  July  11,  1841;  d.  May  30,  1845;  4,  John  Stockwell,  b.  May  17, 
1844;  5,  Martha  Ann,  b.  Jan.  14,  1847;  6,  George  W.,  b.  Sept  3,  1848. 

SEVERY. 

Joseph  Severy,  the  ancestor  of  the  Severys  in  Sutton, 
was  born  in  Ipswich,  from  which  place  he  went  to  Rehoboth, 
where  he  married  Sarah  Stockwell,  a  sister  of  the  Stock- 
wells,  who  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  the  town.  He 
probably  came  to  Sutton  about  1728. 

Ch.— 1,  Joseph,  b.  June  26,  1714;  2,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  7,  1715;  m.  Jas.  How, 
Mar.  5,  1741;  3,  John,  b.  May  4,  1720;  d.  May  11,  1729;  4,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  20, 
1725;  d.  May  9,  1729;  5,  John,  b.  Feb.  25,  1730;  6,  Benjamin,  b.  June  21, 
1731;  m.  Elizabeth  Harwood,  Apr.  6,  1756;  7,  Jacob,  b.  May  19,  1735;  8, 
Thomas,  b.  July  13,  1737. 

Joseph2  (Joseph1),  m.  Susanna  Stockwell;  she  d.  Jan.  14,  1762.  Ch. — 1, 
Mary,  b.  Dec.  5,  1735;  d.  Apr.  15,  1758;  2,  Susanna,  b.  Aug.  22, 1737;  3,  Han- 


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nah,  b.  Apr.  23,  1740:  d.  May  11, 1740;  4,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  3, 1741;  5,  Joseph, 
b.  Jan.  13,  1744;  6,  Eunice,  b.  Oct.  23,  1747;  m.  Samuel  Merriman,  June  11, 
1772;  7,  David,  b.  Mar.  11,  1750;  8,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  16,  1754. 

Joseph3  (Joseph2,  Joseph1),  m.  Rebekah  .  Ch. — 1,  Rebekah,  b.  May 

28,  1765;  2,  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  11,  1767. 

John2  (Joseph1),  m.  Hannah  Holman,  Mar.  8,  1750.  Ch. — 1,  Sarah,  b. 
Jan.  25,  1751;  2,  John,  b.  Aug.  25,  1752;  3,  Hannah,  b.  May  13,  1753;  4, 
Hannah,  b.  May  13,  1754;  5,  Rebekah,  b.  Nov.  25,  1755;  6,  Edward,  b.  Feb. 
25,  1757;  accidentally  shot  himself  June  4,  1779;  7,  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  4,  1759; 
m.  Lucretia  Kendall,  May  26,  1780;  8,  Solomon,  b.  Aug.  8,  1761;  9,  Lucy,  b. 
Oct.  2,  1765;  10,  Judith,  b.  Aug.  13,  1768;  11,  Joshua,  b.  May  8,  1771. 

John8  (John2,  Joseph1),  m.  Phoebe  .  Ch.— 1,  Edward,  b.  Aug.  26, 

1780. 

Jacob2  (Joseph1),  m.  Abigail  Rhodes.  Ch.— 1,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  6,  1757;  2, 
Jacob,  b.  Nov.  17,  1758;  d.  in  the  rev.  war,  aged  21;  3,  Ruth,  b."  Aug.  19, 
1760;  4,  Sarah,  b.  June  28,  1762;  5,  Joseph  Rhodes,  b.  Mar.  25,  1764;  6, 
Moody,  b.  Oct.  22,  1765;  7,  Thomas,  b.  July  21,  1767;  8,  Asa,  b.  Apr.  23, 
1769;  9,  Aaron,  b.  Aug.  8,  1771 ;  10,  Archibald,  b.  Jan.  22,  1773;  m.  Olive 
Holman,  Feb.  17,  1805;  11,  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  17,  1775;  12,  Lydia,  b.  July  9, 
1777. 

Joseph  Rhodes3  (Jacob2,  Joseph1),  m.  Eunice  Fitts  of  Oxford,  Dec.  24, 1789. 
Ch.— 1,  Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  28,  1791;  2,  Amos,  b.  Sept.  2,  1792;  3,  Judah,  b. 
Jan.  16,  1794;  4,  Clarissa,  b.  Nov.  17,  1795;  5,  Lydia,  b.  May  20,  1797;  6, 
Cynthia,  b.  July  8,  1799;  7,  Libra,  b.  Feb.  17,  1803;  8,  Diantha,  b.  May  12, 
1805;  d.  Dec.  3,  1806. 

Moody3  (Jacob2,  Joseph1),  m.  Judith  Holman  of  Petersham.  Ch. — 1.  Wil- 
lard,  b.  Feb.  16,  1798;  2,  Moody,  b.  Jan.  18,  1800;  d.  Sept  12,  1803;  3,  Sally, 
b.  Nov.  22,  1801;  m. Day;  4,  Moody  Holman,  b.  July  14, 1803;  m.  Char- 
lotte Forbush;  5,  Solomon,  b.  Feb.  12,  1805. 

Willard4  (Moody3,  Jacob2,  Joseph1),  m.  Rhoda .  Ch. — 1,  Harriet  Maria, 

b.  June  8,  1825. 

Solomon4  (Moody3,  Jacob2,  Joseph1),  m.  Mary  B.  Knapp,  Sept.  28,  1830. 
Ch.— 1,  Francis  Solomon,  b.  Jan.  3,  1846;  d.  Aug.  14,  1846. 

SlBLEY. 

The  first  Sibleys  in  this  country  came  over  from  England 
in  the  Fleet,  in  A.  D.  1629  —  only  nme  years  after  the  settle- 
ment of  old  Plymouth — and  settled  in  the  town  of  Salem. 
They  were  supposed  to  be  brothers,  and  their  names  were  John 
and  Richard.  They  both  had  wives.  They  united  with  the 
church  at  Charlestown,  Dec.  21,  1634,  and  John  Sibley  took 
the  freeman's  oath  sixth  of  May,  1635.  He  was  a  selectman  of 
the  town  of  Salem  and  went  to  the  general  court  at  Boston. 
He  died  in  1661,  leaving  nine  children,  five  daughters  and 
four  sons.  His  sons'  names  are  :  1,  John,  born  March  4, 
1648  ;  was  a  captain,  selectman,  etc.  ;  2,  William,  born  July 


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8,  1653 ;  was  a  yeoman,  butcher,  etc.  ;  3,  Joseph,  born 
1655  ;  was  a  fisherman ;  4,  Samuel,  born  February  12, 1657  ; 
his  wife's  name  was  Mary,  of  Salem. 

Joseph  Sibley,  the  son  of  John,  who  was  born  in  1655, 
on  his  return  from  a  fishing  voyage  was  impressed  on  board 
a  British  frigate,  put  to  hard  service  for  seven  weeks,  then 
released  and  sent  home.  This  Joseph  Sibley  was  the  father 
of  the  Sutton  Sibley s.  His  wife's  name  was  Susanna ;  they 
had  seven  children,  one  daughter  and  six  sons,  viz : 

1,  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  9,  1684;  2,  John,  b.  Sept.  18,  1687;  3,  Jonathan,  b.  May 
1,  1690;  4,  Samuel,  b.  1697;  5,  William,  b.  Sept.  7,  1700;  6,  Benjamin,  b. 
Sept.  19,  1703 ;  7,  Hannah,  m.  Ebenezer  Dagget,  Aug.  10,  1722. 

It  appears  that  all  these  brothers  settled  in  this  town. 
Three  of  these,  Joseph,  John  and  Jonathan,  were  among  the 
thirty  families  who  were  entered  as  settlers  in  the  four  thou- 
sand acres.  Samuel's  name  appears  soon  after  as  occupying 
a  place  with  Joseph.  In  the  seating  of  the  meeting-house 
in  1731,  the  names  of  William  and  Benjamin  Sibley  are 
found  as  assigned  to  the  fifth  seat  on  the  lower  floor. 

Joseph3  (Joseph2,  John1),  b.  Nov.  9,  1684.  Ch.— 1,  Joseph,  b.  1709;  2, 
John,  b.  Aug.  2,  1711;  3,  James,  b.  1714;  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Philip  Chase, 
Mar.  14,  1739;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  11,  1718. 

Joseph4  (Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Mary .  Ch. — 1,  Naomi,  b.  Aug. 

16, 1732;  2,  Hezekiah,  b.  May  24, 1734;  became  deranged;  3,  Naomi,  b.  Apr.  5, 
1736;  4,  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  30,  1739;  5,  Mary,  b.  Nov.  13,  1741;  m.  Jonathan 
Stockwell3,  Dec.  5,  1758;  6,  Abel,  b.  July  12,  1745. 

Joseph5  (Joseph*,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Gibbs,  Apr.  16, 
1761.  Ch.— 1,  Naomi,  b.  Nov.  18,  1761;  2,  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  25,  1762;  went 
south;  3,  Gibbs,  b.  Feb.  18,  1765 ;  4,  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  3,  1766;  m.  Joshua 
Marsh,  Jan.  11,  1787;  5,  Charles,  b.  Dec.  5,  1768;  d.  young;  6,  Barnabas,  b. 
Aug.  1,  1771;  7,  Thaddeus,  b.  Aug.  3,  1773;  went  to  Maine;  8,  Mary,  b.  Dec. 
13,  1775;  9,  Betty,  b.  Sept.  28,  1777;  10,  Sally,  b.  Sept.  15,  1779;  11,  George 
B.  Kodney,  b.  July  14,  1781;  m.  Kebekah  Smith,  Nov.  10,  1807;  went  to 
Georgia. 

Gibbs6  (Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Hannah  Kice,  July 
1,  1788.  Ch.— 1,  Ira  Allen,  b.  Sept.  12,  1788;  2,  Martha,  b.  Mar.  1,  1791;  3, 
Lemuel  G.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1792;  4,  Elbridge  Gerry,  b.  Nov.  13,  1794;  5,  Sophia, 
b.  Oct.  23,  1796;  6,  Horace,  b.  Apr.  2,  1799;  7,  John  Gibbs,  b.  Aug.  3,  1801 ; 
8,  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  9,  1804;  9,  Jane  Walter,  b.  Mar.  9,  1810. 

Gibbs  Sibley  was  a  clock-maker,  and  went  with  his  family  to  New  York. 

Barnabas6  (Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Rebekah  Keith. 
Ch.— Rebekah  K.,  b.  July  17,  1796. 

Abel6  (Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Nichols,  May  12, 
1766.  Co.— 1,  Margory,  b.  Apr.  25,  1768;  2,  Abel,  b.  Mar.  22,  1770;  3, 


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Levins,  b.  Mar.  9,  1772;  d.  May  11,  1852;  4,  Joseph,  b.  June  10,  1774; 
deranged  and  drowned  in  Manchaug  Pond;  5,  Abigail,  b.  Aug.  5,  1776;  6, 
Isaac,  b.  Sept.  17,  1778;  7,  Prudence,  b.  June  27,  1780;  8,  Mary,  b.  Aug.  8, 
1782;  9,  Ammi,  b.  Oct.  14,  1784. 

Levins6  (Abel5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Betsey .  Ch. — 

1,  Levins,  2,  Eliza,  twins,  b.  Nov.  17,  1804. 

Levins7  (Levins6,  Abel5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Harriet . 

Ch.— 1,  Van,  b.  Sept.  14,  1829;  d.  May  10,  1849;  2,  Harriet  Percillia,  b.  Aug. 
13,  1831 ;  3,  Warren  Levins,  b.  Mar.  9,  1834. 

Isaac6  (Abel5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Mary .  Ch. — 1, 

Darius  Boyden,  b.  May  7,  1801 ;  2,  Isaac  Town,  b.  Feb.  3,  1808 ;  3,  Liberty,  b. 
Apr.  1,  1810;  4,  Rachel  Studley,  b.  Apr.  11,  1814;  5,  Watson  Willard,  b.  Oct. 
13,  1816. 

John4  (Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Hannah  Marsh,  b.  Dec.  29,  1713. 
Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  June  13,  1732;  m.  Stephen  South  worth,  Sept.  27,  1753; 
m.  2d,  a  Mr.  Whiting  from  Douglas;  2,  Ruth,  b.  June  4,  1734;  m.  Peter 
Woodbury;  d.  1755;  3,  Dorcas,  b.  July  7,  1736;  m.  Isaac  Nichols,  Apr.  1758; 
4,  Lydia,  b.  May  30,  1738;  d.  July  11,  1738;  5,  John,  b.  July  12,  1739;  d. 
Sept.  12,  1739;  6,  John,  b.  Nov.  5,  1740;  7,  Abner,  b.  Mar.  5.  1743;  d.  Apr.  7, 
1743;  8,  Abner,  b.  Apr.  9,  1744;  9,  Elisha,  b.  Feb.  24,  1746;  m.  Lydia  Car- 
riel,  July  14,  1763;  went  west;  10,  David,  11,  Stephen,  twins,  b.  Aug.  14,  1750; 
12,  Peter,  b.  May  13,  1751. 

John5  (John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth  Sibley,  dau.  of 
James,  Apr.  16,  1761.  He  was  captain  of  the  artillery  company  from  Sutton 
in  the  revolutionary  war.  Ch. — 1,  John;  2,  Arthur;  3,  Oliver;  4,  Andrew. 

Abner5  (John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Betty  Lillie,  May  28,  1766; 
m.  2d,  Mary  Studley,  Dec.  8,  1779.  Ch.— 1,  Betty,  b.  Mar.  20,  1767;  2, 
Abner,  b.  Apr.  14,  1769;  3,  Simeon,  b.  Mar.  30,  1771;  4,  Abner,  b.  May  31, 
1773;  5,  Polly,  b.  July  3,  1775;  6,  Clark,  b.  Aug.  15,  1777;  went  to  New 
Haven,  d.  1808;  7,  Levina,  b.  Apr.  21,  1780;  8,  Benoni,  b.  Apr.  16,  1782;  9, 
Elihu,  b.  Sept.  30,  1784;  10,  Olive,  b.  Apr.  29,  1787;  m.  Moses  Waters,  Dec. 
29,  1802;  d.  Apr.  22,  1814;  11,  Royal,  b.  July  31,  1793. 

Simeon6  (Abner5,  John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Lucinda  Claflin, 
Dec.  26,  1797.  Ch.— 1,  Darius,  b.  Nov.  22,  1798;  2,  Clark,  b.  Oct.  30,  1800; 
3,  Betty,  b.  July  27, 1803;  4,  Maria,  b.  Nov.  7, 1810;  5,  Otis  L.,  b.  July  16, 1814; 
6,  Margaret,  b.  Apr.  4,  1817;  7,  John  Stanley,  b.  Sept.  8,  1823. 

Abner6  (Abner5,  John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Fanny  Barfiett,  Oct. 
17,  1801.  Ch.— 1,  Lawson,  b.  Sept.  10,  1802;  2,  Royal,  b.  Jan.  4,  1804;  3, 
Alden;  4,  Rodney.  Abner  Sibley,  jr.,  moved  with  his  family  to  Boston,  prob- 
ably before  the  birth  of  Alden. 

Benoni6  (Abner5,  John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sally  Marsh,  Aug. 
1,  1806.  Ch.— 1,  Chandler  G.,  b.  May  25,  1810;  2,  Benjamin  B.  b.  Sept.  19, 
1812. 

Elihu6  (Abuer5,  John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Betsey  McKnight, 
Dec.  11,  1809.  Ch.— 1,  Alvan  McKnight,  b.  Jan.  16, 1812;  2,  Harriet,  b.  Dec. 
8,  1816;  3,  Augustus,  b.  May  27,  1822. 

David5  (John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Phoebe  Lilley,  Jan.  25,  1770. 
Ch.— 1,  David,  b.  Nov.  21,  1773;  2,  Phoebe,  b.  Aug.  5,  1776;  m.  John  Towne, 
jr.,  Jan.  18,  1793;  3,  Clark,  b.  May  24,  1780. 

Stephen5  (John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Eleanor  Lilley,  Dec.  29, 1768. 

Peter5  (John4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m. .  Ch. — 1,  Peter,  2,  Henry, 

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720  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

James4  (Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth  Chase,  Mar.  14, 1739.  Ch.— 
1,  Moses,  b.  1742;  2,  Aaron,  b.  1744;  moved  to  Auburn;  3,  James,  b.  1748; 
was  in  rev.  war;  4,  Archelaus,  b.  1762 ;  m.  Hannah  Dudley,  Oct.  11,  1789; 
moved  to  Thompson,  Ct. 

Moses5  (James*,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth  Rich,  Apr.  19, 1770. 
Ch. — 1,  Moses;  2,  Charles;  d.  young;  3,  Elisha,  deranged. 

Moses6  (Moses5,  James4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sally  Putnam,  Dec. 
16,  1801.  Ch.— 1,  Moses. 

Moses7  (Moses6,  Moses5,  James4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1).  Ch. — 1,  War- 
ren; 2,  Elliot 

Jonathan4  (Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Hannah  Burnap,  Dec.  3,  1739. 
Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  10,  1741;  2,  Reuben,  b.  Feb.  20,  1743;  d.  Nov.  17, 
1810;  3,  Huldah,  b.  Sept.  13,  1745;  4,  Paul,  b.  Apr.  26,  1748  ;3  5,  Gideon,  b. 
Nov.  20, 1750;  6,  Tarrant,  b.  Sept.  1,  1754. 

Jonathan5  (Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2, 'John1),  m.  Eunice  Perkins,  Apr. 
26,  1762.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  28,  1763. 

Reuben5  (Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Ruth  Sibley,  Jan.  30, 
1765;  she  d.  Nov.  30,  1814.  Ch.— 1,  Reuben,  b.  Oct.  25,  1765;  2,  Phoebe,  b. 
Nov.  5,  1767;  3,  Solomon,  b.  Oct.  7,  1769;  4,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  4,  1772;  m. 
Tirza  Lamson,  Apr.  8,  1798;  5,  Martha,  b.  Feb.  24,  1774;  6,  Nathaniel,  b. 
Apr.  20,  1776;  d.  Mar.  31,  1859;  7,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  27,  1778;  m.  Amasa 
Roberts,  May  3,  1798;  8,  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  13,  1780;  m.  William  Warren  Rice, 
July  15,  1803;  9,  Huldah,  b.  Aug.  6,  1782;  m.  Moses  L.  Morse,  Dec.  10,  1804. 

Reuben6  (Reuben5,  Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth 
Marble,  Nov.  16,  1784;  she  d.  Dec.  22,  1804.  Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  5, 
1785;  2,  Ezra,  b.  Sept.  21,  1787;  3,  Phoebe,  b.  July  2,  1789;  4,  Betsey,  b.  Oct. 
22,  1791;  5,  Simeon,  b.  Jan.  29,  1794;  6,  Abigail,  b.  Nov.'29,  1804. 

Solomon6  (Reuben5,  Jonathan4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Oct.  1804, 
Sarah  Whipple  Sproat,  dau.  of  Col.  Ebenezer  Sproat  of  the  continental  army. 
He  received  a  collegiate  education  and  went  to  Detroit,  Mich.  See  biographi- 
cal sketch  in  this  book.  Ch. — 1,  Ebenezer  Sproat;  educated  at  West  Point, 
an  officer  in  the  army;  2,  Alexander:  3,  Henry;  4,  Frederick. 

Nathaniel6  (Reuben5,  Jonathan4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Lavina,  dau. 
of  Nehemiah  Chase,  Aug.  15,  1801 ;  she  d.  Dec.  1,  1818 ;  m.  2d,  Miranda, 
dau.  of  Moses  Chase,  June  20,  1820.  Ch.— 1,  Sylvester,  b.  Oct.  22,  1801 ;  d. 
Aug.  20,  1865;  2,  Sally,  b.  May  27,  1804;  m.  Joseph  L.  Freeman;  3,  Caleb,  b. 
Apr.  20,  1806;  m.  Nancy  Davenport ;  4,  Nehemiah  Chase,  b.  Sept.  20,  1811; 
d.  Oct.  4, 1844;  5, Reuben,  b.  Aug.  17, 1813  ;*m.  Adelia  Russell;  killed  on  R.R. 
at  Oxford,  Feb.  26,  1846;  6,  Vashti  Maria,  b.  July  18,  1815;  m.  Daniel  G. 
Fenton. 

Paul5  (Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Putnam,  Dec.  2, 
1766.  Ch.— 1,  James,  b.  Mar.  10,  1767;  2,  Paul,  b.  Aug.  14,  1769;  m.  Nancy 
Marsh,  Jan.  31,  1792;  3,  Caleb,  b.  Aug.  16,  1771;  4,  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  13,  1774; 

5,  Jonathan,  b.  Apr.  17,  1776;   6,  Molly,  b.  Sept.  17,  1778;  7,  Betty,  b.  Jan. 
1,  1781;  8,  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  19,  1783;   9,  Rufus,  b.  Mar.  2,  1785;   10,  Simeon,  b. 
Apr.  12,  1787.    This  family  moved  to  Spencer. 

Gideon5  (Jonathan4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Tamar  Fitts,  Apr.  28, 
1772.  Ch.— 1,  Gideon,  b.  May  3,  1773;  2,  Pearley,  b.  July  17,  1774;  m.  Polly 
Harwood,  Dec.  17,  1798;  3,  Tamar,  b.  Apr.  9,  1776;  m.  Capt.  Reuben 
Waters,  June  28, 1795;  4,  Simeon,  b.  Jan.  12,  1778;  5,  Peter,  b.  Feb.  29,  1780; 

6,  Lucy,  b.  May  5,  1782;   7,  Amos,  b.  Oct.  19,  1783. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  721 

Simon9  (Gideon5,  Jonathan*,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Nancy  Rice, 
Feb.  6,  1806;  she  d.  Feb.  23,  1847.  Ch.— 1,  Sophronia,  b.  Jan.  18,  1810;  m. 
Anthony  Mason;  2,  Simon  H.,  b.  in  Oxford,  Dec.  22,  1816;  3,  Nancy 
Augusta,  b.  Apr.  3,  1820;  4,  George  Leonard,  b.  Mar.  25,  1823;  m.  Apr.  29, 
1847,  Fannie  D.  Northway;  resides  in  Illinois. 

Simon  H.7  (Simon6,  Gideon5,  Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m. 
Mary  P.  Eaton  of  Groton,  Jan.  2,  1845;  m.  2d,  Ann  M.  Eaton,  Oct.  14,  1847. 
Ch.— 1,  Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1846;  moved  to  Warren. 

Tarrant6  (Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Hannah  Putnam,  Apr. 

22,  1779.      Ch.— 1,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  9,  1780;  2,  Tarrant,  b.  Oct.  22,  1781; 
3,  Hannah,  b.  May  22,  1784;  4,  Francis,  b.  Jan.  1,  1786;   m.  Sally  Davis  of 
Oxford,  Aug.  9,  1812;  5,  Lot,  b.  Dec.  15,  1788;  6,  Nathaniel,  b.  Dec.  29,  1791; 
d.  Mar.  24,  1852;    7,  Tyler,  b.  Feb.  18,  1793;    d.  Feb.  17,  1859;    8,  Israel,  b. 
Feb.  11, 1795;  9,  Debby,  b.  Aug.  5, 1797;  10,  Nahum,  b.  Jan.  5, 1800;  11,  Polly, 
b.  May  4,  1802;   12,  Sumner,  b.  Dec.  12,  1806. 

Tarrant0  (Tarrant5,  Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Betsey  Axtell, 
Aug.  10,  1806.     Ch.— 1,  Huldah,  b.  Dec.  28,  1806. 
Lot6  (Tarrant6,  Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Morse,  Dec. 

23,  1810;   he  d.  June  30,  1871;   shed.  Mar.  21,  1874.     Ch.— 1,  Sumner,  b. 
Sept.  9,  1811;   d.  Sept.  17,  1811;  2,  Lucy,  b.  July  27,  1812;   d.  July  28,  1812; 
3,  Simeon  M.,  b.  July  21,  1814;   4,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  23,  1816;   d.  Apr.  22,  1828; 

5,  Tarrant,  b.  Oct.  24,  1818;    6,  Pardon  H.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1821;    m.  Mary  J. 
Hawks,  Oct.  1845;  7,  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  23,  1828. 

Simeon7  (Lot6,  Tarrant6,  Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Mar.  16, 
1837,  Diantha  Williams;  shed.  Jan.  29,  1852;  m.  2d,  Nov.  23,  1857,  Maria 
Louisa  Varian.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  L.,  b.  May  29,  1838;  m.  Aug.  29,  1866,  Albert 
W.  Harwood;  2,  Persis  H.,  b.  June  23,  1841;  m.  Mar.  14, 1870,  John  C.  Cole- 
man;  3,  Simeon  Waldo,  b.  July  26,  1843;  4,  Frances  D.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1845;  m. 
June  19,  1873,  Edward  Williams;  5,  Harriet  J.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1851. 

Tarrant7  (Lot6,  Tarrant6,  Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Maria 
N.  Putnam,  May  25,  1848.  Ch.— 1,  Maria  N.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1849;  d.  Apr.  1, 
1858;  2,  Tarrant  Putnam,  b.  Mar.  3,  1851;  3,  Edward  Livingston,  b.  May  24, 
1855;  4,  Harriet  Eva,  b.  Feb.  13,  1857;  5,  Clarence  Clifford,  b.  Aug.  9,  1864. 

Tarrant  Sibley  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  1843 ;  is  a  lawyer, 
judge,  and  U.  S.  Commissioner  for  Vermont. 

Edward  Livingston  Sibley  graduated  at  Williams  College;  is  studying  law. 

Clarence  Clifford  is  fitting  for  college. 

Tyler6  (Tarrant5,  Jonathan4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Darling, 
Sept.  16,  1819.  Ch.— 1,  Palmer,  b.  June  4,  1820;  2,  Persis,  b.  Jan.  3,  1822; 
3,  Ira  Tyler,  b.  Jan.  18,  1825;  4,  Mary  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  3,  1834. 

Nahum6  (Tarrant6,  Jonathan4,  Joseph8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Susan . 

Ch.— 1,  George  Sigourney,  b.  Feb.  22,  182-. 

John8  (Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Zeruiah  Gould.  Ch.— 1,  John,  b.  Nov.  13, 1714; 
2,  Ebenezer,  b.  Feb.  28,  1717;  3,  Stephen,  b.  Oct.  1,  1720;  4,  Bethiah,  b.  Oct. 
2,  1724;  m.  Samuel  Trask,  Nov.  3,  1743;  5,  Timothy,  b.  Nov.  2, 1727;  d.  Dec. 

6,  1818. 

John4  (John8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Towne  of  Topsfield,  Aug.  28, 
1740.  Ch.— 1,  Stephen,  b.  July  12,  1741. 

Ebenezer4  (John8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Cummings,  Aug.  25,  1740. 
Ch.— 1,  Ebenezer,  b.  Oct.  9,  1745;  2,  Abigail,  b.  June  22,  1747;  3,  Mary,  b. 
Aug.  30,  1749. 

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722  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Ebenezer5  (Ebenezer4,  John8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Chase,  Oct.  24, 
1771.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  19,  1772;  2,  Lucy,  b.  Mar.  2,  1775;  m.  Forbes 
Bond,  Mar.  3,  1796;  3,  Eunice,  b.  Mar.  1,  1777;  4,  Elias,  b.  Aug.  8,  1779;  m. 
Ruth  H.  Chase,  Jan.  31,  1804;  5,  Ebenezer,  b.  Jan.  18,  1782;  6,  Zadock,  b. 
Oct.  12,  1785;  7,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  1,  1789. 

Ebenezer6  (Ebenezer6,  Ebenezer4,  John3,  Joseph'2,  John1),  m.  Polly  B.  Whip- 
pie,  Dec.  7,  1809.  Ch.— 1,  Lorinda,  b.  July  6,  1810. 

Timothy4  (John3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Anne  Waite,  Oct.  16,  1753;  m.  2d, 
Mrs.  Hannah  Amidon  of  Mendon;  she  d.  June  5,  1822.  Ch. — 1,  Timothy,  b. 
June  19,  1754;  2,  Joshua,  b.  Nov.  16,  1755;  d.  Sept.  29,  1774;  3,  John,  4, 
Stephen,  twins,  b.  May  19,  1757 ;  John  m.  Betsey  Hopkins ;  he  d.  1837 ; 
Stephen  d.  June  20,  1759;  5,  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  10,  1759;  d.  Apr.  21,  1829;  6, 
Ebenezer,  b.  Apr.  7,  1761;  d.  Sept.  10,  1839;  7,  Anne,  b.  Dec.  15,  1762;  d. 
Apr.  2,  1784;  8,  Asa,  b.  Mar.  29,  1764;  d.  Feb.  25,  1829;  9,  Jonathan,  b.  May 
8,  1766;  d.  1823;  10,  Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  29,  1768;  d.  Oct.  2,  1829;  11,  Solo- 
mon, b.  Nov.  17,  1769;  12,  Polly,  b.  Dec.  4.  1771;  m.  Abner  Cummings;  13, 
Artemas,  b.  July  9,  1773;  d.  Aug.  10,  1777;  14,  Nahuni,  b.  Sept.  11,  1775;  d. 
Sept.  12,  1796;  15,  Sally,  b.  June  6,  1779;  m.  Amasa  Cummings. 

Col.  Timothy  Sibley  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary 
war.  According  to  Dea.  Leland,  the  following  certificate 
was  found  among  Col.  Sibley 's  papers  : 

"In  the  book  of  Records  of  Births  and  Baptisms  in 
Ipswich,  Anne,  daughter  of  Benj.  and  Elizabeth  Waite,  bap- 
tized Oct.  21,  1733,  and  certified  by  Samuel  Rogers,  Town 
Clerk." 

Timothy6  (Timothy4,  John3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Jeremiah 
Barstow,  Nov.  5,  1778.  Ch.— 1,  Timothy  Willard,  b.  Sept.  11,  1779;  d.  in 
Bangor,  Me. ;  2,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  5,  1780 ;  m.  Amariah  Scarborp ;  3,  Anne,  b. 
Jan.  15,  1782;  4,  Cyrus,  b.  Jan.  6,  1784;  5,  Artemas,  b.  Apr.  21,  1786;  6, 
Salome,  b.  Apr.  13,  1788;  m,  Elijah  Jenett  of  Thompson,  Ct. ;  7,  Benjamin 
Franklin,  b.  July  19,  1790;  8,  Origen,  b.  hi  Oxford. 

Cyrus  taught  school  for  several  years  in  Albany ;  was  a 
fine  linguist ;  went  to  South  America  for  purposes  of  trade, 
and  was  arrested  as  a  spy,  and  imprisoned.  On  being 
released,  he  returned  to  the  United  States,  and  located  in 
Blakeley,  Ala.,  where  he  engaged  in  business,  taking  in  his 
brother  Origen  as  partner. 

John,  son  of  Col.  Tim,  was  a  physician  ;  studied  with  Dr. 
John  Wilson  of  Hopkinton,  and  located  at  Great  Barring- 
ton,  where  he  married  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel 
Hopkins  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  who  had  removed  with  his 
family  to  Great  Barrington  on  account  of  the  occupancy  of 
Newport  by  the  British  army.  From  Great  Barrington  he 


TOWN   OF    BUTTON.  723 

went  South,  and  finally  settled  at  Natchitochez,  La.  He 
became  wealthy  and  influential.  Under  Jefferson's  admin- 
istration he  was  for  several  years  in  government  employ,  as 
commissioner  to  make  treaties  with  the  Indian  tribes  living 
in  the  territory  ceded  by  Spain  to  the  United  States.  He 
was  three  times  married,  and  left  several  children. 

Stephen,  son  of  Col.  Tim,  was  a  goldsmith ;  lived  for  a 
time  in  Norwich,  Ct.  ;  went  from  there  to  Great  Barrington, 
thence  to  Stockbridge,  and  finally  emigrated  to  Ohio  with 
his  family. 

Ebenezer,  son  of  Col.  Tim,  went  to  Great  Barrington 
and  purchased  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Hopkins ;  from  thence  he  removed  with  his  family  to  "West- 
ford,  Vt.  He  was  the  father  of  ten  children. 

Asa,  son  of  Col.  Tim,  was  a  goldsmith;  settled  first  in 
Woodstock,  Ct.,  and  went  thence  to  Walpole,  N.  H. 

Jonathan,  son  of  Col.  Tim,  married  Miss  Mary  Davis  of 
Oxford.  His  marriage  is  recorded  as  follows:  "Jonathan 
Sibley  of  Suttoii  and  Mary  Davis  of  Oxford  on  the  25  of 
June  1788  joined  themselves  to  gether  in  the  marriage 
covenant  before  Nathan  Putnam,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and 
requested  that  it  mite  be  recorded.  (N.  B.)  " 

He  went  with  his  wife's  father  to  Edenton,  Maine,  and 
settled  there. 

Benjamin,  son  of  Col.  Tim,  married  Zilpha  Davis,  sister 
of  the  wife  of  Jonathan,  and  settled  in  Adams. 

Solomon5  (Timothy4,  John3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sally,  dau.  of  Noah  Stock- 
well,  Jan.  13,  1792.  Ch.— 1,  Stephen,  b.  Dec.  12,  1792;  d.  young;  2,  Nancy, 
b.  Jan.  19,  1797;  m.  Dea.  Nathan  Muzzy  of  Auburn;  3,  Heister,  b.  June  19, 
1799;  4,  Lewis,  b.  July  8,  1801;  5,  Stephen,  b.  July  26,  1805;  6,  Solomon,  b. 
June  14,  1808;  7,  John,  b.  Feb.  20,  1818. 

He  had  several  daughters,  the  date  of  whose  birth  we  can  not  find.  He 
removed  with  his  family  to  Auburn. 

Samuel3  (Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Martha  Dike,  Aug.  6,  1722.  Ch.— 1,  Samuel, 
b.  1724;  2,  Nathaniel;  3,  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  26,  1726;  m.  Jonathan  Park;  4,  Jere- 
miah, b.  Dec.  31,  1728;  5,  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  27,  1730;  m.  Lucy  Park,  Feb.  6, 
1754. 

Samuel4  (Samuel3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Park,  Mar.  19,  1744.  Ch.— 
1,  Abigail,  b.  May  30,  1745;  m.  Bradford  Chase,  June  21,  1763;  2,  Lucy,  b. 
Oct.  15,  1750;  m.  John  Burdon,  jr.;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  26,  1756;  4,  Judith, 
b.  June  6,  1757;  m.  Caleb  Putnam;  5,  Nathan,  b.  Oct.  26, 1760;  6,  Mehetable, 
b.  July  27,  1762;  m.  John  Elliot,  May  15,  1781;  7,  Job,  b.  Feb.  12,  1766;  m. 
Polly  Hicks,  Nov.  16,  1786. 


724  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Samuel5  (Samuel4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Leland,  Dec.  10, 
1778.  Ch.— 1,  Charles;  2,  Sardius,  b.  Jan.  11,  1782;  d.  Dec.  11,  1801;  3, 
Lyman,  b.  May  18,  1784;  4,  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  19,  1786;  5,  Jonathan,  b.  May 
13,  1794.  This  family  removed  to  Earre. 

Nathan5  (Samuel*,  Samuel8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Rachel  Studley,  Nov.  21, 
1782.  Ch.— 1,  Isaac,  b.  June  15,  1783;  2,  Dolly,  b.  Apr.  15,  1785;  3,  Luther, 
b.  Sept.  14,  1788;  4,  Cynthia,  b.  July  7,  1795;  5,  Harvey,  b.  May  21,  1797;  6, 
Dexter,  b.  Feb.  26,  1803;  7,  Russel,  b.  June  22,  1805. 

Nathaniel4  (Samuel8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Ruth  Bradish,  June  26,  1744;  d. 
May  24,  1811.  Ch.— 1,  Ruth,  b.  Apr.  5,  1745;  m.  Reuben  Sibley;  2,  Martha, 
b.  Apr.  17,  1747;  d.  young;  3,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  1,  1749;  m.  Symonds  Whipple; 

4,  Eunice,  b.  Feb.  27,  1752;    d.  young;    5,  Nathan,  b.  June  22,  1754;    d.  Feb. 
22,  1755;  6,  Stephen,  b.  Sept  21,  1756;  7,  Nathaniel,  b.  Apr.  20, 1759;  d.  Aug. 
25,  1775;  8,  Jonas,  b.  Mar.  7,  1762. 

Stephen5  (Nathaniel4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Collins  of  South- 
boro,  Dec.  9,  1779.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  30,  1780 ;  m.  a  Mr.  Chamberlain ; 
2,  Jones,  b.  Sept.  6,  1782;  3,  Silas,  b.  July  26,  1784;  4,  Stephen,  b.  Feb.  1787; 

5,  Rebekah,  b.  Dec.  21,  1789;    6,  Mark  Collins,  b.  Dec.  28,  1792;    7,  Malinda, 
b.  July  18,  1798. 

Stephen  Sibley  went  to  Rutland  about  1792,  and  pur- 
chased the  farm  owned  by  Gen.  Rufus  Putnam.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  was  at  the  taking  of 
Burgoyne  in  1777. 

Jonas5  (Nathaniel4,  Samuel8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Lydia,  dau.  of  Asahel 
Rice,  Aug.  18,  1785.  Ch. — 1,  Susanna,  b.  June  27,  1786;  m.  Daniel  Hovcy; 
d.  Aug.  11,  1811;  2,  Jonas  Leonard,  b.  Jan.  4,  1791;  d.  Feb.  1,  1852;  3,  John 
Jay,  b.  Nov.  12,  1792;  d.  Mar.  10,  1815. 

Jonas  L.6  (Jonas5,  Nathaniel4,  Samuel8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Margaret  N., 
dau.  of  Stephen  Monroe,  Nov.  12,  1817;  she  was  b.  Jan.  17,  1795;  d.  Dec.  27, 
1858.  Ch.— 1,  Susan  Maria,  b.  Aug.  31,  1818;  m.  John  D.  McCrate,  Esq. ;  2, 
Joanna  LeBaron,  b.  May  1,  1820;  m.  John  Pierpont,  jr. ;  3,  John  Monroe,  b. 
July  7,  1822;  4,  Frances  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  22,  1824;  5,  Mary  LeBarou,  b.  Mar. 
16,  1826;  6,  Henry  Jonas,  b.  Apr.  21,  1828;  resides  in  Cal. ;  7,  Frances  Mary, 
b.  Aug.  29,  1830;  m.  J.  W.  Stockwell  of  Sutton,  June  26,  1867;  8,  Margaret 
Louisa,  b.  Oct.  26,  183,2. 

John  M.7  (Jonas  L.6,  Jonas5,  Nathaniel4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m. 
Experience  C._Wb.eelock.  Ch.— 1,  John  Pierpont,  b.  July  4, 1849;  lives  in  New 
London,  Ct. 

John  M.  Sibley  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1843.  He  is  now  residing  in 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

William8  (Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sarah  Dike,  July  4, 1726.  Ch.— 1,  William, 
b.  May  4,  1727;  2,  Elijah,  b.  Oct.  30,  1728;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  23,  1730;  m. 
John  Stone,  July  30,  1761;  4,  Daniel,  b.  Jan.  31,  1733;  5,  David,  b.  Oct.  3, 
1736. 

William4  (William8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Rebekah  Southworth  of  Wal- 
tham,  Dec.  28,  1751 ;  m.  2d,  Huldah  Kenney,  May  1,  1755 ;  m.  3d,  Hannah 
Stockwell,  Jan.  24,  1765.  Ch. — 1,  William,  m.  a  dau.  of  Jonathan  Fay  of 
Westboro;  moved  to  Grafton;  2,  Huldah,  m.  Nahum  Tainter;  moved  to 
Leicester;  3,  David,  d.  young;  4,  Mehitable,  d.  at  the  age  of  17;  5,  Noah,  b. 


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Sept.  2,  1765;  went,  away;  d.  unmarried;  6,  Hannah,  b.  May  4,  1767;  m. 
David  Dudley,  Nov.  17,  1789;  7,  Joel,  b.  May  31,  1774;  went  with  Noah;  8, 
Rebekah,  b.  Apr.  29,  1776 ;  d.  young. 

Elijah4  (William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Mary  Carriel,  Dec.  12,  1751;  she  d. 
1777;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Abigail  Stone,  Feb.  9,  1778.  Ch.—  1,  Rebekah,  b.  Aug.  19, 
1752;  d.  in  infancy;  2,  Mary,  b.  June  10,  1754;  m.  Timothy  Leland;  d.  Oct. 
23,  1812;  3,  Rebekah,  b.  Aug.  14,  1755;  m.  John  Couse  of  Boston,  July  11, 
1776;  4,  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  14,  1757;  d.  June  25,  1840;  5,  Elijah,  b.  Dec.  26, 
1758;  d.  Apr.  9,  1812;  6,  Azubah,  b.  Dec.  18,  1761;  m.  Ebenezer  Mulinday  of 
Uxbridge,  June  29,  1780;  7,  Lois,  b.  Jan.  4,  1763;  m.  Paul  Wheelock  of  Graf- 
ton;  8,  Simeon,  b.  June  8,  1764;  9,  Dorcas,  b.  Feb.  11,  1769;  d.  unmarried; 
10,  Sime,  b.  Sept.  1780;  in.  Daniel  Batcheller,  Apr.  11,  1805;  11,  Eli,  b.  Sept. 
8,  1786. 

Daniel5  (Elijah4,  William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Phoebe  Prince,  Apr.  14, 
1779.  Ch.— 1,  Phoebe,  b.  Mar.  12,  1780;  m.  Stephen,  son  of  Tarrant  Sibley ; 
2,  Jerusha,  b.  May  3,  1781 ;  m.  Jasper,  son  of  Andrew  Adams  of  Grafton ;  3, 
Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  4,  1783;  m.  a  sister  of  Jaspar  Adams;  4,  Daniel,  b.  July  15, 
1785;  d.  Mar.  23,  1840;  5,  Salmon,  b.  Apr.  11,  1788;  went  to  Southboro;  6, 
Rufus,  b.  Apr.  22,  1790;  m.  Alvah,  dau.  of  Benj.  Fisk  of  Upton;  7,  Prudence, 
b.  Feb.  12,  1794;  m.  a  Maynard  of  Southboro;  8,  Fanny,  b.  June  10, 1797;  m. 
Charles,  son  of  Aaron  Putnam. 

Daniel6  (Daniel5,  Elijah4,  William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Anna  Morse,  Nov. 
20,  1808;  d.  Jan.  16,  1847;  he  d.  Mar.  29,  1849.  Ch.— 1,  Warren,  b.  June  17, 
1810,  d.  Sept.  23,  1842;  2,  Azubah,  b.  June  7, 1812;  d.  Mar.  3, 1846;  3,  Rufus' 
b.  May  5,  1814;  d.  June  18,  1870;  4,  Emory,  b.  Oct.  13,  1816;  d.  Dec.  6, 1864; 
5,  Pliny  Merrick,  b.  June  27,  1818;  d.  Oct.  26,  1844;  6,  Elijah,  b.  May  25, 
1820;  7,  Alden  Wheeler,  b.  May  18,  1822;  d.  June  10,  1858;  8,  Lucy  Ann,  b. 
Apr.  27,  1824;  d.  Sept.  12,  1848;  9,  Fanny,  b.  Dec.  16,  1825;  d.  July  14, 1845  ; 
10,  Nancy  White,  b.  Dec.  17,  1827;  d.  Nov.  7, 1844;  11,  Simon  Daniel,  b.  Mar. 
19,  1831. 

Elijah7  (Daniel6,  Daniel5,  Elijah4,  William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Pamelia 
Jones,  Nov.  14,  1842.  Ch.— 1,  Almira  Esther,  b.  Aug.  7, 1843;  2,  Mary  Euge- 
nia, b.  Dec.  14,  1845;  3,  George  E.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1848;  d.  Sept.  24,  1848;  4, 
Ellen  Pamelia,  b.  Aug.  17,  1850. 

Alden  W.7  (Daniel6,  Daniel5,  Elijah4,  William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sarah 
M.  Fuller,  Mar.  26,  1846;  she  d.  Oct.  11,  1865.  Ch.— 1,  Julia  Clara,  b.  Apr. 
13,  1849;  d.  Aug.  12,  1849;  2,  Thurston  Wheeler,  b.  Sept.  6,  1852;  3,  Florine 
Emery,  b.  Aug.  18,  1855 ;  d.  Aug.  23,  1855 ;  4,  Ida  Velura,  b.  Sept.  29,  1857. 

Simon  D.7  (Daniel6,  Daniel5,  Elijah4,  William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m. . 

Ch.— 1,  Scott  D.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1855;  2,  Charles  G.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1858;  3,  Sarah 
E.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1860;  4,  Clifford  D.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1862;  5,  Anna  L.,  b.  Apr.  1, 
1867;  6,  Willie  E.,  b.  June  5,  1870;  7,  Maud  M.,  b.  June  25,  1872;  8,  Freddie 
J.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1874. 

Elijah5  (Elijah4,  William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Lillies  Bartlett,  Nov.  28, 
1783.  Ch. — 1,  Lillies,  d.  young;  2,  Elijah,  d.  young;  3,  Almon;  4,  Lowell; 
5,  Polly,  m.  Amos  Pierce ;  6,  Sally. 

Almon6  (Elijah5,  Elijah4,  William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Nancy  Fuller,  Nov. 
30,  1817.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Feb.  28,  1820;  2,  Mary  Ann,  b.  Apr.  4,  1823;  3, 
Sumner,  b.  Jan.  1,  1829;  4,  Franklin,  b,  Oct.  12,  1832. 

Stunner7  (Almon6,  Elijah5,  Elijah4,  William3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Maria 
;  m.  2d, .  Ch.— 1,  Hattie  Minerva,  b.  Oct.  10,  1863. 


726  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Franklin7  (Almon6,  Elijah5,  Elijah4,  William8,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Sarah 
M.  Putnam.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  Estella;  2.  Mildred  E. ;  3,  Inez  Frances,  b.  Oct. 
S,  1862;  4,  George  Franklin,  b.  Nov.  25,  1864;  d.  1877;  5,  Sarah  Jane,  b.  Oct. 
5,  1866. 

Francis7  (Francis6,  Tarrant5,  Jonathan4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  m.  1st, 
Jan.  15,  1857,  Mary  M.  Richardson;  m.  2d,  Nov.  23,  1864,  Mrs.  Harriet 
Putnam.  Ch.— 1,  Kate  R.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1858;  2,  Edward,  b.  Jan.  11,  1860. 

Benjamin8  (Joseph2,  John1),  m.  Priscilla  Rich.  Ch. — 1,  Priscilla,  b.  Aug. 
5,  1725;  2,  Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  17,  1727;  3,  Joseph;  4,  Ezekiel;  5,  Samuel;  6, 
Jonathan. 

Only  the  first  two  of  the  above  names  are  found  on  record. 
Very  little  is  known  of  Benjamin  or  of  his  descendants.  He 
probably  left  town  very  soon  after  the  birth  of  his  son  Ben- 
jamin. According  to  Dea.  Leland,  "It  appears  by  Sibley 
papers  in  the  hands  of  Nathaniel  Sibley,  2d,  that  he  was,  at 
one  time,  of  Ellington,  Ct.  The  following  scrap  is  found 
in  the  handwriting  of  Mr.  Baldwin  :  '  Benjamin  Sibley  was 
one  of  the  original  brothers  and  lived  in  Sutton  a  few  years 
when  he  went  to  Union,  Ct.,  and  died  there  or  at  Ashford.' " 

Aaron  Sibley,  his  grandson,  was  a  representative  of  West- 
field  in  1827  or  1828. 

Of  Jonathan,  one  of  the  original  six  brothers,  very  little 
is  known.  His  name  is  entered  as  one  of  the  thirty  propri- 
etors of  the  four  thousand  acres.  He  was  the  owner  of 
"  lot  7  "  in  the  "  eight  lots."  He  probably  left  town  at  an 
early  date. 

Martha  Sibley  married  Samuel  Dagget,  April  10,  1740. 
There  is  no  means  of  ascertaining  whose  daughter  she  was. 

Mary  Sibley  (parentage  unknown) ,  married  Rogers  Dud- 
ley, May  31,  *743. 

SlNGLETARY. 

John  Singletary  and  his  wife,  Mary  Greele,  came  from 
Haverhill.  She  died  March  8,  1735. 

He  m.  2d,  wid.  Mary  Kenney,  July  15, 1735.  Ch. — 1,  Nathaniel;  2,  Joseph, 

m. Harwood;  had  no  children ;  3,  Mary,  m.  Ebenezer  Stockwell,  Nov. 

10,1727;  4,  Richard,  m.  Thankful  Goodell ;  had  no  children ;  5,  Martha,  m. 
Robert  Dunkley  of  Brimfield,  Oct.  22,  1750;  6,  Amos,  b.  Sept.  1721;  d.  Oct. 
30,  1806. 

Amos2  (John1),  m.  Mary  Curtis  of  Topsfield,  Sept.  6,  1742;  she  d.  June  28, 
1798.  Ch.— 1,  Greely,  b.  Aug.  15,  1743;  m.  Dea.  Joseph  Allen  of  Hard  wick, 
Jan.  15,  1772;  2,  John,  b.  Mar.  17,  1745;  in.  Sarah  Jennison,  Apr.  15,  1767; 
3,  Mary,  b.  June  10,  1747;  m.  Elisha  Gale,  Apr.  8,  1767,  and  has  fourteen 


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children;  4,  Mehetabel,  b.  Mar.  13,  1749;  m.  Peter  Jennison,  Mar.  31,  1769; 
5,  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  15,  1753;  m.  1st,  Jonathan  Gould,  Jan.  30,  1770;  m.  2d, 
Solomon  Dwinel,  Apr.  1,  1783;  6,  Azubah,  b.  Dec.  9,  1754;  d.  at  20,  unm. ;  7, 
Amos,  b.  Mar.  11,  1757;  m.  Betsey  Johnson  and  had  twelve  ch. ;  8,  Richard, 
b.  Nov.  9,  1760;  9,  Thankful,  b.  Oct.  30,  1762;  m.  Ebenezer  Burnap. 

AMOS    SlNGLETARY,    ESQ. 

Amos  Singletary  was  the  son  of  John,  who  settled  on  the 
mill  lot  at  the  outlet  of  Singletary  pond. 

He  was  the  first  male  child  born  in  town.  It  is  said  that 
he  never  attended  school  a  day  in  his  life.  The  rudiments 
of  reading,  writing  and  arithmetic,  were  taught  him  at 
home.  He  made  the  most  of  his  opportunities,  and  by 
patient  application,  became  a  well  informed  man. 

He  was  of  quick  perception,  sound  judgment  and  sterling 
integrity.  For  four  years,  during  the  revolutionary  war,  he 
represented  the  town  in  the  provincial  Congress,  and  after 
the  formation  of  the  State  government,  he  was  for  four  years 
'in  the  house  of  representatives  and  several  years  in  the 
senate. 

He  was  also  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  a  justice  of  the 
quorum,  of  which  there  were  two  in  the  county.  One 
of  the  duties  of  the  latter  office  was  to  administer  the 
debtor's  oath  to  men  put  in  jail  for  debt. 

Esq.  Singletary  was  often  sent  for  to  perform  that  service, 
as  his  colleague,  who  resided  in  Worcester,  refused  to  do  it 
without  the  fee  in  hand.  Often  in  the  evening,  after  his 
day's  work  was  done,  did  he  ride  to  Worcester,  moved  with 
compassion  for  the  poor  debtor,  and  administer  the  oath, 
taking  for  his  pay  promises  which  were  seldom  fulfilled. 

Mr.  Singletary  was  an  earnest  Christian.  His  grandson, 
Rev.  S.  A.  Dwinnel,  says  his  conversion  was  brought  about 
through  the  influence  of  a  young  lady,  Mary  Curtis,  to  whom 
he  was  engaged.  She  was  one  of  the  subjects  of  the  relig- 
ious interest  which  attended  the  preaching  of  Jonathan 
Edwards,  of  Northhampton,  who  visited  Sutton  in  February 
1742.  They  both  united  with  Dr.  Hall's  church  at  the  same 
time,  and  were  dismissed  with  others,  to  form  the  church  in 
the  north  parish,  in  which  they  are  spoken  of  as  pillars. 


728  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

The  following  anecdote,  furnished  by  Rev.  Geo.  Allen, 
Worcester,  who  knew  both  the  persons  referred  to,  illus- 
trates Mr.  Singletary's  quick  insight  into  character,  and  his 
concise  method  of  making  its  defects  manifest. 

"During  a  season  of  revival  in  the  north  parish,  Mr. 
Samuel  Waters,  a  manufacturer  of  hoes  in  what  is  now 
Millbury,  being  under  concern  of  mind,  and  seeing  Mr. 
Singletary  approaching,  rushed  out  of  his  shop,  andlLcalled 
out,  'O  Squire  !  O  Squire  !  what  shall  I  do  to  be  saved?' 
The  Squire  scarcely  stopped  the  horse  he  was  riding  as  he 
replied,  «  Put  more  steel  in  your  hoes.'" 

He  had  a  family  of  nine  children,  all  girls  but  two.  All 
sustained  honored  positions  in  life  and  the  church,  except 
his  youngest  son,  who  was  a  profligate,  and  brought  much 
trouble  to  his  parents.  After  having  a  large  family,  which 
grew  up  and  left  him,  his  son  Amos  became  a  town  pauper 
of  Millbury.  For  twenty  or  thirty  years  he  never  took  a 
bible  in  his  hand  or  heard  a  prayer  if  he  could  avoid  it. 
Mr.  Dwinnel  says : 

"  When  I  was  at  home  on  a  visit,  from  Philips  academy, 
Andover,  in  1833,  I  visited  him  for  the  purpose  of  religious 
conversation.  He  was  living  in  an  irreligious  family,  and 
was  then  about  eighty  years  of  age.  I  found  abundant 
evidence,  from  talking  with  him,  that  God  had  met  him 
there  and  changed  his  heart.  He  showed  me  a  bible  that  he 
had  obtained  and  read  in  every  day.  He  lived  some  years 
afterward,  giving  evidence  of  the  great  change.  God  does 
indeed  remember  his  covenant  with  his  people.  How  pre- 
cious the  truth  ! " 

SLOCOMB. 

William  Slocomb  m.  Jerusha  Richardson  of  Franklin,  and  removed  to  Sut- 
ton  about  1776;  he  d.  1842;  she  d.  1830.  Ch.— 1,  Lewis,  b.  Feb.  7,  1777;  d. 
Nov.  21,  1789;  2,  Julia,  b.  Sept.  2,  1779;  m.  Noah  White;  d.  Apr.  30,  1834 ; 
3,  Philo,  b.  Dec.  18,  1780;  settled  in  Shrewsbury;  4,  William,  b.  Feb.  5,  1783; 
settled  in  Marietta,  O. ;  5,  Abigail,  b.  Apr.  7,  1785;  m.  Edmund  T.  Hall,  Jan. 
1,  1807;  6,  Electa,  b.  Sept.  9,  1787;  m.  Ebenezer  Hall,  Dec.  15,  1807;  d.  Jan. 
20,  1817;  7,  Pliny,  b.  Dec.  5,  1791;  d.  Nov.  18,  1862;  8,  John  Wilkes,  b.  Dec. 
1,  1793;  m.  Sarepta  Adams,  Apr.  21,  1813;  9,  Horatio,  b.  Oct.  12,  1795;  d. 
June  1870;  10,  Silas,  b.  Jan.  24,  1799;  settled  in  Marietta,  O. ;  11,  Theron,  b. 
May  11,  1801 ;  d.  July  5,  1801. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  729 

Pliiiy2  (William1),  m.  1st,  Rachel  Fisher;  Apr.  16, 1819;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Emily  C. 
Moody,  June  24,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  Rachel  Fisher,  b.  June  22, 1820;  m.  Augustus 
Adams,  June  4, 1845;  d.  Aug.  27,  1864;  2,  Edwin  Pliny,  b.  Mar.  7, 1823;  m.  Wil- 
helmina  Todd  of  Wilmington,  Del. ;  3,  Harriet  Amelia,  b.  Mar.  5, 1825 ;  m.  John 
Parker;  4,  Cordelia,  b.  May  6,  1829;  m.  Charles  Rice;  5,  Martha  I.  b.  July 
24,  1831;  in.  Willard  O.  Ferry,  June  26,  1851;  6,  Ellen  Jane;  m.  George  C. 
Crane,  Oct.  1,  1878;  7,  Charles  Fisher,  b.  Sept.  1839;  m.  Ann  Dyer;  d.  Mar. 
1864;  8,  Mary  Emily,  b.  Aug.  28,  1841;  d.  Mar.  28,  1844;  9,  Emma  Florence, 
b.  May  7,  1845;  m.  Walter  P.  Chase,  Nov.  26,  1872;  d.  Aug.  26,  1877. 

Horatio2  (William1),  m.  Roxellana  Wheelock  of  Grafton,  Nov.  21,  1820. 
Ch. — 1,  Lucretia  Wheelock,  b.  Nov.  19,  1821;  m.  Sylvester  F.  Morse,  Dec.  8, 
1843;  2,  Erastus  Horatio,  b.  Feb.  8,  1823;  3,  Maria  Roxana,  b.  Oct.  25,  1824; 
m.  Dr.  Win.  Terry,  May  10,  1848;  4,  Clarissa  Loraine,  b.  Nov.  30,  1827; 
in.  John  B.  Wheeler,  Nov.  8,  1853;  5,  William  Henry,  b.  Aug.  22,  1829; 
resides  in  Philadelphia;  6,  Jerusha  Richardson,  b.  Nov.  14,  1831;  m.  Rev.  A. 
L.  Frisbie,  Aug.  23,  1859;  7,  Silas  Austin,  b.  June  10,  1834;  resides  in  Phila- 
delphia; 8,  Albert  Haven,  b.  Dec.  16,1836;  graduated  at  Amherst  College, 
resides  in  Fayetteville,  N..C. 

Erastus  H.8  (Horatio2,  William1)  in.  Sarah  A.  Stowe  of  Lowell,  May  9, 
1854.  Ch.— 1,  Clara  I.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1855;  d.  Mar.  29,  1864;  2,  Kate  R.,  b. 
Aug.  30,  1857;  3,  Edgar  E.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1859;  4,  Annie  C.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1861; 
5,  Albert  F.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1864;  6,  Arthur  H.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1866. 

STOCKWELL. 

It  is  a  tradition  among  the  Stockwells  in  this  country, 
that  the  ancester  of  those  who  bear  the  name  came  from 
Scotland ;  and,  that  he  was  enticed  on  board  a  vessel  about 
to  sail,  and  on  his  arrival,  in  accordance  with  the  law  of  the 
time,  was  apprenticed  for  the  payment  of  his  passage.  After 
serving  his  time,  he  followed  for  a  few  years  a  sea-faring 
life,  and  finally  settled  in  Ipswich ;  married,  and  had  five 
sons :  William,  John,  Jonathan,  Ebenezer  and  David. 

All  these  sons  came  to  Sutton.  William  located  on  land 
adjoining  Benjamin  Marsh  on  the  west,  known  later  as  the 
Graves'  place.  There  is  no  record  of  his  children.  He  had, 
however,  William,  and  Elizabeth,  who  married  Daniel  Ken- 
ney,  August  28,  1727. 

William2  (William1),  m.  .  Ch.— 1,  Absalom;  2,  William;  3,  Jona- 
than; 4,  Israel;  5,  Peter;  6,  Phebe. 

Absalom8  (William2,  William1),  m.  .  Ch. — 1,  Anna;  m.  Jonathan 

Putnam,  Nov.  3,  1843;  2,  Lucy;  3,  Israel;  4,  Absalom;  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution;  drowned  at  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  5,  Silas;  6,  Daniel. 

Israel4  (Absalom8,  William2,  William1),  m.  Diadama  Burrill.  Ch.— 1,  Abel; 
d.  young;  2,  Matilda;  3,  Diadama;  4,  Israel;  5,  Nancy;  6,  Simeon,  b.  Mar. 
3,1799;  7,  Patty;  d.  young;  8,  James;  9,  Augustus;  10,  Mary;  m.  Daniel 
Bugbee. 


730  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

Simeon6  (Israel4,  Absalom8,  William2,  William1),  m.  Delia  Maria  Holbrook, 
Mar.  18,  1822.  Ch.— 1,  Stephen  H.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1823;  2,  Harriet  M.,  b. 
Jan.  15,  1825;  m.  Lawson  Warfield,  Apr.  23,  1846;  3,  Lucy  P.,  b.  May  9, 
1826;  m.  Adoniram  J.  Wbite,  Sept.  6,  1842;  4,  Mary  Ann,  b.  Dec.  20,  1828; 
m.  Levi  F.  Bemis,  Sept.  9,  1851;  5,  Henry  Simeon,  b.  Apr.  9,  1833;  6,  George 
Payson,  b.  Sept.  4,  1835;  7,  James  Willard,  b.  Dec.  6,  1838;  m.  Frances  M. 
Sibley,  June  26,  1867;  8,  Lewis  Franklin,  b.  Aug.  2,  1842;  9,  Frederick 
Augustus,  b.  Oct.  4,  1844;  m.  Eveline  King,  Sept.  6,  1870. 

Henry  S.6  (Simeon5,  Israel4,  Absalom3,  William2,  William1),  m.  1st,  Margaret 
L.  Griggs,  Aug.  30,  1859;  she  d.  June  7,  1868;  m.  2d,  Mary  Louisa  Griggs, 
Nov.  17,  1869.  Ch.— 1,  Anna  Louisa,  b.  July  29,  1860;  d.  Aug.  30,  1860; 

2,  Harry  Griggs,  b.  Oct.  3,  1872;  3,  Thomas  Thurston,  b.  June  22,  1875. 
John  Stockwell —  Capt.  John,  as  he  was  called  —  m.  Mary  Lombard  or 

Lambert,  1717;  d.  Mar.  29,  1778,  aged  ninety-one.     Ch. — 1,  John;  2,  Daniel; 

3,  Ichabod;  4,  Mary;  d.  unmarried;  5,  Sarah;   d.  unmarried;   6,  Nathaniel, 
b.  Feb.  5,  1720;  7,  Jane;  m.  Ebenezer  Stearns,  Jan.  15,  1741. 

John2  (John1),  m.  1st,  Margaret  Smith  of  Andover,'Oct.  21,  1730;  m.  2d, 
Lydia  Elliot,  Dec.  12,  1737;  m.  3d,  Lydia  King,  July  13,  1749.  Ch.— 1, 
Sarah,  b.  Dec.  24,  1732;  m.  William  Kenney,  Aug.  13,  1752;  2,  Hannah,  b. 
Mar.  18,  1735;  m.  William  Sibley,  Jan.  24,  1765;  3,  Lydia,  b.  Sept.  28, 1738; 
m.  Gershom  Bigelow;  4,  John,  b.  Mar.  9,  1740;  d.  at  Crown  Point  unmar- 
ried; 5,  Amos,  b.  May  2,  1742;  m.  Phebe  Wright;  6,  Rebekah,  b.  June  11. 
1744;  m.  John  Fitts,  Jan.  15,  1771;  7,  Noah,  b.  Apr.  25,  1746;  8,  Ruth,  b, 
Mar.  15,  1752 ;  m.  Capt.  FreeCummings,  June  16,  1774. 

Noah8  (John2,  John1),  m.  1st,  Marcy  Wright,  Dec.  11,  1769;  m.  2d,  Jemi- 
ma Towne,  July  15,  1779.  Ch.— 1,  Simon,  b.  Feb.  24,  1772;  m.  Dolly  Stock- 
well,  Dec.  29,  1799;  2,  Sally,  b.  Jan.  21,  1774;  m.  Solomon  Sibley,  Jan.  13, 
1792;  3,  Peter,  b.  Mar.  24,  1777;  4,  Rebekah,  b.  Nov.  28,  1782;  d.  young;  5, 
Noah,  b.  July  10,  1784;  m.  a  dau.  of  Elder  Briggs  of  Athol;  6,  Polly,  b.  Feb. 

12,  1790;  d.  young;  7,  Mary,  b.  Nov.  16,  1791. 

Ichabod8  (John2,  John1),  m.  Experience  Gleason,  Feb.  2,  1748.  Ch.— 1, 
Ichabod,  b.  Apr.  6,  1749. 

Nathaniel8  (John2,  John1),  m.  Anne,  dau.  of  Philip  Chase;  bed.  Apr.  2, 
1741.  Ch.— 1,  Nathaniel,  b.  Apr.  1,  1741. 

Nathaniel*  (Nathaniel8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Abigail  Dodge,  Mar.  31,  1763; 
shed.  Oct.  24,  1798.  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  Oct.  3,  1763;  m.  1st,  Joshua  Mer- 
riam;  m.  2d,  William  Parmenter;  2,  John,  b.  Nov.  6,  1764;  3,  Nathaniel,  b. 
Oct.  20,  1766;  4,  Polly,  b.  Sept.  28,  1768;  m.  Benj.  Sadler,  June  5,  1788;  5, 
Simeon,  b.  Sept.  29,  1770;  6,  Nabby,  b.  May  18,  1772;  d.  Sept.  13,  1788;  7, 
Prudence,  b.  May  30,  1774;  m.  Elijah  Rixford,  May  28,  1793;  8,  Sally,  b. 
Apr.  20,  1776;  m.  Stephen  Kenny,  May  23,  1796;  9,  Chloe,  b.  Mar.  8,  1778; 
d.  Oct.  22,  1782;  10,  Calvin,  b.  May  17,  1780;  drowned  June  4,  1794,  in  Col. 
Holman's  mill-pond;  11,  Luther,  b.  July  14,  1782;  12,  Marvine,  b.  Oct.  23, 
1784;  13,  Lucina,  b.  Oct.  7,  1786;  m.  1st,  Sylvanus  Perham,  Jan.  27,  1805; 
m.  2d,  Solomon  Parmenter. 

John5  (Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth  Walker,  Oct. 

13,  1785.     Ch.— 1,  Chloe,  b.  Feb.  16,  1786;  m.  Asa  Walker,  Dec.  1,  1810;  2, 
John,  b.  Mar.  22,  1788;  3,  Leonard,  b.  Sept.  25,  1790;  4,  Polly,  b.  Mar.  15, 
1792;  m.  Charles  Learned;  5,  Betsey,  b.  Dec.  7,  1793;   m.  John  Sibley,  Dec. 

20,  1812;  6,  Sally;  m.  Dorance  Sibley;  7,  Fanny;  m. Moore  of  Bkindford; 

8,  Luther;  m. Hey  ward  of  Worcester;  9,  Aaron,  m.  Hannah  Smith;  10, 


TOWN    OP    BUTTON.  731 

Rufus;  11,  Sophronia;  12,  Salina;  m. Davis;  13,  Lerena;  m.  John 

Smith;  14,  an  infant;  d.  without  name. 

Nathaniel5  (Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Susanna,  dau.  of 
Daniel  Greenwood  of  Millbury.  Ch.— 1,  Clary,  b.  Mar.  17,  1793;  2,  Sukey, 
b.  Jan.  6,  1795;  3,  Calvin;  4,  Lewis;  5,  Russia;  6,  Lyman. 

Simeon5  (Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Deborah  Stockwell, 
July  11,  1793.  Ch.— 1,  Tyler,  b.  July  23,  1794;  d.  July  23,  1867;  2,  Stephen, 
b.  July  20,  1796;  3,  Elinira,  b.  Sept.  11,  1798;  m.  Joel  Peck;  4,  Lucy,  b.  Mar. 
27,  1801;  d.  Feb.  1,  1819;  5,  Lucy,  b.  Mar.  29,  1803;  6,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  31, 
1805;  7,  Daniel  Tenney,  b.  June  19,  1808;  8,  Emory  Walker,  b.  Feb.  7,  1811; 
9,  Maria  Prudence,  b.  June  4,  1813;  10,  Simon,  b.  Nov.  18,  1816;  11,  Horace, 
b.  Jan.  21,  1820. 

Tyler6  (Simeon6,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Elmira  Batch  - 
eller,  Apr.  19,  1821;  she  d.  1824;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sarvey,  Jan.  1,  1826. 
Ch.— 1,  Amos  B.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1822;  2,  Simeon  T.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1823;  3,  John 
P.,  b.  May  26,  1829;  m.  Frances  L.  Hall,  Jan.  7,  1855;  4,  Lucy  Maria,  b. 
Sept.  3,  1834. 

Amos  B.7  (Tyler6,  Simeon5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Abi- 
gail C.  Hall,  Apr.  16,  1844.  Ch.— 1,  Abbie  Elizabeth,  b.  May  30,  1845;  m. 
Asa  B.  Shepardson;  2,  William  Hall,  b.  Apr.  7,  1847;  m.  Lucina  Jones;  3, 
Rowland  G.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1848;  m.  Olive  L.  Lincoln,  Feb.  5,  1878;  4,  Herbert, 
b.  Nov.  29, 1852;  5,  Tyler,  b.  Dec.  16,  1861;  6,  Almy  Greene,  b.  Mar.  13, 1864. 

Simeon  T.7  (Tyler6,  Simeon5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel8,  John2,  John1),  m. 
Emeline  Hill,  Oct.  7,  1845.  Ch.— 1,  George  H.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1847;  2,  Frederick 
Tyler,  b.  Dec.  31, 1849;  3,  Ella  Frances,  b.  Sept.  12,  1852;  m.  Fred.  A.  Barnes, 
Apr.  25,  1877;  4,  Flora  Jane,  b.  Mar.  25,  1859;  m.  Franklin  E.  Barnes,  Dec. 
27,  1876;  5,  Carrie  Adams,  b.  Feb.  4, 1864;  6,  Lucy  Elizabeth,  b.  June  15, 1869. 

George  H.8  (Simeon  T.7,  Tyler6,  Simeon5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3,  John2, 
John1),  m.  Ruth  Mascroft,  Mar.  6,  1866.  Ch. — 1,  Ada  L.,  b.  in  Worcester, 
Nov.  26,  1867;  2,  George  W.,  b.  in  Framingham,  Oct.  6,  1869;  3,  Ruth  Alice, 
b.  in  Sutton,  June  6,  1871;  4,  Mary  E.,  b.  in  Spencer,  Apr.  9,  1874. 

Daniel  T.6  (Simeon5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Alice  Stock- 
well,  July  3,  1834.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah  Eddy,  b.  June  10, 1836;  m.  Reuben  Adams; 
2,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  9,  1838;  d.  Dec.  31,  1858;  3,  Angeline,  b.  Apr.  16, 
1840;  m.  Geo.  W.  Thompson,  Nov.  11,  1862;  4,  Louisa,' b.  Aug.  7,  1844;  d. 
Feb.  4,  1872. 

Emory  W.6  (Simeon5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Lydia 
Parsons,  May  19,  1836.  Ch.— 1,  Henry  Sibley,  b.  Nov.  26,  1837 ;  2,  Marcus 
Morton,  b.  Nov.  6,  1839;  3,  Deborah  Augusta,  b.  Dec.  26,  1845. 

Henry  S.7  (Emory  W.6,  Simeon5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3,  John2,  John1),  m. 
Hattie  F.  Howard,  Mar.  17,  1866.  Ch.— 1,  Emory  Howard,  b.  July  23,  1868; 
2,  Nellie  Augusta,  b.  Dec.  18,  1872. 

Simeon8  (Simeon5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel8,  John2,  John1),  m.  Mary  F. 
Burnap,  June  1,  1864.  Ch.— 1,  Horace  Scott,  b.  Dec.  28,  1866. 

Luther6  (Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Esther  White,  May  28, 
1804.  Ch.— 1,  Melinda,  b.  Sept.  15,  1804;  2,  Russell,  b.  Dec.  11,  1808;  3, 
Origen,  b.  May  23,  1811;  4,  Andrew  Jackson,  b.  Oct.  26,  1814;  5,  Luther 
Franklin,  b.  May  17,  1817. 

Jonathan  Stockwell,  the  third  of  the  five  brothers,  married 
Rachel  Underwood,  Dec.  16,  1726.  Children  —  Stephen, 


732  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

and  probably  other  children.  Dr.  Hall,  in  his  diary,  refers 
to  a  son  of  Jonathan  Stockwell,  who  died  in  the  army,  in 
1776,  under  twenty.  The  marriage  of  Jonathan  Stock- 
well,  jr.,  to  Mary  Kenny,  May  10,  1753,  is  on  record.  This 
Jonathan  was  undoubtedly  older  than  Stephen. 

Ch.  of  Jona.,  jr.,  and  Mary.— 1,  Eli,  b.  Feb.  26,  1759;  d.  Mar.  8,  1849;  2, 
Aaron,  b.  Apr.  30,  1765;  d.  Dec.  5,  1822;  3,  Solomon. 

Eli8  (Jona.2,  Jona.1),  m.  Eunice  Hill;  she  d.  Apr.  10,  1849.  Cb.— 1, Chand- 
ler, b.  Mar.  10,  1791. 

Chandler4  (Eli3,  Jona.2,  Jona.1),  m.  Rosalinda  Robbins,  June  16,  1811. 
Ch.— 1,  Azubah,  b.  Oct.  23,  1811;  d.  Dec.  27,  1838;  2,  Chandler,  b.  Sept,  18, 
1813;  d.  June  19,  1862;  3,  Irene,  b.  Apr.  12,  1815;  d.  Oct.  6,  1838;  4,  Sarah 
E.,b.  May22, 1817;  5,  Eunice,  b.  June  1, 1819;  d.  Oct.  20, 1836;  6,LucyH.,b. 
Sept.  27,  1821;  7,  Rosalinda,  b.  May  13,  1825;  8,  Ebenezer,  b.  Apr.  12,  1828. 

Aaron3  (Jona.2,  Jona.1),  m.  Abigail .    Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  May  3,  1801;  2, 

Prudy,  b.  May  15,  1803. 

Solomon3  (Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Mary  Howell;  she  d.  Apr.  29,  1832; 
he  d.  Aug.  12, 1833.  Ch.— 1,  Peter,  b.  Nov.  29,  1784;  d.  Nov.  15,  1855. 

Peter4  (Solomon3,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Huldah,  dau.  of  John  Put- 
nam, Jan.  8,  1809.  Ch.— 1,  Albert  Gallatin,  b.  May  12,  1809;  2,  Flora 
Putnam,  b.  Jan.  31,  1812 ;  3,  Peter  Bentley,  b.  Oct.  29,  1815 ;  4,  Huldah 
Serepta,  b.  July  1,  1818;  5,  Harry,  b.  May  28,  1820;  6,  Silvanus,  b.  May  23, 
1824;  7,  Mary  Semantha,  b.  May  11,  1826;. 8,  John  Putnam,  b.  Feb.  20,  1830. 

Silvanus5  (Peter4,  Solomon8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Charlotte  P.  Bow- 
dish,  Feb.  15,  1853.  Ch.— 1,  S.  Albert,  b.  June  8,  1857,  at  Anoka,  Minn ;  2, 
William  W.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1859,  at  Anoka,  Minn.;  3,  Walter  Lincoln,  b.  Jan. 
12,  1868,  at  Anoka,  Minn. ;  4,  Charlotte  L.,  b.  June  22, 1870,  at  Anoka,  Minn. 

John  P.6  (Peter4,  Solomon3,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Martha  Woodbury. 
Ch.— L  Louie  B.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1865. 

Stephen3  (Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Mehetabel  Hblmau,  Dec.  14,  1762;  d. 
Nov.  1,  1807;  she  d.  Nov.  4,  1794.  Ch.— 1,  Mehetabel,  b.  Jan.  13,  1764;  d. 
unmarried,  aged  66;  2,  Stephen,  b.  Feb.  14,  1766;  d.  June  2,  1845;  3,  Sarah, 
b.  Nov.  25,  1767;  4,  Enoch,  b.  June  24,  1771;  5,  Elijah,  b.  Sept.  16,  1773;  6, 
Deborah,  b.  Mar.  26,  1775;  m.  Simeon  Stockwell,  July  11,  1793;  7,  Dolly,  b. 
July  20,  1777;  m.  Simon,  son  of  Noah  Stockwell,  Dec.  29,  1799;  8,  Polly,  b. 
May  13,  1780;  m.  Aaron  Holman;  9,  Marcy,  b.  Aug.  30,  1782;  m.  Asa 
Learned. 

Stephen4  (Stephen3,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  1st,  Sarah  Eddy,  1800;  she 
d.  Aug.  20,  1810;  m.  2d,  Betsey  Searl,  Oct.  15,  1812;  she  d.  Oct.  23,  1840. 
Ch.— 1,  Jonas  Eddy,  b.  May  1,  1801;  2,  Rufus,  b.  Mar.  28,  1802;  3,  Alice,  b. 
Apr.  7,  1803;  4,  Lucy  E.,  b.  July  1,  1804;  5,  Adeline  M.,  b.  June  26,  1805;  d. 
Mar.  19,  1812;  6,  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  8,  1807;  7,  Sylvester,  b.  Mar.  2,  1809;  8, 
Anderson  Dana,  b.  Dec.  20,  1815 ;  d.  Mar.  24,  1816. 

Jonas  E.5  (Stephen4,  Stephen3,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Mary  A.  Waite, 
Apr.  9,  1827.  Ch.— 1,  Alonzo  E.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1829. 

Alonzo  E.6  (Jonas  E.5,  Stephen4,  Stephen8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  1st, 
Hannah  Stockwell,  Nov.  18,  1857;  divorced  Sept.  1865;  m.  2d,  Lizzie  A. 
Prouty,  Oct.  22,  1865.  Ch.— 1,  Inez  Maria,  b.  Mar.  15,  1866;  d.  Mar.  6, 1867; 
2,  lola  Marian,  b.  Jan.  15,  1868;  3,  Genevieve  May,  b.  May  1,  1873. 


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Stephen5  (Stephen4,  Stephen3,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Nancy  Hull,  May 
6,  1840.  Ch.— 1,  Reuben  H.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1841;  d.  Mar.  23,  1845;  2,  William 
H.,  b.  June  3,  1846;  d.  Dec.  25,  1848;  3,  Martha  A.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1847;  m.  Jan. 
26,  1876,  Geo.  K.  Stockwell;  4,  Stephen  Eddy,  b.  Feb.  8,  1850. 

Stephen  Eddy6  (Stephen5,  Stephen4,  Stephen8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m. 
Jennie  M.  Bemis,  Sept.  27,  1876.  Ch.— 1,  Franklin  Stephen,  b.  Aug.  8,  1877. 

Enoch4  (Stephen8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Nancy  Fechem,  Dec.  14, 1797. 
Ch. — 1,  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  5,  1798;  ra.  1st,  Orilla  Sessions;  m.  2d,  Hannah  W. 
Ellis;  2,  George  F.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1800;  3,  Nancy,  b.  Oct.  16,  1802;  m.  Samuel 
Rich,  Jan.  26,  1831;  4,  Lewis,  b.  July  17,  1805;  5,  Abigail  Russell,  b.  Mar.  19, 
1808;  m.  Palmer  Harback,  Apr.  11,  1832;  6,  Mary  H.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1810;  m. 
Reuben  Leland,  Apr.  16,  1839;  7,  Darius  Russell,  b.  Aug.  26,  1813;  8,  Cyrus 
B.,  b.  July  15,  1816;  9,  Harriet  White,  b.  July  26,  1819;  m.  David  Carpenter. 

George  F.5  (Enoch*,  Stephen8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Harriet  M.  Whee- 
lock,  1827.  Ch.— 1,  George  K.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1829;  2,  Ira,  b.  Sept.  16,  1838;  m. 
Sarah  E.  Howard,  Sept.  11,  1860;  3,  Sarah  Maria,  b.  Aug.  20, 1842;  m.  Moses 
Wiggin;  4,  Emily  Amelia,  b.  Mar.  19,  1847;  d.  aged  2  years;  5,  Albert,  b.  Dec. 
14,  1849. 

George  K.6  (George  F.5,  Enoch4,  Stephen3,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Mar- 
tha Ann  Stockwell,  Jan.  30,  1876.  Ch.— 1,  George  Lewis,  b.  Jan.  2,  1877. 

Albert6  f  George  F.5,  Enoch4,  Stephen8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Mary 
Hacket.  Ch.— 1,  George  Frank,  b.  May  2,  1873;  2,  Abner  Hacket,  b.  May  20, 
1877. 

Lewis5  (Enoch4,  Stephen8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Laura  Hudson.  Ch. — 

1,  Laura  Deliza,  b.  July  24,  1838., 

Darius  R.5  (Enoch4,  Stephen8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Harriet  Hinds. 
Ch.— 1,  Alcott  Hunting,  b.  Apr.  10,  1839. 

Cyrus  Bond5  (Enoch4,  Stephen8,  Jonathan2,  Jonathan1),  m.  Mary  Hawes. 
Ch.— 1,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  May,  4,  1849. 

Ebenezer,  the  fourth  of  the  five  brothers,  m.  Mary  Singletary,  Nov.  10, 1727. 
Ch. — 1,  Hezekiah;  2,  William;  d.  in  the  army  in  1776;  3,  Benajah;  4,  Abra- 
ham. 

Abraham  (2),  [Ebenezer  (1)] ,  was  a  soldier  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war ;  carried  to  France ;  there  exchanged  and 
taken  to  England;  brought  back  to  Chebucto,  became  a 
soldier  under  Lord  Amherst,  deserted  and  continued  hidden 
in  Sutton  many  weeks,  but  at  length  ventured  out,  carrying 
for  a  long  time  a  club  to  defend  himself  from  arrest. 

He  m.  Rachel  Kenney,  Sept.  18,  1759.    Ch.— 1,  Thaddeus,  b.  June  27, 1760; 

2,  John,  b.  May  12,  1762 ;  3,  Molly,  b.  June  12,  1765. 

David,  the  fifth  of  the  brothers,  m.  Marcy .  Ch. — 1,  Ephraim,  b.  Oct. 

16,  1733,  and  (probably)  2,  Joseph. 

Joseph2  (David1),  m.  Isabel .  Ch.— 1,  Molly,  b.  Aug.  10,  1769;  2, 

David,  b.  Mar.  20,  1773. 

TAYLOR. 

James  Taylor  (son  of  Thomas)  came  from  Reading,  and 
married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Caleb  Taylor,  (brother  of 


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Thomas),  Sept.  15,  1741 ;  married,  second,  Mary  Dickinson, 
Dec.  1,  1756;  married,  third,  Mary  Rist,  Nov.  21,  1781; 
died,  Jan.  50,  1797. 

Ch.— 1,  Abraham,  b.  Apr.  12,  1743;  2,  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  27,  1745;  m.  Aaron 
Elliot,  Oct.  13,  1767;  3,  Annie;  m.  Jacob  Leland,  Aug.  2,  1767;  4,  Rhoda,  b. 
Jan.  22,  1753;  m.  John  Christian,  Mch.  25, 1788;  5,  Mary,  b.  Dec.  3,  1782;  m. 
Salmon  Burdou,  Apr.  7,  1799;  6,  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  5,  1786;  d.  Dec.  17,  1867. 

Abraham3  (James2,  Thomas1),  m.  Mary  Leland,  Sept.  21,  1769.  Ch. — 1, 
Sarah,  b.  July,  4,  1771;  2,  James,  b.  Feb.  4,  1773;  3,  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  8,  1775; 
4,  Oliver;  5,  John;  graduated  at  Brown  University ;  became  a  preacher;  m.  a 
dau.  of  Rev.  Dr.  Crane,  of  Northbridge. 

Samuel3  (James2,  Thomas1),  m.  Rebekah  Hicks,  May,  27,  1808.  Ch.— 1, 
Silas ;  graduated  at  Amherst  College ;  went  South  and  died ;  2,  James,  b.  Jan. 
22,  1811;  3,  Benjamin  H.,  b.  1814;  d.  Oct.  1,  1845;  4,  Julia  Rebekah. 

James4  (Samuel3,  James2,  Thomas1,),  m.  Julia  A.  Woodbury,  May,  30, 
1838.  Ch.— 1,  Samuel  Edward,  2,  James  Edwin,  twins,  b.  Mar.  24,  1842;  d. 
in  infancy;  3,  Julia  Rebekah,  b.  May  18,  1847;  m.  Edward  P.  Clark,  Aug.  26, 
1868;  4,  George  Arthur,  b.  Feb.  19,  1855. 

Benj.  H.4  (Samuel3,  James2,  Thomas1),  in.  Lucetta  Arnold,  Jan.  13,  1836. 
Ch.— 1,  Julia  M.,  b.  June  3,  1837;  2,  Henry  Martin,  b.  June  24,  1839,  d.  Dec. 
9,  1868. 

TENNEY. 

Daniel  Tenney  was  born  in  Rowley,  June  3,  1720,  and 
settled  in  Sutton. 

He  m.  Mar.  16,  1743,  Rebekah  Dickinson,  b.  Jan.  22,  1719 ;  d.  Apr.  14, 1803 ; 
he  d.  Oct.  23,  1812.  Ch.— 1,  Miriam,  b.  July  7,  1744;  d.  Dec.  19,  1747;  2, 
Simon,  b.  Sept.  13,  1746;  d.  Aug.  14,  1838;  3,  Miriam,  b.  Jan.  12,  1750;  d. 
Oct.  20,  1756;  4,  Susanna,  b.  Dec.  15,  1751;  m.  Samuel  Blanchard,  Mar.  17, 
1775;  d.  Apr.  19,  1826;  5,  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  16,  1754;  m.  Samuel  Trask,  June  21, 
1773;  d.  Jan.  20,  1825;  6,  Phebe,  b.  Apr.  22,  1759;  m.  Moses  Hovey,  Aug.  14, 
1777;  d.  Apr.  25,  1810;  7,  Mary,  b.  Apr.  11,  1761;  m.  1st,  Stephen  Holman, 
July  30,  1778;  m.  2d,  Azor  Phelps,  Nov.  16,  1784;  d.  Oct.  6,  1814. 

Simon2  (Daniel1),  m.  Jan.  23,  1772,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Capt.  Samuel  Trask,  b. 
Sept.  10,  1753;  d.  Aug.  20,  1830.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  Nov.  23,  1773;  held  the 
commission  of  major  and  justice  of  peace  since  1819 ;  d.  Apr.  19,  1860. 

Daniel3  (Simon2,  Daniel1),  m.  Jan.  25,  1797,  Betsey,  dau.  of  John  Waters, 
b.  July  13,  1776.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  6,  1797;  m.  Edmund  J.  Mills,  1825 ; 
2.  Simon,  b.  Dec.  30,  1799;  d.  June  11,  1856;  3,  John  Waters,  b.  Dec.  25, 
1802;  4,  Linus,  b.  Dec.  5,  1804;  5,  Nancy,  b.  Jan.  12,  1808;  drowned  May  29, 
1822;  6,  Daniel  Austin,  b.  Aug.  27,  1811;  7,  Benjamin  Franklin,  b.  Oct.  28, 
1813. 

Simon4  (Daniel8,  Simon2,  Daniel1),  m.  Nancy  Putnam,  Feb.  6,  1828.  Ch.— 
1,  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  29,  1832;  2,  George,  b.  Jan.  30,  1837. 

John  W.4  (Daniel3,  Simon2,  Daniel1),  graduated  at  Brown  University  in 
1823 ;  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  university  of  M  aryland  in  1828 ; 
commenced  practice  with  Dr.  Smith,  in  Sutton,  in  1832;  afterwards  removed 
to  Webster,  where  he  followed  his  profession  until  he  died.  He  m.  1st,  Oct. 
27,  1829,  Eliza  Fisher,  b.  May  31,  1803;  m,  2d,  Julia  Sumner,  Nov.  1,  1848  . 
Ch.— 1,  Edward  Waters,  b.  Aug.  8,  1830. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  735 

Linus*  (Daniel8,  Simon2,  Daniel1),  m.  Sally  Elwell,  Dec.  25, 1827.  Ch.— 1, 
Charles  Linus,  b.  Jan.  12,  1829;  2,  George  Franklin,  b.  Sept.  7, 1831;  d.  Nov. 
24,  1831;  3,  James  Henry,  b.  June  10,  1838. 

Daniel  Austin4  (Daniel3,  Simon2,  Daniel1),  m.  Marietta  Marcy,  Mar.  26, 
1835.  Ch.— 1,  Daniel  Austin,  b.  Oct.  16,  1835;  2,  Joseph  Storks,  b.  Feb.  24, 
1838;  3,  George  Laban,  b.  July  25,  1840;  4,  Frederick  Prescott,  b.  July  6, 
1845 ;  5,  Franklin  Herbert,  b.  Jan.  16,  1849. 

Joseph  S.5  (Daniel  A.4,  Daniel8,  Simon2,  Daniel1),  m.  Emily  M.  Paine. 
Ch.— 1,  George  Arthur,  b.  Oct.  8,  1858. 

Benjamin  F.4  (Daniel3,  Simon2,  Daniel1),  m.  1st,  Oct.  16,  1837,  Frances  B. 
Veazie,  b.  Mar.  7,  1819;  d.  Oct.  10,  1858;  m.  2d,  Mary  B.  Viles.  Ch.— 1, 
Joseph  Franklin,  b.  Nov.  12,  1738;  served  during  the  war;  now  in  U.  S.  sig- 
nal service;  2,  Frank,  b.  Feb.  4,  1861;  3,  Arthur,  b.  June  1,  1863;  d.  June  16, 
1866;  4,  Maud,  b.  Sept.  18,  1865. 

TORRET. 

Daniel  Torrey  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Kezia .  Ch. — 1,  Samuel,  b. 

Feb.  19,  1762;  2,  Molly,  b.  Jan.  3.  1764;  3,  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  16,  1766;  m.  Tabi- 
tha  Dudley,  May  26,  1791;  4,  Olive,  b.  Mar.  4,  1768;  5,  Kezia,  b.  Apr.  19, 
1770;  6,  Lois,  b.  Mar.  14,  1772;  m.  John  Gould,  jr.,  Aug.  12,  1791;  7,  Isaac, 
b.  June  22,  1775. 

Samuel2  (Daniel1),  m.  Hannah .  Ch.— 1,  Lewis,  b.  Sept.  27,  1788;  2, 

Belinda,  b.  May  21,  1791;  3,  Roxa,  b.  Dec.  27,  1795;  4,  Alfred,  b.  Mar.  25, 
1802;  5,  Willard,  b.  Dec.  5,  1805. 

Lewis3  (Samuel2,  Daniel1),  m.  Betsey .  Ch.— 1,  Betsey,  b.  Aug.  4, 1812 ; 

2,  Lewis,  b.  June  5,  1814;  3,  Julia  Ann,  b.  Apr.  7,  1816;  m.  Richard  Waters, 
Aug.  20,  1837 ;  4,  Edwin,  b.  Apr.  13,  1818 ;  5,  Ruby  Titus,  b.  Jan.  31,  1821 ; 
6,  Hannah,  b.  July  27,  1823 ;  7,  Louisa,  b.  Aug.  31,  1825 ;  8,  Rosina,  b.  July 
24,  1827;  9,  Belinda,  b.  Jan.  23,  1830;  10,  Adeline,  b.  Dec  20,1831;  11, 
Mary,  b.  Apr.  8,  1835;  12,  La  Fayette,  b.  Feb.  23,  1837;  13,  John  Alfred,  b. 
July  17,  1839. 

Isaac2  (Daniel1),  m.  Nancy .     Ch.— 1,  Suky,  b.  Mar.  25,  1802. 

Caleb  Torrey,  m.  Mary ;  d.  Mar.  16,  1808.  Ch.— 1,  Caleb,  b.  Jan.  29, 

1801 ;  2,  Hannah,  b.  June  12,  1804. 

TRASK. 

Two  of  the  name,  Samuel  and  Josiah,  appear  upon  the 
early  records  of  the  town;  possibly  they  were  brothers. 
Deacon  Leland  says  :  "  Samuel  Trask  was  born  in  Salem, 
and  was  an  adopted  son  of  a  Mr.  Fuller,  and  came  to  Sut- 
ton  with  him."  The  Fuller  referred  to  was  probably  Jona- 
than, whose  name  appears  upon  the  records  in  1741. 

Samuel  Trask,  m.  1st,  Bethiah  Sibley,  Nov.  3,  1743;  m.  2d,  Anne  Bond, 
Jan.  6,  1757;  m.  3d,  Hannah  Park,  Mar.  7,  1775;  d.  Mar.  7,  1790.  Ch.— 1, 
John,  b.  Sept.  29,  1744;  d.  unmarried,  insane;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1746; 
m.  Jonathan  Waters,  jr.,  Nov.  27,  1766;  3,  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  25,1749;  4, 
Sarah,  b.  Sept.  10,  1753;  m.  Simon  Tenney,  Jan.  23,  1772;  5,  Susanna,  b. 


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Oct.  11,  1759;  m.  Jonathan  Holman,  July  10,  1783;  6,  Annie,  b.  Mar.  19, 
1762;  m.  Elijah  Torrey,  Dec.  27,  178- ;  7,  David,  b.  June  1,  1764;  8,  David, 
b.  June  21,  1766;  m.  Mehitabel  Dwight;  9,  Jonathan,  b.  June  21,  1767;  10, 
Amos,  b.  Aug.  1,  1769;  m.  Lucy  Park,  Apr.  19,  1775;  11,  Peter,  b.  Apr.  8, 
1773;  m.  Azubah  Leland,  Oct.  31,  1799;  12,  Osborn,  b.  Dec.  18,1775;  13, 
Lucy,  b.  May  16,  1777;  m.  Clark  Willard,  Apr.  6,  1796;  14,  Aaron,  b.  Aug. 
12,  1778;  15,  James,  b.  Sept.  4,  1781;  16,  Stephen,  b.  May  1,  1784;  17,  Polly, 
b.  Jan.  31,  1787;  m.  Asa  Rawson  of  Uxbridge;  18,  Hitty,  b.  Mar.  1,  1790;  m. 
John  Tourtellott. 

Samuel2  (Samuel1),  m.  Ruth  Tenney,  Jan.  21,  1773.  Ch.— 1,  Samuel,  b. 
Dec.  20,  1773;  m.  Rebekah  White;  2,  Simon,  b.  Jan.  13,  1775;  3,  Hannah,  b. 
Feb.  14,  1777;  m.  Asa  Whittemore;  4, Stephen, b.  Feb.  10, 1779;  5,  Jonathan; 
6,  David. 

Jonathan2  (Samuel1),  m.  Phebe  Waters,  May  6,  1792.  Ch.— 1,  Ira,  m. 
Hannah  Thurston ;  2,  Almira,  b.  Oct.  9,  1795 ;  m.  Joseph  Griggs. 

Aaron2  (Samuel1),  m.  Betsey  Goodell,  Apr.  3,  1806.  Ch.— 1,  Luther  Hol- 
man, b.  Feb.  15,  1807;  2,  Alanson,  b.  May  22,  1808;  3,  Asa  Goodell,  b.  Aug. 
1,  1810. 

James2  (Samuel1),  m.  Nancy .  Ch.— 1,  Nancy,  b.  May  17,  1804;  2, 

James,  b.  Oct.  6,  1806. 

Josiah  Trask  m.  Annie  Putnam,  Oct.  31,  1745.  Ch.— 1,  Peter,  b.  May  22, 
1746;  d.  Oct.*7,  1803;  2,  John,  b.  Dec.  2,  1747;  d.  Mar.  19,  1748;  3,  Isaac,  b. 
May  22,  1749. 

WAITE. 

Gershom  Waite  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Johanna  Rocket,  Oct.  4,  1723. 
Ch.— 1,  William,  b.  Sept.  4,  1725;  2,  Josiah,  b.  Jan.  14,  1728;  d.  young;  3, 
Mehitabel,  b.  Mar.  27,  1731 ;  m.  Jonathan  Dwinel. 

William2  (Gershom1),  m.  Ruth  Lovell,  Oct.  24,  1744.  Ch.— 1,  Josiah,  b. 
May  7,  1746;  m.  Sarah  Lovell,  Mar.  15,  1775;  2,  Asa,  b.  Mar.  12,  1748;  3, 
Joshua,  b.  Dec.  30,  1749;  4,  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  15,  1752;  5,  William,  b.  Jan.  8, 
1754;  6,  Johanna,  b.  Jan.  3, 1756;  7,  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  2,  1757;  m.  Hannah 
Gould;  8,  Bethia,  b.  Feb.  10,  1759;  m.  Timothy  Buruap,  Dec.  19,  1780;  9, 
Mehitabel,  b.  July  1,  1760;  10,  Gen-hom,  b.  Oct.  31,  1762;  11,  Hannah,  b. 
Jan.  25,  1764;  12,  Gershom,  b.  Jan.  15,  1766. 

Asa3  (William2,  Gershom1),  m.  Zeruiah  Smith;  m.  2d,  Ruth  Wilder  of  Lan- 
caster. Ch.— 1,  Artemas;  2,  Asa,  b.  Apr.  28,  1776;  3,  Betty,  b.  Oct.  28, 1778; 
4,  Lucinda;  5,  Calvin,  graduated  at  Dartmouth;  6,  Luther,  graduated  at  Mid- 
dlebury  College. 

Joshua3  (William2,  Gerehom1),  m.  Mary  Burnap,  Sept.  19.  1776.  Ch.— 1, 
Sally,  b.  Aug.  8,  1777;  2,  John,  b.  July  23,  1778;  in.  Amy  Stone  of  Alstoad, 
N.  H. ;  3,  Polly,  b.  Feb.  5,  1780;  m.  Wm.  Blake  of  Dorchester;  4,  Joshua,  b. 
Aug.  26,  1781;  d.  Apr.  24,  1800;  5,  Amos,  b.  Feb.  11,  1783;  6,  David,  7,  Jon- 
athan, twins,  b.  Aug.  20,  1784;  David  in.  Anna  Torrey  of  Chesterfield;  Jona- 
than d.  Mar.  19,  1785;  8,  Josiah,  b.  June  18, 1786;  d.  Sept.  19, 1808;  9,  Rufus, 
b.  Apr.  19,  1788;  10,  Lucina,  b.  Mar.  3,  1792;  11,  Lucina,  b.  May  21,  1794. 

William3  (William2,  Gershom1),  m.  Sarah  Cummings,  Dec.  19,  1780.  Ch.— 
1,  Esther,  b.  Sept.  19,  1781;  in.  Jacob  Kidder;  2,  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  9,  1783;  3, 
Gershom,  b.  May  13, 1785;  4,  Sally,  b.  Mar.  17, 1787;  m.  John  Craft;  5,  Betty, 
b.  Apr.  10,  1789;  6,  Isaac,  b.  Aug.  2,  1791;  m.  Sally  Goodenough;  7,  Harvey, 
b.  Aug.  4,  1793;  8,  Tyler,  b.  Aug.  11,  1796;  9,  Aaron,  b.  Jan.  10,  1799. 


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Nathaniel  Waite  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Elizabeth  Lilley,  Feb.  16,  1743. 
Ch.— 1,  Nathaniel,  b.  Aug.  9,  1745;  2,  Reuben,  b.  July  11, 1747;  3,  Samuel, 
b.  May  26,  1749;  4,  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  14,  1751;  5,  Elizabeth,  b.  June  26,  1755; 

6,  Sarah,  b.  June  20,  1757. 

WAKEFIELD. 

Benjamin  Wakefield  m.  1st,  Ann  Taylor,  Dec.  26, 1733;  m.  2d,  Ruth  Marsh, 
Nov.  24,  1742.  Ch.— 1,  Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  14,  1734;  2,  Simeon,  or  Simon,  b. 
Feb.  6,  1744;  3,  Anne,  b.  Sept.  24,  1745;  4,  Ruth,  b.  July  11,  1748;  5,  Timo- 
thy, b.  Mar.  26,  1750. 

Jonathan  Wakefield  (relationship  unknown ;  perhaps  a  brother  of  Benja- 
min), m.  Abigail ;  d.  Mar.  9,  1776.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  5,  1734;  2, 

Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  16,  1736;  3,  Rebekah,  b.  Nov.  9,  1738;  4,  Tabitha,  b.  Feb. 
11,  1741;  m.  David  Bacon,  Dec.  17,  1767;  5,  Amasa,  b.  June  9,  1743;  d.  Mar. 

3,  1818;   6,  Samuel,  b.  May  11,  1745;   m.  Mary  Davenport,  May  25,  1768;   7, 
Silas,  b.  May  6,  1747;  8,  Isaiah,  b.  Jan.  1,  1750;    m.  Eunice  Burdon,  Dec.  24, 
1772;    9,  Luther,  b.  Aug.  26,  1751 ;    m.  Mary  Wakefield,  June  10,  1778;    10, 
Mary,  b.  Aug,  4,  1753;  11,  Abigail,  b.  Sept,  21,  1755. 

Jonathan2  (Jonathan1),  m.  Anne  Wheeler,  May  21,  1760.  Ch.— 1,  Jona- 
than, b.  Mar.  20,  1761;  2,  Josiah,  b.  May  1,  1762;  3,  Joel,  b.  Jan.  10,  1764; 

4,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  15,  1765;   5,  Peter,  b.  Feb.  28,  1767;   6,  Jesse,  b.  Mar.  27, 
1769;  7,  Lucy,  b.  June  2,  1771;  8,  Chloe,  b.  May  5,  1773;  9,  Anne,  b.  May  11, 
1776. 

Amasa2  (Jonathan1),  m.  Anna .     Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  July  3,  1771;    2, 

Roby,  b.  Apr.  4,  1775;  3,  Rachel,  b.  June  12,  1777;  4,  Amasa,  b.  Feb.  4, 1783; 

5,  Wiman,  b.  May  4,  1786;  6,  Leonard,  b.  Nov.  16,  1790;  d.  Mar.  7,  1803. 
Silas2  (Jonathan1),  m.  Anne .     Ch.— 1,  Huldah,  b.  Apr.  21,  1768;   d. 

Jan.  14,  1805;  2,  Diadama,  b.  Apr.  22,  1770;  3,  Lois,  b.  Mar.. 26,  1772;  4, 
James,  b.  June  10,  1774;  5,  Keziah,  b.  Apr.  8,  1777;  6,  Elias,  b.  Jan.  30, 1779; 

7,  Anne,  b.  June  26,  1781 ;  8,  Silas,  b.  Nov.  1,  1783. 

WALKER. 

Obadiah  Walker  m.  Hannah  ;  she  d.  July  6,  1744.  Ch. — 1,  Asa,  b. 

Oct.  8,  1726;  d.  Oct.  5,  1809;  2,  Mary,  b.  Mar.  22,  1731;  m.  William  Ellis, 
May  10,  1750;  3,  Sarah,  b.  May  9,  1735;  m.  Rogers  Chase,  Nov.  1,  1753. 

Asa2  (Obadiah1),  m.  Abigail .  Ch.— 1,  Elisha,  b.  Nov.  6,  1750;  2,  Asa, 

b.  Mar.  28,  1752;  3,  John,  b.  Feb.  14,  1754;  4,  Gideon,  b.  Feb.  25,  1756;  5, 
Abigail,  b.  Apr.  14,  1758;  m.  James  Moon,  July  2,  1782;  6,  Lamed,  b.  Dec. 
23,  1759;  7,  Pearly,  b.  Jan.  7,  1762;  8,  Timothy,  b.  Aug.  7,  1763;  d.  Dec.  12, 
1819;  9,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  12,  1767;  10,  Hepsabetb,  b.  Aug.  7,  1768;  11,  Joshua, 
b.  Aug.  20,  1770;  12,  Solomon,  b.  Feb.  29,  1776. 

Asa8  (Asa2,  Obadiah1),  m.  Hannah  Dudley,  May  30,  1787.  Ch.— 1,  Asa,  b. 
July  6,  1788;  2,  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  3,  1790;  m.  David  Dudley,  Dec.  16,  1810;  3, 
Polly,  b.  June  15,  1792;  m.  Aaron  Burdou,  Jan.  14,  1811;  4,  Julia,  b.  July  21, 
1794;  m.  Benjamin  Hovey,  Feb.  16,  1813;  5,  Satira,  b.  Sept.  25,  1799;  m. 
Reuben  F.  Chase,  Feb.  4,  1819. 

Asa*  (Asa8,  Asa2  Obadiah1),  m.  Chloe  Stockwell,  Dec.  1,  1810;   she  d.  May 

8,  1815;  m.  2d,  Lucretia  Blanchard,  Apr.  27,  1819.     Ch.— 1,  Susan  Chloe,  b. 
Dec.  21,  1811;  2,  an  infant,  b.  Oct.  13, 1818;   3,  Adeline,  b.  Sept.  12,  1814;  4, 
Asa  Augustus,  b.  July  26, 1816;  5,  Alaney  B.,  b.  Sept  20, 1820, 


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Gideon8  (Asa2,  Obadiah1),  m.  Mary  Carriel,  Jan.  17,  1782.  Ch.— 1,  Gideon, 
b.  Mar.  29,  1782;  2,  Dolly,  b.  June  17,  1785;  3,  John,  b.  May  2,  1791. 

Obadiah  Walker  (relationship  unknown),  m.  Hepzibah  Shumway,  Nov.  12, 
1741.  Ch.— 1,  Reuben,  b.  May  27,  1742;  2,  Thomas,  b.  July  19, 1743;  3,  Oba- 
diah, b.  Jan.  2,  1745;  4,  Hepzibah,  b.  Oct.  18,  1746;  5,  Jesurun,  b.  Sept.  17, 
1748. 

Obadiah  Walker  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Mrs.  Eunice  White,  Oct.  28,  1745. 
Ch.— 1,  Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  30,  1746. 

Silas  Walker  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Hannah  Buck,  Sept.  15,  1737.  Ch. — 
1,  Patience,  b.  Jan.  10,  1745 ;  2,  Elias,  b.  Dec.  4,  1749. 

Josiah  Walker  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Eunice  Putnam,  May  30,  1786. 
Ch.— 1,  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  9,  1786. 

WATERS. 

Richard  Waters  is  first  mentioned  in  the  records  of  Salem, 
anno  1636,  where  he  has  ten  acres  granted  him.  He  was  a 
gunsmith,  and  married  Joyce  (or  Rejoice) ,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Plaise,  likewise  a  gunsmith,  of  whom  the  following 
mention  is  made  in  the  town  records  : 

"  4th — 5  mo — 1637  William  Plaise  requested  a  tenne  acre 
lott  &  it  is  granted  21d — 6  mo — 1637 — it  is  ordered  yt  mr 
Connants  house,  ground  &  half-acre  of  corn  standing  on  the 
same  joining  next  unto  mr  Jno.  fisk  shall  be  bought  by  the 
Towne  for  ould  mr  William  Plase  &  the  Towne  to  mak  pay- 
ment thereof." 

(Mem. — This  house  of  Mr.  Roger  Conant,  leader  or  gov- 
ernor of  the  "  old  Planters,"  as  they  were  called,  who  had 
already  made  a  settlement  here  before  the  coming  of  Endi- 
cott  and  Winthrop,  stood  on  the  land  now  occupied  by  the 
late  residence  of  the  Hon.  Jacob  S.  Rogers,  deceased,  oppo- 
site Derby  square  and  the  town  hall.) 

"25  — 10  — 1637. — the  marsh  and  meadow  Lands  that 
have  formerly  layed  in  comon  to  this  towne  shall  now  be 
appropriated  to  the  Inhabitants  of  Salem,  proportioned  out 
unto  them  according  to  the  heads  of  their  families." 

In  a  list  probably  made  out  for  this  appointment,  the  name 
of  Willm.  Plais  occurs,  with  the  figure  2  set  against  it,  show- 
ing, doubtless,  the  number  of  his  family  (himself  and  wife.) 

4 — 10 — 1643,  certain  men  are  appointed  as  a  "  comitee 
to  provide  for  William  Plaise  a  convenient  roome  to  worke 
in  and  to  sett  up  a  forge  for  him  &  wood  &  other  necessaries 
to  the  Valew  of  £4," 


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"20  —  2—1646  Ordered  that  the  Towue  is  to  beare  29s 
of  the  charges  towards  William  Plaise  his  keeping  in  his 
sickness  and  his  burial  &  the  rest  to  be  paid  by  Richard 
Waters.  The  whole  amounting  to  £2,  19s,  6d." 

These  may  certify  that  my  father-in-law,  William  Plaise, 
gunsmith,  departed  this  life  in  Salem,  this  fifteenth  day  of 
the  2d  mo.  1646.  RICHARD  WATERS. 

By  the  list  of  1637,  before  mentioned,  giving  the  names 
of  householders  and  the  number  of  heads  in  their  families, 
it  appears  that  Richard  Waters  had  five  (5)  in  his  family  at 
that  time ;  probably  himself,  his  wife  and  three  children. 

In  1638  mention  is  made  of  his  "  howse,"  which  stood, 
perhaps,  not  far  from  the  upper  end  of  Broad  street. 

16th  July  1676  "being  ancient"  Richard  Waters  wrote 
his  will,  which  was  sworn  to  by  the  witnesses  in  court  at 
Salem  28  d.,  9  mo  '77.  He  appoints  his  wife,  Joyce,  sole 
executrix,  and  bequeaths  to  her  all  his  property  during  her 
life  or  widowhood,  and  after  that,  what  remains,  "to  my 
sonn,  William,  to  be  secured  in  the  hands  of  my  sonne 
Ezekiel,  for  to  maintain  his  brother  William  during  his 
natural  life,  in  case  my  sonne  Ezekiel  be  not  willing  to  keep 
him  if  my  sonn  John  undertake  it  then  he  shall  have  Wil- 
liams estate  during  his  natural  life  and  at  Williams  death  to 
be  disposed  of  as  followeth  :" 

Then  follow  bequests  to  sons  James,  John  and  Ezekiel, 
and  to  daughter  Martha,  of  10s  each,  provided  there  be  left 
forty  pounds  clear  estate  at  William's  death,  and  the  bulk  of 
the  property  to  go  to  daughters,  Abigail  Punchard,  Mary 
English,  Susanna  Pulsifer  and  Hannah  Striker,  "  whoe 
neither  of  them  have  had  any  part  or  portion  of  estate 
already,  as  my  forementioned  children  have  had." 

Ch.— 1,  Mary;  m.  Clement  English,  27  Aug.  1667;  2,  James;  m.  Mary 
Stalworth,  24  Mar.  1669-70;  3,  William;  4,  Martha;  5,  John,  bapt.  27d,  9mo, 
1640;  m.  Sara  Tompkins,  Id,  6mo,  1663;  6,  Elizabeth,  bapt.  26d,  12mo,  1642; 
d.  unmarried,  4d,  12mo,  1662;  7,  Abigail,  bapt.  18d,  3mo,  1645;  m.  William 
Puuchard,  26  Oct.  1669;  8,  Ezekiel,  bapt.  9d,  2mo,  1647;  9,  Susanna,  bapt. 
Id,  —mo,  1649;  m.  Benedict  Pulsifer,  Feb.  1673;  10,  Hannah,  bapt.  30d, 
llmo,  1652 ;  m.  Joseph  Striker,  lOd,  2mo,  1673. 


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John  (son  of  Richard  and  Joyce)  Waters,  born  1640,  was 
a  farmer,  and  lived  in  Northfields,  near  the  site  of  the 
Salem  iron  factory. 

He  married,  first  day,  sixth  month,  1663,  Sara,  daughter 
of  John,  and  probably  granddaughter  of  Ralph  Tompkins  of 
Salem. 

His  last  will  and  testament,  written  fourteenth  February 
1706-7,  was  proved  March  1707-8.  After  providing  for 
his  wife,  he  mentions  his  three  sons,  John,  Richard  and 
Nathaniel,  daughter  Elizabeth,  then  in  a  "  single  condition," 
and  daughters  Symonds  and  Jacobs. 

Ch. — 1,  Richard,  2,  John,  twins,  b.  last  of  June  1664;  d.  within  a  fortnight; 

3,  John,  b.  4  July  1665;  m.  Mary ;  4,  Sara,  b.  30d,  6mo,  1667;  m.  John 

Symouds,  3  Mar.  1689-90;  5,  Richard,  b.  13  Nov.  1669;  m.  Martha  Read,  3 
Mar.  1697-8;  6,  Nathaniel,  b.  6d,  12mo,  1671;  m.  Elizabeth  King,  12  Dec. 
1699;  7,  fcamuel,  b.  29  Mar.  1674;  d.  in  five  weeks;  8,  Samuel,  b.  6  May 
1675;  not  named  in  will,  probably  dead ;  9,  Elizabeth,  b.  lOd,  llmo,  1677 ; 
adm.  gr.  to  her  brother  John,  13  Nov.  1734;  10,  Abigail,  bapt.  6  May  1683  ; 
m.  John  Jacobs,  6  Apr.  1704. 

Richard  (son  of  John  and  Sara)  Waters,  born  in  Salem 
1669  ;  died  in  Oxford  1725-6. 

He  married,  in  Salem,  Martha  Read,  third  March  1697-8, 
and  all  his  children  were  born  in  Salem. 

Eighth  December  1720,  he,  then  of  Salem,  and  Samuel 
Rich  of  Bellingham,  bought  of  the  Hon.  William  Tailer  of 
Dorchester  one  thousand  acres  in  Sutton,  of  which  Waters 
was  to  have  two-thirds  and  Rich  one-third. 

Thirtieth  March  1772,  Richard  Waters,  formerly  of  Salem, 
and  Samuel  Rich,  formerly  of  Bellingham,  now  both  of  a 
farm  called  Manchaug  farm,  adjacent  to  Oxford,  make  an 
agreement  about  their  lands. 

Twenty-eighth  February  1728,  Richard  Waters  buys  of 
Nathaniel  Byfield,  William  Dudley  and  Ezekiel  Lewis  two 
hundred  and  thirty-four  acres  near  Manchaug  Pond. 

His  will,  signed  twenty-first  October,  1775,  "he  being 
then  adjacent  to  Oxford,  county  of  Suffolk,"  was  proved 
seventeenth  February  1725-6.  He  mentions  wife  Martha, 
two  eldest  sons,  Richard  and  Samuel  (of  whom  Richard  was 
older)  ;  other  children,  Abigail,  Mercy,  Ebenezer,  Mary, 
Amos  (youngest  son),  Lois.  He  mentions  also  land  in 
Salem. 


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Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  4  Mar.  1699;  2,  Richard,  b.  22  Nov.  1700;  m.  Anna, 
dau.  of  Sol.  Holman  of  Newbury;  3,  Abigail,  b.  1  Aug.  1702;  m.  Samuel 
Dudley  of  Littleton;  4,  Samuel,  b.  1  Sept.  1704;  m.  Rachel  Holman  of  New- 
bury, 13  Nov.  1729 ;  5,  Mercy,  bapt.  24  July  1707 ;  6,  Ebenezer,  bapt.  10 
July,  1709;  d.  at  Cuba  in  the  expedition  against  that  place  by  Admiral  Ver- 
non,  about  1742;  7,  Mary,  bapt.  30  Sept.  1711;  8,  Lois,  bapt  16  May  1714; 
m.  Thomas  Chamberlain  of  Littleton ;  9,  Amos,  bapt.  9  June  1717. 

Nathaniel  (son  of  John  and  Sara)  Waters,  born  in  Salem, 
sixth  day,  twelfth  month,  1671 ;  married  Elizabeth  (daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Elizabeth)  King,  twelfth  December  1699. 
(Record  of  deeds  for  Suffolk  county,  book  thirty,  leaf  one 
hundred  and  seventeen.) 

Fourteenth  February  1715,  Nathaniel  Waters  of  Salem, 
buys  of  William  King  and  Benjamin  Marsh,  both  of  Salem, 
one-tenth  of  the  township  of  Sutton,  deemed  to  contain  about 
thirty  thousand  acres,  of  which  one-tenth  equals  about  three 
thousand  acres,  etc.  Administration  granted  on  estate  of 
Nathaniel  Waters,  fisherman,  fifth  March  1718,  to  his 
widow,  Elizabeth  Waters,  whose  sureties  were  Samuel  King 
and  John  Waters  —  spoken  of  as  all  of  Marblehead.  Inven- 
tory presented  seventeenth  July  1718  ;  among  other  items, 
two  cows  loosed  in  hired  land  in  royal  dide  land  at  Sutton. 

From  a  deed  recorded  in  Essex  county  (book  seventy- 
three,  leaf  seventy-six) ,  it  Lappears  that  Nathaniel  Waters, 
late  of  Salem,  had  a  daughter,  Hannah,  who  died  without 
issue,  making  only  a  verbal  will,  by  which  she  gave  all  her 
estate  to  her  brother  Jonathan.  So  all  the  other  heirs  unite, 
eighth  May  1736,  in  a  deed  to  confirm  title  to  said  Jonathan, 
viz.  :  Elizabeth  Waters,  widow  ;  Nathaniel  Waters,  mariner ; 
Isaac  Cook,  cordwainer,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth ;  Mehitable 
Waters,  spinster;  all  of  Salem;  and  Benjamin  Marsh,  jr., 
of  Sutton,  and  his  wife  Ruth. 

Ch.— 1,  Mehitabel,  bapt.  Oct.  15,  1704;  d.  young;  2,  Ruth,  bapt.  Oct.  15, 
1704;  m.  Benj.  Marsh,  jr.,  of  Sutton;  3,  Mehitabel,  bapt.  13  July,  1707;  m. 
Samuel  Foster,  26.  Oct.  1738;  4,  Nathaniel,  b.  22  Oct.  1708;  m.  Mary  Gard- 
ner, 29  Nov.  1737;  5,  'Sarah,  bapt.  20  July  1712;  d.  before  1736;  6,  Jona- 
than, bapt.  31  July  1715;  m.  Mehitabel  Gyles,  10  Aug.  1738;  7,  Hannah;  d. 
without  issue ;  8,  Elizabeth ;  m.  Isaac  Cook,  17  June,  1726-7. 

Richard3  (John2,  Richard1),  settled  in  Sutton  about  1721. 

Richard*  (Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Anna  Holman.  Ch. — 1,  Mary, 
m.  Anthony  Sigourney  of  Boston;  2,  Stephen,  b.  Apr.  13,  1785;  3,  Ebenezer, 


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b.  July  3,  1739;  4,  Abraham,  b.  Apr.  3,  1743;  5,  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  6,  1746;  m. 
Thomas  Kendall;  6,  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  21,  1750;  7,  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  5,  1754; 
m. Marsh. 

Stephen6  (Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Huldah  Flagg  of  Graf- 
ton.  Ch.— 1,  Anne,  b.  Mar.  30,  1763;  2,  John,  b.  Oct.  23,  1764;  3,  David,  b. 
Feb.  2,  1767;  4,  Nathan,  b.  May  18,  1769;  5,  Hjildah,  b.  Aug.  11,  1771;  m. 
Daniel  Hunt;  6,  Rebekah,  b.  May  25,  1775;  d.  Apr.  28,  1804. 

John6  (Stephen5,  Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  1st,  Huldah 
Howard  of  Oxford,  Nov.  25, 1790;  she  d.  Sept.  26, 1795;  m.  2d,  Hannah,  dau.  of 
Nathan  Putnam,  Esq.,  Dec.  15,  1796;  she  d.  Sept.  28,  1818;  m.  3d,  Bitty 
Kidder  of  Millbury,  who  d.  July  17,  1866.  Ch.— 1,  Anne,  b.  May  20,  1791 ; 
m.  Ebenezer  Foskett  of  Charlton ;  2,  Lucy,  b.  May  7,  1792 ;  m.  David  Carpen- 
ter of  Charlton;  3,  Lydia,  b.  Dec.  24, 1793;  m.  Elkauah  Mclntire  of  Charlton; 
4,  Huldah,  b.  Sept.  24, 1795 ;  m.  Jesse  Bigelow  of  Oxford ;  5,  Stephen,  b.  Aug. 
6,  1797;  d.  Sept.  22,  1850;  6,  Nathan,  b.  May  24,  1799;  7,  Richard,  b.  Nov.  1, 
1802;  d.  Mar.  29,  1876;  8,  Betsey,  b.  Jan.  17,  1804;  m.  Tyler  Carpenter. 

Stephen7  (John6,  Stephen5,  Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m. 
Matilda  Carpenter,  dau.  of  Simeon  and  Sally  Carpenter.  Ch. — 1,  Jason,  b. 
Oct.  9,  18$}4 ;  2,  Hannah  P.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1826;  d.  June  8,  1830;  3,  John  C.,  b. 
July  17,  1331;  4,  George,  b.  Sept.  4,  1834;  d.  Sept.  28,  1834;  5,  Andrew  J.,  b. 
Jan.  14,  1836;  6,  Nathan  P.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1838;  d.  Sept.  6,  1839;  7,  Julia  M., 
b.  Apr.  7,  1840;  m.  Henry  H.  Phelps. 

John  C.8  (Stephen7,  John6,  Stephen5,  Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1), 
m.  Mary  Abbott.  Ch.— 1,  Jennie  M.,  b.  July  22,  1858;  2,  Stephen  C.,  b. 
June  2,  1866. 

Nathan7  (John6,  Stephen5,  Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Ulva 
A.,  dau.  of  Cornelius  Putnam  of  Oxford,  Dec.  2,  1832.  Ch. — 1,  Anna  C.,  b. 
Jan.  26,  1835;  m.  A.  Aldrich;  2,  Ulva  M.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1837;  3,  Marion,  b. 
Mar.  26,  1842;  m.  Henry  Inman;  4,  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  25, 1845;  5,  Adelaide  P., 
b.  Apr.  20,  1848;  m.  E.  E.  Burdon;  6,  George  B.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1852. 

Richard7  (John6,  Stephen5,  Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Julia, 
dau.  of  Lewis  and  Betsey  Torrey,  Aug.  20,  1837.  Ch. — 1,  Isaac  L.,  b.  Dec. 
26,  1843;  2,  Erviu,  b.  Apr.  26,  1846;  d.  Jan.  2,  1866;  3,  Flora  A.,  b.  May  8, 
1848;  m.  A.  Estabrooks  of  Leicester;  4,  Evaline  J.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1850;  m. 
Marble  Putnam ;  5,  Juliette,  b.  May  28,  1855. 

Isaac  L.8  (Richard7,  John6,  Stephen5,  Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1), 
m.  Addie  Shaw.  Cb.— 1,  Florence  J.,  b.  May  8,  1873;  2,  Richard  L.,  b.  Nov. 
9,  1875. 

Ebenezer5  (Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  1st,  Mary  Adams  of 
Grafton,  Dec.  10,  1767;  she  d.  Nov.  27,  1771;  m.  2d,  Susanna  Thurston,  May 
6,  1778;  m.  3d,  Mary  dough  of  Boston.  Ch.— 1,  Maria,  b.  Aug.  6,  1769;  m. 
Dr.  Artemas  Bullard,  Feb.  27,  1796;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  17,  1771;  m.  Rev. 
Joseph  Goffe,  Dec.  20,  1796. 

Abraham5  (Richard4,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Mehitabel  Waters, 
Dec.  3,  1772.  Ch.— 1,  Ebenezer,  b.  1773;  d.  1782;  2,  Simeon;  3,  John;  4, 
Mary. 

Samuel5  (Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Prudence  Winchester  of 
Graftou.  Ch.— 1,  Prudence,  b.  Apr.  13,  1776 ;  d.  June  5,  1794 ;  2,  Sally,  b. 
Mar.  11,  1778;  m.  Capt.  Thomas  Smith;  d.  Aug.  2,  1862;  3,  Joshua,  b.  Apr. 
4,  1780;  4,  Patty,  b.  Aug.  4,  1782;  m.  Amos  Waters;  d.  Apr.  26,  1864;  5, 
Polly,  b.  Apr.  22,  1784;  m.  Luther  Whittemore;  6,  Tamar,  b.  Dec.  31,  1786 ; 


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m.  Sumner  Bastow,  Esq. ;  d.  Mar.  22,  1871 ;  7,  Ann,  b.  Nov.  4,  1789 ;  m. 
Esseck  Brown;  8,  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  21,  1792;  m.  Jason  Morse;  d.  1877;  9, 
Samuel,  b.  Oct.  8,  1794;  d.  Aug.  5,  1867. 

Joshua8  (Samuel5,  Richard4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Mary  Torrey. 
Cb.— 1,  Edwin;  2,  Erastus;  3,  George  A. 

Samuel6  (Samuel6,  Richard4,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Rebekah,  dau. 
of  Aaron  Putnam.  Ch.— 1,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  May  20,  1827;  2,  Olivia,  b. 
Apr.  29,  1836. 

Samuel4  (Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Rachel  Holman  of  Newbury,  Nov. 
13,  1729.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  23,  1730;  2,  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  16,  1732; 

3,  Rachel,  b.  Oct.  8,  1734;   4,  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  18,  1736;  5,  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  27, 
1738;  6,  Martha,  b.  May,  11,  1740;  7,  Samuel,  b.  July  9,  1742. 

Amos4  (Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Mrs.  Abigail  Carriel,  nee  Cobb;  d. 
Mar.  26,  1772.  Ch.— 1,  Judith,  b.  Apr.  12,  1758;  2,  Martha,  b,  Sept.  22, 
1759;  m.  Capt.  David  Putnam;  3,  Huldah,  b.  Dec.  19,  1761;  m.  John  Put- 
nam; 4,  Amos,  b.  Feb.  18,  1764;  d.  Mar.  18,  1856;  5,  Abigail,  b.  Apr.  5, 1766; 
m.  Capt.  Abner  Putnam;  6,  Reuben,  b.  Feb.  2,  1768;  d.  Sept.  11,  1842;  7, 
Simeon,  b.  Sept.  24,  1771. 

Judah5  (Amos4,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Olive  Fuller.  Ch.— 1, 
Amos,  b.  Sept.  23,  1781;  2,  Judah,  b.  July  23,  1783;  3,  Jason,  b.  Sept.  20. 
1785 ;  4,  Josiah,  b.  Jan.  7,  1789 ;  5,  Olive ;  6,  Lewis ;  family  removed  to  cen- 
tral New  York ;  7,  Abigail ;  8,  Daniel ;  9,  George ;  10,  Thomas. 

Judah6  (Judah5,  Amos4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Rutb,  dau.  of 
Nathan  Putnam,  jr.,  Mar.  23,  1806.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah;  2,  Nathan  P.,  b.  Feb. 
12,  1810;  family  removed  to  central  New  York. 

Jason6  (Judah5,  Amos4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Harriet  Phillips  of 
Charlton.  Ch.— 1,  Ruth;  2,  Olivia;  3,  George;  4,  William. 

Amos5  (Amos4,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Polly,  dau.  of  Nathan  Put- 
nam, Esq.,  July  4,  1791;  m.  2d,  Patty,  dau.  of  Rev.  Samuel  Waters,  Apr.  4, 
1802.  Ch.— 1,  Amos,  b.  Aug.  13,  1803;  d.  Nov.  27,  1867;  2,  Winchester,  b. 
Sept.  15,  1805;  d.  Nov.  24,  1840;  3,  Simeon,  b.  Sept.  4, 1807;  d.  July  20, 1809; 

4,  Peregrine,  b.  June  17,  1810;  5,  Alexander,  b.  Oct.  19,  1812;  d.  Sept.  21, 
1827;  6,  Frederick  A.,  b.  June  11,  1815;  d.  Nov.  22,  1850;  7,  Benjamin  F.,  b. 
Dec.  17,  1817;  d.  Aug.  11,  1852;  8,  Martha,  b.  May  23,  1820;  9,  Mary,  b.  Aug. 
27,  1822;  d.  Oct.  8,  1848;  10,  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  14,  1826. 

Reuben5  (Amos4,  Richard3,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Tamar,  dau.  of  Gideon 
Sibley;  she  d.  Dec.  25,  1803;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Polly  Cummings,  dau.  of  Col.  Tim- 
othy Sibley,  May  26,  1804 ;  she  d.  June  8,  1844.  Ch.— 1,  Reuben,  b.  Dec.  9, 
1795;  2,  Parley,  b.  Mar.  2,  1797;  3,  Tamar,  b.  Oct.  11,  1798;  tn.  Lamed  Davis ; 
d.  June  8,  1829;  4,  Russell,  b.  Nov.  14,  1803;  5,  Abner,  b.  Apr.  24, 1805;  d. 
1875;  6,  Mary,  b.  May  17,  1806;  d.  May  28,  1807;  7,  Mary,  b.  Sept.  5,  1807; 
d.  June  8,  1844;  8,  Elinas,  b.  Dec.  14,  1808;  d.  June  1815;  9,  Diautha  R.,  b. 
May  20,  1812;  d.  Feb.  21,  1814;  10,  Simeon,  b.  Nov.  13,  1813;  d.  Dec.  1813; 
11,  Eliuas,  b.  Dec.  3,  1816;  m.  Solon  Smith. 

Reuben6  (Reuben6,  Amos4,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Mary  Davis  of 
Oxford,  Sept.  28,  1823.  Ch.— 1,  Abigail  D.,  b.  July  4,  1824;  2,  Abijah  D.,  b. 
June  11,  1826;  d.  Sept.  30,  1848;  3,  Reuben  K,  b.  Apr.  1,  1828;  4,  Tamar  S., 
b.  Feb.  6,  1830;  m.  Dr.  F.  Brown  of  Webster,  May  1,  1854;  5,  Mary  E.,  b. 
Nov.  15,  1831;  6,  Benton,  b.  Feb.  27,  1835;  7,  Edna  A.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1837;  8, 
Ellen  C.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1842;  9,  Loriug  D.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1844. 

Parley6  (Reuben6,  Amos4,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Fanny  Putnam, 


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May  12,  1822.  Ch.— 1,  Henry  M.,  b.  Nov.  5, 1824;  d.  Nov.  1824;  2,  Sarah  MM 
b.  Jan.  26,  1826;  d.  Aug.  15,  1828;  3,  George  P.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1833;  d.  Nov.  3, 
1860. 

George  P.7,  (Parley6,  Reuben5,  Amos*,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Sarah 
U.  Dunbar  of  Southbridge.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah  A.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1857;  m.  Hiram 
Sherman,  Oct.  4,  1877. 

Abner6  (Reuben5,  Amos4,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Mary  Mellen  of 
Milford.  Ch.— 1,  John  M.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1834;  2,  Samuel;  3,  Mary. 

Simeon6  (Amos*,  Richard8,  John2,  Richard1),  m.  Betty,  dau.  of  Stephen 
Marble.  Removed  to  Livermore,  Maine. 

WATERS — NORTH    PARISH    FAMILIES. 
BY  COL.  ASA  H.  WATERS. 

Jonathan  Waters,  son  of  Nathaniel,  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  SulJton  township,  came  from  Salem  and  settled  in  the 
north  parish,  now  West  Millbury.  His  brother,  Nathaniel, 
second,  settled  at  the  same  time  on  an  adjoining  farm,  and 
his  descendants  are  numerous ;  but  we  have  been  unable  to 
obtain  their  records.  Jonathan  was  of  the  fourth  genera- 
tion from  Richard,  the  progenitor  in  Salem,  1632 ;  was 
baptized  there  July  31,  1715;  married  Mehitable  Gyles  of 
Salem,  August  10,  1738,  and  had  seven  sons  and  three 
daughters  consecutively. 

Ch.— 1,  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  3,  1739,  O.  S.;«  2,  Elijah,  b.  Apr.  11,  1740;  d.  in 
the  French  war,  1758;  3,  Asa,  b.  Jan.  2T,  1742;  4,  John,  b.  Sept.  26,  1743;  5, 
Simeon,  b.  Oct.  9,  1746;  6,  Cornelius,  b.  May  6,  1749;  7,  Andrus,  b.  Sept.  21, 
1752;  8,  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  6, 1758;  d.  young;  9,  Mehitable;  10,  Anna,  b.  Mar. 
30,  1763 ;  m.  John  Bancroft  and  moved  to  Ohio. 

V.  Jonathan,  2d,  m.  Hannah  Trask,  Nov.  27,  1766.  Ch.— 1,  Sarah,  b. 
Oct.  18,  1767;  m.  William  Bond,  Mar.  28,  1793;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  Apr.  11, 
1771;  m.  Nancy  Torrey;  3,  Elijah,  b.  Mar.  25,  1773;  d.  unmarried;  4,  Han- 
nah, b.  June  20,  1775 ;  m.  Samuel  Waters. 

Asa  m.  Sarah  Goodell,  June  14,  1764.  Ch.— 1,  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  1765;  m. 
Gen.  Caleb  Burbank,  and  d.  without  issue ;  2,  Elijah,  b.  May  27,  1767 ;  3, 
Asa,  2d,  b.  Nov.  2,  1769;  4,  Samuel,  b.  July  16,  1773;  5,  Eetty,  d.  young;  6, 
Sarah,  b.  Feb.  14,  1777;  7,  Asenath,  b.  Oct.  7,  1780;  8,  Mehitable,  b.  July  3, 
1782 ;  9,  Harvey ;  graduated  at  Brown  University  with  high  honors  and  died 
soon  after. 

John  m.  Phebe  Goodell,  May  28, 1771.  Ch.— 1,  Phoebe,  b.  Apr.  6,  1772 ; 
m.  Jonathan  Trask,  May  6,  1792;  2,  Betty,  b.  July  13,  1777;  m.  Daniel  Ten- 
ney,  Jan.  25,  1797;  3,  Moses,  b.  June  26,  1778;  m.  Olive  Sibley,  Dec.  29, 
1802;  4,  Anna,  b.  June  1784;  m.  John  Prentice;  5,  John,  b.  July  27,  1788; 
m.  Martha  DeWolf. 

Simeon  m.  Lydia  Bartlett  and  lived  in  Charlton.  Ch.— 1,  Betty,  b,  Oct.  3, 
1782;  m.  Moses  Colton;  2,  Lydia;  3,  Leonard. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  745 

Cornelius  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  studied  divin- 
ity, was  settled  in  Ashby ;  married  Sibyl  Gardner,  daughter 
of  Colonel  Gardner  of  Brooklyn,  who  was  killed  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Bunker  Hill. 

Ch. — 1,  Benjamin  Franklin;  2,  Betsey;  m.  Isaiah  Davis  of  Concord;  3, 
Susan ;  m. Rice  of  Ashby ;  4,  Sophia ;  m. Richardson  of  Cambridge ; 

5,  Joseph  Jackson;  d.  young;  6,  Sibyl;  m. Edwards  of  Concord;  7,  Cor- 
nelius ;  8,  George,  b.  1797 ;  m.  Sarah  Forbes  of  Deerfield,  and  one  of  his  sons  . 
is  Edwin  F.  Waters  of  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser;  9,  Phila;  m.  Samuel  Burr 
of  Concord. 

Andrus  (see  article  on  " Gun  Making ");  m.  Betty  Goodell,  Nov.  25, 
1773;  d.  at  West  Point,  1777.  Ch.— 1,  Salmon;  m.  Sally  Dudley;  settled  in 
Amsterdam,  N.  Y. ;  2,  Andrus;  m.  Lucy  Pierce. 

Mehitable  m.  Abram  Waters,  son  of  Richard  of  south  parish,  Dec.  3,  1772. 
Ch.— 1,  Ebenezer,  b.  1773;  d.  June  15,  1782;  2,  Simeon;  m.  Sarah  Waters, 
daughter  of  Asa,  1st;  3,  John,  settled  in  Pittsburg,  Pa. ;  had  seven  children; 
4,  Mary;  d.  unmarried. 

VI.  Elijah,  son  of  Asa,  1st;  m.  Lydia  Whittemore.     Ch. — 1,  Lucy,  b.  Feb. 
7,  1793;  m.  Simon  Farnsworth;  2,  Fanny,  b.  Nov.  29,  1794;  d.  June  19, 1803; 

3,  Fanny,  b.  July  3,  1796;  d.  Oct.  13,1814;  4,  Eliza,  b.  May  24,  1798 ;    m. 
Thomas  J.  Harrington;   5,  Elijah,  b.  Mar.  1,  1800;   d.  unmarried,  Feb.  1849; 

6,  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  23,  1802;    m.  Peter  Pierce;   7,  Harvey,  b.  July  11,  1804;  m. 
Miss  Johnson  of  Stafford  Springs;   8,  Sophia,  b.  Aug.  7,  1807;   m.  Alvan 
Leland;   9,  Franklin,  10,  Fidelia,  twins,  b.  June  8,  1810;   Franklin  m.  Eliza 
Farnsworth;   Fidelia  m.  Jonas  A.  Hovey;   11,  Martha,  b.  Oct.  23,  1812;   m. 
Sylvanus  Holbrook. 

Jonathan8  (Jonathan2),  m.  Nancy  Torrey.  Ch. — 1,  Eliza;  2,  Jonathan 
Edwards ;  3,  Susan ;  4,  Julia. 

Asa  (2d),  m.  Susan  Holman,  dau.  of  Col.  Jonathan  Holman,  May  19,  1802; 
d.  Dec.  24,  1841.  Ch.— 1,  Susan  H.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1803;  2,  Sarafina,  b.  July  7, 
1805;  d.  June  24,  1824;  3,  Asa  H.,  b,  Feb.  8,  1808;  4,  Fanny  Jane,  b.  Feb.  7, 
1810;  d.  June  15,  1811;  5,  Anna  Jane,  b.  Feb.  4,  1813;  m.  Anson  G.  Stiles; 
6,  Harriet  Newell,  b.  Aug.  18,  1814;  m.  Rev.  S.  W.  Dutton,  D.D.,  of  New 
Haven,  Sept.  12,  1838;  d.  July  3,  1864;  7,  Adelia  Augusta,  b.  Jan.  18,  1820; 
m.  Rev.  I.  N.  Tarbox,  D.  D.,  June  1,  1845 ;.r  8,  Caroline,  b.  Jan.  17,  1826;  m. 
Jonathan  Forbush,  June  13,  1855. 

Samuel  m.  Hannah  Waters,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Waters,  2d,  Nov.  30,  1797. 
Ch.— 1,  Horace,  b.  Aug.  28,  1799;  2,  Tyler,  b.  Aug.  19,  1801;  d.  Aug.  29, 
1803;  3,  Silence,  b.  Aug.  24,  1803;  m.  Harvey  Goodell;  4,  Tyler,  b.  Aug.  7, 
1805;  m.  Hannah  Marble;  5,  Samuel  Austin,  b.  Sept.  20,  1807;  m.  Elizabeth 
Read;  6,  Hannah  Torrey,  b.  Dec.  15,  1809;  m.  George  Sabine;  7,  Lucy  Bur- 
bank,  b.  Mar.  16,  1812;  d.  Dec.  12,  1873;  8,  Andrus,  b.  May  15,  1814;  d.  Jan. 

4,  1840;  9,  Asenath,  b.  Dec.  24,  1816;  d.  Nov.  19,  1827. 

Asenathm.  Gen.  Joseph  Farnsworth;  removed  to  Westfield,  N.  Y.,  and 
their  descendants  are  numerous. 

VII.  Horace,  son  of  Samuel,  m.  Ruth  Hovey,  Sept.  1827.     Ch.— 1,  Charles 
H.,  b.  July  31,  1828;  m.  Mary  Farnsworth  of  Groton,  and  does  a  large  busi- 
ness in  wire  weaving  in  Clinton ;    2,  Cornelia,  b.  June  14,  1833 ;    m.  Royal 
Thayer;    3,  Osgood  Herrick,  b.  Oct.  13,  1836;    m.  Ellen  Crane;    4,  Horace 
Hovey,  b.  Nov.  9,  1841 ;  resides  in  Chicago, 

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746  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

Susan  H.2  (Asa  2d1),  m.  Samuel  Davenport  Torrey,  Boston,  Jan.  27,  1824 . 
Ch. — 1,  Delia  Chapin;  2,  Louisa  M.,  m.  Judge  Alphonso  Taft,  Dec.  26, 1853; 
3,  Susan  W.,  m.  Samuel  Austin  Wood,  Apr.  11,  1864;  4,  Anna  D.,  m.  Edward 
Orton,  Pres.  Ohio  State  Agricultural  College,  Aug.  26,  1875. 

Mrs.  Torrey  d.  Feb.  3,  1866;  Mr.  Torrey  d.  Dec.  23,  1877,  aged  88  years,  8 
months,  9  days. 

Asa  H.  m.  Elizabeth  M.  Hovey,  June  27,  1849.  Ch.— 1,  Isabel  Holman;  2, 
Lilian  ITovey,  m.  Prof.  E.  A.  Grosvenor  of  Robert  College,  Constantinople, 
Oct.  23,  1873;  3,  Florence  Elizabeth. 

•  Adelia  A.,  m.  Rev.  I.  N.  Tarbox,  D.  D.,  of  West  Newton.  Ch.— 1,  Susan, 
m.  Samuel  Carr,  Boston ;  2,  Mary,  m.  Freeman  F.  Raymond,  Boston. 

VIII.  Louise  M.,  dau.  of  S.  D.  Torrey,  m.  Judge  Alphonso  Taft  of  Cincin- 
nati, O.,  U.  S.  Attorney  General  under  President  Grant.  Ch. — 1,  William 
Howard,  educated  at  Yale  University ;  2,  Henry  Waters,  educated  at  Yale 
University ;  3,  Horace,  educated  at  Yale  University ;  4,  Fanny. 

The  above  grandchildren  of  Asa  Waters,  2d,  and  all  their 
contemporaries  in  collateral  branches,  are  of  the  ninth  gen- 
eration from  Richard,  the  progenitor,  as  appears  from  official 
records. 

WELLMAN. 

Rev.  James  Welman  m.  Sarah  Barnard,  Nov.  8, 1750.  Ch. — 1,  Sarah,  b.  June 
20,  1752;  2,  James,  b.  July  30,  1754;  3,  Isaac,  b.  Feb.  4,  1757;  4,  Solomon,  b. 
Dec.  8,  1758;  5,  Joshua,  b.  Nov.  16,  1760;  d.  Nov.  29,  1760;  6,  Martha,  b. 
Aug.  11,  1763;  7,  Joshua,  b.  May  24,  1766. 

WHIPPLE. 

John  m.  Mary .  Ch. — 1,  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  22,  1711 ;  2,  Ebenezer,  b. 

Sept.  14,  1713;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  22,  1715;  4,  John,  b.  Aug.  22, 1717;  5,  Lucy, 
b.  Feb.  25,  1724;  6,  Abigail,  b.  Mar.  3,  1726. 

Ebenezer2  (John1),  m.  Prudence  Dudley,  Mar.  25,  1737.  Ch.— 1,  Samuel, 
b.  Nov.  28,  1737;  2,  Paul,  b.  Dec.  20,  1738;  3,  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  8,  1740;  4, 
Joseph,  b.  Feb.  5,  1743;  5,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  23,  1745;  6,  Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  19, 
1747. 

Jacob  Whipple  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Jerusha  Leland,  Jan.  6,  1729. 
Ch.— 1,  James,  b.  Nov.  29,  1729;  2,  Moses,  b.  May  13,  1733;  3,  Jerusha,  b. 
Dec.  26,  1735. 

Symonds  Whipple  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Mary  Sibley,  Nov.  16,  1769. 
Ch.— 1,  Nathaniel,  b.  Jan.  11,  1771;  2,  Mary,  b.  Jan.  15,  1773;  3,  Ruth,  b. 
Mar.  20,  1775;  4,  Martha,  b.  Dec.  16,  1778;  5,  Eunice,  b.  Oct.  1,  1780;  6, 
Jacob,  7,  Rachel,  twins,  b.  Apr.  3,  1782. 

John  Whipple  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Susanna  .  Ch. — 1,  John,  b. 

Mar.  15,  1766;  2,  Pearley,  b.  June  6,  1769. 

John2  (John1),  m.  Anna  Hall,  Nov.  28,  1794.  Ch.— 1,  Almira,  b.  Nov.  17, 
1795;  2,  Parley,  b.  Feb.  27,  1797;  3,  Nancy,  b.  July  21,  1799;  4,  John  W.,  b. 
Feb.  3,  1802. 

John  W.8  (John2,  John1),  m.  Dolly  Dresser,  Jan.  1834  Ch.— 1,  Almira,  b. 
Mar.  18,  1835;  m,  1st,  Ezra  G.  Merriam,  Mar.  30,  1858;  m.  2d,  H.  A.  Ken- 
drick,  July  14,  1870;  2,  Mary  D.,  b.  May  25,  1836;  3,  Richard  M.,  b.  Feb.  5, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  747 

1838;  4,  Mary  D.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1840;  m.  Warren  Harris,  Dec.  22,  1864;  5,  Mar- 
tha J.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1841;  6,  Anna  H.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1845;  m.  Chas.  L.  Brown- 
ing, Nov.  15,  1868. 

Richard  M.*  (John  W.3,  John2,  John1),  m.  Ruthe  M.  Streeter,  Nov.  15, 
1870.  Ch.— 1,  John  W.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1871;  2,  Hiram  S.,  b.  Apr. «,  1873. 

Solomon  Whipple  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Abigail  Russell  of  Greenwich, 
Sept.  16,  1777.  Ch.— 1,  Joseph,  b.  July  31,  1778;  2,  Russell,  b.  May  14,  1786. 

Joseph2  (Solomon1),  m.  Azubah  Smith,  Feb.  18,  1800.  Ch. — 1,  Azubah,  b. 
Sept.  21,  1800. 

John  Whipple  (ancestry  unknown),  m.  Patty  Sibley,  Sept.  18,  1805.  Ch. — 
1,  Amanda,  b.  Feb.  14,  1806;  2,  Rachel,  b.  Mar.  9,  1810. 

WHITE. 

Josiah  White  m.  Mary  Taylor,  Apr.  28,  1737.  Ch.— 1,  Josiah,  b.  July  8, 
1738;  2,  Mary,  b.  July  8,  1741;  3,  Josiah,  b.  Apr.  1,  1745;  4,  Caleb,  b.  July 
30,  1747. 

Caleb2  (Josiah1),  m.  Rebekah  Marsh,  Feb.  26,  1767.  Ch.— 1,  Sally,  b.  May 
24,  1768;  2,  Chloe,  b.  Sept  23,  1771. 

Josiah  White,  jr.,  m.  Hannah  Gardner,  Jan.  2,  1746;  m.  2d,  Lucy  Whipple, 
Nov.  28,  1751.  Ch.— 1,  Hannah,  b.  July  20,  1746;  2,  Beatrice,  b.  Mar.  6, 
1749;  3,  Ebenezer,  b.  Sept.  25,  1752;  4,  Abel,  b.  Apr.  23,  1754;  5,  Jeptha,  b. 
Dec.  26,  1755;  6,  Josiah,  b.  Mar.  9,  1758;  7,  Elias,  b.  Dec.  13,  1759;  8,  Noah, 
b.  Nov.  6,  1761;  9,  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  16,  1764;  10,  Job,  b.  Mar.  6,  1766. 

Peter  White  m.  Hepzibah .    Ch.— 1,  Peter,  b.  July  12,  1769. 

Peter2  (Peter1),  m.  Sally  Moore,  Sept  3,  1792.  Ch.— 1,  Seneca,  b.  Feb.  27, 
1794;  2,  Sally  Morse,  b.  Jan.  9,  1797. 

Joseph  White  m.  Martha .  Ch. — 1,  Peregrine,  b.  Aug.  2, 1747;  2,  Joel, 

b.  July  4,  1751;  3,  Mary,  b.  Aug.  30,  1757;  4,  Anne,  b.  Apr.  10,  1759. 

Jonathan  White  m.  Huldah  Nichols,  Feb.  28,  1760.  Ch.— 1,  David,  b.  Aug. 
12,  1760;  2,  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  13,  1766;  3,  Huldah,  b.  Nov.  9,  1771. 

Grant  White,  m.  Lois .     Ch.— 1,  Polly,  b.  July  17,  1792. 

Noah  White  m.  Julia .  Ch.— 1,  Anne,  b.  June  25,  1802;  2,  Lewis,  b. 

Sept.  15,  1803;  3,  Ebenezer  B.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1806;  4,  Julia  A.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1809; 
5,  Mary  B.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1812;  6,  Joel  T.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1814;  7,  Philo  S.,  b. 
Aug.  19,  1818;  8,  Adoniram  J.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1820;  m.  Lucy  P.  Stockwell, 
Sept  6,  1842. 

WHITING. 

Paul  Whiting,  b.  Feb.  28,  1761;  m.  Mary  Tucker,  Apr.  25,  1790;  d.  Nov.  6, 
1822;  she  d.  Nov.  27,  1853.*  Ch.— 1,  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  1791;  2,  Mary,  b.  Oct. 
18,  1793;  m.  Nov.  21,  1833,  Sumner  B.  King;  d.  Oct.  15,  1871;  3,  Luther,  b. 
Oct.  17,  1795;  4,  Nancy,  b.  Nov.  30,  1800;  5,  Julia  Ann,  b.  Mar.  14,  1807;  m. 
Dec.  21,  1830,  S.  B.  King;  d.  June  17,  1832. 

Luther2  (Paul1),  m.  Abigail  Mellen  of  Milford,  Oct.  30,  1819;  d.  Aug.  2, 
1862;  she  d.  Feb.  17,  1848.  Ch.— 1,  Joseph,  b.  July  27,  1820;  2,  Samuel 
Mellen,  b.  June  25,  1825;  m.  Mary  E.  Flint,  May  9, 1850;  3,  Abigail  Hastings, 
b.  Aug.  6,  1827;  4,  Mary  Tucker,  b.  May  29,  1835. 

Abby  H.  m. •  Harvey  of  Providence,  R.  I.  Their  children  are  Abby  M., 

Clara  Bell,  Minnie  W.,  Lizzie  H.  and  Edwin  B. 


*  See  history  of  the  S.  B.  King  place,  Dist.  No.  4,  Part  IL 


748  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

WOODBURT. 
BY  C.  K.  WOODBUBY. 

1.  1 .    John  Woodbury  came  from  Somersetshire,  England, 
in  1624,  and  with  several  others,  had  charge  of  the  settle- 
ment at  Cape  Ann,  made  by  the  Dorchester  company.     In 
1626,  the  settlement  meeting  with  little  success,  was  removed 
to  Salem,  where,  under  the  direction  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  company,  it  formed  the  nucleus  of  the  Massachusetts 
colony.     John  Woodbury,  in  1627,  went  back  to  England 
as  agent  for  the  company,  and  after  remaining  there  six 
months  returned  to  this  country,  bringing  with  him  his  son 
Humphrey,  and  probably  his  brother  William. 

These  two  brothers  were,  according  to  tradition,  the  first 
settlers  in  what  is  now  Beverly,  and  built  their  houses  near 
Woodbury's  point.  John  and  his  wife  were  among  the 
original  members  of  the  Salem  church.  He  was  appointed 
constable  in  1631,  and  twice  represented  the  town  in  general 
court.  Until  his  death,  in  1642,  he  held  office  as  one  of  the 
selectmen  and  surveyors  of  Salem,  and  in  this  capacity  his 
name  occurs  over  one  hundred  times  on  the  record. 

In  1635  the  town  granted  him  two  hundred  acres  of  land 
near  the  head  of  Bass  river,  in  the  parish  of  upper  Beverly, 
which  homestead  is  still  in  the  possession  of  descendants  of 
the  same,  with  no  other  title  than  the  original  grant.  John 
Woodbury  died  in  the  early  part  of  1642  ;  his  wife  outlived 
him  some  thirty  years.  He  was  married  twice,  and  by  his 
first  wife  had : 

2.  Humphrey,  b.  in  England,  1627,  from  whom  are  descended  the  majority 
of  Woodburys  in  this  country. 

3.  And,  perhaps,  John. 

4.  By  his  second  wife,  Agnes,  he  had  Hannah,  bapt.  25,  10  mo.,  1636;    m. 
Apr.  26,  1656,  Cornelius  Baker,  yeoman. 

5.  Abigail,  bapt  12,  9  mo.  1637. 

6.  Peter,  bapt.  19,  7  mo.  1640  (see  below). 

II.  6.  Peter,  bapt.  17,  7  mo.  1640 ;  made  freeman  Apr.  29,  1668,  was  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  court  in  1689  and  1691 ;  was  deacon  of  the  church 
at  Beverly.  He  lived  on  his  father's  homestead,  and  at  his  death  the  estate 
was  valued  at  £969  —  a  large  property  for  those  times.  The  house  he  built 
is  still  standing.  He  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Richard  Dodge,  b.  1644;  d.  Sept.  11, 
1726;  he  d.  July  5,  1704.  Ch.— 

7.  Peter,  b.  Dec.  12,  1666  (see  below). 

8.  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  12,  1668;  m.  Feb.  26,  1689,  Jonathan  Rayment. 

9.  Abigail,  b.  April  13,  1671;  m.  Aug.  9,  1694,  John  Sampaon. 


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10.  Anna,  bapt.  May  24,  1674;  m.  Nov.  29, 1694,  John  Herrick;  d.  aged  95. 

11.  Martha,  bapt.  May  27,  1677;  m.  Mar.  31, 1693,  Ichabod  Browne. 

12.  Jerusha,  bapt.  Feb.  8,  1680;  m.  Mar.  28,  1698,  George  Rayment. 

13.  Josiah,  b.  June  15,  1682;    m.  Apr.  29,  1708,  Lydia  Herrick;    d.  1746. 
Hon.  Levi  Woodbury,  who  held  the  offices  of  judge  supreme  court  N.  H., 
governor  of  N.  H.,  U.  S.  secretary  treasury  and  navy,  assistant  justice  U.  S. 
supreme  court,  was  his  great-great-grandson. 

14.  Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  25,  1684. 

15.  Priscilla,  bapt.  July  31,  1687;  m.  Jan.  15,  1706,  Richard  Ober. 

III.  7.    Peter,  b.  Dec.  12,  1666;  deacon  of  church  at  Beverly;  lived  on  his 
father's  homestead,  and  at  his  death  his  estate  was  valued  at  £900;    m.  Nov. 
18,  1692,  Mary  Dodge,  b.  1674;  d.  Nov.  20,  1763;  he  d.  Jan.  8,  1707.     Ch.— 

16.  Mark,  b.  Oct.  21,  1693;  d.  Dec.  17,  1693. 

17.  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  14,  1694;  m.  Dec.  28, 1715,  Jona.  Con  ant;  d.  Dec.  1750 

18.  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  29,  1696;  d.  June  12,  1720. 

19.  Benjamin,  b.  May  29,  1698  (see  below). 

20.  Mary,  bapt.  Nov.  9,  1701 ;  m.  1718,  Josiah  Trask. 

21.  Marcy,  b.  Aug.  2,  1703. 

22.  Peter,  b.  June  20,  1705;    m.  Mar.  19,  1730,  Hannah,  dau.  of  John  and 
Hannah  [Tarbox]  Batchelder,  b.  May  1,  1709;  d.  Nov.  21,  1781;  he  purchased 
the  old  homestead,  which  is  now  in  the  possession  of  his  great-grandson,  Levi 
W. ;  he  d.  May  14,  1775. 

23.  Rebecca,  b.  June  1,  1707. 

IV.  19.    Benjamin,  b.  May  29,  1698;    removed  from  Beverly  to  Sutton  in 
1734;    the  births  of  five  of  his  children  are  recorded  in  Beverly,  and  those  of 
the  last  four  in  Sutton;  was  received  to  church  in  Sutton  from  church  in  Bev- 
erly, 1735;    appointed  sixth  deacon,  1774;    m.  Dec.  14,  1721,  Ruth  Conant,  b. 
1698;    d.  Dec.  10,  1786;    he  d.  Aug.  22,  1781,  having  upwards  of  eighty-four 
living  descendants.     Ch. — 

24.  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  27,  1722  (see  below). 

25.  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  5,  1726  (see  below). 

26.  Joshua,  b.  Mar.  25,  1728  (see  below). 

27.  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  28,  1730 ;  m.  Nov.  2,  1748,  John  Fry. 

28.  Lot,  b.  Oct.  11,  1733 ;    served  in  the  war  against  the  French,  in  which 
he  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  Apr.  6,  1756. 

29.  Peter,  b.  May  20,  1736  (see  below). 

30.  31.     Jonathan,  Bartholomew,  twins,  b.  Nov.  10,  1740  (see  below). 

32.  Ruth,  b.  Oct.  15,  1745;  d.  unmarried,  May  24,  1781. 

V.  24.     Joseph,  b.  Sept.  27,  1722;    m.  1744,  Elizabeth  Fuller,  b.  1722;  he 
d.  Feb.  22,  1796.     Ch.— 

33.  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  3,  1745;    m.  Apr.  12,  1770,  David  Putnam;    d.  Dec. 
26,  1831.    They  lived  a  little  south  of  the  meeting-house,  at  the  foot  of  the  hill. 

34.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  29,  1746;  m.  Sept.  4,  1766,  Benjamin  Hicks;  d.  Dec.  26, 
1831 ;  he  was  chosen  fifteenth  deacon  in  1800. 

35.  John,  b.  Sept.  26,  1749  (see  below). 

36.  Phoebe,  b.  Sept.  9,  1752;    m.  July  3,  1776,  David,   son  of  Edward 
Putnam. 

37.  b.  Ruth,  Jan.  14, 1755 ;  m.  Nov.  18, 1781,  Dan'l  Marble ;  d.  June  10, 1790 . 

38.  Jerusha,  b.  July  15,  1757;    m.  Daniel  Hall  of  Croyden,  N.  H. ;  d.  Oct. 
12,  1820. 

39.  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  10,  1759  (see  below). 

40.  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  19,  1762;  d.  Jan.  3,  1788. 


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41.  Lucy,  b.  Dec.  6,  1765 ;  m.  Apr.  30,  1789,  Daniel  King,  who  removed  to 
Charlton  and  d.  there  Apr.  5,  1833;  she  d.  at  Groton,  N.  Y.,  May  5,  1843. 

42.  Aaron,  b.  Aug.  30,  1767;  d.  Aug.  4,  1771. 

25.  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  5,  1726;    removed  to  Royalston  about  1760,  where 
he  was  made  first  deacon,  1768;   m.  May  28,  1748,  Hannah  Putnam;    d.  at 
Royalston,  Oct.  17,  1793.      Besides  the  seven  children  born  at  Sutton,  he  had 
one  born  at  Royalston.     Ch. — 

44.  Benajah,  b.  Feb.  21,  1747 ;  m.  Oct.  25,  1781,  Eunice  Mills ;  he  removed 
to  Vermont,  and  d.  there  Feb.  22,  1802. 

45.  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  12,  1748. 

46.  Apphia,  b.  July  31,  1751 ;  m.  Jonathan  Harwood. 

47.  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  21,  1753. 

48.  Lot,  b.  July  10,  1755 ;  m.  in  Royalston,  and  removed  to  Concord,  Yt. 

49.  Jesse,  b.  about  1758 ;  removed  to  Concord,  Vt. 

50.  Hannah,  b.  about  1760. 

26.  Joshua,  b.  March  25,  1728;  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on  the  Nathan 
Arnold  place,  all  his  children  lived  to  grow  up,  but  none  remained  in  Sutton ; 
m.  July  6,  1752,  Dorcas,  dau.  of  Jonathan,  and  Abigail  Parks,  b.  Feb.  4, 1733; 
d.  March  1795;  he  d.  April  15,  1782.     Ch.— 

50.  Gideon,  b.  Feb.  10,  1760  (see  below). 

51.  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  3,  1753;  m. Livermore. 

52.  Dorcas,  b.  Sept.  10,  1756;  m.  Jan.  28,  1777,  Matthew  Lackey;  d.  1794. 

53.  Abigail,  b.  May  22,  1758;   m.  April  5,  1780,  Thomas  Burbank,  of 
Groton. 

54.  Joshua,  b.  Feb.  10,  1760  (see  below). 

55.  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  31,  1761  (see  below). 

56.  David,  b.  June  6,  1763  (see  below). 

57.  Elizabeth,  b.  Jane  17,  1765;  m.  at  Athol,  June  11,  1788,  John  Bur- 
bank;  they  removed  to  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  where  she  d.  leaving  one  son. 

58.  Peter,  b.  May  19,  1767;  m.  1st,  Elizabeth  March;    m.  2d,  Sally  Lamb; 
they  removed  to  Bridgewater,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  Apr.  4,  1852,  leaving  four 
children. 

59.  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  28,  1769;  d.  Aug.  22,  1793. 

60.  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  26,  1771 ;  m. Stoker. 

61.  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  21,  1773 ;    m.  at  Royalston,  Jan.  21,  1802,  Elizabeth 
Bliss ;  removed  to  New  York  State. 

62.  Judith,  b.  Apr.  18,  1775;  m.  at  Bridgewater,  Vt.,  Mar.  3,  1796,  Josiah 
Wood;    they  lived  in  Sherburne,  Vt.,  which  town  he  represented  in  the  State 
legislature ;  she  d.  at  Bridgewater,  Feb.  29,  1860. 

29.  Peter,  b.  May  20,  1736;  removed  to  Royalston  about  1765;  held  office 
of  town  clerk  and  town  representative  to  the  general  court ;  was  captain  of  the 
militia  in  the  revolution,  and  served  during  the  campaign  against  Burgoyne ; 
m.  1st,  Dec.  16,  1754,  Ruth,  dau.  of  Capt.  John  and  Hannah  [Marsh]  Sibley,  b. 
June  4,  1734;  d.  Mar.  23,  1755;  m.  2d,  Jan.  18,  1759,  Zeruiah  Greenwood,  b. 
1743;  d.  June  21,  1787;  m.  3d,  April  5,  1792,  Mrs.  Mary  Chase;  he  d.  at 
Royalston,  Feb.  24,  1806 ;  besides  the  children  given  below,  he  had  eight  b. 
at  Royalston.  Ch. — 

63.  Peter,  b.  March  14,  1755 ;  m.  at  Royalston,  Mar.  1780,  Elizabeth,  dau. 
of  Daniel  Moody,  b.  Mar.  19,  1758;   d.  July  3,  1837;   he  removed  to  Bethel, 
Vt.,  where  he  d.  May  7,  1833;  leaving  seven  children. 

64.  Lot,  b.  Mar.  15,  1760;  m.  July  6,  1790,  Elizabeth  Warren;  he  removed 
to  Bethlehem,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  in  1842;  he  served  in  the  revolution. 


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65.  Daniel,  b.  Mar.  22,  1762;   lived  on  his  father's  farm  at  Royalston;  m. 
1st,  at  R.  July  25,  1785,  Esther  Wait,  b.  Jan.  28,  1764;  d.  at  R.  Apr.  1,  1824; 
m.  2d,  at  Warwick,  Apr.  5,  1825,  Persis,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Deborah  (Kil. 
lum)  Chase,  b.  Mar.  7,  1776;  d.  at  R.  Oct.  16,  1856;  he  d.  at  R.  Oct.  15,  1842, 
leaving  one  son. 

66.  Sally,  b.  Aug.  31,  1764;  m.  at  Royalston,  Feb.  23,  1786,  Dea.  Ebenezer 
Pierce  of  that  town ;  d.  at  R.  Apr.  16,  1795,  leaving  five  children. 

30.  Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  10,  1740 ;  or,  according  to  the  new  style,  as  recorded 
in  his  family  Bible,  Nov.  25,  1740;   served  as  captain  in  the  revolution,  and 
afterwards  held  command  as  colonel  of  the  militia;   represented  the  town  in 
the  State  legislature;    m.  Dec.  8,  1762,  Hannah,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Han- 
nah (Marble)  Dudley,  b.  Jan.  20,  1740;  d.  Oct.  10,  1823;  he  d.  Mar.  2,  1828. 
Ch.— 

67.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  30,  1764;    m.  Jan.  28,  1802,  Lazarus  LeBaron;  he  had 
four  wives,  of  whom  she  was  the  last;  came  to  Sutton  from  Boston  and  kept  a 
tavern ;  had  several  daughters  but  no  sons ;  she  d.  Aug.  25,  1837. 

68.  John,  b.  Mar.  30,  1767  (see  below). 

69.  Nathan,  b.  Nov.  10,  1769  (see  below). 

70.  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  27,  1772;   m.  Jan.  27,  1795,  Israel  Putnam;   d.  Sept. 
20,  1795 ;  he  was  a  trader  and  farmer,  also  captain  in  the  militia. 

71.  Mehitable,  b.  Nov.  2,  1775;    m.  Sept.  30,  1804,  Daniel  Chase;    d.  at 
Claremont,  N.  H.,  Apr.  14,  1807;    he  was  a  tavern  keeper;  had  three  wives, 
of  whom  she  was  the  second ;  by  her  he  had  one  son. 

72.  Simeon,  b.  Feb.  17,  1777  (see  below). 

73.  Phoebe,  b.  Dec.  20,  1779;  d.  Aug.  25,  1784. 

31.  Bartholomew,  b.  Nov.  10,  1740;    lived  in  Suttoii  till  1810,  when  he 
removed  to  Livennore,  Me. ;   he  returned  to  Sutton  shortly  before  his  death; 
was  colonel  in  the  militia;    m.  May  5,  1763,  Ruth  Greenwood,  b.  Mar.  11, 
1742;  d.  Nov.  4,  1823;  he  d.  July  7,  1819.     Ch.— 

74.  Sarah,  b.  May  27,  1764;  m.  May  20,  1784,  Aaron  Carriel;  they  removed 
to  Croyden,  N.  H.,  about  1800,  where  they  lived  several  years;   thence  they 
went  to  Charlestown,  where  she  died  Sept.  9,  1840,  leaving  five  children. 

75.  Lot,  b.  June  9,  1767  (see  below). 

76.  Naomi,  b.  Sept.  6,  1769 ;  d.  Oct.  16,  1775. 

77.  Asa,  b.  Dec.  16,  1771 ;  d.  unmarried,  Oct.  3,  1793. 

78.  Bartholomew,  b.  May  9,  1774;  d.  Oct.  17,  1775. 

79.  Prudence,   b.  Oct.  12,  1779;    m.  Feb.  15,  1803,  Thomas  Rich;    they 
removed  to  Livermore,  Me.,  about  1808,  where  she  d.  Jan.  11,  1811,  leaving 
two  children. 

VI.  35.  John,  b.  Sept.  26,  1749;  was  captain  in  the  militia,  served  in  the 
war  of  1812;  m.  1st,  Oct.  17,  1770,  Mary,  dau.  of  Caleb  and  Sarah  Chase,  b. 
Sept.  2,  1748;  d.  Apr.  1,  1779;  m.  2d,  Aug.  19,  1800,  Esther  Bixby,  b.  Jan.  28, 
1764;  d.  Aug.  23,  1851;  he  d.  Dec.  12,  1831.  Ch.— 

80.  Aaron,  b.  June  1,  1771;   a  farmer  and  merchant  living  in  Leicester; 
removed  to  Bangor,  Me.,  about  1805;  thence  to  Lincoln,  and  finally  to  Groton, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  June  1840;  he  m.  Dec.  11,  1794,  Rebecca,  dau.  of  William 
and  Silence  (Dwight)  King,  b.  July  26,  1774;  d.  Jan.  1,  1808;  they  had  seven 
sons. 

81.  Caleb,   b.  Mar.  15,  1774 ;    a  farmer  and  blacksmith  in  Charlton  until 
1817;  when  he  removed  to  Groton,  N.  Y.,  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
axes;   he  afterwards  removed  to  Columbus,  O.,  and  thence  to  Adrian,  Mich. ; 


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where  he  d.  Dec.  26,  1853;  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  legislature. 
Among  his  grand-children  was  Col.  Dwight  A.  Woodbury,  who  was  killed  at 
Malvern  Hill,  Va.,  while  in  command  of  the  fourth  Michigan  regiment,  and 
Wm.  H.  Woodbury,  whose  text-books  in  German  have  come  into  very  general 
use  throughout  the  country;  m.  Mar.  1,  1789,  Silence,  dau.  of  William  and 
Silence  (Dwight)  King,  b.  Jan.  6,  1777;  d.  at  Anoka,  Minn.,  May  21,  1864; 
they  had  ten  children. 

83.  John,  b.  Sept.  30,  1777  (see  below). 

84.  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  30,  1779  (see  below). 

85.  Mary,  b.  Feb.  23,  1781;  m.  May  22,  1802,  Jeremiah  Pratt,  a  carpenter 
of  Oxford ;  he  afterwards  lived  in  Ward,  and  finally  in  Groton,  N.  Y. ;  she  d. 
1830. 

86.  Andrew,  b.  June  22,  1783;  went  to  Bangor  with  his  brother  Aaron  and 
engaged  in  trade  with  him ;  he  d.  soon  after  his  removal  there ;   m.  Elizabeth 
Walcott 

87.  Amos,  b.  Nov.  10,  1788;  a  blacksmith  in  Charltou,  where  he  d.  Sept. 
12,  1822 ;  m.  May  12,  1814,  Sarah  Russell. 

88.  Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  1,  1799  (see  below). 

89.  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  19,  1801 ;  m.  May  9, 1822,  Ambrose  Chase,  who  removed 
to  Fletcher,  Vt.,  and  owned  a  farm  there. 

90.  Silence,  b.  May  25,  1802;  m.  Nathaniel  West  of  Templeton;   he  after- 
wards removed  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  died. 

91.  Simon  Jefferson,  b.  Feb.  13,  1805  (see  below). 

92.  Andrew,  b.  Mar.  1807;  d.  Jan.  14,  1831. 

93.  Leonard,  b.  Oct.  15,  1808  (see  below). 

39.  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  10,  1759 ;  a  farmer,  living  in  Sutton  till  1805,  when  he 
removed  to  Charlton,  where  he  lived  till  his  death,  Nov.  27,  1836;  m.  Feb.  16, 
1786,  Anna  Young,  b.  July  31,  1776;  d.  Dec.  24,  1858.  Ch.— 

94.  Charles,  b.  May  22,  1787 ;  a  farmer  in  Charlton ;   m.  Laura  Davis;   d. 
Aug.  3,  1862. 

95.  Ruth,  b.  May  9,  1790;   m.  Nov.  20,  1811,  Samuel  Leland;  d.  at  Graf- 
ton,  June  8,  1832. 

96.  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  3,  1793;  m.  Apr.  15,  1819,  Peter  Wallis;  d.  at  Charlton, 
Aug.  14,  1852. 

97.  Persis,  b.  Jan.  22,  1799;  m.  Oct.  16,  1820,  Perley  Stephens;  d.  Oct.  15, 
1825. 

98.  Joseph,  b.  July  10,  1803;  a  stone-cutter,  living  in  Charlton;   m.  Sept. 
1,  1833,  Mary  E.  Sampson;  d.  Sept.  26,  1863. 

43.  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  14,  1770 ;  a  farmer,  living  in  the  house  this  side  of 
the  Armsby  burying-grounds ;  the  place  was  subsequently  occupied  by  his  son, 
Benjamin,  2d;  m.  Jan.  7,  1792,  Sarah,  dau.  Capt.  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth 
(Greenwood)  Carriel,  b.  Aug.  9,  1772;  d.  Mar.  24,  1833;  he  d.  July  3,  1827. 
Ch.— 

99.  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  25,  1793;  d.  Nov.  11,  1795. 

100.  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  26,  1795 ;  m.  Apr.  14,  1814,  Leonard  Woodbury 
(see  No.  139  below) ;  d.  at  Bellingham,  Dec.  31,  1864. 

101.  Simeon,  b.  Dec.  25,  1796;  d.  Sept.  30,  1801. 

102.  Sarah,  b.  June  16,  1799;   m.  May  11,  1823,  Joshua  Armsby;   d.  Apr. 
24,  1859. 

103.  Mary,  b.  Aug.  14,  1801,  m.  Jan.  6,  1840,  M.  John  Dudley,  living  in 
Wilkinsonville. 

104.  Benjamin,  b.  Mar.  16, 1804  (see  below). 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  753 

105.  Nancy,  b.  Jan.  28,  1807;   m.  May  18,  1837,  Daniel  W.  Woodbury  (see 
No.  147) ;  now  living  at  Moscow,  N.  Y. 

106.  Mary  Ann,  b.  Feb.  4,  1812;  d.  Aug.  8,  1813. 

107.  Julia  Ann,  b.  Mar.  28,  1818;  m.  May  30,  1838,  James  Taylor;  he  was 
a  farmer  and  justice  of  the  peace  in  Sutton,  where  he  d.  Dec.  10,  1874;  his 
widow  is  still  living. 

50.     Gideon,  b.  Sept.  5,  1752;   m.  Jan.  10,  1777,  Abigail  Burbank;   d.  Apr. 
23,  1782 ;  removed  to  Royalston  a  few  years  before  his  death.     Ch. — 

108.  Daniel,  b.  June  23,  1778;  he  removed  to  Bethel,  Vt.,  where  he  m. 
Dec.  3,  1801,  Ruth  Woodbury,  dau.  of  Peter  (No.  63);  d.  at  Moretown,  Vt., 
Aug.  2,  1869;  11  ch. 

109.  Mehitable,  b.  about  1780;  m.  Nov.  27,  1801,  Joel  Morse,  and  removed 
to  Cazenova,  N.  Y. 

110.  Susan,  b.  about  1782;  m.  Nathaniel  Gleason  and  removed  to  Sudbury, 
Vt. 

54.  Joshua,  b.  Feb.  10,  1760 ;  was  a  teamster  and  lived  in  Sutton  till  about 
1790;  then  removed  to  Bridgewater,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  Aug.  8,  1826;  m.  1784, 
Eunice,  dau.  of  Henry  Fiske  of  Sturbridge;  besides  the  two  children  b.  in 
Suttou,  he  had  4  b.  in  Bridgewater.     Ch. — 

111.  Nancy,  b.  Dec.  7,  1784;  m.  James  Pollard;  d.  in  Illinois. 

112.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  13,  1786;  m.  Joseph  Clark;  d.  at  Lebanon,  N.  H. 

55.  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  31,  1761 ;  lived  in  Southboro  at  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage ;  in  1802  he  removed  to  Brookfield,  where  he  d.  Mar.  3,  1849 ;   he  served 
in  the  rev. ;  in.  Rhoda  Collins ;  besides  the  following,  he  had  3  ch.  b.  at  Brook- 
field.     Ch.— 

113.  Kate,  b.  Sept.  24,  1786;  m.  Calvin  Cole;  d.  at  Paris,  Me. 

114.  Laurinda,  b.  Jan.  4,  1789;   in.  Nov.  26,  1824,  Abraham  Dobbs;   d. 
at  LaGrange,  Me.,  May  7,  1863. 

115.  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  17,  1792;  m.  Luther  Styles;  d.  at  Grant,  Me.,  Feb.  26, 
1860. 

116.  Collins,  b.  Feb.  13,  1794;  m.  Pamelia  Andrews;  d.  at  Exeter,  Me. 

117.  Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  10,  1795;  d.  at  Ottawa. 

118.  Charles,  b.  Jan.  18,  1798;  d.  at  Brookfield,  May  3,  1816. 

119.  Ruth,  b.  Apr.  14,  1800;  m.  Ira  York;  d.  at  Boston,  Dec.  19,  1844. 

120.  Mary  Collins,  b.  Oct.  26,  1802;  m.  Wm.  Greenleaf;  d.  at  Boston,  July 
4,  1837. 

56.  David,  b.  June  6,  1763;  m.  Feb.  19,  1787,  Lucy  Carriel;  he  removed  to 
Vt.,  where  he  d. ;  besides  Gardner,  he  had  several  children  b.  in  Vt.     Ch. — 

121.  Gardner,  b.  Apr.  29,  1787. 

68.  John,  b.  Mar.  30, 1767;  ensign  in  the  militia;  m.  Nov.  26, 1789,  Phoebe, 
dau.  Nathan  and  Jane  (Dwight)  Carriel,  b.  July  27,  1761;  d.  Oct.  9,  1844;  he 
d.  at  Royalston,  Vt.,  Sept.  1,  1833,  from  injuries  received  in  falling  from  a 
bank.     Ch.— 

122.  Nathaniel,  b.  June  7,  1790  (see  below). 

123.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  7,  1794 ;  m.  Sept.  3,  1814,  Dea.  Palmer  Marble ;  now 
living  with  his  son,  Dea.  John  Woodbury  Marble. 

124.  Phoebe,  b.  Oct.  27,  1801;    m.  Nov.  22,  1820,  Tyler  Putnam;    d.  at 
Oxford,  Aug.  19,  1874. 

69.  Nathan,   b.  Nov.  10,  1769;     m.  Jan.  14,  1790,  Abigail  Prime;    he 
removed  first  to  Paris,  Me.,  in  1811;   thence  to  Gray  in  1815,  and  there  kept  a 


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754  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

tavern ;   he  afterwards  lived  in  Minot  a  short  time,  and  after  that  went  to 
Illinois,  where  he  died  at  Brownsville,  June  17, 1818.     Ch. — 

125.  Willard  Hammond,  b.  Apr.  4,  1791 ;  m.  Jan.  17,  1815,  Harriet  Duffs ; 
was  a  merchant  in  Minot,  where  he  d.  Oct.  19,  1832. 

126.  Ira  was  a  merchant  in  Portland. 

127.  Nathan  Lewis,  b.  Jan.  3,  1798;  m.  at  Cald well's  Manor,  S.  C.,  Apr. 
22,  1822,  Hannah  Lester;  he  was  a  hatter  in  Minot  and  now  lives  in  Portland. 

128.  Elmer  was  a  merchant  in  Portland. 

129.  Stunner  was  drowned  in  Lake  Champlain,  June  4,  1822. 

130.  Abigail  m.  Marcus  Grinnell  of  Minot. 

72.  Simeon,  b.  Feb.  17,  1777;  in  1803  removed  to  Bethel,  Me.,  and  estab- 
lished himself  as  a  merchant;  thence  he  removed  to  Waterford,  where  he 
lived  till  1813,  when  he  returned  to  Sutton ;  while  in  Waterford  he  was  deputy 
sheriff;  m.  1st,  Sept.  9,  1799,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Nehemiah  Chase,  b.  1779;  d. 
Dec.  1,  1831;  m.  2d,  Mrs. -Catherine  Clement,  b.  1790;  d.  Aug.  18, 1851;  he  d. 
June  2,  1828.  Ch.— 

131.  Laurinda,  b.  July  25,  1800;  m.  Oct.  10,  1821,  Jonathan  Howard  of 
Oxford. 

132.  Luther  Farrar,  b.  at  Livermore,  Me.,  Mar.  20,  1805  (see  below). 

133.  Mehitable  Chase,  b.  at  Waterford,  Oct.  27,  1809 ;  m.  Mr.  Littell. 

134.  Calvin  Farrar,  b.  at  Waterford,  Aug.  11,  1811;  d.  May  20,  1834. 

135.  Sarah  Batcheller,  b.  Apr.  17,  1813;  m.  Sept.  19,  1836,  Charles  Angel 
Tourtellott  of  Millbury ;  he  was  a  tavern-keeper;  his  widow  is  still  living  in 
Millbury. 

75.  Lot,  b.  June  9,  1767;  m.  May  2,  1786,  Mary,  dau.  James  and  Martha 
Giles,  b.  Sept.  17,  1771;  d.  Dec.  15,  1846;  he  was  a  farmer  and  scythe  maker; 
d.  July  27,  1803.  Ch.— 

136.  ^Zadock,  b.  Aug.  5,  1787 ;  he  learnt  the  trade  of  wheelwright  in  Charl- 
ton  and  lived  there  till  1837,  when  he  returned  to  Sutton  and  lived  on  the  old 
family  place  for  the  rest  of  his  days ;  he  was  Col.  in  the  State  militia  and  held 
town  offices  of  selectmen,  town  representative,  etc. ;   he  adopted  his  brother 
Luther's  three  youngest  children;  m.  Apr.  10,  1812,  Lucy,  dau.  Jacob  Cum- 
mings,  b.  May  1792;  d.  Jan.  16,  1850;  he  d.  Nov.  9,  1851.     No  ch. 

137.  Luther,  b.  Dec.  1, 1789  (see  below). 

138.  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  1,  1792  (see  below). 

139.  Asa,  b.  Aug.  21,  1794  (see  below). 

140.  Mary,  b.  July  8,  1796;  m.  June  17,  1819,  Benjamin  Fisk  of  Upton; 
lives  in  Cambridge. 

VII.,  83.  "John,  b.  Sept.  1,  1776;  m.  May  3,  1803,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Thomas 
and  Catherine  (Bemis)  Harback,  b.  Oct.  7,  1777;  d.  May  4,  1847;  he  lived  on 
the  place  now  occupied  by  his  son,  Thomas  B. ;  d.  June  22,  1847.  Ch. 

141.  Lucena,  b.  Apr.  13,  1804;  living  now  at  Miamiville,  Ohio. 

142.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  18,  1807;  d.  Sept.  1826. 

143.  John  Coolidge,  b.  July  29,  1809;  m.  Apr.  2,  1835,  Maria,  dau.  Simeon 
and  Lucinda  (Clafl'm)  Sibley,  b.  Dec.  1810;  d.  at  Anoka,  Minn.,  Feb.  1873;  he 
was  a  farmer  and  carpenter;  d.  at  Anoka,  Minn.,  July  15,  1871. 

144.  Sophia  Harback,  b.  .Nov.  5,  1811 ;  d.  Oct.  27,  1861. 

145.  Thomas  Bearaan,  b.  Mar.  21,  1814  (see  below) 

M>ses  Cushman,  b.  Mir.  15,  1816;  m.  at  Grafton,  May  4,  1842,  Mary  Eliza 
Hayden;  is  a  mechanic  living  in  Worcester, 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  755 

Catherine  Bemis,  b.  July  15,  1818 ;  m.  Sept.  19, 1841,  Gardner  Hall ;  d.  May 
14,  1858. 

84.  David,  b.  Oct.  30,  1799;  m.  Sarah  Childs;  he  removed  to  Groton,  N. 
Y.,  in  1827,  where  he  d.  in  1829.  Ch.— 

147.  Daniel  Walcott,  b.  Apr.  11,  1817;  m.  May  17, 1837,  Nancy  Woodbury ; 
they  now  live  at  McLean,  N.  Y. 

148.  Susanna,  b.  Jan.  3,  1803;   m.  Aug.  12,  1826,  James  Hervey  Wood- 
bury,  son  of  Caleb  (No.  81);  they  now  live  at  Garden  Grove,  La. 

Caleb  C.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1808;  d.  about  fifteen  years  since  at  Adrian,  Mich. 

149.  William  G.,  b.  June  15,  1810;  d.  July  2,  1810. 

150.  James  M.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1811;  d.  Nov.  21,  1812. 

151.  James  M.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1814;   m.  Dec.  24,  1859,  Maud  J.  Mirrier;  is  a 
farmer,  living  in  South  Lansing,  N.  Y. 

152.  Mary,  m.  Lester  Northrup;  living  at  Garden  Grove,  La. 

153.  Augustus,  living  at  Waterville,  N.  Y. 

154.  Frederic,  b.  Sept.  28,  1822;  m.  at  Chatham,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1848, 
Sarah  Jane  Kelley ;  now  living  at  Knoxville,  Pa. 

88.  Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  1,  1799;  m.  Dec.  17,  1821,  Brooksey,  dau.  David 
and  Mary  (Sibley)  Cole,  b.  May  30,  1803,  living  in  Sutton;  he  held  many  town 
offices,  among  them  that  of  representative;  d.  Mar.  28,  1872.  Ch. — 

155.  Martha,  b.  Mar.  31,  1824;  living  in  Sutton. 

156.  Marietta,  b.  Mar.  13,  1826;  m.  Jan.  1,  1851,  Philip  Henry  Riley;  they 
live  in  Mo. 

157.  Sarah  Jane,  b.  Mar.  17,  1839;  d.  Apr.  19,  1860. 

158.  Ellen  Charlotte,  b.  Dec.  12,  1838;  living  in  Sutton. 

91.  Simon  Jefferson,  b.  Feb.  13,  1805;  m.  at  Northbridge,  Sept.  11,  1827, 
Sabrina  Dodge,  b.  Feb.  12,  1804;  was  extensively  engaged  in  shoe  manufac- 
turing in  Sutton  for  nearly  35  years;  removed  to  Worcester  about  1865;  thence 
to  Chicago  about  1870,  where  he  now  lives,  engaged  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness;  was  town  representative.  Ch. — 

159.  Prescott  Jefferson,  b.  Mar.  9,  1832;   m.  at  Anoka,  Minn.,  Sept.  19, 
1865,  Joanna  C.  Woodbury  (No.  165) ;  they  live  in  Chicago. 

160.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  20,  1837;   m.  Dec.  11,  1856,  Wm.  A.  Reid  of 
Sutton. 

93.  Leonard,  b.  Oct.  15,  1808;  m.  1st,  Oct.  2,  1833,  Emeline  Pratt,  b.  Dec. 
14,  1812;  d.  Dec.  8,  1837;  m.  2d,  at  Ware,  Oct.  6,  1840,  Louisa  Livermore,  b. 
June  11,  1810.  He  was  a  shuttle  manufacturer  at  Sutton;  removed  to  Anoka, 
Minn.,  where  he  now  lives.  Ch. — 

161.  Andrew  Pratt,  b.  Sept.  26,  1834;  d.  Oct.  15,  1834. 

162.  Susan  Louisa,  b.  July  16,  1836;  d.  Sept.  20,  1836. 

163.  Emeline  Amanda,  b.  Oct.  8,  1837 ;  m.  at  Anoka,  Jan.  6,  1859,  Daniel 
Isaac  King. 

164.  Charles  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  7,  1841;   m.  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  Sept.  12, 
1867,  Elizabeth  H.  Brown ;  is  a  druggist  in  Louisville. 

165.  Joanna  Cummings,  b.  Nov.  22,  1843;   m.  at  Anoka,  Sept.  19,  1865, 
Prescott  J.  Woodbury  (No.  159). 

167.  Edward  King,  b.  Apr.  9,  1845 ;  living  at  Anoka. 

104.  Benjamin,  b.  Mar.  16,  1804;  m.  Jan.  24, 1838,  Brooksey,  dau.  Stephen 
and  Tamar  (Sibley)  Marsh,  b.  June  2,  1806;  now  living  in  Worcester;  he  was 
a  farmer,  and  d.  Aug.  6,  1846.  Ch.— 

168.  Julia  Ann,  b.  June  6,  1841 ;  d.  Aug.  5,  1844. 


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169.  Sarah  Adaline,  b.  June  8,  1843 ;  m.  at  Worcester,  Oct.  18,  1866,  Sam  - 
uel  Henry  Putnam;  now  living  in  Worcester. 

122.  Nathaniel,  b.  June  7,  1790;  m.  Apr.  12,  1812,  Lucy,  dau.  Paul  and 
Mary  (Tucker)  Whiting,  b.  at  Dedham,  Aug.  14,  1791 ;  d.  at  Providence,  K. 
I.,  Jan.  16,  1823;  he  was  a  farmer,  living  where  his  son  does;  d.  Dec.  14, 1853. 
Ch.— 

170.  Nathan,  b.  Apr.  13,  1814;  d.  Apr.  17,  1815. 

171.  Charles,  b.  June  4,  1816  (see  below). 

172.  Lucy  Maria,  b.  July  20,  1820. 

173.  Mary  Augusta,  b.  Dec.  21,  1823;   m.  July  1,  1852,  Isaac  Sperry;  lives 
in  Providence,  R.  L 

132.  Luther  Farrar,  b.  Mar.  20,  1805;  m.  May  6,  1834,  Lucy  Whiting. 
Ch.- 

174.  Francis  L.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1835;  d.  unmarried. 

175.  Sarah  C.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1839. 

176.  Luther  Henry  Hobart,  b.  Dec.  16,  1844. 

137.  Luther,  b.  Dec.  1,  1789;  m.  Sept.  27,  1812,  Catherine,  dau.  of  Thomas 
and  Catherine  (Bemis)  Harback,  b.  Nov.  3,  1789;  d.  at  Allendale,  Mich.,  Oct. 
10,  1870;  was  a  scythe  maker,  and  removed  to  Groton,  N.  Y.,  about  1817;   he 
had  ten  children,  three  born  in  Sutton;  d.  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  3,  1834. 
Ch.— 

177.  Bemis,  b.  Aug.  29,  1813;   d.  unmarried  at  Muskegan,  Mich.,  JuneD, 
1870. 

178.  Parmelia,  b.  Jan.  16,  1815;   m.  Dec.  5,  1838,  Samuel  Howser;   d.  at 
Perryville,  N.  Y.,  May  31,  1870. 

179.  George  Bradley,  b.  Nov.  18,  1816;   m.  Dec.  11,  1853,  Rachel  S.  John- 
son ;  engaged  in  muling  at  Muskegan,  Mich. 

180.  Frances  Dwight,  b.  at  Locke,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  9,  1828;    m.  at  New  York 
City,  Apr.  27,  1858,  Foster  Freeland,  who  now  lives  in  Sutton,  on  the  place 
formerly  occupied  by  Col.  Zadock  Woodbury;  she  d.  at  Suttoii,  Feb.  15,  1859. 

138.  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  1,  1792;   m.  Apr.  14,  1814,  Elizabeth  Woodbury, 
No.  100;    he  was  a  scythe  maker;  d.  in  Cambridge,  July  24,  1875.     Ch. — 

181.  Eliza  Ann,  b.  Sept.  19,  1821;   m.  at  Medway,  Jan.  22,  1840,  Edwin 
Fairbanks,  living  in  Cambridgeport. 

139.  Asa,  b.  Aug.  21,  1794;   m.  Oct.  10,  1821,  Lucy,  dau.  of   Israel  and 
Joanna  (Dodge)  Adams,  b.  Jan.  23,  1800;  d.  July  13,  1862;  he  was  engaged 
in  manufacturing  scythes  and  spindles  till  1831,  when  he  built  a  mill  and 
engaged  in  manufacturing  woolen  goods ;  was  prominent  as  a  public  man,  and 
held  the  office  of  representative;  d.  Oct.  22,  1865.     Ch.— 

182.  Mary  Chase,  b.  Aug.  23,  1823;  d.  Sept.  17,  1826. 

183.  Mary  Chase,  b.  Nov.  23,  1S27;   m.  Aug.  26,  1845,  Silas  Taft  Servey, 
a  carpenter ;  they  are  now  living  in  Wilkinsonville. 

184.  Martha  Giles,  b.  May  17,  1834;  m.  Oct.  25,  1853,  John  P.  Stockwell, 
a  farmer;  they  live  in  Sutton. 

VHI.  145.  Thomas  Beaman,  b.  Mar.  21,  1814;  m.  Nov.  26,  1845,  Roxa, 
dau.  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Morse,  b.  Mar.  11,  1815;  a  farmer  living  in 
Sutton.  Ch.— 

185.  John  Francis,  b.  Mar.  19,  1849  (see  below). 

186.  George  Edward,  b.  Mar.  23,  1853;  d.  May  31, 1853. 

187.  Julia  Elizabeth,  b.  July  27,  1854;  living  in  Sutton. 

188.  Emily  Maria,  b.  Nov.  2,  1856;  living  in  Sutton. 

189.  Sarah  Jane,  b.  Sept.  23,  1858;  d.  July  22,  1868. 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  757 

171.  Charles,  b.  June  4,  1816;  ra.  1st,  May  3,  1838,  Catherine  Bird,  b.  Aug. 
25,  1812 ;  d.  Apr.  10,  1845 ;  m.  2d,  May  4,  1848,  Jerusha  Nichols  Merriam,  b. 
Aug.  3,  1824 ;  lives  on  the  farm  formerly  occupied  by  Col.  Timothy  Sibley, 
having  been  in  the  Woodbury  family  since  1800.  Ch. — 

190.  John  Lovell,  b.  Sept.  6,  1839;   enlisted  in  the  late  war  and  d.  of  sick- 
ness at  Newbern,  N.  C..  June  24,  1863. 

191.  Susan  Catherine,  b.  Apr.  24,  1843;   m.  Feb.  9,  1876,  William  Warren 
of  Paxton. 

192.  Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  24,  1843;  d.  Apr.  24,  1843. 

193.  Nathan  Charles,  b.  Feb.  4,  1845;  d.  Sept.  18,  1848. 

194.  George  Franklin,  b.  Oct.  16,  1851. 

194.  Charles  Nathaniel,  b.  Oct.  9,  1855;  living  at  home. 

195.  Ella  Jerusha,  b.  Dec.  4,  1861 ;  living  at  home. 

IX.  185.  John  Francis,  b.  Mar.  19,  1849;  m.  June  1,  1871,  Louisa  Maria, 
dau.  of  Austin  Leland ;  farmer  and  mechanic,  living  in  Sutton.  Ch. — 

196.  Jennie  Louisa,  b.  Aug.  26,  1872. 

197.  Cora  Frances,  b.  Oct.  28,  1875. 

198.  Edward  B.  Woodbury;   m.  Mary  B.  Norbury;   he  was  a  farmer,  but 
where  he  came  from  or  what  became  of  him  is  not  known ;   the  births  of  two 
of  his  children  are  recorded. 

199.  George  Washington  Carroll,  b.  Feb.  6,  1846. 

200.  Jacob  Benson,  b.  June  17,  1848. 

SLAVERY  IN  SUTTON. 

None  of  the  families  of  the  town,  with  one  exception, 
held  a  slave. 

The  exception  was  that  of  Rev.  Dr.  David  Hall,  who 
owned,  or  supposed  he  owned,  one  whom  he  had  a  right  to 
sell.  The  following  receipt  was  found  among  his  papers. 

"Whereas  on  the  forth  day  of  December  1741  David  Hall  of  Sutton  Clerk 
in  Consideration  of  One  Hundred  and  twenty  pounds  in  old  Tenor  bills  which 
I  paid  him,  sold  me  a  molatto  man  named  Peter  a  servant  for  life,  after- 
wards it  appearing  that  the  said  Peter  then  was  a  free  man  and  no  servant, 
I  being  about  to  bring  an  action  of  the  case  for  the  recovery  of  damages  of 
him  the  sd  David  Hall,  he  the  sd  David  Hall  offered  to  Return  me  the  money 
that  he  recieved  of  me  as  aforesd,  and  accordingly  paid  me  the  same,  which  I 
do  accept  in  full  satisfaction  of  all  Demands  that  I  have  against  the  sd  Hall 
for  Damages  that  I  have  sustained  by  his  selling  me  the  sd  Peter  for  a  slave 
when  be  ,was  freeman,  witness  my  hand  and  seal  this  llth  Day  of  July 

It48. 

ISAAC  BARNARD."     [Seal.] 
EBEN'R  DAGGET,  Jun'r 

FOLLANSBEE   CHASE. 

It  has  upon  the  back  the  following  endorsement : 

"  Barnard's  clearance  of  damages  for  selling  him  Peter  Isaac  as  I  had  of 
Mr.  Chase." 


758  FAMILIES    Or    THE 

THOMAS  BLANCHARD. 
BY   COL.    ASA   H.   WATERS. 

A  cartoon,  entitled  "Men  of  Progress,"  was  published  in 
Philadelphia,  by  Munn  and  Company,  in  1863,  on  which  are 
represented  the  most  distinguished  American  inventors  of 
the  present  century,  and  among  them  may  be  found  a  good 
picture  of  the  late  Thomas  Blanchard.  No  one  in  that  galaxy 
of  geniuses  more  justly  deserves  the  honor.  Some  of  them, 
such  as  Morse,  McCormick,  Howe  and  Goodyear,  have  made 
single  inventions  which  have  perhaps  attracted  more  public 
notice  than  any  one  of  Blanchard's,  but  it  may  be  questioned 
whether  another  inventor  can  be  named  in  this  country  or 
in  Europe,  during  the  last  century,  who  has  produced  so 
many  different  labor-saving  machines,  applicable  to  such  a 
great  variety  of  uses-,  and  which  have  contributed  so  largely 
to  the  common  necessities,  comforts  and  economies  of  life. 
This  language  may  seem  extravagant,  but  it  must  be  remem- 
bered that  not  an  armory  exists  in  this  country  or  in  England 
where  guns  are  made — hardly  a  human  being  that  wears 
boots  or  shoes — scarcely  a  vessel  that  sails  upon  the  ocean 
—  not  a  school  where  slates  are  used — not  a  carpet  laid 
down,  but  that  owes  tribute  to  the  genius  of  Thomas 
Blanchard  for  producing  articles  cheaper  and  better.  The 
same  may  be  said  of  carriage  wheels,  plows,  shovels,  and 
various  articles  of  furniture.  Latterly,  his  machines  have 
been  applied  to  carving,  to  architectural  designs  and  even  to 
statuary — much  to  the  surprise  of  artists.  Indeed,  there 
seems  to  be  no  limit  to  the  uses  made  of  Blanchard's  inven- 
tions, and  it  is  impossible  at  present  to  enumerate  them. 
One  can  hardly  go  into  a  tool  shop,  a  machine  shop  or  a 
workshop  of  any  kind,  wood  or  iron,  where  motive  power 
is  used,  in  which  he  will  not  find  more  or  less  of  Blanchard's 
mechanical  motions. 

Thomas  Blanchard  was  born  in  Sutton,  June  24,  1788. 
His  father,  Samuel,  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  on  a  poor, 
remote  strip  of  land,  where  there  was  absolutely  nothing  to 
suggest  a  mechanical  motion.  He  was  of  French  origin,  his 
name  being  derived  from  the  French  word  Blanchir  (to 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON.  759 

whiten) ,  aud  many  distinguished  men  appear  in  the  annals 
of  France  bearing  that  name.  The  neighboring  town  of 
Oxford  was  settled  by  a  colony  of  French  Huguenots,  who 
fled  there  from  persecution.  The  Huguenots  were  mostly 
devoted  to  the  mechanic  and  manufacturing  arts,  and  they 
formerly  held  such  a  monopoly  of  them  in  Europe  that  even 
England  sent  to  them  her  wool  to  be  dyed,  spun  and  woven. 

Thomas  Blanchard  having  descended  from  this  stock,  his 
genius  may  be  said  to  be  hereditary  and  legitimate. 

Much  dispute  has  arisen  as  to  his  nativity  and  the  honors 
of  his  inventions. 

It  is  recorded  in  history  that  seven  cities  of  Greece  con- 
tended and  actually  waged  war  for  the  honor  of  being  the 
birthplace  of  Homer.  Six  claimants  for  the  honor  of  Blan- 
chard's  inventions  have  already  appeared,  viz  :  Sutton,  Mill- 
bury,  Oxford,  Springfield,  Boston,  and  lastly,  France.  That 
he  was  born  .on  a  strip  of  land  lying  between  Sutton  town- 
ship and  Oxford  proper,  called  "  Oxford  Gore,"  all  agree. 
The  very  house  is  still  pointed  out. 

Sutton  bases  her  claim  upon  the  following  facts :  That 
said  strip  projects  or  gores  into,  in  a  zigzag  course,  her  terri- 
tory as  defined  on  ancient  maps  by  straight  lines ;  that  her 
records  show  that  Samuel  Blanchard  paid  his  taxes  to  Sut- 
ton, and  must  have  voted  there  if  anywhere  ;  that  the  births 
of  most  of  his  children  are  recorded  there,  all  which  would 
seem  to  establish  the  citizenship  of  the  father  in  Sutton,  and 
that  would  of  course  carry  the  birthplace  of  the  children. 
Besides,  it  is  well  known  that  Thomas,  who  ought  to  know, 
always  told  his  biographers  that  he  was  born  in  Sutton,  and 
they  have  so  recorded. 

While  on  the  farm,  Thomas  gave  little  if  any  promise  of 
the  latent  powers  within  him.  There  was  nothing  in  his 
surroundings  to  excite  them.  He  was  misplaced  ;  schools 
were  remote,  and  he  seldom  attended,  for  he  was  afflicted 
with  a  perverse  impediment  of  speech,  so  that  the  boys  called 
him  "  stammering  Tom."  His  prospects  were  anything  but 
promising.  At  length,  when  he  had  arrived  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  his  eldest  brother,  Stephen,  started  in  West 
Millbury  a  tack  factory,  with  horse  power,  and  he  promoted 


760  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

his  unfortunate  brother  to  the  position  of  heading  them  in  a 
vise,  with  a  hand-hammer,  one  by  one.  Once  in  a  mechanic 
shop  his  dormant  genius  began  to  wake  up.  In  formation 
of  mind  he  might  be  compared  to  "  Blind  Thorn,"  the  slave 
musician  of  New  Orleans.  That  Thorn  seems  to  have  had 
all  his  mental  faculties  condensed  or  concentrated  into  the 
one  organ  of  music,  in  which  he  was  a  prodigy  that  excited 
the  wonder  of  the  world — in  other  faculties  he  was  deficient 
—  almost  an  imbecile.  Blanchard  Thorn  had  his  faculties 
concentrated  in  constructiveness,  and  although  not  so  defi- 
cient in  other  faculties  as  "  Blind  Thorn,"  he  seemed  so  to 
strangers  from  his  inveterate  stammering.  This  he  overcame 
in  after  years. 

Ere  that  youth  had  spent  many  months  heading  tacks,  one 
by  one,  he  had  designed,  constructed  and  put  in  operation 
a -machine  which  would  cut  and  head  them  at  one  motion 
twice  as  fast  as  the  ticking  of  a  watch,  and  better  finished 
than  those  made  by  hand.  So  perfect  was  it  in  design  and 
construction,  it  was  continued  in  use  more  than  twenty 
years.  It  is  said  to  be  still  in  existence,  and  experts  who 
have  seen  it,  say  no  essential  improvement  has  ever  been 
made  upon  it.  - 

His  neighbors  could  not  at  first  be  made  to  believe  he 
originated  it ;  they  thought  he  must  have  stolen  the  design 
somewhere ;  but  when  they  found  he  had  hardly  been  out  of 
the  school  district,  they  were  constrained  to  give  him  the 
credit. 

In  the  same  town,  Millbury,  at  a  few  miles  distance,  and 
upon  the  Blackstone  river,  were  the  armory  works  of  Asa 
•NJ  Waters,  then  largely  engaged  in  manufacturing  fire-arms  for 
the  United  States.  Mr.  Waters  was  then  engaged  in  making 
improvements  upon  the  English  mode  of  making  the  gun- 
barrels,  which  was  to  weld  them  by  hand  and  then  grind 
them  down  before  a  revolving  stone.  He  first  invented  a 
process  of  welding  them  by  water  power  under  trip-hammers, 
in  which  he  succeeded  perfectly  (patented  Oct.  25,  1817). 
He  next  invented  a  machine  for  turning  the  barrels,  so  as  to 
leave  the  metal  of  uniform  thickness  around  the  calibre 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  761 

(patented  Dec.  19,  1818),  for  in  grinding,  while  one  side 
would  often  be  left  too  thick,  the  other  would  be  too  thin, 
and  this  made  them  liable  to  explode. 

He  succeeded  in  turning  them  so  far  as  they  were  round, 
but  to  turn  the  irregular  shape  of  the  butt  baffled  all  his 
efforts,  and  so  it  did  the  efforts  of  the  most  ingenious 
mechanics  in  the  national  armories.  At  length,  having  heard 
of  a  young  man  living  on  Grass  Hill,  now  West  Millbury, 
as  having  developed  some  inventive  talent,  he  sent  for  him 
to  come  to  his  armory.  When  he  came  he  seemed  an  utter 
stranger  to  all  present,  uncouth,  diffident,  had  a  stammering 
tongue,  and  little  was  expected  of  him. 

He  was  shown  the  machine  and  given  to  understand  what 
was  wanted. 

Glancing  his  eye  over  the  machine,  he  very  soon  suggested 
an  additional,  very  simple,  but  wholly  original,  cam  motion, 
which,  upon  being  applied,  was  found  to  relieve  the  diffi- 
culty, and  proved  a  perfect  success.  Mr.  Waters  was 
delighted.  Turning  to  Thomas,  he  said,  "Well,  Thomas,  I 
don't  know  what  you  won't  do  next.  I  should  not  be 
surprised  if  you  turned  a  gun-stock ! "  naming  that  as  the 
most  impossible  thing  in  mechanics  he  could  think  of. 
Thomas  hesitated  a  moment,  then  stammered  out,  "We-we- 
well,  I-I'll  t-t-try  that."  Whereupon  the  workmen,  who 
had  gathered  round,  burst  into  a  loud  guffaw  at  the  absurd- 
ity of  the  idea.  The  germ  of  the  stocking  machine  lay  in 
that  cam  motion,  and  it  was  then  and  there,  as  he  afterwards 
said,  that  the  idea  of  his  world-renowned  machine  for  turning 
irregular  forms  first  flashed  through  his  mind,  although  it 
required  some  months  to  elaborate  and  bring  it  out. 

As  soon  as  he  had  completed  his  cam  motion  at  Millbury, 
he  was  called  to  Springfield  to  adjust  similar  motions  in  the 
United  States  armory  there.  On  a  return  journey,  when 
passing  through  Brimfield,  solitary  and  alone  injhis  carriage, 
in  deep  meditation,  he  was  heard  to  exclaim  with'great  glee, 
like  Archimedes  of  old,  "I've  got  it !  I've  got  it !  I've  got 
it !  "  Two  men  who  were  by  the  wayside  overheard  him,  and 
one  says  to  the  other,  "I  guess  that  man  is  crazy  " 

06 


762  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

This  cam  motion  was  introduced  into  all  the  armories  in 
the  United  States,  has  been  in  use  ever  since,  and  as  it 
saves  at  least  a  half  dollar  on  every  gun,  some  estimate  may 
be  formed  of  its  value  to  the  country.  But  so  far  as  we  can 
learn,  Blanchard  himself  never  realized  much,  if  anything, 
from  it. 

He  sold  out  his  tack  machine  for  five  thousand  dollars,  a 
mere  bagatelle,  considering  its  worth,  but  a  vast  fortune  to 
him  then.  He  built  a  work-shop,  filled  it  with  tools,  and 
kept  himself  locked  in  for  about  two  years.  At  last  he 
emerged  and  brought  to  the  armory  of  Asa  Waters  a  minia- 
ture model  of  his  stocking  machine,  and  it  operated  so  well 
that  a  full-sized  working  machine  was  decided  upon.  Blan- 
chard called  in  the  aid  of  other  mechanics,  and  built  his  first 
machine  in  Millbury.  In  the  meantime  the  fame  of  it  had 
reached  Washington,  and  the  war  department  were  desirous 
of  having  it  launched  into  notice  from  the  national  armory 
•at  Springfield.  Blanchard,  feeling  a  just  pride  in  this  recog- 
nition of  his  great  invention,  ordered  it  to  be  sent  there. 
It  was  carted  by  a  three-horse  team,  and  the  man  still  lives 
who  drove  the  team.*  After  it  had  remained  there  long 
enough  to  build  a  new  one,  it  was  carted  back  to  Millbury, 
bought  by  Mr.  Waters,  and  set  up  in  his  armory,  where  it 
was  continued  in  operation  for  twenty-five  years. 

These  details  are  given  for  the  reason  that  for  some  years 
Springfield  armory  has  assumed  the  whole  credit  of  bring- 
ing out,  and  sometimes  of  originating  this  great  invention, 
and  in  all  the  accounts  emanating  thence,  Sutton,  Millbury 
and  Mr.  Waters'  armory  are  wholly  ignored,  and  their 
names  not  even  mentioned ;  when  in  fact  Springfield  armory 
had  no  more  to  do  in  originating  that  invention  than  Wool- 
wich, England.  That  they  have  made  improvements  upon 
it  will  not  be  denied. 

Blanchard  was  called  to  Springfield  armory  with  his  machine, 
and  given  the  whole  charge  of  stocking  the  guns.  He  pro- 
ceeded to  expand  and  extend  the  principle  of  his  machine, 


*  Horace  Waters. 


TOWN   OF   BUTTON.  763 

first  to  letting  in  the  barrel,  then  the  mounting,  and  finally 
the  lock,  which  the  old  stockers  said  could  not  be  done  by 
machinery ;  but  he  did  so  do  it,  and  did  it  better  than  the 
oldest  expert.  After  he  had  mastered  the  whole  job  by 
machinery,  he  left  the  armory  and  devoted  himself  to  other 
projects,  with  which  his  mind  was  teeming. 

His  machine  was  soon  brought  into  requisition  in  making 
shoe  lasts,  which  were  difficult  to  make,  seldom  uniform 
in  shape,  and  quite  expensive.  They  are  now  made  by  this 
machine  by  the  million,  made  perfectly,  rights  and  lefts,  and 
at  trifling  cost.  It  was  next  applied  to  tackle-blocks,  wheel- 
spokes,  ox-yokes,  and  so  on  ad  infinitum,  from  that  day  to 
this. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  this  invention  has  proved  to  be 
far  more  than  the  invention  of  a  single  machine  for  a  single 
purpose,  like  the  revolver,  the  reaper,  the  sewing  machine, 
etc.,  and  is  largely  relied  upon  in  the  building  of  those  and 
other  patented  machines.  It  was  really  the  discovery  of  a 
new  principle  in  mechanics  whereby  the  machine  is  made  the 
obedient,  faithful  servant  of  man  to  work  out  his  designs 
after  any  given  model,  be  it  round  or]  square,  crooked  or 
straight,  however  irregular,  and  made  to  reproduce  the  orig- 
inal shape  exactly ,  every  time.  This  perfect  uniformity  of 
Blanchard's  work  suggested  the  idea  of  having  all  the  parts 
of  the  guns  made  at  the  armories  perfectly  uniform,  so  as  to 
be  interchangeable.  Hitherto  they  had  been  fitted  separately, 
like  Swiss  watches,  and  carefully  lettered  or  numbered. 
This  was  the  method  in  all  our  workshops,  even  to  the  bolts 
of  a  carriage  or  a  common  bedstead,  and  woe  to  him  who 
misplaced  one. 

The  war  department,  impressed  with  the  importance  of 
having  the  guns  so  made  that  after  a  battle  the  broken  ones 
could  be  readjusted,  ordered  the  Springfield  armory  to  make 
all  the  parts  interchangeable.  At  first  the  mechanics  said  it 
was  impossible,  especially  of  the  lock.  The  department 
insisted  on  the  attempt.  Finally,  after  two  years'  effort,  the 
thing  was  accomplished.  Lettering  and  numbering  were 
abolished ;  all  the  components,  even  of  the  lock,  were  got 


764  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

out  in  large  numbers  and  thrown  together  indiscriminately. 
Thus  was  inaugurated  the  "  uniformity  system,"  so  called, 
in  the  shops — a  system  which  has  produced  a  marked 
advance  along  the  whole  line  of  mechanic  arts,  and  forms  an 
era,  the  greatest  probably  since  the  introduction  of  the  steam 
engine.  It  has  revolutionized  mechanic  processes  in  all  our 
workshops  ;  perfected  and  greatly  cheapened  mechanic  pro- 
ducts, and  driven  from  use  the  old  system  of  numbering. 

A  good  illustration  of  the  advantages  of  the  system  is 
furnished  by  the  Waltham  Watch  Company.  There,  a  watch 
as  perfect  as  could  be  made  was  first  obtained  for  a  model ; 
machinery  was  fitted  up  to  make  each  part  exactly  like  it ; 
the  parts  were  made  by  the  thousand,  put  together  into 
watches  by  experts,  and  the  whole  cost  of  each,  aside  from 
cases,  was  about  three  dollars.  As  time-keepers  they  are  . 
rarely  surpassed. 

It  is  not  claimed  that  the  whole  credit  of  the  ' '  uniformity 
system "  should  be  given  to  Blanchard.  'Other  machines, 
especially  the  milling  machine,  and  many  skilled  mechanics, 
have  contributed  largely  towards  it.  But  to  Blanchard 
belongs  the  credit  of  being  its  forerunner  and  suggester,  and 
the  system  could  not  now  be  carried  oil  a  day  in  the  armories 
and  many  other  shops  without  his  motions. 

For  this  great  invention,  whose  worth  to  this  country  and 
Europe  can  only  be  computed  in  millions,  Blanchard  himself 
received  but  a  meagre  compensation.  For  the  first  two 
terms  of  his  patent  he  was  continually  harassed  by  infringe- 
ments and  law  suits,  and  even  in  the  few  years  while  he  was 
busy  at  the  armory,  more  than  fifty  violators  had  pirated  his 
invention  and  started  up  works  in  various  parts  of  the  coun- 
try for  making  lasts,  spokes,  etc. 

Combined  and  repeated  efforts  were  made  to  break  down 
his  patent.  Eminent  counsel  were  employed,  and  all  Europe 
was  scoured  to  find  some  evidence  of  a  similar  motion.  But 
in  no  age  or  country  could  a  trace  be  found  of  a  revolving 
cutter,  working  to  a  given  model,  like  Blanchard's. 

In  the  lower  courts,  before  juries  not  comprehending 
mechanics,  he  sometimes  lost  a  case ;  but  in  the  final  appeal 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  765 

at  Washington  he  invariably  gained  his  case ;  so  that  his 
claim  to  originality  is  now  founded  upon  a  rock,  which 
naught  can  move.  Beaten  in  court,  the  last  makers 
retreated  to  the  forests  of  Maine,  and  there  pursued  their 
illicit  trade.  Blanchard  at  last  ferreted  them  out  of  their 
hiding  places  and  they  fled  over  the  line  into  Canada.  Here 
they  run  their  machines  fearlessly,  made  lasts  by  the  million, 
and  exported  them  to  the  United  States  free  of  duty.  He 
then  appealed  to  Congress,  and  after  much  delay,  got  heavy 
duties  imposed  on  their  importation,  -and  thus  effectually 
stopped  that  leak. 

When  the  second  term  of  his  patent  had  nearly  expired, 
he  said  he  had  expended  a  hundred  thousand  dollars  in 
defending  his  right,  and  had  realized  to  himself  little  more 
than  "  his  board  and  clothes ;"  that  is  to  say,  a  fair  living. 
A  third  term  was  unprecedented  on  any  patent.  Blanchard 
knowing  that  great  opposition  would  be  made  to  another 
renewal,  thought  he  would  resort  to  a  little  stratagem.  He 
fitted  up  a  machine  for  turning  busts  from  marble  blocks, 
took  it  to  Washington,  obtained  plaster  casts  of  the  heads 
of  Webster,  Clay,  Calhoun  and  others,  and  exhibited  the 
busts  in  the  rotunda  of  the  capitol.  The  members  were 
quite  astonished  when  they  found  that  these  busts  were 
wrought  out  by  a  machine,  and  that  they  were  more  exactly 
like  the  originals  than  any  human  hand  could  make  them. 
It  produced  a  great  sensation.  They  all  supposed  it  a  new 
invention.  Blanchard  said  no ;  not  a  new  invention,  but  a 
new  application  of  an  old  one  of  mine  from  which  I  have 
never  realized  much,  and  I  want  the  patent  renewed. 

A  resolution  was  introduced  into  the  senate,  by  Webster, 
to  renew  it  for  a  term  of  years — some  members  wanted  it 
for  life  —  and  it  was  rushed  through  without  delay.  Choate, 
then  a  member,  made  the  witty  remark,  "that  Blanchard 
had  '  turned  the  heads '  of  Congress  and  gained  his  point.' " 

While  in  Springfield  he  invented  a  new  construction  of 
the  steamboat,  whereby  it  was  made  to  tide  over  rapids  and 
shallow  waters.  By  this  means  some  of  our  western  rivers 


766  FAMILIES    OF   THE 

have  been  made  navigable  hundreds  of  miles  further  up,  and 
thus  a  great  national  advantage  obtained. 

Having  completed  this  and  some  other  new  designs,  he 
removed  to  Boston,  purchased  a  house,  and  there  spent  his 
remaining  days.  But  his  genius  was  not  idle.  It  was  always 
on  the  alert  for  some  new  discovery.  Having  noticed  the 
great  difficulty  experienced  by  shipbuilders  in  obtaining 
timber,  grown  to  the  right  angle  for  knees  of  vessels,  he 
proceeded  to  devise  a  process  to  bend  it  to  any  angle 
required.  It  was  no  new  thing  to  steam  and  bend  small 
timber,  such  as  plough  handles,  but  under  the  old  process 
the  fibres  of  the  wood  on  the  outer  circle  were  so  broken  as 
to  greatly  weaken  the  timber.  The  point  to  be  achieved 
was,  to  have  the  timber  retain  its  full  natural  strength  after 
being  bent.  This  he  attained  so  perfectly  that  he  could  bend 
a  shingle  to  a  right  angle  and  leave  it  as  strong  at  the  angle 
as  in  any  part. 

This  improvement,  like  that  of  eccentric  turning,  was 
immediately  brought  into  requisition  for  a  great  variety  of 
purposes,  such  as  school  slates,  wheel  fellies,  which  were 
formerly  in  four  sections,  now  in  one  strip  bent  to  a  circle, 
arm  chairs,  shovel  handles,  and  so  on  ad  infinitum. 

Though  not  so  important  an  invention  as  eccentric  turn- 
ing, Blanchard  realized  far  more  profit  from  it.  He  sold  one 
right  for  shipbuilding  for  $150,000,  and  on  school  slates  he 
received  five  per  centum  on  amount  of  sales,  and  his  com- 
missions amounted  to  over  two  thousand  dollars  a  year  for  a 
term  of  years. 

Wishing  to  visit  Europe,  he  decided  to  attend  the  great 
"Exposition  Universelle"  of  1867,  at  Paris,  and  he  took 
along  some  of  his  machines,  one  of  which  was  for  turning 
marble  busts.  He  obtained  plaster  casts  of  Louis  Napoleon, 
Eugenie,  Thiers  and  other  notabilities,  and  so  contrived  his 
machine  that  it  would  turn  busts,  life-size  or  any  size  down 
to  miniatures.  If  there  was  surprise  in  Washington,  there 
was  perfect  astonishment  in  Paris.  Nothing  in  the  exposi- 
tion excited  so  much  curiosity  and  wonder.  Artists  and 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON.  767 

sculptors  especially  were  greatly  excited,  fearing  that  their 
vocation  was  gone  and  they  supplanted  by  a  machine. 

M.  Coquerel,  chairman  of  the  board  of  judges,  who  drew 
up  the  final  report  of  the  exposition,  made  prominent  men- 
tion of  this  machine,  and  it  concluded  in  these  words : 

"  This  wonderful  machine  was  invented  by  a  Frenchman, 
named  Blancharcl,  who  is  now  living  in  America  "  ! 

Blanchard  made  many  other  inventions  of  more  or  less 
utility,  on  which  he  took  out  twenty-four  patents,  but  enough 
have  been  named  to  attest  his  wonderful  genius  in  mechanics. 

As  he  advanced  in  years,  his  other  mental  faculties  gradu- 
ally developed,  so  that  at  last  he  attained  a  fairly  well 
balanced  mind. 

Blanchard  was  often  heard  to  say  that  "  being  in  New 
York  attending  to  a  patent  right  suit,  Woodworth,  whom  he 
knew  very  well,  came  to  him  to  consult  him  about  a  machine 
he  was  trying  to  get  up  to  plane  boards,  and  said  he  failed 
to  get  a  planing  tool  to  work  on  cross-grained  timber ;  that 
I  told  him  to  use  my  revolving  cutter,  which  would  relieve 
his  difficulty,  and  as  he  was  a  friend  of  mine,  he  might  have 
the  use  of  it  for  nothing." 

This  statement  seems  highly  probable  from  the  fact  that 
up  to  the  time  of  the  gunstock  machine,  the  revolving  cutter 
was  unknown  in  this  country.  We  are  therefore  led  to  con- 
clude that  Blanchard,  in  an  unguarded  moment,  gave  to  his 
friend  as  a  gratuity  a  right  which  afterwards  proved  to  be 
worth  at  least  a  million  of  dollars,  and  that  to  him  belongs 
the  chief  credit  of  bringing  into  successful  operation  the 
famous  "Woodworth  planer,"  in  which  the  revolving  cutter 
is  an  essential  part. 

When  the  news  was  first  proclaimed  from  Springfield  of  a 
machine  running  there  which  turned  gun-stocks,  it  was  gen- 
erally discredited.  Mechanics  soon  came  flocking  from  far 
and  near  to  see  the  mechanical  phenomenon.  Among  others 
attracted  by  it,  were  two  members  of  the  British  Parliament, 
then  traveling  in  this  country.  When  they  returned  to 
England  they  reported  the  wonderful  invention  of  Blan- 
chard, by  which  the  Americans  were  getting  greatly  in 


768  FAMILIES    OF    THE 

advance  of  them  in  gun  manufacture,  and  moved  a  resolu- 
tion for  the  purchase  of  similar  machines.  A  true  John 
Bull  member  then  arose  and  ridiculed  them  unmercifully  for 
being  so  badly  sold  and  played  upon  by  the  cunning  Yan- 
kees. "The  very  idea  of  turning  a  gunstock  is  absurd  on 
the  face  of  it,  as  all  must  know  who  ever  saw  one."  Finding 
the  resolution  would  fail,  the  two  members  withdrew  it,  and 
moved  for  a  committee  to  go  to  the  United  States  armory 
and  report  upon  the  facts.  This  committee  came  over, 
examined  the  workings  of  the  machine,  returned  and 
reported  the  facts  to  be  as  at  first  stated.  The  doubting 
Thomas  rose  and  said  the  Americans  might  have  got  up 
something  to  work  their  soft  woods,  pine  and  poplar,  but  it 
would  never  stand  the  test  of  "our  tough  English  oak  and 
hickory."  Upon  this,  doubting  Thomas  himself  was  chosen 
a  committee  to  go  over  and  examine.  He  was  not  to  be 
imposed  upon :  he  would  expose  this  humbug.  Selecting 
three  rough  stocks  of  the  hardest,  toughest  timber  he  could 
find,  he  went  to  the  Springfield  armory  incognito,  brought 
his  stocks  to  the  stocking-room,  and  enquired  of  the  over- 
seer if  he  would  grant  him  the  favor  of  turning  them. 
"Certainly,  sir,  take  a  seat."  Without  making  the  least 
alteration  of  the  machine,  the  overseer  run  the  stocks 
through  in  a  few  minutes,  and  then  went  on  with  his  work 
as  though  nothing  unusual  had  happened.  The  Englishman 
examined  the  stocks,  found  they  were  turned  all  the  better 
for  being  of  hard  wood,  and  he  was  completely  dumb- 
founded. After  musing  a  while,  he  frankly  confessed 
who  he  was,  why  he  came,  and  his  thorough  conviction  of 
the  utility  of  the  machine. 

Before  he  left  the  city,  he  gave  an  order  in  behalf  of  the 
British  Government  for  this  and  the  accompanying  machines, 
some  six  or  eight,  which  amounted  to  forty  thousand  dollars. 

The  machines  were  built  at  Chicopee,  shipped  to  England, 
and  have  been  in  use  there  from  that  day  to  this. 

This  recognition  of.  Thomas  Blanchard's  genius  by  the 
British  government,  usually  so  slow  to  do  justice  to  Ameri- 
can inventors,  IB  an  honor  which  very  few  American  mechan- 
ics have  ever  achieved. 


TOWN  OF   BUTTON.  769 

Blanchard  had  no  ambition  for  fame,  did  nothing  merely 
for  the  sake  of  extending  it,  and  very  little  in  the  way  of 
defending  it.  He  brought  a  few  suits  against  the  most  open 
violators  of  his  patents,  and  this  he  was  compelled  to  do  to 
protect  those  to  whom  he  had  sold  rights ;  but  of  the  vast 
horde  of  them  probably  not  one  in  twenty  was  ever  prose- 
cuted at  all,  so  that  many  of  them  now  claim  to  be  the 
originators  of  what  they  really  stole. 

He  left  no  heirs,  and,  so  far  as  the  writer  can  learn,  no 
relatives  to  vindicate  his  name  and  fame. 


HISTORY  OF  SUTTON. 

!Part  VT. 

MILITARY,  CIVIL  AND  STATISTICAL. 


SUTTON  IN  THE  REVOLUTION. 
BY  COL.  ASA  H.  WATERS. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  revolutionary  war,  few  towns 
in  the  Commonwealth  rallied  to  the  cause  with  such  spirit 
and  unanimity  as  the  town  of  Sutton.  The  first  gleaming 
ray  from  the  torch  of  liberty  kindled  to  a  flame  the  whole 
surrounding  region,  and  volunteers  flocked  to  its  standard  in 
great  numbers.  Long  before  the  battle  of  Lexington,  they 
had  formed  a  band  of  "minute  men,"  well  mounted  and 
armed,  and  under  the  command  of  Col.  Jonathan  Holman, 
who  had  been  a  veteran  in  the  British  service  in  Canada  dur- 
ing the  old  French  war. 

As  soon  as  the  news  of  that  fight  reached  them,  they 
sprang  to  their  saddles,  and,  riding  with  all  speed  through 
the  whole  night,  reached  Concord  just  as  the  enemy  were 
retreating  to  Boston. 

It  was  not  thirty  days  after  that  fight  before  Sutton  and 
the  neighboring  towns  had  raised  a  full  regiment  of  ten  com- 
panies, all  volunteers,  and  they  were  on  the  march  to  the 
field  of  action. 


772  MILITARY    RECORD. 

They  were  organized  under  the  command  of  Col.  Eben- 
ezer  Larned  of  Oxford ;  marched  to  Roxbury,  where  they 
arrived  more  than  two  months  before  Washington  came  to 
take  command  of  the  army. 

A  complete  roster  of  all  the  officers  of  this  regiment, 
including  captains,  lieutenants  and  ensigns,  may  be  found  in 
Force's  Archives  (Vol.  II.,  4th  series,  page  823),  with  the 
following  documentary  evidence : 

"!N  PROVINCIAL  CONGRESS, 

"  Watertown,  May  23d,  1775. 

"Resolved,  That  commissions  be  given  to  the  officers  of 
Col.  Larned's  regiment,  agreeable  to  the  above  list." 

Soon  after  the  arrival  of  Col.  Larned's  regiment  at  Rox- 
bury, occurred  the  famous  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  "all  of 
which  it  saw,  a  part  of  which  it  was,"  although  it  was  not 
actually  engaged  in  the  fight  on  the  hill.  It  formed  a  part 
of  the  right  wing  of  the  army,  under  command  of  Gen.  John 
Thomas,  which  was  stretched  round  from  Dorchester  through 
Roxbury  to  Boston  line,  to  prevent  the  enemy  from  break- 
ing through  and  making  a  flank  movement. 

Quite  a  number  of  casualties  occurred  in  this  regiment. 
Whether  these  men  were  killed  or  wounded  by  shot  and 
shell  from  the  enemy's  ships,  whose  cannon  swept  the  sur- 
rounding region,  or  whether  they  were  volunteers  from  the 
ranks  who  rushed  into  the  fray,  which  many  did,  can  now 
never  be  known. 

This  regiment  enlisted  for  eight  months,  from  May  1, 
1775  ;  served  in  and  around  Boston  till  January  1,  1776, 
when,  their  time  having  expired,  the  men  were  regularly 
discharged. 

Another  regiment  was  immediately  formed,  of  men  com- 
ing from  "Button,  Oxford,  Sturbridge,  Charlton  and  Dud- 
ley, including  adjacent  lands,"  and  placed  under  the  command 
of  Col.  Jonathan  Holrnan  of  North  Sutton. 

The  following  entry  is  found  in  the  journal  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Council : 


TOWN   OF    BUTTON.  773 

"MASSACHUSETTS  COUNCIL,  Feb.  7,  1776. 

"In the  House  of  Representatives  :  The  House  made  choice 
by  ballot  of  the  following  gentlemen  for  Field  Officers  of 
the  Fifth  Regiment  of  Militia  in  the  County  of  Worcester, 
viz  :  Jonathan  Holman  of  Sutton,  Colonel ;  Daniel  Plymp- 
ton,  Lieut.  Colonel ;  William  Larned,  First  Major ;  Jacob 
Davis,  2d  Major. 

"  In  Council :  Read  and  Concurred." 

This  regiment,  being  composed  largely  of  men  from  Sut- 
ton, and  under  the  command  of  a  Sutton  officer,  was  usually 
known  and  styled  as  "  The  Sutton  Regiment."  It  was  des- 
tined to  a  very  severe  and  long  continued  service  of  nearly 
two  years,  during  which  it  was  engaged  in  many  battles  with 
the  enemy,  and  finally,  if  we  accept  the  evidence  of  a  high 
British  authority,  in  the  great  decisive  battle  of  the  war,  the 
battle  of  Saratoga. 

Being  incorporated  into  the  army  of  Gen.  Washington  at 
Cambridge,  they  began  their  march  with  him  soon  after  the 
evacuation  of  Boston,  and  proceeded  first  to  Rhode  Island, 
where  they  remained  some  two  or  three  months  ;  thence  to 
Long  Island,  where  they  were  engaged  in  battle ;  thence  up 
the  Hudson  river  to  White  Plains,  where  the  American  army 
had  a  hard  fought  battle,  in  which  the  Sutton  regiment  bore 
a  prominent  part. 

Some  of  the  soldiers,  in  their  pension  affidavits,  testify 
that  "they  were  greatly  outnumbered  by  the  enemy,  but 
their  colonel  obstinately  refused  to  yield  until  they  were 
nearly  surrounded,  and  when  at  last  the  order  came  to  fall 
back,  he  was  nearly  the  last  man  to  leave  the  field." 

In  Force's  Archives,  fifth  series,  volume  two,  page  327, 
is  found  "A  return  made  September  11,  1776,  of  the  army 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  in  and  near  the  city  of 
New  York,  commanded  by  his  excellency,  George  Washing- 
ton, General  and  commander  in  chief." 

In  this  return  are  included  seventy  regiments,  among  them 
Col.  Holman's,  which  contained  six  hundred  and  six  men, 
and  is  the  largest  number  of  any  one  regiment  returned,  the 


774  MILITARY    RECORD. 

next  highest  being  five   hundred   and   sixty-nine.     A  like 
return  made  September  21,  1776,  shows  the  same  fact. 

Another  return  of  the  army  under  Washington,  then 
massed  in  the  vicinity  of  White  Plains,  made  probably  after 
the  battle,  shows  sixty-eight  regiments,  and  Col.  Holman's 
regiment  numbered  five  hundred  and  seventy-two  men,  and 
though  somewhat  reduced,  was  still  the  largest  in  the  whole 
list,  eleven  being  reported  dead  since  last  return,  one  hun- 
dred and  two  sick  or  wounded  in  camp,  and  eighty-four 
ditto  absent. 

To  show  the  relative  aid  afforded  by  the  towns  in  Worces- 
ter county  in  men  and  supplies,  a  few  data,  out  of  many, 
are  presented. 

January  19,  1776,  there  was  a  call  for  more  men,  and  a 
levy  was  made  upon  all  the  towns  in  the  State,  the  number 
to  be  raised  being  apportioned  according  to  the  size  and 
strength  of  the  towns. 

For  Worcester  county  the  drafts  were  as  follows  : 

Brookfield,  forty-nine  ;  Lancaster,  forty-six ;  Sutton,  thir- 
ty-nine ;  Mendon,  thirty-three ;  Worcester,  thirty-two ; 
Hardwick,  twenty-nine  ;  Shrewsbury,  twenty-five  ;  Bolton, 
twenty-three  ;  Lunenburg,  twenty ;  Sturbridge,  seventeen  ; 
Westboro',  seventeen ;  Charlton,  sixteen ;  Douglas,  fifteen ; 
Grafton,  fifteen ;  Dudley,  twelve ;  Leicester,  thirteen ; 
Uxbridge,  thirteen  ;  Oxford,  eleven;  Northbridge,  six  ;  and 
so  on. 

In  a  levy  made  upon  the  towns  for  blankets,  they  were 
apportioned  as  follows :  Lancaster,  thirty-three ;  Sutton, 
thirty;  Brookfield,  thirty;  Worcester,  twenty-seven;  and 
so  on  in  lesser  numbers. 

In  the  provincial  congress  held  at  Watertown,  May  1, 
1775,  provision  was  made  for  the  support  of  the  people  who 
had  been  driven  from  their  homes  in  Boston  by  the  entrance 
of  the  British  army. 

They  were  assigned  to  the  several  towns  in  the  State,  to 
be  supported  as  far  as  necessary. 

In  Worcester  county  they  were  assigned  as  follows  :  Lan- 
caster, one  hundred  and  three  persons;  Brookfield,  ninety- 


TOWN   OF   BUTTON.  775 

nine ;  Sutton,  ninety-eight ;  Worcester,  eighty-two  ;  Men- 
don,  seventy-six ;  Hardwick,  fifty-five  ;  and  so  on  in  lesser 
numbers. 

In  the  apportionment  of  coats  for  the  army  among  the 
towns  of  the  Commonwealth,  made  by  the  provincial  con- 
gress, July  5,  1775,  the  assignment  to  the  towns  in  Worces- 
ter county,  furnishing  the  largest  number,  was  as  follows : 
Lancaster,  one  hundred  and  sixteen ;  Brookfield,  one  hun- 
dred and  twelve  ;  Sutton,  one  hundred  and  eleven ;  Worces- 
ter, ninety-three. 

The  evidence,  therefore,  appears  to  be  conclusive,  that  in 
the  great  and  arduous  struggle  to  gain  our  independence, 
Sutton  ranked  among  the  forty-three  towns  in  Worcester 
county  as  the  third :  Brooktield  and  Lancaster  alone  having 
a  better  record,  they  being  larger  towns. 

After  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  the  Sutton  regiment, 
under  Col.  Holman,  was  ordered  to  Bennington,  Vermont, 
where  it  campaigned  in  and  around  that  region  for  several 
months,  to  hold  in  check  the  advancing  hosts  of  Gen.  Bur- 
goyne.  In  the  meantime  the  famous  battle  of  Bennington 
was  fought  under  Gen.  Stark ;  and  among  the  trophies  of 
that  victory  was  the  brass  drum  which  now  ornaments  the 
senate  chamber  of  the  Massachusetts  State  House.  They 
were  next  ordered  to  join  the  army  of  Gen.  Gates,  then 
massed  near  Saratoga.  In  the  battle  that  ensued,  Col. 
Holman's  regiment  was  actively  engaged,  and  that  they 
acquitted  themselves  bravely  may  be  justly  inferred  from 
the  fact  that  after  the  battle  this  regiment  was  designated 
"to  take  possession  of  Fort  Edward,  and  to  hold  it,  until 
the  dispersion  of  Burgoyne's  army,"  which  they  did. 

The  regiment  was  then  honorably  discharged  and  the  men 
returned  to  their  homes. 

This  battle,  followed  by  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne  and 
his  whole  army,  virtually  ended  the  war  in  New  England. 
The  British,  after  fighting  the  obstinate  Yankees  for  two 
years  and  a  half,  became  discouraged  and  moved  the  theatre 
of  war  down  south. 

Sir  Edward  Creasy,  M.  A.,  in  a  book  published  in  Lon- 
don, 1872,  and  entitled  "The  Fifteen  Decisive  Battles  of 


776  MILITARY   RECORD. 

the  World,  from  Marathon  to  Waterloo,"  singled  out  the 
battle  of  Saratoga  as  the  decisive  battle  of  the  revolution. 

At  first  view,  some  Americans  demur  at  the  correctness  of 
his  decision,  but  when  they  take  into  view  the  whole  facts 
and  circumstances,  they  generally  agree  with  him.  The 
British  considered  that  the  whole  head  and  animus  of  the 
rebellion  lay  in  New  England,  and  they  formed  a  grand 
design  to  crush  it  out  at  one  all  powerful  blow. 

They  sent  a  large  fleet  to  New  York  and  up  the  Hudson, 
laden  with  soldiers  and  munitions  of  war,  to  form  a  line  on 
the  south ;  then  they  massed  large  bodies  of  troops  in  Can- 
ada, which  were  to  march  down,  under  Burgoyne,  from  the 
north ;  and,  when  these  two  forces  met,  it  was  expected 
they  would  crush  or  capture  every  rebel  caught  between  the 
lines. 

The  plan  was  good,  but  the  execution  a  miserable  failure. 
Had  it  succeeded,  the  British  would  immediately  have  taken 
possession  of  all  the  territory  between  New  York  city  and 
the  lakes,  and  between  the  coast  and  the  Canadas ;  includ- 
ing all  New  England,  for  there  would  have  been  no  forces 
left  sufficient  to  resist  them.  Such  a  disaster  must  have 
crushed  the  rebellion,  at  least  for  a  time. 

Sutton  may  well  be  proud  of  her  contribution  to  the  grand 
result ;  and,  in  common  with  all  the  towns  of  the  Common- 
wealth, her  glory  is  still  more  enhanced  by  the  fact  brought 
out  by  Charles  Sumner,  in  his  celebrated  debate  with  Senator 
Butler  of  South  Carolina,  in  which  he  proved  by  documentary 
evidence  from  the  war  and  treasury  departments,  that,  in 
the  revolutionary  war,  Massachusetts  alone  furnished  MORE 
MEN,  and  MORE  MONEY,  than  all  the  Southern  States  com- 
bined. 

The  following  is  furnished  by  Rev.  I.  N.  Tarbox,  D.  D., 
of  Newton : 

To  show  the  exact  position  of  Col.  Holman  in  the  month 
of  May  1775, 1  copy  from  Force's  Archives  (Vol.  II.,  fourth 
series,  page  823),  the  following  enrollment  and  organization 
of  the  regiment  of  Col.  Ebenezer  Learned  : 

"Col.  Learaed's  regiment:  J.  Danforth  Keys,  Lieut. 
Colonel ;  Jonathan  Hollman,  Major ;  ..  .  Banister,  Adju- 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  777 

tant.  Captains :  Peter  Harwood,  Adam  Martin,  John 
Granger,  Joel  Greene,  Samuel  Billings,  William  Campbell, 
Arthur  Daggett,  Nathaniel  Healey,  Samuel  Curtis,  Isaac 
Bolster.  Lieutenants  :  Asa  Danforth,  Abel  Mason,  Mat- 
thew Gray,  David  Prouty,  Barnabas  Lean,  Reuben  Davis, 
Jonathan  Carriel,  Salem  Town,  Samuel  Learned,  John 
Hazelton.  Ensigns  :  Benjamin  Pollard,  Benjamin  Felton, 
Stephen  Gorham,  Thomas  Fisk,  John  Howard,  William 
Podry. 

"  In  Provincial  Congress, 

"Watertown,  May. 23,  1775. 

"Resolved,  That  commissions  be  given  to  the  officers  of 
Col.  Learned's  Regiment  agreeable  to  the  above  list." 

As  to  Washington's  confidence  in  Rufus  Putnam : 

It  was  November  17,  1775,  when  Washington  first  indi- 
cated this.  On  that  day  he  wrote  a  letter  to  Major  General 
Artemus  Ward,  requesting  him,  as  also  "General  Thomas, 
General  Spencer  and  Colonel  Putnam,  to  meet  me  at  your 
head-quarters  to-morrow  morning  at  10  o'clock  that  we  may 
examine  the  ground  between  your  work  at  the  mill  and 
SewalPs  Point  and  direct  such  batteries  as  may  appear 
necessary,  for  the  security  of  your  camp  on  that  side,  to  be 
thrown  up  without  loss  of  time." 

Artemus  Ward  was  then  in  command  at  Roxbury.  On 
the  arrival  of  Washington,  in  July,  he  took  Major  General 
Israel  Putnam  to  be  near  himself,  and  placed  Ward  at  Rox- 
bury. This  Colonel  Putnam  is  Rufus,  and  Washington 
has  already  discovered  his  skill  as  an  engineer.  He  used 
him  afterwards  still  more  largely  in  the  fortifications  on  Dor- 
chester Heights. 

We  now  give  the  names  of  officers  and  men,  furnished  by 
Sutton,  for  the  French  and  Indian,  the  revolutionary,  and 
the  late  civil  war.  The  lists  for  the  French  and  Indian,  and 
the  revolutionary  wars,  are  incomplete  ;  but  we  have  given 
all  the  names  that  we  could,  by  careful  research,  obtain.  The 
record  for  the  war  of  the  rebellion  is  complete. 


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778 


MILITARY    RECORD. 


OFFICERS    AND    MEN    FEOM    SUTTON 

IN  COLONIAL  SERVICE, 

FOB  VABIOUS  LENGTHS  OF  TIME,   FROM  1755  TO  1761. 


Carriel,  Jonathan 
Fry,  John 
Holman,  Solomon 


Gale,  Isaac 


Holman,  Solomon,  jr. 


Hall,  Willis 
Holman,  John 
Johnson,  Elias 


Buffington,  John 
Chase,  Abel 


Allen,  John,  jr. 
Allen,  Josiah 
Allen,  Josiah,  jr. 
Baker,  Samuel 
Bancroft,  Raban 
Banister,  Seth 
Barton,  David 
Barton,  Edmund 
Barton,  Elisha 
Barton,  Ezekiel 
Barton,  Samuel 
Barnard,  Jonathan 
Barnard,  Joshua 
Bartlett,  Roger 
Bastow,  Ebenezer 
Bates,  David 
Bigelow,  Jedediah 


CAPTAINS. 

Learned,  John 
Paine,  Samuel  Clerk 
Sibley,  John 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Rich,  Elisha 

ENSIGNS. 
Sibley,  Jonathan 

SERGEANTS. 

Jepperson,  Elias 
Johnson,  Matthias 
Kenney,  Nathan 

CORPORALS. 

Elliot,  Joseph 
Greenwood,  James 

DRUMMER. 

Sibley,  Elijah 

PRIVATES. 

Bigelow,  Joshua 
Bolster,  Isaac 
Bolster,  William 
Bond,  Jonas 
Bond,  Josiah 
Bowers,  John 
Brindley,  James 
Buckman,  Jeremiah 
Buckman,  Joel 
Buck,  Jonathan 
Burbank,  Isaac 
Burdon,  John 
Burnham,  Often 
Burnham,  William 
Burnap,  Timothy 
Burnet,  Henry 
Caldwell,  James 


Taplin,  John 


King,  Samuel 


Sibley,  Samuel 
Waite,  William 
Woodbury,  Benjamin 


Putnam,  Fuller 
Parker,  Thomas 


Calhone,  Alexander 
Campbell,  John 
Carpenter,  Eliphalet 
Carriel,  Bartholomew 
Carriel,  Daniel 
Carriel,  Jonathan 
Carriel,  John 
Carriel,  Nathaniel,  jr. 
Carriel,  Samuel 
Carter,  Joshua 
Carter,  Stephen 
Carter,  Timothy,  jr. 
Case,  Amos 
Chamberlain,  James 
Chamberlain,  Thos. 
Chase,  Francis 
Chase,  Isaac 


TOWN   OF   8UTTON. 


779 


Chase,  Isaac,  jr. 
Chase,  March 
Chase,  Philip 
Clafflin,  Timothy 
Clark,  Samuel 
Collar,  Jonathan 
Com  stock,  John 
Comstock,  Michael 
Crowell,  Andrew 
Cummings,  Moses 
Cunningham,  David 
Curtis,  Elisha 
Curtis,  Jonas 
Curtis,  John 
Cutler,  Amos 
Cutler,  Thomas 
Dagget,  Samuel 
Davenport,  Thomas 
Davenport,  William 
Davenport,  Win.,  jr. 
Day,  Daniel 
Dike,  Benjamin 
Dike,  Daniel 
Dwinnel,  Amos 
Dwinnel,  Henry 
Dwinnel,  Moses 
Eady,  Hezekiah 
Elliot,  David 
Elliot,  John 
Elliot,  Joseph,  jr. 
Foster,  Timothy 
Fuller,  John 
Funnell,  Pompey 
Gale,  Daniel 
Gale,  Josiah 
Gale,  Nehemiah 
Garfield,  Benjamin 
Gates,  Benjamin 
Gates,  Scipio 
Gates,  William 
Gawbel,  Joseph 
Gleason,  Simon 
Goodale,  Eleazac 
Goodale,  John 
Gould,  Caleb 
Gould,  Daniel 
Gowing,  Nathaniel 
Greenwood,  James 
Grow,  Samuel 
Hall,  Emerson 
Harris,  Noah 
Harwood,  Daniel 


Harwood,  John 
Harwood,  Jonathan 
Harwood,  Joseph 
Haskell,  Elias 
Hawes,  Daniel 
Hawes,  Eleazar 
Hawkins,  George 
Hawkins,  Joseph 
Hayden,  Asa 
Haywood,  John 
Hazeltine,  Asa 
Hazeltine,  Silas 
Hicks,  Samuel 
Hicks,  Zachariah 
Hill,  Abratha 
Hill,  James 
Hill,  Joshua 
Hodges,  Edmund 
Holland,  John 
Holman,  David 
Holman,  Edward 
Holman,  Jonathan 
Holman,  Stephen 
Holton,  John 
Holton,  Timothy 
Howe,  Benjamin 
Howe,  James 
Howe,  Samuel 
Howard,  John 
Houghton,  Timothy 
Hovey,  Daniel 
Hovey,  Daniel,  jr. 
Hovey,  John 
Humes,  Stephen 
Humphrey,  Arthur 
Hull,  James 
Hutchinson,  Nathan' 1 
Jacobs,  Jonathan 
Jennison,  Robert 
Jipperson,  Jedediah 
Johnson,  Matthias 
Kenney,  Asia 
Kenney,  Daniel 
Kenney,  Henry 
Keuney,  Israel 
Kenney,  Jonathan 
King,  Henry 
King,  John 
King,  Jonathan 
Ladd,  Ezekiel 
Learned,  Elijah 
Learned,  Samuel 


Lilley,  David 
Lilley,  David,  jr. 
Long,  Joseph 
Lord,  Stephen 
Lord,  Thomas 
Lovell,  George 
Lyon,  Edward 
Manning,  Samuel 
March,  Daniel 
Marble,  Malachi 
Marble,  Samuel 
Marsh,  Benjamin 
Marsh,  Ebenezer 
Marsh,  Daniel 
Marsh,  George 
Marsh,  Joshua 
Marsh,  Silas 
Marsh,  William 
Mason,  Abel 
Maxee,  Benjamin 
Merriam,  Robert 
Miles,  Richard 
Minard,  Samuel 
Minot,  Samuel 
Moore,  Isaac 
Morton,  Benjamin 
Morey,  William 
Mosley,  Richard 
Murphy,  James 
Nichols,  Henry 
Nichols,  Isaac 
Nichols,  Jonathan 
Nichols,  Jonathan,  jr. 
Nichols,  Thomas 
Nichols,  William 
Odel,  Ichabod 
Parker,  Archelaus 
Parker,  Ezra 
Parks,  Amariah 
Perkins,  Jacob 
Phillips,  Daniel 
Phillips,  Joseph 
Pierce,  Isaac 
Pratt,  David 
Pratt,  Israel 
Pratt,  Jabez 
Prime,  Joshua  Jewet 
Prince,  Stephen 
Pulsifer,  William 
Putnam,  Andrew 
Putnam,  Cornelius 
Putnam,  Daniel 


780 


MILITARY    RECORD. 


Putnam,  Ebenezer 
Putnam,  Edward 
Putnam,  Elisha 
Putnam,  Isaac 
Putnam,  John 
Putnam,  Luke 
Putnam  Orpheus 
Putnam,  Rufus 
Putnam,  Samuel 
Putnam,  Stephen 
Putnam,  Stephen,  jr. 
Putney,  Benjamin 
Randal,  Samuel 
Rich,  Benjamin 
Rich,  Samuel 
Rich,  Thomas 
Richards,  Israel 
Richardson,  Ralph 
Roberts,  Asa 
Rockwood,  Thomas 
Roper,  Daniel 
Rowell,  Eliphalet 
Severy,  Benjamin 
Severy,  John 
Severy,  Joseph 
Severy,  Thomas 
Shear,  John 
Shepherd,  Simeon 
Sherman,  Peter 
Shumway,  Peter 
Sibley,  David 
Sibley,  Elisha 
Sibley,  John,  jr. 
Sibley,  Jonathan,  jr. 


Sibley,  Joseph 
Sibley,  Joseph,  jr. 
Sibley,  Stephen 
Sibley,  William 
Sibley,  William,  jr. 
Sifford,  Ebenezer 
Sifford,  John 
Simpland,  William  T. 
Simpson,  William 
Smith,  John 
Smith,  Nathan 
Smith,  Phineas 
Small,  Stephen 
Snow,  Jacob 
Southworth,  Stephen 
Stockwell,  Absalom 
Stockwell,  Benajah 
Stockwell,  Daniel 
Stockwell,  Jeremiah 
Stockwell,  John 
Stockwell,  Jonathan 
Stockwell,  Stephen 
Stockwell,  William 
Stone,  Ambrose 
Stone,  Archibald 
Stone,  Daniel 
Stone,  Daniel,  jr. 
Stone,  Elijah 
Stone,  Francis 
Stone,  John 
Stone,  William 
Tainter,  Joseph 
Taylor,  Ebenezer 
Taylor,  James 


Thayer,  John 
Titus,  Lenox 
Toby,  Peter 
Towne,  Asa 
Towne,  Bartholomew 
Towne,  Edmund 
Towne,  Elijah 
Towne,  Jacob 
Towne,  Josiah 
Towne,  Silas 
Tracy,  George 
Waite,  Jonathan 
Waite,  Nathaniel 
Wakefield,  Amasa 
Wakefield,  Jonathan 
Wakefield,  Jona.,  jr. 
Walker,  James 
Walker,  Obadiah 
Walker,  Obadiah,  jr. 
Ward,  Samuel 
Waters,  Ebenezer 
Waters,  Elijah 
Waters,  Jonathan 
Waters,  Nathaniel 
Webster,  John 
Wheeler,  Jonathan 
White,  David 
White,  John 
White,  Jonathan 
Whitney,  Ebenezer 
Willey,  John 
Wilmouth,  Ebenezer 
Woodbury,  Peter 


TOWN  OF   BUTTON. 


781 


OFFICERS  AND   MEN  FEOM  SUTTON 

IN  THE  REVOLUTIONARY  WAR. 


Bolster,  Isaac 


Carriel,  Jonathan 
Hazeltine,  John 


Bancroft,  John 
Gould,  Jonathan 
Hall,  Willis 


Allen,  Jonas 
Brown,  Ebenezer 
Buxton,  Joseph 


Elliot,  John 


Allen,  Eleazar 
Allen,  Elijah  Daniel 
Bacon,  Abijah 
Bacon,  William 
Bancroft,  Jacob 
Barrett,  Oliver 
Barstow,  William 
Bartlett,  Richard 
Billen,  John 
Bixbee,  Samuel 
Blanchard,  Thomas 
Blundon,  Elisha 
Brigham,  Amariah 
Buckman,  Joel 
Burdon,  Jonathan 
Burnap,  Ebenezer 
Burnap,  Timothy 


CAPTAINS. 

Dagget,  Arthur 

LIEUTENANTS. 
Howard,  John 

SERGEANTS. 

King,  John 
Lovell,  Ezra 

CORPORALS. 

Chase,  Nehemiah 
Holman,  Daniel 
Howland,  John 

DRUMMER. 
Safford,  John 

FIFERS. 
Todd,  Thomas 

PRIVATES. 

Buxton,  John 
Caise,  John 
Caldwell,  Joseph 
Carriel,  Aaron 
Chamberlain,  Asahel 
Chandler,  Joseph 
Chase,  Aaron 
Chase,  Amaziah 
Chase,  Timothy 
Childs,  John 
Childs,  Samuel 
Clafflin,  Timothy 
Cole,  Burnet 
Cole,  John 
Cook,  Solomon 
Cristy,  John 
Cummings,  Moses 


Leland,  Solomon 


Pierce,  Joseph 
Roberts,  John 


Pring,  Simeon 
Sibley,  David 
Tainter,  Nahum 


Cutler,  Aaron 
Cutler,  Nahum 
Dagget,  Samuel 
Dagget,  Simeon 
Dagget,  Gideon 
Davidson,  Benjamin 
Davidson,  John 
Day,  Samuel 
Demon,  Richard 
Dennison,  Richard 
Dike,  Benjamin 
Dike,  Daniel 
Dike,  Daniel,  jr 
Dike,  Jonathan 
Dobson,  Henry 
Drake,  Seth 
Dunston,  Samuel 


782 


MILITARY   RECORD. 


Dwinnel,  Aaron 
Dwinnel,  Archelaus 
Dwinnel,  Amos 
Dwinnel,  Solomon 
Eady,  Hezekiah 
Eaton,  Jonathan 
Elliot,  Jonathan 
Elliot,  Samuel 
Farrar,  Seth 
Fitts,  Edward 
Follard,  John 
Foster,  George 
Giles,  James 
Gilding,  Francis 
Gleason,  Bezaleel 
Goddard,  Robert 
Goulding,  John 
Hanson,  Gideon 
Harback,  Henry 
Harback,  William 
Hardy,  Samuel 
Harrington,  Edward 
Harrington,  John 
Harris,  Willie 
Hayden,  Joel 
Haywood,  Simeon 
Hazeltine,  Benjamin 
Hazeltine,  Stephen 
Hector,  John 
Herrick,  Joshua 
Holman,  John 
Holman,  Samuel 
Holman,  Stephen 
Hoyt,  Charles 
Humes,  Stephen 
Jeir,  George 
Jennings,  Solomon 
Jennison,  Elias 
Jennison,  Robert 
Jennison,  William 
Jordan,  William 
Juel,  James 
Kedug,  William 
Kenney,  William 
Killicute,  Thomas 
King,  Henry 
Knox,  William 


Koel,  John 
Leland,  Ebenezer 
Lewis,  Eliphalet 
Lynde,  Thomas 
Marble,  Daniel 
Marble,  Joel 
Marble,  John 
Mason,  John 
McCade,  James 
Melendy,  John 
Metchel,  Samuel 
Meurs,  John 
Miller,  James 
Minard,  Samuel 
Mockelen,  John 
Nash,  Richard 
Nelson,  Francis 
Negro,  Onesimus 
Nichols,  Benjamin 
Nichols,  Thomas 
Odel,  Ichabod 
Park,  Joshua 
Perkins,  Jacob 
Perkins,  Thomas 
Phelps,  Ebenezer 
Pierce,  Jonathan 
Potter,  Edmund 
Pratt,  Benjamin 
Prentice,  Shubal 
Preston,  Amos 
Prime,  Josiah 
Prince,  Asa 
Putnam,  Ezra 
Putnam,  Howard 
Putnam,  Jacob 
Putnam,  John 
Putnam,  Levi 
Putnam,  Luke 
Putnam,  Samuel 
Rawson,  Jonathan 
Rich,  Stephen 
Rixford,  Simeon 
Roberts,  John 
Robertson,  Jonathan 
Robinson,  Jonathan 
Rogers,  Thomas 
Rowell,  Eliphalet 


Sanders,  John 
Sappaentrot,  Hendrick 
Severy,  Edward 
Severy,  Reuben 
Shepherd,  James 
Sibley,  Daniel 
Sibley,  David 
Sibley,  Richard 
Sibley,  Stephen 
Sibley,  William 
Sigourney,  Andrew 
Smith,  John 
Smith,  Silas 
Smith,  Thomas 
Snow,  Timothy 
Snow,  William 
Stockbridge,  John 
Stockwell,  Aaron 
Stockwell,  Reuben 
Stockwell,  Reuben,  jr. 
Stockwell,  Solomon 
Stone,  Daniel 
Stone,  Jonathan 
Tiffany,  Joel 
Todd,  Archibald 
Todd,  Paul 
Torrey,  Samuel 
Towne,  Jonathan 
Towne,  Robert 
Truce,  David 
Waite,  William 
Walker,  Asa 
Walker,  Elisha 
Walker,  Gideon 
Walker,  John 
Walker,  Judah 
Walker,  Perley 
Wakefield,  Benjamin 
Waters,  Joseph 
Waters,  Simeon 
Whipple,  Solomon 
Witham,  Simon 
Woodbury,  Benjamin 
Woodward,  Jacob 
Woodward,  Samuel 


TOWN   OF    BUTTON. 


783 


MINUTE  MEN  FROM   SUTTON, 

WHO  MABCHED  TO  CONCORD  ON  THE  ALABM,  APBIL   19TH,  1775,  IN 
COLONEL  EBENEZER  LEARNED'S  REGIMENT. 


Elliott,  Andrew 


Bolster,  Isaac 
Waters,  Asa 


Hazeltine,  John 
Howard,  John 
Kidder,  James 


Batcheller,  Abraham 
Dwinnel,  Jacob 
Lovell,  Ezra 


Allen,  Jonas 
Armsby,  Ebenezer 
Bacon,  William 
Batcheller,  Abner 
Brown,  Ebenezer 
Carriel,  John 
Child,  Timothy 
Colwell,  James 

Couse, 

Davenport,  Richard 
Dudley,  David 
Dwinnel,  Amos 
Easty,  Edward 
Eaton,  Reuben 


CAPTAINS. 
Putnam,  John 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Woodbury,  John 

SERGEANTS. 

Sibley,  Joseph 
Severy,  John 
Tenney,  Simeon 

CORPORALS. 

Pierce,  Joseph 
Tainter,  Joel 
Wakefield,  Amasa 

FIFER. 

Clastin,Timothy 

ENSIGN. 
Bancroft,  John 
PRIVATES. 

Gould,  Joseph,  jr. 
Hardy,  Samuel 
Holland,  John 
Holman,  Abel 
Holman,  Daniel 
Holman,  Elisha 
Kidder,  John 
Leland,  Thomas 
Lyon,  Eleazar 
Marble,  Stephen 

Mellody, 

Minard,  Samuel 
Morse,  Moody,  jr. 
Nichols,  William 


Woodbury,  Jonathan 


Waters,  Abraham 
Whipple,  Simeon 


Waters,  Joseph 
White,  Jonathan 


Sibley,  Daniel 
Sibley,  Elias 
Sibley,  Gideon 
Sibley,  Peter 
Sibley,  Samuel,  jr. 
Sibley,  Tarrant 
Sibley,  William 

Sibley, 

Small,  Samuel 
Snow,  Benjamin 
Snow,  Jacob,  jr. 
Stone,  Nathan 
Tainter,  Nahum 
Taylor,  Abraham 


784  MILITARY   RECORD. 

Eaton,  Samuel  Pierce,  John  Torrey,  Daniel 

Elliot,  James  Prince,  David  Towne,  Reuben 

Elliot,  Jonathan  Putnam,  Archelaus  Waite,  Joshua 

Fletcher,  Ephraim  Putnam,  Ebenezer  Wakefield,  Luther 

Follensbee,  John  Putnam,  Elisha  Wakefield,  Samuel 

Fuller,  John  Putnam,  Ezra  Wakefield,  Silas 

Giles,  James  Putnam,  Gideon  Waters,  Gardner 

Gleason,  Bezaleel  Putnam,  James  Waters,  Simeon 

Goodale,  Asa  Putnam,  Peter  Wheeler,  Zaccheus 

Gould,  Jonathan  Sibley,  Abel 


COLONEL  JONATHAN  HOLMAN. 

The  public  and  patriotic  services  of  this  gallant  commander 
of  the  Massachusetts  Fifth,  or  "  Button  regiment,"  so  called, 
having  been  described  in  "  Sutton  in  the  Revolution,"  need 
not  be  repeated.  But  justice  to  his  memory  seems  to  require 
that  a  few  words  should  be  added  as  to  his  private  history 
and  personal  character. 

Colonel  Holman  was  a  descendant  in  the  third  generation 
from  Solomon,  who  came  from  Newbury,  and  was  one  of  the 
earliest  pioneer  settlers  of  Sutton  north  parish.  He  was 
born  in  1732,  and  was  forty-three  years  of  age  when  the 
revolutionary  war  broke  out.  He  embraced  the  cause  of 
freedom  with  great  ardor,  devoting  to  it  most  of  his  time, 
and  as  it  proved  in  the  end,  most  of  his  property.  As  he 
had  been  thoroughly  trained  in  military  tactics  in  the  British 
service  during  the  "  French  war,"  which  preceded,  by  a  brief 
interval,  the  American,  it  was  very  natural  he  should  be 
called  to  the  front  when  the  latter  began.  Great  Britain  had, 
in  that  French  war,  made  frequent  levies  upon  the  colonies 
for  troops,  and  while  she  reserved  to  her  men  the  higher 
grade  of  officers,  she  conferred  most  of  the  regimental  ones 
upon  the  colonists,  little  dreaming  that  she  was  training  up 
a  corps  of  officers  who  were  destined  ere  long  to  cope  with 
her  in  the  field,  and  finally  to  vanquish  her.  Washington 
served  as  Lieutenant-Colonel  under  General  Braddock. 
Israel  Putnam  had  seven  years  of  the  hardest  service  as 
captain.  Ebenezer  Larned  of  Oxford,  and  Jonathan  Holman 
of  Sutton,  had  both  served  long  and  suffered  much  in  the 


TOWN   OF    BUTTON. 

region  of  Lake  George  and  Ticonderoga.  Colonel  Holman 
often  related  how  he  barely  escaped  starvation  by  holding  in 
his  mouth,  for  nearly  a  week,  a  pork  rind,  which  he  dare  not 
swallow,  fearing  he  could  not  get  another.  He  and  Larned 
each  retired  with  a  commission  of  major. 

After  returning  from  his  campaign  in  New  York,  which 
ended  with  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne,  though  not  in  the 
regular  service,  he  continued  active  in  the  cause  by  raising 
troops  from  time  to  time  for  coast  alarms,  forwarding  sup- 
plies, and  in  various  ways  contributing  to  the  grand  result. 
After  the  war,  when  the  "Shay's  Rebellion"  arose,  he 
promptly,  of  his  own  accord,  raised  a  body  of  men  and 
marched  to  Petersham  to  aid  in  suppressing  it. 

It  was  said  of  him  by  his  neighbors  that  he  got  so  wrought 
up  by  the  stirring  events  of  the  war  that  ' '  he  never  could 
be  made  to  talk  about  anything  else  to  the  end  of  his  days." 
He  cherished  great  pride  and  high  hopes  of  the  infant  repub- 
lic, so  that  when  the  continental  money  began  to  decline,  lie 
stoutly  maintained  that  the  government  would  never  dishonor 
itself  by  refusing  to  redeem  it ;  always  accepted  it  in  pay- 
ment of  dues  ;  frequently  bought  it  to  sustain  its  credit, 
until  his  property  was  largely  invested  in  it.  When  at  last 
that  foulest  blot  on  our  national  escutcheon — repudiation — 
was  consummated,  he  was  mortified  and  justly  indignant. 
Selecting  the  meanest  out-house  on  his  premises,  he  covered 
over  the  whole  interior  with  these  false  promises,  making 
the  building  a  standing  monument  of  disgrace  to  that  deed 
of  shame. 

Colonel  Holman  lived  upon  the  farm  and  built  the  house 
now  owned  and  occupied  by  his  grandson,  E.  M.  Holman. 
He  married  for  his  first  wife,  Hannah  Sibley  of  Uxbridge, 
by  whom  he  had  six  sons  and  three  daughters ;  for  his  second 
wife,  Susannah  Trask,  by  whom  were  Susan,  who  married 
Asa  Waters  ;  Nancy,  who  married  Charles  Hale,  and  Luther, 
who  died  young — twelve  children  in  all. 

Four  of  his  sons  emigrated  to  Maine  and  bought  the  town- 

O  O 

ship  now  called  Dixfield,  so  named  after  Doctor  Dix,  who 
went  from  Worcester  with  them  and  paid  a  liberal  bounty 
for  the  name. 


786  MILITARY   RECORD. 

The  colonel  used  to  make  an  occasional  visit  to  his  boys 
in  Maine,  and  he  always  rode  on  the  saddle,  and  his  rule  was 
to  ride  seventy  miles  a  day.  He  had  a  powerful,  high- 
spirited  horse,  which  he  called  his  war  horse.  It  was  never 
broke  to  the  harness,  could  be  managed  by  no  one  but  him- 
self, and  by  him  only  under  the  saddle.  He  happened  to 
be  in  Boston,  on  his  way  to  Dixfield,  when  the  news  of  peace 
arrived.  An  express  was  started  to  carry  the  news  to  Port- 
land, and  as  that  city  lay  in  his  route,  he  joined  the  express 
and  left  at  the  same  time.  He  did  not  stop  to  change  horses 
nor  to  look  back,  but  rode  straight  on — arrived  in  Portland 
sometime  before  the  express,  and  first  proclaimed  to  the 
citizens  of  Portland  the  news'  of  peace  and  independence. 
The  colonel  often  boasted  of  this  feat,  as  well  he  might. 

On  his  return  he  made  the  sage  remark  that  "if  he  was 
to  emigrate,  he  should  go  south  rather  than  west,  if  he  didn't 
go  but  one  rod" — a  sentiment  in  which  some  of  his  descend- 
ants fully  concur. 

He  died  February  25,  1814,  at  the  venerable  age  of  eighty- 
two  years.  A  lengthy  obituary  soon  after  appeared  in  the 
Worcester  Spy,  paying  a  high  tribute  to  his  many  public, 
private  and  Christian  virtues. 


Heliotype  Printing  Co.,  Boston. 


TOWN    OP   BUTTON. 


787 


OFFICERS   AND   MEN   FEOM    SUTTON 

IN  THE  WAR  OF  THE  REBELLION. 


Adams,  ^George  B. 

Adams,  Thomas 

Aldrich,  Charles  H. 

Aldrich,  Marcus  M. 

Allen,  Horace  M. 

Anderson,  Edward  S. 

Anderson,  Manton  E. 

Arnold,  Nathan  S. 

Atchinson,  John  H. 

Avery,  Oliver 

Baker,  John 

Ballou,  Hiram  K. 

Barnes,  Hosea  L. 
•    Barrows,  Homer  A. 

Barry,  Michael 

Batcheller,  Charles  H. 

Batcheller,  Orlando,kilP  d 
at  the  battle  of  Antie- 
tam,  Sept.  17,  1862. 

Baxter,  William;  in  the 
navy. 

Belknap,  Alonzo  B. ;  d. 
at  Pottsville,  Md.,  Oct. 
1861,  in  consequence  of 
wounds  received  at  the 
battle  of  Ball's  Bluff. 

Bennett,  George  R. 

Billings,  Alexander  L. ; 
d.of  consumption,  Aug. 
23,  1863. 

Blackman,  Elijah  L. 

Brown,  Ira  F. 

Brown,  George  O. 

Briggs,  Charles  J. 

Bryant,  E.  W. 

Bullard,  Franklin  E. ;  pro- 
moted to  corporal. 

Bullard,  Ira  Barton 

Burns,  George  E. 

Bart,  Aaron 

Burt,  Geo.  D. ;  d.  of  ty- 
phoid fever  at  hospital, 
Baltimore,  Md.,  Sept 
4,1863. 


Carpenter,  William  F. 
Clark,  William  H. 
Coffin,  Charles  A. 
Coffin,  Thomas 
Collins,  James 
Conroy,  Thomas 
Conroy,  William 
Cook,  Albert  P. 
Cook,  William  H. 
Cooley,  Francis  F. 
Crane,  Thomas 
Crawford,  John  S. 
Grossman,  Ferdinand  J. 

F. ;  d.  Aug.  8,  1864,  in 

Andersonville. 
Dacey,  Michael 
Dana,  Delos  L. 
Daniels,  David  M. 
Darling,  John  D. 
Davis,  Bowers 
Day,  Asa  F. 
Delaney,  John 
Dellabar,  B.  F. 
Devoy,  James 
Donovan,  E. 
Dorr,  Daniel  L. 
Dorr,  Reuben  S. 
Dorr,  Van  Buren 
Dudley,  Edward  B. 
Dudley,  Henry  J. ;  pro- 
moted 2d  Lieut.,  Jan. 

3,  1863;  to  1st  Lieut., 

Apr.  11, 1863;toCapt., 

Dec.  3,  1863. 
Eager,  Calvin 
Everette,  Albert 
Everette,   Malton ;   died 

Sept.  1,1863,  n'rVicks- 

burg. 

Ferry,  James 
Fisk,  Nathan  B. 
Fletcher,  Francis;   d.  at 

Falmouth,  Va.,  Dec.  8. 

1862. 


Fletcher,  George  A. 

Ford,  John  C. 

Fuller,  Freeman  L. 

Fuller,  William  L. 

Gates,  John.  S. 

Gibson,  Philip  D. 

Gifford,  William  P. 

Goddard,  Abraham  F. 

Gorham,  George  E. 

Graves,  Charles  B. 

Gredell,  Gottfried 

Green,  William  C. ;  died 
from  exhaustion,  June 
30,  1862,  in  the  retreat 
from  the  Chickahom- 
iny. 

Hall,  John  G. ;  promoted 
to  1st  Sergt.,  Dec.  21, 
1864. 

Hall,  William  S. 

Harris,  Joseph 

Hartwell,  Samuel  A. 

Haslett,  Joseph* 

Hamilton,  James 

Hewett,  Edward  G. 

Holbrook,  Wilder  S. ;  pro- 
moted to  2d  Lieut.  Aug. 
2,  1862. 

Homer,  William 

Howard,  George  S. 

Howard,  Henry  C. 

Howard,  Henry  W. 

Howard,  William  H. 

Houghton,  Chilon 

Hoyle,  Henry 

Hoyle,  Loren  C. ;  promo- 
moted  to  Corporal. 

Hoyle,  Otis 

Hutchinson,  William  H. 
killed  at  Cold  Harbor, 
Va.,  June  3,  1864. 

Johnson,  James  G. 

Johnson,  James  T. ;  died 
June  11, 1864. 


788 


MILITARY   RECORD. 


Johnson,  Joseph,  jr. ; 
killed  in  battle,  May 
12,  1864. 

Jones,  Rufus  J. 

Judd,  Damon  C. 

Keith,  George  L. 

Kelley,  Daniel  E. 

Kelley,  Harriet 

Kenney,  Austin 

Kimbal,  Herbert  A. 

King,  George  S. 

King,  Gilbert  N. 

King,  Simeon  E. 

Lackey,  Eugene 

Laftee,  Peter 

Loring,  Charles 

Lowe,  Dexter  D. 

Lowe,  George  A. 

Ludolph,  Lewis 

Lynch,  Michael 

Lynde,  Thomas 

Lyon,  William 

Maereading,  Charles  W. ; 
in  the  navy. 

Malhoit,  John  D. 

Mann,  William  B. ;  miss- 
ing since  battle  Ball's 
Bluff ;  supposed  to  have 
drowned  in  crossing 
the  Potomac. 

Marble,  Alttert  A. 

Martin,  LysaSnder;  died 
June  19,  1868,  caused 
by  wounds  received  at 
the  time  our  forces 
crossed  the  Rappahan- 
nock. 

Mascroft,  Henry  Clay 

Mathewson,  George  A. 

McCurdy,  Samnel 

Mills,  FrankHn  S. 

Moody,  George  B. 

Moore,  George  H. 

Moore,  Lewis  H. 

Morse,  Charles  H. 

Myers,  Frederick 

Nealey,  Ephraim  E. 

Newell,  James;  drown' d 
in  the  Potomac,  Aug. 
13, 1862,  in  consequence 
of  a  collision  between 
two  government  trans- 


ports. He  was  at  the 
time  acting  surgeon  of 
the  48th  reg't  Penn. 
vols. 

Nicholas,  George  H. 

Norberry,  Edward  A. 

Norberry,  James  M. 

Norcross,  Henry  N. 

Norcross,  John  M. ;  pro- 
moted to  2d  Lieut., 
Jan.  27,  1863. 

Paine,  George  A. 

Paine,  John  A. ;  taken 
prisoner  and  died  at 
Danville,  S.  C. 

Paine,  Simon  C. 

Paine,  William  J. 

Parker,  George 

Patberry,  Max 

Penniman,  William  C. 

Pierce,  John  L. 

Plympton,  Amos  G. 

Plympton,  Charles  H. 

Porterwine,  John 

Pratt,  Otis 

Putnam,  George  E. 

Randal,  Charles  T. 

Ray,  Daniel  H. 

Remick,  Augustus; 
wounded  Oct.  21, 1861 ; 
d.  Feb.  27,  1864. 

Remick,  John 

Remick,  Levi 

Rice,  Charles  A. 

Rice,  Henry  F. 

Rich,  John  S. 

Riley,  Thomas 

Robinson,  John 

Robinson,  Smith,  jr. 

Rogers,  S.  M. 

Ryan,  Thomas 

Sanders,  John 

Seaver,  E.  R. 

Seaver,  Thomas 

Servey,  Silas  T. 

Shambo,  Christopher ; 
woun'd  while  on  pick- 
et, May  13 ;  died  from 
the  effects  of  wound, 
May  14,  1864,  at  Spot- 
sylvania. 

Shambo,  Edward 


Shea,  Michael 

Sherman,  Charles  O. 

Sibley,  Franklin 

Sibley,  Wilson 

Simonds,  Anson 

Smith,  Chas.  D. ;  wound- 
ed at  Antietam,  Sept. 
17;  d.  Sept.  27,  1862. 

Smith,  Albion  G. ;  killed 
June  3,  1863.  while 
bearing  dispatches  fr'm 
Sulphur  Springs,  Va., 
to  Warrenton.  three 
balls  entering  his  body. 

Smith,  Alpheus  M. 

Snow,  James  M. 

Stone,  George  R. 

Stone,  Jerome  M. 

Stock  well,  Alonzo  E. 

Swinson,  John 

Taylor,  Frank 

Taylor,  James 

Teague,  Matthew 

Tebo,  John 

Titus,  John  M. 

Toby,  George  R. 

Tourtellott,  George  W. 

Travis,  Granvill 

Tyler,  George 

Tyler,  Henry 

Tyler,  Joseph  E. 

Tyman,  Thomas 

Ward,  Russel 

Walker,  Alonzo  E. 

Walker,  William  H. 

Waters,  Andrew,  J. 

Waters,  George  E. 

Waters,  John  F. 

Watts,  Edward  B. 

Webb,  Henry  C. 

Welsh,  Thomas 

Whidden,  David 

Whipple,  Richard  M. 

White,  John  E. 

Wilder,  Cassius  M. ;  d.  of 
typhoid  fever,  July  17, 
1862,  at  Fort's  Monroe. 

Williams,  Origen  B. 

Williams,  William  Henry 

Woodbury,  John  Lovell; 
died  atNewbern.  June 
24,  1863. 


TOWN   OF    SUTTON. 


789 


MODERATORS 


Dec.  3,  1718, 

Elisha  Johnson. 

Sept.  2,  1731,    Dr.  ThomSs  Sanford. 

Mar.  17,  1719, 

Samuel  Stearns. 

Mar.  6,  1732,        Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

Nov.  25,  1719, 

Samuel  Stearns. 

May  24,  1732,      Lieut.  Benj.  Marsh. 

Mar.  7,  1720, 

William  King. 

Sept.  11,  1732,      Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

Sept.  27,  1720, 

Timothy  Manning. 

Dec.  18,  1732,          Capt.  Wm.  King. 

Mar.  6,  1721, 

William  King. 

Mar.  5,  1733,  Lieut.  Elisha  Johnson. 

Aug.  8,  1721, 

William  King. 

Apr.  5,  1733,  Lieut.  Elisha  Johnson. 

Mar.  5,  1722, 

Percival  Hall. 

May  21,  1733,           Obadiah  Walker. 

Mar.  4,  1723, 

Percival  Hall. 

Oct.  1,  1733,         Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

May  13,  1723, 

Percival  Hall. 

Nov.  19,  1733,            Esquire  Dudley. 

Oct.  22,  1723, 

Elisha  Johnson. 

Mar.  4,  1734,              Elisha  Johnson. 

Dec.  30,  1723, 

William  King. 

May  22,  1734,             Esquire  Dudley. 

Mar.  2,  1724, 

Nathaniel  Dike. 

Nov.  4,  1734,              Samuel  Barton. 

May  18,  1724, 

Joseph  Sibley. 

Mar.  3,  1735,        Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

June  3,  1724, 

Nathaniel  Dike. 

May  19,  1735,       Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

Jan.  25,  1725, 

Nathaniel  Dike. 

Sept.  12,  1735,           Elisha  Johnson. 

Mar.  1,  1725, 

John  Whipple. 

Mar.  1,  1736,             Elisha  Johnson. 

Mar.  29,  1725, 

Nathaniel  Dike. 

May  19,  1736,            Elisha  Johnson. 

Aug.  25,  1725, 

Percival  Hall. 

Mar.  7,  1737,             Elisha  Johnson. 

Feb.  18,  1726, 

William  King. 

May  23,  1737,       Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

Mar.  7,  1726, 

Percival  Hall. 

Sept.  19,  1737,      Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

July  29,  1726, 

John  Whipple. 

Oct.  3,  1737,         Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

Aug.  29,  1726, 

John  Whipple. 

Mar.  20,  1738,    Sam'l  Johnson,  Esq. 

Mar.  4,  1727, 

John  Whipple. 

May  24,  1738,  Robert  Godtlard,  Esq. 

Mar.  1728, 

No  record. 

Mar.  5,  1739,                Joseph  Sibley. 

Oct.  14,  1728, 

Percival  Hall. 

Dec.  24,  1739,     Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 

Nov.  26,  1728, 

John  Whipple. 

Mar.  3,  1740,              Elisha  Putnam. 

Feb.  10,  1729, 

John  Whipple. 

May  21,  1740,               Joseph  Sibley. 

Feb.  26,  1729, 

Percival  Hall. 

Sept.  1,  1740,           Robert  Goddard. 

Mar.  3,  1729, 

Capt.  Wm.  King. 

Mar.  2,  1741,                Joseph  Sibley. 

Mar.  26,  1729, 

Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

May  25,  1741,  Benjamin  Woodbury. 

May  20,  1729, 

Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

Nov.  24,  1741,          Obadiah  Walker. 

July  25,  1729, 

Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

Jan.  18,  1742,  Benjamin  Woodbnry. 

Sept.  8,  1729, 

Dea.  Percival  Hall. 

Mar.  1,  1742,    Benjamin  Woodbury. 

Oct.  10,  1729, 

Elisha  Putnam. 

May  21,  1742,   Benjamin  Woodbury. 

Dec.  8,  1729, 

Capt.  Wm.  King. 

Aug.  23,  1742,              Joseph  Sibley. 

Mar.  2,  1730, 

Capt.  Wm.  King. 

Sept.  27,  1742,    Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 

Mar.  25,  1730, 

Samuel  Dudley. 

Dec.  8,  1742,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 

Apr.  22,  1730, 

William  King. 

Jan.  31,  1743,   Benjamin  Woodbury. 

May  15,  1730, 

William  King. 

Mar.  7,  1743,                Joseph  Sibley. 

Aug.  27,  1730, 

John  Whipple. 

May  19,  1743,     Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 

Jan.  11,  1731, 

Samuel  Dudley. 

Aug.  29,  1743,    Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 

Mar.  1,  1731, 

Elisha  Johnson. 

Mar.  5,  1744,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 

May  15,  1731, 

Percival  Hall. 

May  22,  1744,     Capt  Joseph  Sibley. 

STATISTICS    OF   THE 


Mar.  4,  1745,  Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 
May  23,  1745,  Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 
Sept.  26, 1745,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Nov.  12,  1745,  Capt.  Timothy  Carter. 
Mar.  3,  1746,  Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 
May  22,  1746,  Capt  Joseph  Sibley. 
Mar.  2,  1747,  Capt  Joseph  Sibley. 
May  18,  1747,  Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 
Mar.  7,  1748,  Capt  Joseph  Sibley. 
May  19,  1748,  Capt  Joseph  Sibley. 
Mar.  6,  1749,  Robert  Goddard. 

May  22,  1749,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
Oct.  9,  1749,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
Mar.  5,  1750,  Robert  Goddard. 

May  21,  1750,  Capt.  Joseph  Sibley. 
Mar.  4,  1751,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
Aug.  28, 1751,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  2,  1752,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
May  20,  1752,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
June  29, 1752,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  5,  1753,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
May  23,  1753,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
Mar.  4,  1754,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
May  22,  1754,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Sept  10,  1754,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
Mar.  3^1755,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
May  20,  1755,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  1,  1756,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
Mar.  23,  1756,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
May  18,  1756,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
May  26,  1756,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Sept  1,  1756,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  7,  1757,  Robert  Goddard. 

May  18,  1757,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
Mar.  6,  1758,  Robert  Goddard,  Esq. 
May  22,  1758,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  5,  1759,  John  Hazeltine,  Esq. 
May  22,  1759,  John  Hazeltine,  Esq. 
Mar.  3,  1760,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
May  21,  1760,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Oct.  28,  1760,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Nov.  28, 1760,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  2,  1761,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
May  20,  1761,  Lieut.  Elisha  Rich. 
July  5,  1762,  Lieut  Elisha  Rich. 
Sept.  6,  1762,  Isaac  Barnard,  Esq. 
Jan.  25, 1763,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  7,  1763,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 
May  18,  1763,  Capt  John  Fry. 

Mar.  5,  1764,  Capt.  John  Fry. 

May  21,  1764,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Mar.  4,  1765,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury. 


May  20,  1765,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Mar.  3,  1766,  Benjamin  Morse. 

May  20,  1766,  Capt  Henry  King. 
June  30,  1766,  Ebenezer  Pierce. 
Sept  22,  1766,  Isaac  Barnard,  Esq. 
Mar.  2,  1767,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
May  18,  1767,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Dec.  28,  1767,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Mar.  7,  1768,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
May  16,  1768,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Mar.  6,  1769,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
May  22,  1769,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
Mar.  5,  1770,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
May  21,  1770,  Capt  Henry  King. 
Aug.  20,  1770,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
Sept.  3,  1770,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
Sept.  17,  1770,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Mar.  4,  1771,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
May  20,  1771,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
Nov.  19,  1771,  Capt  Henry  King. 
Mar.  2,  1772,  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce. 
May  18, 1772,  Capt.  Jonathan  Sibley. 
Jan.  11,  1773,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
Mar.  1,  1773,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
May  17,  1773,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
Aug.  30,  1773,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
Mar.  4,  1774,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
May  16,  1774,  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce. 
July  25,  1774,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Sept.  26,  1774,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Nov.  15, 1774,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Jan.  5,  1775,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Jan.  16,  1775,  Dea.  Ezenezer  Pierce. 
Mar.  6,  1775,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
May  22,  1775,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
Sept.  18,  1775,  David  Dudley. 

Oct.  17, 1775,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Oct.  26, 1775,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Mar.  4,  1776,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
May  20, 1776,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
May  27,  1776,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
July  1,  1776,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
July  8,  1776,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Sept.  30, 1776,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Oct.  7,  1776,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
Dec.  2,  1776,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Jan.  27, 1777,  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce. 
Mar.  3,  177.7,  Capt  John  Sibley. 
Mar.  10, 1777,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
May  19, 1777,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
June  2,  1777,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
June  9,  1777,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 


TOWN   OF    BUTTON. 


791 


June  16, 1777,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Nov.  3,  1777,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Dec.  7,  1777,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Dec.  15, 1777,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Jan.  5,  1778,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Feb.  2,  1778,  Dea.  Ebeiiezer  Pierce. 
Feb.  18, 1778,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Mar.  2,  1778,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Mar.  30, 1778,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
May  18,  1778,  Capt.  John  Sibley. 
June  15, 1778,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Sept.  7,  1778,  Capt.  Henry  King. 
Mar.  1,  1779,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Mar.  8,  1779,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
May  19,  1779,  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 
June  21, 1779,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
July  5,  1779,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Aug.  2,  1779,  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 
Aug.  17, 1779,  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 
Aug.  23,  1779,  Nathan  Putnam. 
Sept.  21,  1779,  Dea.  Willis  Hall. 
Oct.  4,  1779,  Dea.  Willis  Hall. 

Oct.  19,  1779,  Dea.  Willis  Hall. 

Nov.  22,  1779,  Nathan  Putnam. 
Mar.  6,  1780,  Major  Bartholomew 

Woodbury. 

Apr.  10,  1780,  Maj.  B.  Woodbury. 
May  1,  1780,  Nathan  Putnam. 

May  22,  1780,  Maj.  B.  Woodbury. 
June  12,  1780,  Nathan  Putnam. 
June  26,  1780,  Nathan  Putnam. 
Oct.  9,  1780,  Nathan  Putnam. 

Oct.  16,  1780,  Nathan  Putnam. 

Dec.  5,  1780,  Nathan  Putnam. 

Dec.  18,  1780,  Maj.  B.  Woodbury. 
Feb.  20,  1781,  Maj.  B.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  5,  1781,  Maj.  B.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  26,  1781,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 
Apr.  2, 1781,  Col.  Jonathan  Holrnan. 
May  16,  1781,  Dea.  Willis  Hall. 

June  18, 1781,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
July  9, 1781,  Nathan  Putnam,  Esq. 
Aug.  20,  1781,  Nathan  Putnam,  Esq. 
Nov.  26,  1781,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 
Dec.  10,  1781,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 
Mar.  4,  1782,  Nathan  Putnam,  Esq. 
May  13,  1782,  Nathan  Putnam,  Esq. 
Nov.  12,  1782,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 
Jan.  20, 1783,  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 
Feb.  3,  1783,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
Mar.  3,  1783,  Col.  Bartholomew 
Woodbury. 


May  14,  1783,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
June  27,  1783,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Dec.  31,  1783,  Dea.  Willis  Hall. 

Mar.  1,  1784,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
May  10,  1784,  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 
Aug.  30,  1784,  Dea.  Willis  Hall. 
Mar.  7,  1785,  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 
May  12,  1785,  Dea.  Willis  Hall. 

Oct.  31,  1785,  Dea.  Willis  Hall. 

Jan.  9,  1786,  Capt.  Jona.  Woodbury. 
June  10,  1786,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Sept.  25,  1786,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Oct.  2,  1786,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Dec.  4, 1786,  Capt.  Jona.  Woodbury. 
Jan.  15,  1787,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
June  20. 1787,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Feb.  5,  1787,  Capt.  Jona.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  5,  1787,  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 
Mar.  23, 1787,  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 
Apr.  2,  1787,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
May  7,  1787,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Nov.  2,  1787,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Nov.  26,  1787,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Dec.  4,  1787,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Dec.  10,  1787,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Feb.  18,  1788,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  3,  1788,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Apr.  17,  1788,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
May  7,  1788,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Dec.  18,  1788,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  2,  1789,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Apr.  6,  1789,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
May  6,  1789,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
Mar.  6,  1790,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
Apr.  — ,  1790,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
Apr.  29, 1790,  Dea.  John  Jacobs. 
May  3,  1790,  Dea.  Asa  Waters. 

Oct.  4,  1790,  Dea.  Asa  Waters. 

Nov.  6,  1790,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  7,  1791,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
May  9,  1791,  Dea.  Asa  Waters. 

Mar.  5,  1792,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
May  7,  1792,  Solomon  Leland,  Esq. 
Aug.  20,  1792,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 
Jan.  14,  1793,  Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 
Mar.  4,  1793,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Apr.  — ,  1793,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
May  6, 1793,  Capt.  Jona.  Woodbury. 
May  1,  1794,  Dea.  Asa  Waters. 

May  15,  1794,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Aug.  19,  1794,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Sept.  15,  1794,  Dea.  Willie  Hall. 


792 


STATISTICS    OF    THE 


Nov.  1,  1794,  Dea.  Asa  Waters. 

Mar.  2,  1795,  Capt.  Andrew  Elliot. 
May  6,  1795,  Capt.  Andrew  Elliot. 
Mar.  7,  1796,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Apr.  4,  1796,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
June  6,  1796,  Ebenezer  Waters. 

Sept.  27,  1796,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Jan.  23,  1797,  Capt.  Andrew  Elliot. 
Mar.  6,  1797,  Capt.  Andrew  Elliot. 
Apr.  3,  1797,  Ebenezer  Waters. 

May  8,  1797,  Ebenezer  Waters. 

Dec.  4,  1797,  Ebenezer  Waters. 

Mar.  5,  1798,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Apr.  2,  1798,  Nathaniel  Stockwell. 
May  7,  1798,  Capt.  Jona.  Woodbury. 
Nov.  1,  1798,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  4,  1799,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Apr.  1,  1799,  David  Dudley. 

May  6,  1799,  Capt.  Jona.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  3,  1800,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Apr.  7,  1800,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
May  5,  1800,  Col.  John  Putnam. 
May  19, 1800,  Capt.  Jona.  Woodbury. 
Aug.  26,  1800,  Jedediah  Barton. 
Mar.  2,  1801,  Capt.  Andrew  Elliot. 
May  4,  1801,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
June  22,  1801,  Capt.  Ezra  Lovell. 
Aug.  24,  1801,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Apr.  5,  1802,  Jonas  Sibley. 

May  3,  1802,  Dea.  John  Pierce. 

Nov.  1,  1802,  Jonas  Sibley. 

Mar.  7,  1803,  Josiah  Stiles.  V 

May  2,  1803,  Jonas  Sibley. 

Mar.  5, 1804,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
May  7,  1804,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
Nov.  5,  1804,  Col.  B.  Woodbury. 
Mar.  4,  1805,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
Apr.  1,  1805,  Jedediah  Barton. 

May  6,  1805,  Josiah  Stiles.  V/ 

Aug.  19,  1805,  Josiah  Stiles.^ 

Oct.  3,  1805,  Capt.  Azor  Phelps. 
Mar.  3,  1806,  Dr.  Amasa  Braman. 
Apr.  5,  1806,  Abijah  Burnap. 

May  5,  1806,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
Nov.  3,  1806,  Josiah  Stiles. 

Mar.  2,  1807,  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 
Apr.  6,  1807,  Josiah  Stiles. 

May  4,  1807,  Jonas  Sibley. 

Mar.  7,  1808,  Estes  Howe,  Esq. 

May  2,  1808,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 
Aug.  23,  1808,  Estes  Howe,  Esq. 
Nov.  7,  1808,  Estes  Howe,  Esq. 


Mar.  6,  1809,  Estes  Howe,  Esq. 

May  1,  1809,  Estes  Howe,  Esq. 

Nov.  20,  1809,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Mar.  5,  1810,  Josiah  Stiles. 

May  7,  1810,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Nov.  5,  1810,  Peter  Dudley. 

Dec.  3,  1810,  Peter  Dudley. 

Jan.  21,  1811,  Estes  Howe,  Esq. 

Mar.  4,  1811,  Peter  Dudley. 

May  6,  1811,  Peter  Dudley. 

Sept.  16.  1811,  Peter  Dudley. 

Mar.  2,  1812,  Peter  Dudley. 

May  4,  1812,  Sumner  Bastow. 

Nov.  2,  1812,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Jan.  11,  1813,  Peter  Dudley. 

Mar.  1,  1813,  Peter  Dudley. 

May  3,  1813,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Aug.  16,  1813,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Sept.  7,  1813,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Mar.  7,  1814,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

May  2,  1814,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Nov.  7,  1814,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Mar.  6,  1815,  Peter  Dudley. 

May  1,  1815,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Nov.  20,  1815,  Peter  Dudley. 
Mar.  4,  1816,  Maj.  Josiah  Wheelock. 
May  6,  1816,  Maj.  Josiah  Wheelock. 
Aug.  26, 1816,  Maj.  Josiah  Wheelock. 

Mar.  3,  1817,  Peter  Dudley. 

May  5,  1817,  Peter  Dudley. 

Mar.  2,  1818,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

May  4,  1818,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Dec.  14,  1818,  Jona.  Leland,  Esq. 

Mar.  1,  1819,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

May  3,  1819,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

June  7,  1819,  Jona.  Leland,  Esq. 
Mar.  6,  1820,  Sumner  Bastow,  Esq. 

Apr.  3,  1820,  Jona.  Leland,  Esq. 

May  1,  1820,  Jona.  Leland,  Esq. 

Aug.  21,  1820,  Jona.  Leland,  Esq. 
Mar.  1,  1821,  Dan'l  Tourtellott,  Esq. 
Apr.  2, 1821,  Capt.  Dan'l  Tourtellott. 
May  7, 1821,  Capt.  Dan'l  Tourtellott. 

Mar.  4,  1822,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Apr.  1,  1822,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

June  10,  1822,  Jona.  Leland,  Esq. 

Mar.  3,  1823,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 

Apr.  7,  1823,  Samuel  Taylor. 

May  5,  1823,  Samuel  Taylor. 

Dec.  2,  1823,  Samuel  Taylor. 

Mar.  1,  1824,  Samuel  Taylor. 

May  3,  1824,  Samuel  Taylor. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON. 


793 


Aug.  16,  1824,        Jonas  Sibley,  Esq.  May  6,  1839, 

Sept.  13,  1824,      Asa  Cummings,  jr.  Mar,  2,  1840, 

Nov.  1,  1824,  Asa  Cummings,  jr.  Apr.  6,  1840, 

Mar.  7,  1825,  Samuel  Taylor.  Feb.  11,  1841, 

Apr.  4,  1825,  Samuel  Taylor.  Mar.  1,  1841, 

June  6,  1825,  Jona.  Leland,  Esq.  Apr.  5,  1841, 

Mar.  6,  1826,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq.  Oct.  18,  1841, 

May  1,  1826,  Darius  Russell.  Mar.  7,  1842, 

Dec.  19,  1826,  Jonas  Sibley.  May  2,  1842, 

Mar.  5,  1827,  Samuel  Taylor.  May  23,  1842, 

May  7,  1827,  Thomas  Harback.  Nov.  14,  1842, 

June  22, 1827,  Jonas  Sibley,  Esq.  Mar.  6,  1843, 

Oct.  13,  1827,  Jona.  Leland,  Esq.  Apr.  3,  1843, 

Mar.  3,  1828,  Daniel  Tourtellott.  Nov.  13,  1843, 

Apr.  7,  1828,  Daniel  Tourtellott.  Mar.  4,  1844, 

Nov.  3, 1828,  Thomas  Harback.  Apr.  1,  1844, 

Mar.  2,  1829,  Daniel  Tourtellott.  Nov.  11,  1844, 

Apr.  6,  1829,  Daniel  Tourtellott.  Mar.  3,  1845, 

Oct.  15, 1829,  Daniel  Tourtellott.  Apr.  7,  1845, 

Mar.  1,  1830,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Nov.  10,  1845. 

Apr.  — ,  1830,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Nov.  24,  1845, 

Aug.  30,  1830,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Dec.  2,  1845, 

Nov.  1,  1830,  Joshua  Armsby,  Esq.  Mar.  2,  1846, 

Jan.  21,  1831,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Nov.  9,  1846, 

Mar.  7,  1831,  Dan'l  Tourtellott,  Esq.  Mar.  1,  1847, 

Apr.  — ,  1831,  Sumner  Cole.  Apr.  5,  1847, 

May  11,  1831,  Jonas  L.  Sibley,  Esq.  Mar.  6,  1848, 

Nov.  14,  1831,  Daniel  Tourtellott.  Sept.  29,  1848, 

Mar.  5,  1832,  Jonas  L.  Sibley,  Esq.  Jan.  1,  1849, 

Nov.  12,  1832,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Mar.  5,  1849, 

Mar.  4,  1833,  Jonas  L.  Sibley,  Esq.  Sept.  21,  1849, 

Nov.  2,  1833,,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Nov.  12,  1849, 

Nov.  11,  1833,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Nov.  26,  1849, 

Jan.  20,  1834,  Jona,  Leland,  Esq.  Mar.  4,  1850, 

Feb.  17,  1834,  Col.  Reuben  Waters.  May  6,  1850, 

Mar.  3,  1834,  Col.  Reuben  Waters.  Nov.  11,  1850, 

Nov.  10,  1834,  Asa  Woodbury.  Mar.  3,  1851, 

Mar.  2,  1835,  Joseph  L.  Freeman.  Apr.  7,  1851, 

Apr.  6,  1835,  Joseph  L.  Freeman.  Dec.  1,  1851, 

Aug.  22,  1835,  Parley  Howard.  Mar.  1,  1852, 

Nov.  9,  1835,  Reuben  Waters,  jr.  Apr.  5,  1852, 

Mar.  7,  1836,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Aug.  3,  1852, 

Apr.  4,  1836,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Nov.  8,  1852, 

May  9,  1836,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Mar.  7,  1853, 

Sept.  5,  1836,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  June  23,  1853 

Jan.  23,  1837,  Benjamin  Woodbury.  Feb.  24,  1854, 

Mar.  6,  1837,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Mar.  6,  1854, 

Apr. -3,  1837,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  May  13,  1854, 

Mar.  5,  1838,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Nov.  13,  1854, 

Apr.  2,  1838,  Samuel  Taylor,  Esq.  Dec.  9,  1854. 

Mar.  4,  1839,  Peter  Dudley.  Mar.  5,  1855, 

Apr.  1,  1839,  Peter  Dudley.  Apr.  2,  1855, 
100 


Jona.  Leland,  Esq. 

Col.  Reuben  Waters. 

Paris  Tourtellott. 

Paris  Tourtellott. 

Col.  Reuben  Waters. 

Col.  Reuben  Waters. 

Paris  Tourtellott. 

Col.  Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters,  jr. 

Amos  Burdon. 

Asahel  Wall. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Samuel  Taylor. 

Silvanus  Putnam. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Pliny  Slocomb. 

Pliny  Slocomb. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Oliver  Hall. 

Reuben  Waters. 

James  Taylor. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Oliver  Hall. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

E.  J.  Mills. 

Asa  Woodbury. 

Asa  Woodbury. 

A.  G.  Metcalf. 

Asa  Woodbury. 

Putnam  King. 

N.  G.  King. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Reuben  Waters. 

Putnam  King. 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

S.  D.  King. 

S.  D.  King. 

S.  D.  King. 

S.  D.  King. 


794 


STATISTICS    OF    THE 


Nov.  6,  1855, 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

Mar.  21,  1864, 

Nov.  24,  1855, 

Horace  Leland. 

.  Apr.  13,  1864, 

Feb.  23,  1856, 

Edmund  J.  Mills. 

June  18,  1864, 

Mar.  3,  1856, 

S.  D.  King. 

Nov.  8,  1864, 

Mar.  29,  1856, 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

Mar.  20,  1865, 

Apr.  7,  1856, 

S.  D.  King. 

June  12,  1865, 

Aug.  11,  1856, 

Pliny  Slocomb. 

Jan.  6,  1866, 

Sept.  20,  1856, 

Sumner  B.  King. 

Mar.  19,  1866, 

Oct.  22,  1856, 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

Nov.  6,  1866, 

Dec.  6,  1856, 

Edmund  J.  Mills. 

Mar.  18,  1867, 

Dec.  26,  1856, 

Timothy  Burnap. 

Nov.  5,  1867, 

Mar.  2,  1857, 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

Mar.  16,  1868, 

Apr.  6,  1857, 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

Mar.  22,  1869, 

May  1,  1857, 

George  Hastings. 

Apr.  9,  1869, 

June  27,  1857, 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

Apr.  24,  1869, 

Sept.  26,  1857, 

Horace  Leland. 

Sept.  4,  1869, 

Nov.  3,  1857, 

Paris  Tourtellott 

Nov.  2,  1869, 

Mar.  1,  1858, 

S.  D.  King. 

Jan.  15,  1870, 

Apr.  5,  1858, 

S.  D.  King. 

Mar.  21,  1870, 

Aug.  16,  1858, 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

Apr.  29,  1870, 

Nov.  2,  1858, 

E.  J.  Mills. 

Aug.  6,  1870, 

Dec.  21,  1858, 

S.  D.  King. 

Sept.  6,  1870, 

Mar.  7,  1859, 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

Dec.  21,  1870, 

Apr.  4,  1859, 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

Mar.  20,  1871, 

July  7,  1860, 

J.  D.  McCrate. 

Apr.  3,  1871, 

Nov.  6,  1860, 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 

May  2,  1871, 

Mar.  4,  1861, 

Jason  Waters. 

Sept.  4,  1871, 

Apr.  1,  1861, 

Jason  Waters. 

Sept.  27,  1871, 

Apr.  30,  1861, 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

Nov.  7,  1871, 

June  4,  1861, 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

Mar.  18,  1872, 

Sept.  21,  1861, 

N.  G.  King. 

Oct.  7,  1872, 

Mar.  3,  1862, 

Jason  Waters. 

Nov.  5,  1872, 

Apr.  7,  1862, 

Jason  Waters. 

Mar:  17,  1873, 

May  24,  1862, 

S.  J.  Woodbury. 

May  17,  1873, 

July  22,  1862, 

Pliny  Slocomb. 

Nov.  4,  1873, 

Aug.  2,  1862, 

Jason  Waters. 

Mar.  16,  1874, 

Aug.  23,  1862, 

Jason  Waters. 

July  11,  1874, 

Sept.  27,  1862, 

Jason  Waters. 

Sept.  5,  1874, 

Nov.  4,  1862, 

Jason  Waters. 

Nov.  3,  1874, 

Mar.  2,  1863, 

Hon.  Wm.  R,  Hill. 

Mar.  15,  1875, 

Apr.  6,  1863, 

Jason  Waters. 

Apr.  17,  1875, 

Sept.  12,  1863, 

Russell  Titus. 

Mar.  20,  1876, 

Nov.  3,  1863, 

Jason  Waters. 

June  13,  1876, 

Jason  Waters. 

E.  J.  Mills. 

Milton  E.  Crossman. 

Jason  Waters. 

Hon.  Wm.  R,  Hill. 

Elijah  Sibley. 

Jason  Waters. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

Hon.  Wm.  R.  Hill. 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

LeBaron  Putnam. 

George  Hastings. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

Jason  Waters. 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

B.  L.  Batcheller. 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 

A.  W.  Putnam. 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 

S.  D.  King. 

S.  D.  King. 

S.  D.  King. 

Hon.  Wm.  R.  Hill. 

J.  W.  Stockwell. 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 

S.  D.  King. 

Hon.  Wm.  R.  Hill. 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 

S.  D.  King. 

S.  D.  King. 

S.  D.  King. 

E.  W.  Whiting. 

E.  H.  Hutchinson. 


TOWN   OP   BUTTON. 


795 


SELECTMEN 


1718.  Elisha  Johnson, 
Samuel  Stearns, 
John  Stockwell. 

1719.  Elisha  Johnson, 
Samuel  Stearns, 
John  Stockwell. 

1720.  William  King, 
Samuel  Stearns, 
Elisha  Johnson. 

1721.  William  King, 
Nathaniel  Dike, 
John  Whipple. 

1722.  William  King, 
Joseph  Sibley, 
Freegrace  Marble. 

1723.  Percival  Hall, 
Ebenezer  Dagget, 
John  Whipple, 
John  Sibley, 
Robert  Knowlton. 

1724.  Elisha  Johnson, 
John  Whipple, 
Nathaniel  Dike. 

1725.  Elisha  Johnson, 
Percival  Hall, 
James  Leland, 
Nathaniel  Dike, 
Samuel  Dagget. 

1726.  Dea.  Percival  Hall, 
Ensign  Benjamin  Marsh, 
Elisha  Putnam, 

John  Stockwell, 
Elisha  Johnson. 

1727.  John  Whipple, 
Joseph  Sibley, 
Freegrace  Marble, 
Timothy  Carter, 
Elisha  Johnson. 

1728.  No  record. 

1729.  Capt.  William  King, 
William  Waite, 
Lieut.  Benjamin  Marsh, 
Obadiah  Walker, 
Jonathan  Kinney, 


Joseph  Sibley, 
Elisha  Putnam. 

Josiah  White  personally  appeared  and 
entered  his  dissent  against  Put- 
nam's serving  as  selectman,  and 
the  reasons  are  obliterated  from 
the  records,  as  may  be  seen  at 
the  May  meeting,  May  20, 1729. 

1730.  Lieut.  Samuel  Dudley, 
Timothy  Hoi  ton, 
John  Perham, 
Obadiah  Walker, 
Samuel  Barton. 

1731.  Dea.  Percival  Hall, 
Lieut.  Elisha  Johnson, 
Ensign  John  Stockwell, 
Robert  Goddard, 
John  Sibley. 

1732.  Dea.  Percival  Hall, 
Joseph  Sibley, 
John  Bounds, 
Robert  Goddard, 
John  Stockwell. 

1733.  Esquire  Dudley, 
Timothy  Carter, 
Samuel  Carriel, 
Cornelius  Putnam, 
Samuel  Barton. 

1734.  Timothy  Holton, 
Samuel  Lilley, 
Isaac  Putnam, 
Cornelius  Putnam, 
Daniel  Greenwood. 

1735.  Timothy  Holton, 
Dea.  Percival  Hall, 
Isaac  Putnam, 
Daniel  Greenwood, 
Perez  Rice. 

1736.  Timothy  Holton, 
Percival  Hall, 
Solomon  Holman, 
Obadiah  Walker, 
Isaac  Putnam. 

1787.   Timothy  Holton, 


796 


STATISTICS    OF   THE 


Obadiah  Walker, 
Samuel  Dagget, 
Solomon  Holman, 
Samuel  Chase. 

1738.  Benjamin  Woodbury,  1748. 
Timothy  Carter, 

Daniel  Greenwood, 
Percival  Hall,  jr., 
Obadiah  Walker. 

1739.  Joseph  Sibley,  1749. 
Lieut.  Timothy  Carter, 

Lieut.  Robert  Goddard, 
Samuel  Dagget, 
Benjamin  Woodbury. 

1740.  Benjamin  Woodbury,  1750. 
Abel  Chase, 

Richard  Waters, 
Samuel  Barton, 
Henry  King. 

1741.  Benjamin  Woodbury,  1751. 
Samuel  Chase, 

Richard  Waters, 
Henry  King, 
Abel  Chase. 

1742.  Benjamin  Woodbury,  1752. 
Samuel  Boutell, 

Samuel  Chase, 
Henry  King, 
Richard  Waters. 

1743.  Benjamin  Woodbury,  1753. 
Samuel  Chase, 

Henry  King, 
Richard  Waters, 
Charles  Richardson. 

1744.  Voted  to  choose  two  in  each     1754. 
parish  and  one  in  Bapt.  soc'y. 
Obadiah  Walker, 

John  Hicks, 

Benjamin  Marsh, 

Isaac  Barnard,  1755. 

Charles  Richardson. 

1745.  Isaac  Putnam, 
John  Hicks, 
Charles  Richardson, 

Isaac  Barnard,  1756. 

Benjamin  Marsh,  jr. 

1746.  Isaac  Putnam, 
Stephen  Hall, 
Ebenezer  Pierce, 

Samuel  Goodale,  1757. 

Benjamin  Marsh,  jr. 

1747.  Isaac  Putnam, 


Stephen  Hall, 

Ebenezer  Pierce, 

Samuel  Goodale, 

Benjamin  Marsh. 

Lieut.  Isaac  Putnam, 

John  Hicks, 

Samuel  Goodale, 

Ebenezer  Pierce, 

Benjamin  Marsh. 

Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 

John  Hicks, 

Isaac  Barnard,  Esq., 

Charles  Richardson, 

Lieut.  Henry  King, 

Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 

John  Hicks, 

Isaac  Barnard,  Esq., 

Charles  Richardson, 

Lieut.  Henry  King. 

Elisha  Rich, 

Daniel  Chase,  jr., 

Daniel  Greenwood, 

Ebenezer  Pierce, 

Lieut.  Henry  King. 

Elisha  Rich. 

Daniel  Chase,  jr., 

Gershom  Waite, 

Dea.  Abel  Chase, 

Lieut.  Benjamin  Marsh. 

Richard  Waters, 

Moses  Leland, 

Daniel  Greenwood, 

Dea.  Abel  Chase, 

Lieut.  Benjamin  Marsh. 

Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 

John  Hicks, 

Daniel  Greenwood, 

Dea.  Abel  Chase, 

Lieut.  Henry  King. 

Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 

John  Hicks, 

Daniel  Greenwood, 

Dea.  Abel  Chase, 

Capt.  Henry  King. 

Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 

Samuel  Chase, 

Daniel  Greenwood, 

Dea.  Abel  Chase, 

Capt.  Henry  King. 

Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 

Ensign  Samuel  Chase, 

Dea.  Abel  Chase, 


TOWN  OF    SUTTON. 


797 


Daniel  Greenwood,  1768. 

Capt.  Henry  King. 

1758.  Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 
Ensign  Samuel  Chase, 
Samuel  Trask, 

Daniel  Greenwood,  1769. 

Capt.  Henry  King. 

1759.  Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 
Ensign  Samuel  Chase, 
Daniel  Greenwood, 

Samuel  Trask,  1770. 

Dea.  Joseph  Bullen. 

1760.  Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 
John  Hicks, 

Daniel  Greenwood,    • 

Samuel  Trask,  1771. 

Dea.  Joseph  Bullen. 

1761.  Lieut.  Elisha  Rich, 
Dr.  Benjamin  Morse, 
Daniel  March, 

Samuel  Trask,  1772. 

David  Harwood. 

1762.  Lieut.  Elisha  Rich, 
Dr.  Benjamin  Morse, 
Daniel  March, 

Samuel  Trask,  1773. 

David  Harwood. 

1763.  Dea.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 
Abraham  Batcheller, 
Samuel  Trask,  sen., 

Daniel  March,  1774. 

Lieut.  Elisha  Rich. 

1764.  Capt.  Henry  King, 
Nathaniel  Carriel, 
Elisha  Goddard, 

Ebenezer  Pierce,  1775. 

Ensign  Abraham  Batcheller. 

1765.  Nathaniel  Carriel, 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Ensign  Abraham  Batcheller, 
Ebenezer  Pierce,  1776. 
Lieut.  Elisha  Goddard. 

1766.  Capt.  Henry  King, 
Nathaniel  Carriel, 

Ensign  Abraham  Batcheller, 
Jonathan  Dwinnel,  1777. 

Ebenezer  Pierce. 

1767.  Nathaniel  Carriel, 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Ensign  Caleb  Chase, 

Jonathan  Dwinnel,  1778. 

Jonathan  Waters. 


Nathaniel  Carriel, 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Ensign  Caleb  Chase, 
Jonathan  Dwinnel, 
Jonathan  Waters. 
Edward  Putnam, 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Ensign  Caleb  Chase, 
Jonathan  Waters, 
Jonathan  Dwinnel. 
Henry  King, 
Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam, 
Lieut.  Caleb  Chase, 
Lieut.  Samuel  Trask, 
Silas  Hazeltine. 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Edward  Putnam, 
Lieut.  Caleb  Chase, 
Lieut.  Samuel  Trask, 
Silas  Hazeltine. 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Edward  Putnam, 
Lieut.  Caleb  Chase, 
Samuel  Marble, 
James  Greenwood. 
Samuel  Marble, 
James  Greenwood, 
Lieut.  Abraham  Batcheller, 
Lieut.  Samuel  Sibley, 
Nathan  Putnam. 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Edward  Putnam, 
Lieut.  Caleb  Chase, 
Capt.  Samuel  Trask, 
Asa  Waters. 
Edward  Putnam, 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Lieut.  Caleb  Chase, 
Capt.  Samuel  Trask, 
Asa  Waters. 
William  King,  Esq., 
Edward  Putnam, 
Lieut.  Caleb  Chase, 
Samuel  Marble, 
Lieut.  Asa  Waters. 
Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam, 
William  King,  Esq., 
Mark  Batcheller, 
Samuel  Marble, 
Nehemiah  Gale. 
Dea.  Tarrant  Pirtnam, 
Jacob  Cummings, 


798 


STATISTICS    OP    THE 


Solomon  Leland, 

Lieut.  John  Jacobs, 

Elder  Daniel  Greenwood.  1788. 

1779.  Nathan  Putnam, 
Jacob  Cummings, 
Capt  March  Chase, 
Lieut.  John  Jacobs, 

Josiah  Goddard.  1789. 

1780.  Nathan  Putnam, 
Lieut.  William  King, 
Capt  March  Chase, 
Col.  Jonathan  Holman, 

Josiah  Goddard.  1790. 

1781.  Col.  Timothy  Sibley, 
John  Elliot, 

Abraham  Batcheller,  jr., 
Capt.  Abijah  Burbank, 

Col.  Jonathan  Holman.  1791. 

1782.  CoL  Timothy  Sibley, 
Lieut.  John  Elliot, 

Lieut.  Abraham  Batcheller, 

Capt.  James  Greenwood, 

Lieut.  David  Holman.  1792. 

1783.  Col.  Bartholomew  Woodbury, 
Follansbee  Chase, 

Enoch  Marble, 

Capt.  James  Greenwood, 

David  Holman.  1793. 

1784.  Capt  John  Putnam, 
Follansbee  Chase, 
Capt  John  Woodbury, 
Capt.  James  Greenwood, 

Lieut.  David  Holman.  1794. 

1785.  Capt  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
Joseph  Hall, 

John  Dudley, 

Lieut  John  Hazeltine, 

Capt  Samuel  Trask.  1795. 

1786.  Capt  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
Joseph  Hall, 

John  Dudley, 
Andrew  Elliot, 

Lieut  John  Hazeltine.  1796. 

Oct.2,  Jonathan  Dudley,  jr., 

(John  Dudley,  deceased). 

1787.  CoL  Bartholomew  Woodbury,* 
Follansbee  Chase,* 

Capt  John  Woodbury,*  1797. 


Lieut  John  Jacobs,* 

Capt  Ezra  Lovell.* 

Col.  Bartholomew  Woodbury, 

William  King,  Esq., 

Capt  Jonathan  Woodbury, 

Capt  Ezra  Lovell, 

Dea.  John  Jacobs. 

Col.  Bartholomew  Woodbury. 

William  King,  Esq., 

Capt  John  Woodbury, 

Capt  Ezra  Lovell, 

Jedediah  Barton. 

Col.  Bartholomew  Woodbury, 

William  King,  Esq., 

Capt.  John  Woodbury, 

Lieut.  Asa  Goodale, 

Jedediah  Barton. 

Col.  Timothy  Sibley, 

Lazarus  LeBaron, 

Malachi  Marble, 

Lieut  Asa  Goodale, 

Joseph  Waters. 

Col.  Timothy  Sibley, 

Malachi  Marble, 

Solomon  Leland,  Esq., 

Asa  Goodale, 

Joseph  Waters. 

Col.  Bartholomew  Woodbury, 

Malachi  Marble, 

Asa  Goodale, 

William  King, 

Abijah  Tainter. 

Col.  Bartholomew  Woodbury, 

William  King,  Esq. 

Malachi  Marble, 

Asa  Goodale, 

Abijah  Tainter. 

Capt  Andrew  Elliot, 

David  P.  Chase, 

Capt.  Reuben  Tisdale, 

William  King,  Esq., 

Capt.  Ebenezer  Rich. 

Joseph  Hall, 

Capt.  Reuben  Tisdale, 

David  P.  Chase, 

Capt  Andrew  Elliot, 

Ebenezer  Waters. 

Ebenezer  Waters, 


*  All  Shay's  Men. 


TOWN    OF    BUTTON. 


799 


Dr.  Stephen  Monroe, 

Capt.  Reuben  Tisdale, 

William  King,  Esq.,  1808. 

Capt.  Ebenezer  Rich. 

1798.  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
Dr.  Stephen  Monroe, 
Capt.  Reuben  Tisdale, 

Josiah  Stiles,    <— •"  1809. 

Abel  Chase. 

1799.  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
Dr.  Stephen  Monroe, 
Capt.  Benjamin  Batcheller, 

David  Dudley,  1810. 

Abel  Chase. 

1800.  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
Dr.  Stephen  Monroe, 
Capt  Benjamin  Batcheller, 

David  Dudley,  1811. 

Abel  Chase. 

1801.  Col.  Bartholomew  Woodbury, 
Jonas  Sibley, 

Capt.  Benjamin  Batcheller, 

David  Dudley,  1812. 

Abel  Chase. 

1802.  John  Haven, 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Peter  Dudley, 

Elijah  Waters,  1813. 

Dea.  John  Pierce. 

1803.  John  Haven, 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Peter  Dudley, 

Dea.  Elijah  Waters,  1814. 

Dea.  John  Pierce. 

1804.  Stephen  Holbrook, 
Capt.  Israel  Putnam, 
James  McClellan, 

Dea.  Elijah  Waters,  1815. 

Dea.  John  Pierce. 

1805.  Capt.  Reuben  Waters, 
Darius  Russell, 
Amasa  Roberts, 

David  P.  Chase,  1816. 

Jedediah  Barton. 

1806.  Capt.  Reuben  Waters, 
Darius  Russell, 
Amasa  Roberts, 

Abijah  Burnap,  1817. 

Joshua  Carter. 

1807.  Capt.  Reuben  Waters, 
Darius  Russell, 
Amasa  Roberts, 


Abijah  Burnap, 
Joshua  Carter. 
Asa  Putnam, 
Capt.  Nathaniel  Sibley, 
James  McClellan, 
Abijah  Burnap, 
Joshua  Carter. 
Asa  Putnam, 
Capt.  Nathaniel  Sibley, 
James  McClellan, 
Abijah  Burnap, 
Stephen  Bartlett. 
Asa  Putnam, 
Maj.  Josiah  Wheelock, 
Peter  Dudley, 
Abijah  Burnap, 
Stephen  Bartlett. 
Abijah  llurnap, 
Major  Sumner  Bastow, 
Major  Josiah  Wheelock, 
Peter  Dudley, 
Stephen  Bartlett. 
Sumner  Bastow, 
Maj.  Josiah  Wheelock, 
Peter  Dudley, 
Lieut.  James  Greenwood, 
Stephen  Bartlett. 
Reuben  Waters, 
Maj.  Josiah  Wheelock, 
James  McClellan, 
Abijah  Burnap, 
Reuben  Barton,  jr. 
Daniel  Woodbury, 
Reuben  Waters, 
Josiah  Wheelock, 
Salmon  Burdon, 
Aaron  Putnam. 
Israel  Putnam. 
Josiah  Wheelock, 
Daniel  Woodbury, 
Aaron  Putnam, 
Amos  Batcheller. 
Israel  Putnam, 
Amos  Stockwell, 
Josiah  Wheelock, 
Daniel  Woodbury, 
Amos  Batcheller. 
Nathan  Lombard, 
Amos  Stockwell, 
Samuel  Taylor, 
Daniel  Woodbury, 
Abner  Chase. 


800 


STATISTICS    OF    THE 


1818.  Daniel  Woodbury, 
Amos  Stockwell, 
Abner  Chase, 
Nathan  Lombard, 
Samuel  Taylor. 

1819.  Daniel  Woodbury, 
Daniel  Tourtellott, 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Asa  Putnam, 
Jonathan  Leland. 

1820.  ElishaHale, 
Archelaus  Putnam, 
Caleb  Chase, 

Asa  Putnam, 
Jonathan  Leland. 

1821.  ElishaHale, 
Simon  Hutchinson, 
Nathan  Lombard, 
Caleb  Chase, 
Thomas  Harback,  jr. 

1822.  ElishaHale, 
Simon  Hutchinson, 
Nathan  Lombard, 
Thomas  Harback, 
Daniel  Young. 

1823.  Samuel  Taylor, 
John  Kich, 

Asa  Cumminga,  jr., 
Ambrose  Chase, 
John  Griggs. 

1824.  Asa  Cummings, 
John  Rich, 
Ambrose  Chase, 
Simeon  Phelps, 
Abraham  Chase. 

1825.  Darius  Russell, 
Jonathan  Leland, 
Abraham  Chase, 
John  Rich, 
Salmon  Burdou. 

1826.  Darius  Russell, 
Samuel  Taylor, 
Jonathan  Lelaud, 
Enoch  Stoekwell, 
Salmon  Burdon. 

1827.  Samuel  Taylor, 
Thomas  Harback, 
Enoch  Stoekwell, 
Salmon  Burdon, 
Jonathan  Lelaud. 

1828.  Thomas  Harback, 
Elisha  Hale, 


Paris  Tourtellott, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Mark  Batcheller. 

1829.  ElishaHale, 
Paris  Tourtellott, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Mark  Batcheller, 
Joshua  Armsby. 

1830.  Joshua  Armsby, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Sunmer  Cole, 
David  Putnam,  2d, 
Mark  Batcheller. 

1831.  Joshua  Armsby, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Sumner  Cole, 
David  Putnam,  2d, 
Asa  Woodbury. 

1832.  Jonas  L.  Sibley, 
David  Putnam,  2d, 
Samuel  Taylor, 
Asa  Woodbury, 
Samuel  Bigelow. 

1833.  Jonas  L.  Sibley, 
David  Putnam,  2d, 
Samuel  Taylor, 
Asa  Woodbury, 
Samuel  Bigelow. 

1834.  Asa  Woodbury, 
Samuel  Bigelow, 
Perley  Howard, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Benjamin  Woodbury. 

1835.  Perley  Howard, 
Benjamin  Woodbury, 
Origen  Harback, 
George  B.  Nolen, 
Nathaniel  Sibley. 

1836.  Benjamin  Woodbury, 
Origen  Harback, 
George  B.  Nolen, 
Nathaniel  Sibley, 
George  A.  Tourtellott. 

1837.  Origen  Harback, 
George  B.  Nolen, 
Nathaniel  Sibley, 
George  A.  Tourtellott, 
Peter  Dudley. 

1838.  Samuel  Taylor, 
Peter  Dudley, 
Peter  Putnam, 
Welcome  Whipple, 


TOWN    OF    STJTTON. 


801 


Timothy  Burnap. 

1839.  Peter  Dudley, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Peter  Putnam, 

Timothy  Burnap,  1850. 

Paris  Tourtellott. 

1840.  Paris  Tourtellott, 
Peter  Putnam, 
Timothy  Burnap, 

Amos  Burdon,  1851. 

Sullivan  Newton. 

1841.  Paris  Tourtellott, 
Amos  Burdon, 
Sullivan  Newton, 

Lewis  Torrey,  1852. 

Pomeroy  Peck. 

1842.  Amos  Burdon, 
Sullivan  Newton, 
Pomeroy  Peck, 

Lewis  Torrey,  1853. 

Peter  Stockwell. 

1843.  Lewis  Torrey, 
Peter  Stockwell, 
Benjamin  Woodbury,  2d, 
Sylvanus  Putnam,  1854. 
Welcome  Whipple, 

1844.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Asa  Woodbury, 
Zelek  Darling, 

Caleb  Chase,  1855. 

Stephen  Waters. 

1845.  Zelek  Darling, 
Tyler  Stockwell, 
Rufus  Burdon, 

Oliver  Hall,  1856. 

Joseph  Putnam. 

1846.  Timothy  Martin, 
Horace  Leland, 
Oliver  Hall, 

James  Taylor,  1857. 

Leonard  Logee. 

1847.  Timothy  Martin, 
Horace  Leland, 
Oliver  Hall, 

James  Taylor,  1858. 

Leonard  Logee. 

1848.  Oliver  Hall, 
Horace  Leland, 
James  Taylor, 

Amos  R.  Holman,  1859. 

Pliny  Johnson. 

1849.  Horace  Leland, 

101 


Amos  R.  Holman, 
James  Taylor, 
Oliver  C.  Bullard, 
Gilbert  Searles. 
Zadok  Woodbury, 
Putnam  King, 
Pliny  Johnson, 
Abraham  D.  Chase, 
Waldo  Putnam. 
Putnam  King, 
A.  D.  Chase, 
Pliny  Johnson, 
Waldo  Putnam, 
Lewis  Buruap. 
Putnam  King, 

A.  D.  Chase, 
Pliny  Johnson, 
Waldo  Putnam, 
Lewis  Burnap, 
LeBaron  Putnam, 
Lewis  Burnap, 
Harvey  Dodge, 

B.  L.  Batcheller, 
Solomon  Severy. 
LeBaron  Putnam, 
B.  L.  Batcheller, 
Solomon  Severy, 
Pliny  F.  Johnson, 
Paris  Tourtellott. 
B.  L.  Batcheller, 
William  Metcalf, 
Newell  Lackey, 
Leander  Lackey, 
David  T.  Dudley. 
B.  L.  Batcheller, 
Marius  M.  Hovey, 
Pliny  Johnson, 
Horace  Leland, 
Pliny  Slocomb. 
Horace  Leland, 
Marius  M.  Hovey, 
Sumner  Putnam, 
Rufus  K.  Merriam, 
James  M.  Cunliff . 
Horace  Leland, 
Marius  M.  Hovey, 
Sumner  Putnam, 
Rufus  K.  Merriam, 
Ezra  Jones. 
Horace  Leland, 
Marius^M.  Hovey, 
Sumner  Putnam, 


802 


STATISTICS    OF    THE 


Kuf  us  K.  Merriam, 
John  Darling. 

1860.  M.  M.  Hovey, 
William  R.  Hill, 
Israel  A.  Dodge, 
Nathan  Waters, 
Ellianan  Batcheller. 

1861.  William  R.  Hill, 
I.  A.  Dodge, 
Elijah  Sibley, 
Ira  Darling, 
Jonathan  Sprague. 

1862.  LA.  Dodge, 
Joel  Houghton, 
Sumner  Putnam. 

1863.  I.  A.  Dodge, 
Joel  Houghton, 
Sumner  Putnam. 

1864.  I.  A.  Dodge, 
Joel  Houghton, 
Sumner  Putnam. 

1865.  I.  A.  Dodge, 
Sumner  Putnam, 
Joel  Houghton. 

1866.  James  Taylor, 
Edward  M.  Dudley, 
Lewis  Griggs. 

1867.  James  Taylor, 
Edward  M.  Dudley, 


Lewis  Griggs. 

1868.  James  Taylor, 
Edward  M.  Dudley, 
William  Abbott. 

1869.  William  Abbott, 
E.  H.  Hutch  inson, 
J.  D.  Armsby. 

1870.  William  Abbott, 
E.  H.  Hutchinson, 
John  D.  Armsby. 

1871.  William  Abbott, 
E.  H.  Hutchinson, 
Horace  Leland. 

1872.  William  Abbott, 
E.  H.  Hutchinson, 
I.  B.  Hartwell. 

1873.  William  Abbott, 
I.  B.  Hartwell, 
J.  W.  Stockwell. 

1874.  William  Abbott, 
I.  B.  Hartwell, 

.  J.  W.  Stockwell. 

1875. '  Robert  McArthur, 
J.  W.  Stockwell, 
H.  B.  Bullard. 

1876.   Robert  McArthur, 
H.  B.  Bullard, 
Fred.  B.  Smith. 


TOWN   OF   SUTTOK. 


803 


ASSESSORS 


There  is  no  record  of  assessors  being  chosen  before  the 
year  1733.  Until  this  date  the  selectmen  probably  acted  in 
that  capacity.  Dec.  18,  1728,  "it  was  put  to  vote  to  see 
whether  ye  town  would  allow  Lieut.  Benjamin  Marsh  any- 
thing for  service  done  in  ye  years  1725  and  1728  as  Select- 
man and  Assessor;  and  ye  vote  passed  in  ye  negative." 

1733.  Jofin  Sibley,  1746. 
Simon  Dakin, 

Jeptha  Putnam. 

1734.  JohnSibley,  1747. 
Simon  Dakin, 

Jeptha  Putnam. 

1735.  JohnSibley,  1748. 
Simon  Dakiu, 

Henry  King. 

1736.  JohnSibley,  1749. 
Simon  Dakin, 

Henry  King. 

1737.  JohnSibley,  1750. 
Henry  King, 

Ens.  Robert  Goddard. 

1738.  JohnSibley,  1751. 
Robert  Goddard, 

Samuel  Dagget. 

1739.  Samuel  Boutwell,  1752. 
Jonathan  Marsh, 

Samuel  Chase. 

1740.  Obadiah  Walker,  1753. 
Jonathan  Marsh, 

Nathaniel  Goodwin. 

1741.  Lieut.  Obadiah  Walker,  1754. 
Nathaniel  Goodwin, 

Jonathan  Marsh. 

1742.  Obadiah  Walker,-  1755. 
Jonathan  Marsh, 

Ebenezer  Pierce. 

1743.  Israel  Putnam,  1756. 
Obadiah  Walker, 

Isaac  Barnard. 

1744.  Capt.  Robert  Goddard,  1757. 
Jonathan  Marsh, 

John  Sibley. 

1745.  Capt.  Robert  Goddard,  1758. 
John  Sibley, 

Jonathan  Marsh. 


Tarrant  Putnam, 
Solomon  Holman, 
Jonathan  Marsh. 
Capt.  Robert  Goddard, 
Ens.  Henry  King, 
Samuel  Chase. 
Capt.  Robert  Goddard, 
Lieut.  Henry  King, 
Ens.  Samuel  Chase. 
Tarrant  Putnam, 
Daniel  Greenwood, 
Dea.  Jonathan  Marsh. 
Lieut.  Isaac  Putnam, 
Daniel  Greenwood, 
Benjamin  Marsh,  jr. 
Lieut.  John  Fry, 
Elisha  Goddard, 
Lieut.  Benjamin  Marsh. 
Lieut.  John  Fry, 
Solomon  Holman,  jr. 
Jonathan  King. 
John  Sibley, 
Robert  Goddard, 
Jonathan  King. 
Tarrant  Putnam, 
Solomon  Holman,  jr. 
Lieut.  Benjamin  Marsh. 
Capt.  John  Fry, 
Ebenezer  Pierce, 
Lieut.  Benjamin  Marsh. 
Lieut.  Tarrant  Putnam, 
Elisha  Goddard, 
Jonathan  Wakefield. 
Lieut.  Tarrant  Putnam, 
Elisha  Goddard, 
Jonathan  Wakefield. 

Ens. Morse, 

Elisha  Goddard, 
David  HarvTOod. 


804 


STATISTICS    OF   THE 


1759.  Willis  Hall, 
Daniel  March, 

David  Harwood.  1777. 

1760.  Capt  John  Fry, 
Ebenezer  Pierce, 

Capt.  Henry  King.  1778. 

1761.  Capt.  John  Fry, 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Ebenezer  Pierce. 

1762.  Capt  John  Fry, 

Capt.  Henry  King,  1779. 

Ebenezer  Pierce. 

1763.  Capt.  John  Sibley, 

Willis  Hall,  1780. 

Ens.  Solomon  Holman, 

1764.  Capt.  John  Sibley, 

Ens.  Solomon  Holman,  1781. 

Arthur  Dagget 

1765.  John  Sibley, 

Arthur  Dagget,  1782. 

Daniel  Greenwood. 

1766.  Ebenezer  Waters, 

Willis  Hall,  1783. 

Lieut.  Elisha  Goddard. 

1767.  Ebenezer  Waters, 

Willis  Hall,  1784. 

Lieut  Elisha  Goddard. 

1768.  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam, 
Capt.  Henry  King, 
Ebenezer  Waters. 

1769.  Timothy  Sibley,  1785. 
Willis  Hall, 

Abel  Chase. 

1770.  Nathan  Putnam,  1786. 
Willis  Hall, 

Capt  Elisha  Goddard. 

1771.  Nathan  Putnam, 
Solomon  Leland, 

Capt.  Elisha  Goddard.  1787. 

1772.  Nathan  Putnam, 
Solomon  Leland, 
Capt  Elisha  Goddard. 

1773.  James  Greenwood, 

Solomon  Leland,  1788. 

Nathan  Putnam. 

1774.  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam, 
Willis  Hall, 

Amos  Dwinnel. 

1775.  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam,  1789. 
Arthur  Dagget, 

Daniel  Greenwood,  jr. 

1776.  Ebenezer  Waters, 


Solomon  Leland, 
Daniel  Greenwood. 
Ebenezer  Waters, 
Dea,  Willis  Hall, 
Andrew  Elliot. 
Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam, 
Jacob  Cummings, 
Solomon  Leland, 
Lieut.  John  Jacobs, 
Elder  Daniel  Greenwood. 
Capt.  John  Putnam, 
Lieut  Solomon  Leland, 
Dr.  James  Freeland.^ 
Capt.  John  Putnam, 
Lieut.  Solomon  Leland, 
Capt.  Andrew  Elliot 
Capt  John  Putnam, 
Lieut.  Solomon  Leland, 
John  Holland. 
Ebenezer  Waters, 
Capt.  March  Chase, 
Gardner  Waters. 
Ebenezer  Waters, 
Solomon  Leland,  Esq., 
Daniel  Greenwood. 
Capt  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
Lieut.  John  Elliot, 
Solomon  Leland, 
John  Waters, 
John  Pierce. 
Lieut  John  Elliot, 
Dea.  Willis  Hall, 
John  Pierce. 
Col.  Timothy  Sibley, 
Moody  Morse,  jr., 
Joel  Tainter, 
Nathaniel  Stockwell, 

Capt. Greenwood. 

Noah  Stockwell, 

Ensign  Nathaniel  Carriel, 

Nehemiah  Chase, 

Elder  Daniel  Greenwood, 

Jedediah  Barton. 

Lieut.  Nathaniel  Whitmore, 

Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 

Solomon  Leland, 

Josiah  Stiles,  "•"="" 

Abijah  Tainter. 

Nathan  Putnam, 

Samuel  King, 

John  Burdon, 

Jonathan  Gould, 


TOWN   OP   SUTTON. 


805 


Aaron  Pierce.  1807. 

1790.  Jacob  Severy, 
Solomon  Leland, 

Aaron  Pierce.  1808. 

1791.  Ebenezer  Waters, 
Solomon  Leland, 

Aaron  Pierce.  1809. 

1792.  Solomon  Leland, 
Aaron  Pierce, 

Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 

1793.  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
Solomon  Leland,  1810. 
Aaron  Pierce. 

1794.  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 
Solomon  Leland,  1811. 
Aaron  Pierce. 

1795.  Lieut.  Joel  Tainter, 

John  Burdon,  1812. 

Lieut.  Francis  Putnam. 

1796.  Ebenezer  Waters, 

Solomon  Leland,  Esq.,  1813. 

Aaron  Pierce. 

1797.  Col.  John  Putnam, 

Nehemiah  Chase,  1814. 

Aaron  Pierce. 

1798.  Aaron  Pierce,  Esq., 

Stephen  Holbrook,  1815. 

Lieut.  Benjamin  Batcheller. 

1799.  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 

John  Burdon,  1816. 

Aaron  Pierce. 

1800.  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury, 

Jonas  Sibley,  1817. 

Aaron  Pierce,  Esq. 

1801.  John  Haven, 

Jonas  Sibley,  1818. 

Josiah  Stiles.  •— " 

1802.  Stephen  Holbrook, 

Josiah  Stiles, — '  1819. 

Jonas  Sibley. 

1803.  Stephen  Holbrook, 

Josiah  Stiles,  1820. 

Jonas  Sibley. 

1804.  Timothy  Sampson, 

Jonas  Sibley,  1821. 

Aaron  Pierce,  Esq. 

1805.  Timothy  Sampson, 

Jonas  Sibley,  1822. 

Josiah  Stiles. — 

1806.  Asa  Putnam, 

Jonas  Sibley,  1823. 

Josiah  Stiles.  — 


Asa  Putnam, 
Nathaniel  Sibley,  jr., 
Aaron  Pierce,  Esq. 
Amos  Rich. 
John  Burdon, 
James  Greenwood,  jr. 
Amos  Rich, 
Amasa  Roberts, 
Josiah  Batcheller, 
James  Greenwood, 
Rufus  Barton. 
Darius  Russell, 
Josiah  Batcheller, 
Rufus  Barton. 
Darius  Russell, 
Josiah  Batcheller, 
Jeremiah  Pratt. 
Darius  Russell, 
Ensign  Daniel  Woodbury, 
Joshua  Carter. 
Darius  Russell, 
Daniel  Woodbury, 
Joshua  Carter. 
Darius  Russell, 
Thomas  Harback, 
Daniel  Tourtellott. 
James  Freeland, 
Darius  Russell, 
Thomas  Harback. 
Daniel  Tourtellott, 
James  Freeland, 
Jonas  Sibley. 
Jonas  Sibley, 
James  Freeland, 
Nathan  Chase. 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Daniel  Tourtellott, 
Jonathan  Leland. 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Daniel  Tourtellott, 
Jonathan  Leland. 
Thomas  Harback, 
Darius  Russell, 
Samuel  Taylor. 
Darius  Russell, 
Samuel  Taylor, 
Nathaniel  Sibley. 
Darius  Russell, 
Samuel  Taylor, 
Nathaniel  Sibley. 
Darius  Russell, 
Daniel  Tourtellott, 


806 


STATISTICS    OF   THE 


Thomas  Harback. 

1824.  Darius  Russell, 
Daniel  Tourtellott, 
Thomas  Harback. 

1825.  Thomas  Harback, 
Joshua  Arinsby,  jr., 
Reuben  Waters,  jr. 

1826.  Jonas  Sibley, 
Reuben  Waters,  jr., 
Joshua  Armsby. 

1827.  Jonas  Sibley, 
Joshua  Armsby, 
Reuben  Waters,  jr. 

1828.  Darius  Russell, 
Reuben  Waters,  jr. 

1829.  Darius  Russell, 
Reuben  Waters,  jr., 
Abraham  Chase. 

1830.  Darius  Russell, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Abraham  Chase. 

1831.  Darius  Russell, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Abraham  Chaise. 

1832.  Darius  Russell, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Abraham  Chase. 

1833.  Darius  Russell, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
George  A.  Tourtellott. 

1834.  Darius  Russell, 
George  A.  Tourtellott, 
Joseph  L.  Freeman. 

1835.  Darius  Russell, 
Samuel  Waters, 
Samuel  Bigelow. 

1836.  Darius  Russell, 
Samuel  Waters, 
Samuel  Bigelow. 

1837.  Joshua  Armsby, 
Edmund  J.  Mills, 
Sylvanus  Putnam. 

1838.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Jonas  Brown, 
Sumner  Cole. 

1839.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Sumner  Cole, 
Pliny  Slocomb. 

1840.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Sumner  Cole, 
Pliny  Slocomb. 

1841.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 


Pliny  Slocomb, 
Welcome  Whipple. 

1842.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Pliny  Slocomb. 

1843.  Pliny  Slocomb, 
Daniel  Tourtellott, 
David  Putnam. 

1844.  Reuben  Waters, 
David  Putnam, 
Sumner  Cole. 

1845.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Amos  Burdon, 
Jonathan  Dudley,  jr. 

1846.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Jonathan  Dudley, 
Amos  Burdon. 

1847.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Jonathan  Dudley, 
Amos  Burdon. 

1848.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Sumner  Cole, 
Sylvester  Sibley. 

1849.  Sylvester  Sibley, 
William  Chase, 
Joshua  Armsby. 

1850.  Sylvester  Sibley, 
Joshua  Armsby, 
Moses  Sibley. 

1851.  Joshua  Armsby, 
Horace  Leland, 
Isaac  Hathaway. 

1852.  Joshua  Armsby, 
Horace  Leland, 
Isaac  Hathaway. 

1853.  Horace  Inland, 
Sylvester  Sibley, 
Daniel  Hubbard. 

1854.  Sylvester  Sibley, 
Foster  Freeland, 
Pliny  Slocomb. 

1855.  Pliny  Slocomb, 
Pliny  F.  Johnson, 
Rufus  K.  Merriam. 

1856.  Sylvester  Sibley, 
Horace  Leland, 
Rufus  K.  Merriam. 

1857.  Sylvester  Sibley, 
Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Solomon  Severy. 

1858.  Sylvester  Sibley, 
Sylvanus  Putnam, 


TOWN    OF    8UTTON. 


807 


Solomon  Severy. 

1859.  Pliny  Slocomb, 
William  R.  Hill, 
A.  W.  Putnam. 

1860.  Pliny  Slocomb, 
William  R.  Hill, 
Sylvanus  Putnam. 

1861.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
H.  C.  Mascroft, 
M.  E.  Grossman. 

1862.  Sylvanus  Putnam, 
H.  C.  Mascroft, 
Sylvester  Sibley. 

1863.  M.  E.  Grossman, 
Sylvanus  Putnam, 
Francis  G.  Searles. 

1864.  M.  E.  Grossman, 
A.  W.  Putnam, 
Amos  B.  Stockwell. 

1865.  M.  E.  Grossman, 
A.  W.  Putnam, 
Amos  B.  Stockwell. 

1866.  Solomon  Severy, 
William  R.  Hill, 
Stephen  B.  Holbrook. 

1867.  Solomon  Severy, 
William  R.  Hill, 
Stephen  B.  Holbrook. 


1868.  Solomon  Severy, 
Putnam  King, 
A.  D.  Chase. 

1869.  William  R.  Hill, 
M.  E.  Grossman, 
William  C.  Chase. 

1870.  William  R.  Hill, 
M.  M.  Hovey, 
H.  B.  Bullard. 

1871.  I.  A.  Dodge, 
H.  B.  Bullard, 
D.  T.  Dudley. 

1872.  I.  A.  Dodge, 

M.  E.  Grossman, 
C.  H.  Searles. 

1873.  M.  E.  Grossman, 
C.  H.  Searles, 
Asa  P.  Dodge. 

1874.  C.  H.  Searles, 
Asa  P.  Dodge, 
Charles  H.  Chase. 

1875.  C.  H.  Chase, 
Asa  P.  Dodge, 
Amos  Batcheller. 

1876.  Charles  H.  Chase, 
Amos  Batcheller, 
John  R.  Humes. 


TOWN     CLERKS. 


Dec.  3,  1718—  Mar.  9,  1729, 

Mar.  1796-1823, 

Elisha  Johnson. 

"     1823-'30, 

Mar.  1720~'24,                William  King. 

"     1830-'  33, 

"     1724-'29,             Elisha  Johnson. 

"     1833-'36, 

"     1729-'30,      Lieut.  Benj.  Marsh. 

"     1836-'40, 

"     1730-'38,            Timothy  Holtou. 

"     1840-'55, 

"     1738-Sept  '45,    Elisha  Putnam. 

"     1855-'56, 

Sept.  1745-Mar.  '69,         Benj.  Morse. 

"     1856-'60, 

Mar.  1769-'78,             Benj.  Morse,  jr. 

"     1860-'61, 

"     1778-'8o,          Follansbee  Chase. 

"     1861-'67, 

"     1785-'87,                   Joseph  Hall, 

"    1867-'71, 

"     1787-'89,          Follansbee  Chase. 

"     1871-'72, 

"    1789-'95,     Nathaniel  Stockwell. 

"     1872-'76, 

"    1795-'96,               Aaroa  Pierce, 

"    1876, 

Joseph  Hall. 

Jonas  L.  Sibley. 

Edmund  J.  Mills. 

Leonard  Pierce. 

Daniel  Tenney. 

Oliver  Hall. 

Edwin  A.  Dudley. 

Salem  Chamberlain. 

George  H.  Miller. 

S.  Dexter  King. 

Wilder  S.  Holbrook. 

William  C.  Chase. 

David  T.  Thurston. 

Israel  A.  Dodge, 


808 


STATISTICS    OF   THE 


TREASURERS 


Mar.  1724-'25,                   John  Sibley.  Mar.  1822-'26, 

"  1725-'27,              Samuel  Barton.  "  1826-'27, 

"  1727-'29,                       No  record.  "  1827-'28, 

"  1729-'44,     Dea.  Elisha  Putnam.  "  1828-'32, 

"  1744-'70,  Dea.  Benj.  Woodbury.  "  l832-'34, 

"  1770-'76,      Barthol.  Woodbury.  "  1834-'36, 

".  1776-'90,     Jonathan  Woodbury.  "  1836-39, 

"  1790-'91,        Col.  B.  Woodbury.  "  1839-'40, 

"  1791-93,            Gardner  Waters.  "  1840-'41, 

"  1793-'97,  Capt.  Jona.  Woodbury.  "  1841-'42, 

"  1797-1806,      Capt.  Ezra  Russell.  "  1842-' 47, 

"  1806-' 16,         Jonas  Sibley,  Esq.  "  1847-' 50, 

"  1816-'20,      Darius  Russell,  Esq.  "  1850-'51, 

"  1820-'21,        Stephen  Stockwell.  "  1851-'55, 

"  1821-'22,           Artemas  Bullard.  "  1855-'76, 


Jonathan  Leland. 

Artemas  Bullard. 

Jonathan  Leland. 

Reuben  Waters,  jr. 

Nehemiah  Chase. 

Abraham  Chase. 

Daniel  Tenney. 

Paris  Tourtellott. 

Jonathan  Leland. 

Paris  Tourtellott. 

Jonathan  Leland. 

Veranus  C.  Hooker. 

William  C.  Chase. 

Simeon  Keith. 

George  Hastings. 


SCHOOL   COMMITTEE. 


1826.  Jonathan  Leland, 
Jonas  L.  Sibley, 
Moses  Harrington, 
Abraham  Chase, 
David  March. 

1827.  Rev.  John  Maltby, 
Rev.  Moses  Harrington, 
Rev.  Daniel  L.  B.  Goodwin. 

1828.  Rev.  John  Maltby, 
Rev.  Moses  Harrington, 
Rev.  Daniel  L.  B.  Goodwin, 
Edmund  J.  Mills, 

Jonas  L.  Sibley. 

1829.  Rev.  John  Maltby, 
Rev.  Moses  Harrington, 
Thomas  Harback, 
Welcome  Whipple, 
Paris  Tourtellott. 

1830.  Rev.  John  Maltby, 
Rev.  Moses  Harrington, 
Rev.  Job  B.  Boomer, 


Rev.  Daniel  L.  B.  Goodwin, 
Jonathan  Leland,  Esq. 
Welcome  Whipple,  Esq. 
Edmund  J.  Mills.  Esq. 

1831.   Edmund  J.  Mills, 
Dr.  Leonard  Pierce, 
Rev.  Moses  Harrington. 

1&32.   Rev.  John  Maltby, 
Rev.  John  Walker, 
Rev.  Moses  Harrington, 
Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin, 
Rev.  Job  B.  Boomer. 

1833.  Welcome  Whipple, 
David  S.  C.  H.  Smith, 
Dr.  Leonard  Pierce. 

1834.  David  S.  C.  H.  Smith, 
Leonard  Pierce, 

Henry  Rising,  who,  having  re- 
moved from  town,  Rev.  John 
Walker  was  appointed  to  fill  his 
place. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON. 


809 


1835.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy, 
Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin, 

E.  J.  Mills,  1850. 

Paris  Tourtellott, 

Nehemiah  Sibley, 

Timothy  Burnap,  1851. 

Salmon  Burdon, 

Nathaniel  Woodbury. 

1836.  Rev.  Hiram  A.  Tracy,  1852. 
Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin, 

E.  J.  Mills.* 

1837.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy,  1853. 
Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin, 

Rev.  C.  H.  Peabody. 

1838.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy,  1854. 
E.  J.  Mills, 

Rev.  C.  H.  Peabody, 

1839.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy, 
Rev.  C.  H.  Peabody, 
Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin. 

1840.  Welcome  Whipple,  1855. 
Paris  Tourtellott, 

Pliny  Slocomb. 

1841.  David  S.  C.  H.  Smith,  1856. 
Welcome  Whipple, 

Paris  Tourtellott. 

1842.  Welcome  Whipple,  1857. 
Pliny  Slocomb, 

S.  D.  King. 

1843.  S.  D.  King,  1858. 
Stephen  Marble, 

Milton  E.  Grossman. 

1844.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy,  1859. 
Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin, 

Rev.  George  Dayland. 

1845.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy, 

Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin,  1860. 

Rev.  George  Dayland.  1861. 

1846.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy, 

Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin,  1862. 

Rev.  George  Dayland. 

1847.  Rev.  Job  B.  Boomer, 
Nehemiah  B.  Chase, 
Rufus  K.  Merriam. 

1848.  Rufus  K.  Merriam,  1863. 
N.  B.  Chase, 

Joseph  Thayer.  1864. 

1849.  John  McClellau,  1865. 
Leonard  Streeter,  1866. 
Rev.  D.  L.  B.  Goodwin.  1867. 
Nov.  26,  1849,  Dr.  Wm.. Terry     1868. 
was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy    1869. 

102 


caused  by  the  resignation  of  Mr. 
Streeter. 
Joseph  Thayer, 
Amos  Burdon, 
Wm.  R.  Hill. 
Joseph  Thayer, 
William  Terrey, 
Rufus  K.  Merriam. 
William  Terrey, 
Rev.  Geo.  Lymari, 
John  G.  Johnson. 
Foster  Freeland, 
W.  H.  Woodbury, 
John  G.  Johnson. 
Foster  Freeland, 
Wm.  H.  Woodbury, 
Joseph  Whiting. 
Dec.  9,  John  G.  Johnson  and 
J.  H.  Higgins  were  chosen  to 
fill  vacancies. 
J.  G.  Johnson, 
Horatio  Slocomb, 
Simeon  Stockwell  (declined). 
Wm.  Terrey, 
Benjamin  H.  Chase, 
Rufus  K.  Merriam. 
Geo.  P.  Stockwell, 
Rev.  Geo.  Lyman, 
Benjamin  H.  Chase. 
Foster  Freeland,  3  years, 
William  Terrey,  2  years, 
Newell  Wedge,  1  year. 
Dr.  Terrey  resigned,  and  Rev. 
John  S.  Haradon  was  elected  to 
fill  his  place. 
Wm.  R.  Hill,  3  years. 
Rev.  John  S.  Haradon,  3  years. 
Dr.  J.  M.  Newell,  3  years, 
Newell  Wedge,  1  year. 
Newell  Wedge,  3  years. 
Dec.  €9,  the  committee  chose 
M.  E.  Crossmau  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy caused  by  the  death  of 
Dr.  J.  M.  Newell. 
M.  E.  Crossrnan,  1  year, 
I.  B.  Hartwell,  3  years. 
M.  E.  Crossman,  3  years. 
A.  W.  Putnam,  3  years. 
A.  L.  Stickney,  3  years. 
P.  D.  King,  3  years. 
F.  N.  Knapp,  3  years. 
A.  L.  Stickney,  3  years, 


810 


STATISTICS    OF   THE 


C.  L.  Thompson,  1  year. 

1870.  Jason  Waters,  3  years, 
Foster  Freeland,  3  years. 

1871.  Leander  Putnam,  1  year, 
John  K.  Humes,  2  years, 

H.  W.  Chamberlain,  3  years, 
K.  R.  Dodge,  3  years, 
Horace  Leland,  3  years, 
Fred.  T.  Stockwell,  3  years, 
Joel  Houghton,  3  years. 


1872.  Rev.  H.  A.  Tracy,  3  years, 
E.  P.  Gardner,  2  years, 

Dr.  Herbert  Shurtliff,  1  year. 

1873.  I.  B.  Hartwell,  3  years, 
J.  W.  Stockwell,  2  years, 
H.  B.  Bullard,  1  year. 

1874.  Rev.  Philip  Berry,  3  years. 

1875.  M.  E.  Crossman,  3  years. 

1876.  Rev.  W.  A.  Benedict,  3  years, 
Rev.  C.  L.  Thompson,  1  year. 


REPRESENTATIVES. 


1726.   Voted  not  to  send.  1786. 

1730.  Lieut.  Samuel  Dudley.  1787. 

1731.  Lieut.  Samuel  Dudley. 

1732.  Voted  not  to  send. 

1733.  Voted  not  to  send.  1788. 
1735.   Dea.  Percival  Hall.  1789. 

The  town  records  do  not  show  1790. 

that  any  representatives   were  1791. 

chosen  from  1735  to  1763.  1792. 

1763.  Henry  King.  1793. 

1764.  Henry  King.  1794. 

1765.  Henry  King.  1795. 
1768.   Henry  King.  1796. 

1773.  Capt.  Henry  King.  1797. 

1774.  Voted  to  send  Edward  Putnam  1798. 
a  delegate  to  meet  the  General  1799. 
Congress  when  and  where  they  1800. 
shall  meet.  1801. 

1774.  Capt.  Henry  King.  1802. 

1775.  Jan.  5,  Capt.  Henry  King  and  1803. 
Elder   Amos    Singletary    were  1804. 
chosen  delegates  to  attend  the  1805. 
Provincial    Congress    at   Cam-  1806. 
bridge,  Feb.  1st  next. 

1775.   May.   Henry  King.  1807. 
Amos  Singletary. 

1777.  Dea.  Willis  Hall,  1808. 
Amos  Singletary. 

1778.  Amos  Singletary.  1809. 

1780.  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 

1781.  Amos  Singletary,  Esq. 

1785.   Capt.  March  Chase.  1810. 


Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 
Amos  Singletary, 
Dea.  David  Harwood, 
Dr.  James  Freeland. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 
Solomon  Leland,  Esq. 
Col.  Timothy  Sibley. 
Voted  not  to  send. 
Dr.  James  Freeland. 
Major  Samuel  Waters. 
Major  Samuel  Waters. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 
Dr.  Stephen  Monroe. 
Dr.  Stephen  Monroe. 
Dr.  Stephen  Monroe. 
Dr.  Stephen  Monroe. 
Dr.  Stephen  Monroe. 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Josiah  Stiles.  \ 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Josiah  Stiles.  \ 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Josiah  Stiles. 
Josiah  Stiles, 
Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 
Estes  Howe,  Esq. 
Josiah  Stiles,  N, 


TOWN    OF   SUTTON. 


811 


Jonas  Sibley,  Esq., 
Estes  Howe,  Esq., 
Darius  Russell. 

1811.  Josiah  Stiles. 
Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. , 
Estes  Howe,  Esq., 
Darius  Russell. 

1812.  Josiah  Stiles, 
Jonas  Sibley,  Esq., 
Abijah  Burbank, 
Darius  Russell. 

1813.  Darius  Russell, 
Jonas  Sibley, 
Abijab  Burbank. 

1814.  Jonas  Sibley, 
Darius  Russell. 

1815.  Josiah  Wheelock. 

1816.  None  sent. 

1817.  Jonas  Sibley. 

1818.  Jonas  Sibley. 

1819.  Jonas  Sibley. 

1820.  Jonas  SiWey. 

1821.  Jonas  Sibley. 

1822.  Jonas  Sibley. 

1823.  ElishaHale, 
Abner  Chase. 

1824.  ElishaHale, 
Jonas  L.  Sibley. 

1825.  Voted  not  to  send. 

1826.  Jonas  Sibley. 

1827.  Jonas  Sibley. 

1828.  Jonas  Sibley. 

1829.  Jonas  Sibley, 
Daniel  Tourtellott. 

1830.  Joshua  Armsby, 
Jonas  L.  Sibley. 

1831.  Joshua  Armsby, 
Jonas  L.  Sibley. 

1832.  Joshua  Armsby, 
Edmund  J.  Mills. 

1833.  Samuel  Taylor, 
Sumner  Cole. 

1834.  Samuel  Taylor, 
Sumner  Cole. 

1835.  Darius  Putnam, 
Asa  Woodbury. 

1836.  Darius  Putnam, 
Asa  Woodbury. 


1837.  Joshua  Armsby. 

1838.  Welcome  Whipple, 
Peter  Putnam. 

1839.  Welcome  Whipple, 
Benjamin  Woodbury. 

1840.  Sylvanus  Putnam. 

1841.  Sylvanus  Putnam. 

1842.  Zelek  Darling,  jr. 

1843.  Zelek  Darling,  jr. 

1844.  Zadock  Woodbury. 

1845.  No  choice. 

1846.  No  choice. 

1847.  Zadock  Woodbury. 

1848.  Zadock  Woodbury. 

1849.  No  choice. 

1850.  Salem  Chamberlain. 

1851.  Timothy  Burnap. 

1852.  No  choice. 

1853.  Sumner  Cole. 

1854.  A.  A.  Lombard. 

1855.  Sumner  Cole. 

1856.  Benjamin  L.  Batcheller. 

1857.  Simon  J.  Woodbury. 

1858.  None  sent  from  Button.  A  new 
apportionment    of    representa- 
tives was  made  in  1857,  and  Sut- 
ton  was  united  with  Millbury 
and  Oxford  as  the  25th  repre- 
sentative district. 

1859.  None  from  Sutton. 

1860.  William  R.  Hill. 

1861.  None  from  Sutton. 

1862.  Jason  Waters. 

1863.  Jason  Waters. 

1864.  None  from  Sutton. 

1865.  S.  Dexter  King. 

1866.  S.  Dexter  King. 

1867.  None  from  Sutton. 

1868.  James  M.  Cunliff. 

1869.  None  from  Sutton. 

1870.  Edwin  "H.  Hutchinson. 
1871. .  None  from  Sutton. 

1872.  None  from  Sutton. 

1873.  William  Abbott. 

1874.  Marius  M.  Hovey. 

1875.  None  from  Sutton. 

1876.  None  from  Sutton. 


812 


STATISTICS    OF   THE 


TOWN      TAX. 


1723, 

£16 

1779, 

£1000 

1829, 

$2000 

1725, 

3 

1780, 

6000 

1830, 

1700 

1726, 

12 

1781, 

old  tenor,  42,000 

1831, 

800 

1731, 

60 

1781, 

silver,      2500 

1832, 

3800 

1732, 

10 

1782, 

300 

18:33, 

3000 

1733, 

40 

1783, 

200 

1834, 

2000 

1734, 

.   15 

1784, 

200 

1835. 

3800 

1735, 

20 

1785, 

200 

1836, 

1600 

1736, 

20 

1786, 

50 

1837, 

3400 

1738, 

20 

1787, 

120 

1838, 

4500 

1739, 

20 

1788, 

20 

1839, 

3300 

1740, 

100 

1789, 

article  passed  over     1840, 

3300 

1741, 

120 

1790, 

200     1841, 

2500 

1742, 

120 

1791. 

150 

1842, 

2800 

1743, 

old  tenor,    150 

1792, 

150 

1843, 

2800 

1744, 

140 

1793, 

175 

1844, 

2800 

1745, 

100 

1794, 

200 

1845, 

2800 

1746, 

100 

1795, 

200 

1846, 

6500 

1747, 

80 

1796, 

200 

1847, 

700 

1748, 

80 

1797, 

$900 

1848, 

1000 

1749, 

old  tenor,    130 

1798, 

200 

1849, 

3500 

1750, 

40 

1799, 

700 

1850, 

2500 

1751, 

lawful  money,  30     1800, 

700 

1851, 

3000 

1752, 

40     1801, 

600 

1852, 

2000 

1753, 

50 

1802, 

600 

1853, 

2500 

1754, 

60 

1803, 

700 

1854, 

4000 

1755, 

70 

1804, 

700 

1855, 

6000 

1756, 

70 

1805, 

1100 

1856, 

6000 

1757, 

60 

1806, 

1200 

1857, 

6000 

1758, 

60 

1807, 

1000 

1858, 

4500 

1759, 

60 

1809, 

800 

1859, 

4500 

1760, 

60 

1810, 

1000 

1860, 

2500 

1761, 

60 

1811, 

1000 

1861, 

4000 

1762, 

60 

1812, 

1700 

1862, 

3000 

1763, 

70 

1813, 

1800 

1863, 

4500 

1764, 

80 

1814, 

1200 

1864, 

4800 

17(85, 

65 

1815, 

1600 

1865, 

9500 

1966, 

80 

1816, 

1300 

1866, 

5600 

1767, 

90 

1817, 

1600 

1867, 

5000 

1768, 

100 

1818, 

1400 

1868, 

7500 

1769, 

120 

1819, 

1400 

1869, 

7000 

1770, 

10 

1820, 

400 

1870, 

10,000 

1771, 

£43,  6s,  8d 

1821, 

1700 

1871, 

7000 

1772, 

80 

1822, 

1400 

1872, 

2000 

1778, 

70 

1823, 

1200 

1873, 

4000 

1774, 

80 

1824, 

1500 

1874, 

4500 

1775, 

100 

1825, 

3300 

1875, 

8000 

1776, 

40 

1826, 

3300 

1876, 

5000 

1777, 

135 

1827, 

2000 

1778, 

300 

1828, 

2400 

TOWN   OF    SUTTON. 


813 


HIGHWAY    TAX 


1732,           £30 

1777, 

£150 

1827, 

1733,            40 

1778, 

300 

1828, 

1734,           150 

1779, 

1800 

1829, 

1735,           200 

1780, 

6500 

1830, 

1736,           200 

1781, 

silver  money,  225 

1831, 

1737,           100 

1782, 

"      225 

1832, 

1738,           200 

1783, 

"      225 

1833, 

1739,           300 

1784, 

silver  money,  225 

1834, 

1740,           300     1785, 

"      300 

1835, 

1741,           300     1786, 

300 

1836, 

1742,  old  tenor,    300     1787, 

300 

1837, 

1743,    •'       300     1788, 

300 

1838, 

1744,           300 

1789, 

200 

1839, 

1745,           300 

1790, 

'  200 

1840, 

1746,           300 

1791, 

200 

1841, 

1747,           150 

1792, 

200 

1842, 

1748,           300 

1793, 

250 

1843, 

1749,           400 

1794, 

200 

1844, 

1750,  lawful  money,  80 

1795, 

200 

1845, 

1751, 

60 

1796, 

300 

1846, 

1752, 

80 

1797, 

250 

1847, 

1753, 

100 

1797, 

$200 

1848, 

1754, 

80 

1798, 

£300 

1849, 

1755, 

100 

1799, 

$1000 

1850, 

1756, 

100 

1800, 

1500 

1851, 

1757, 

120 

1801, 

1500 

1852, 

1758, 

60 

1802, 

1500 

1853, 

1759, 

80  . 

1803, 

1600 

1854, 

1760, 

100 

1804, 

1500 

1855, 

1761, 

150 

1805, 

1600 

1856, 

1762, 

100 

1806, 

3700 

1857, 

1763, 

100 

1807, 

2300 

1858, 

1764, 

150 

1808, 

1500 

1859, 

1765, 

150 

1809, 

1800 

1860, 

1766, 

130 

1810, 

2000 

1861, 

1767, 

150 

1811, 

2000 

1862, 

1768, 

150 

1812, 

2000 

1863, 

1769, 

200 

1813, 

2000 

1864, 

1770, 

200 

1814, 

1200 

1865, 

1771, 

300 

1815, 

1000 

1866, 

1772, 

300 

1816, 

1000 

1867, 

1773, 

200 

1817, 

1000 

1868, 

1774,           200 

1818, 

800 

1869, 

1775,  "Every  able  bodied 

1819, 

1000 

1870, 

person  from  sixteen 

1820, 

1000 

1871, 

to  seventy  years  of 

1821, 

1000 

1872, 

age  required  to  work 

1822, 

1000 

1873, 

one  day  under  the  di- 

1823, 

1000 

1874, 

rection  of  the  survey- 

1824, 

1300 

1875, 

ors." 

1825, 

1000 

1876, 

1776,           150 

1826, 

1000 

1200 
1200 
1200 
1200 
3800 
1200 
1200 
1200 
1200 
1400 
1400 
1400 
1400 
1400 
1400 
1500 
1500 
1500 
1200 
1400 
1400 
1500 
1500 
1000 
1500 
1500 
2500 
2250 
2250 
2250 
1500 
1600 
2250 
2250 
1500 
1500 
2500 
2500 
2000 
2000 
2500 
2500 
2500 
3000 
2500 
3000 
3000 
3000 
2800 


814 


STATISTICS    OF    THE 


SCHOOL     TAX. 


1732, 

£15 

1798, 

£250      1838, 

1733, 

£28,  12s 

1799, 

$833 

1839, 

1734, 

£20 

1800, 

833 

1840, 

1735, 

20 

1801, 

£250 

1841, 

1736, 

40 

1802, 

$833 

1842, 

1737, 

30 

1803, 

833 

1843, 

1738, 

50 

1804, 

833 

1844, 

1739, 

50 

1805, 

833      1845, 

From  1740  to  1769  in- 

• 1806, 

1000      1846, 

clusive,  see  town  tax, 

1807, 

1000      1847, 

which  embraced  the 

1808, 

1000 

1848, 

school  tax. 

1809, 

1000 

1849, 

1770, 

50 

1810, 

1000 

1850, 

1771, 

50 

1811, 

1000 

1851, 

1772, 

60 

1812, 

1000 

1852, 

1773, 

65 

1813, 

1000 

1853, 

1774, 

65 

1814, 

700 

1854, 

1775, 

0 

1815, 

712 

1855, 

1776, 

70 

1816, 

712 

1856, 

1777, 

70 

1817, 

712 

1857, 

1778, 

200 

1818, 

730 

1858, 

1779, 

600 

1819, 

730 

1859, 

1780, 

6500 

1820, 

750 

1860, 

1781,  silver, 

100 

1821, 

750 

1861, 

1782, 

100 

1822, 

750 

1862, 

1783, 

100 

1823, 

800 

1863, 

1784, 

100 

1824, 

800 

1864, 

1785, 

120 

1825, 

800 

1865, 

1786, 

100 

1826, 

800 

1866, 

1787, 

100 

1827, 

800 

1867, 

1788, 

100 

1828, 

800 

1868, 

1789, 

200 

1829, 

1000 

1869, 

1790, 

120 

1830, 

1000 

1870, 

1791, 

150 

1831, 

1000 

1871, 

1792, 

150 

1832, 

1200 

1872, 

1793, 

200 

1833, 

1200 

1873, 

1794, 

200 

1834, 

1200 

1874, 

1795, 

200 

1835, 

1200 

1875, 

1796, 

200 

1836, 

1200 

1876, 

1797, 

250      1837, 

1200 

$1200 
1200 
1200 
1200 
1200 
1200 
1200 
1500 
1200 
1500 
1000 
1500 
2000 
1500 
1500 
1500 
1500 
1800 
1500 
1800 
2000 
2350 
2000 
2000 
1500 
1500 
2000 
2000 
2500 
2500 
3000 
3200 
3500 
3500 
3500 
3500 
3500 
3500 
3800 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON. 


815 


1776.  Dea.  Tarrant  Putnam. 

1777.  Lieut.  Samuel  Dagget. 

1778.  Dea.  Ebenezer  Pierce, 
Capt.  Elisha  Goddard, 
Col.  Jonathan  Holman. 

1780.   Major  Joshua  Hathaway. 

1787.  Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 

1788.  Ensign  Nathaniel  Carriel, 
Capt.  James  Greenwood, 
Lieut.  John  Elliot, 

Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 

1790.  Capt.  John  Woodbury. 

1791.  Capt.  March  Chase. 

1792.  Capt.  March  Chase. 

1793.  Capt.  March  Chase. 

1794.  Capt.  March  Chase. 

1796.  Lieut.  Asa  Goodale. 

1797.  Ebenezer  Waters. 

1798.  Ebenezer  Waters. 

1801.   Capt.  Jonathan  Woodbury. 


1802.  Capt.  March  Chase. 

1803.  Capt.  March  Chase. 

1804.  Capt.  March  Chase, 
John  Hall. 

1805.  Capt.  March  Chase, 
Estes  Howe,  Esq. 

1806.  Estes  Howe,  Esq. 
1816.   Jonas  Sibley,  Esq. 
1831.   Samuel  Taylor. 
1834.   Edward  Clark. 

1838.  Samuel  Taylor. 

1839.  Samuel  Taylor. 

1840.  Zelek  Darling,  jr. 

1841.  Zelek  Darling,  jr. 

1842.  Zelek  Darling,  jr. 
1846.  Samuel  Taylor. 

1854.   B.  L.  Batcheller,  declined. 

Sylvester  Sibley,  declined. 

1854.   Nov.  13,  B.  L.  Batcheller. 


MINISTERIAL  AND  SCHOOL  MONEY. 


In  1775  the  Ministerial  Fund  was  reported  as  being   £419,    2s,  lid, 

Interest,  %&>    2»    11» 

Of  this  interest  Dr.  Hall  received,  7, 

Elder  Marsh  received,  1,  11, 

North  Parish  received,  4,  13,     9,      2  far. 

The  town  received,  11,  18,     1,      2, 

The  School  Fund  was  144,  17. 

It  is  not  known  what  became  of  this  fund.  It  was  probably  lost  by  bad 
investment. 


816  SKETCH   OF    COMMITTEE. 


SKETCH  OF  COMMITTEE. 


WE  close  our  history  by  giving  brief  sketches  of  the 
members  of  the  Committee  of  Publication. 

BENJAMIN  L.  BATCHELLEK, 

Son  of  Lewis  and  Sophia  Batcheller,  was  born  in  Sutton, 
Ausf.  27,  1826.  He  received  his  education  in  the  common 

O 

schools  of  the  town,  has  been  a  farmer,  manufacturer  of 
boots  and  shoes  —  has  held  the  town  offices  of  overseer  of 
the  poor,  selectman,  and  is  now  town  clerk.  He  has  like- 
wise been  several  times  the  agent  of  the  town.  His  last 
and  most  efficient  service  as  such  was  in  the  year  1854,  when, 
upon  the  petition  of  Joshua  Leland  and  others,  a  most 
persistent  attempt  was  made  in  the  legislature  for  the  forma- 
tion of  a  new  township  from  the  eastern  part  of  Sutton  and 
the  western  part  of  Grafton. 

Through  his  skillful  management  of  the  matter  the  bill 
failed,  and  no  efforts  for  a  dismemberment  of  the  town  have 
since  been  made. 

He  also  represented  his  native  town  in  the  legislature  of 
1856-57. 

CHARLES  H.  CHACE, 

Son  of  Caleb  and  Julia  A.  Chace,  was  born  -in  Fall  River, 
Nov.  14,  1836  ;  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  place  ;  left  the  high  school  hi  the  fourteenth  year  of 
his  age  for  a  clerkship  in  the  office  of  David  Anthony, 
treasurer  of  the  Fall  River  railroad  company,  and  the  Bay 
State  line  of  steamers  to  New  York,  in  which  capacity  he 
remained  a  year,  and  then  accepted  the  responsible  position 
of  freight  clerk  upon  the  same  line,  which  position  he  filled 
for  several  years  with  such  success  that  not  an  article  of 
freight  passing  over  the  line  from  Boston  to  New  York,  was, 
during  that  time,  lost. 


TOWN    OF    SUTTON.  817 

In  the  twentieth  year  of  his  age  he  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  lost  everything  in 
the  financial  crash  of  1857.  In  1860  he  engaged  as  book- 

O     O 

keeper  in  a  large  wholesale  and  retail  store  in  Pennsylvania, 
in  which  position  he  was  when  the  war  broke  out  in  1861. 
Speaking  of  the  excitement  attendant  upon  this  time,  he 
says  :  "One  day,  about  eleven  o'clock  A.  M.,  I  shut  up  my 
books,  and  without  saying  a  word  went  to  the  stable,  took  a 
horse  and  carriage,  and  at  six  o'clock  P.  M.  the  same  day 
had  one  hundred  and  twenty  men  at  the  depot  and  started 
for  Harrisburg."  He  was  mustered  in,  and  served  in  the 
infantry  or  artillery  branch  of  the  service,  in  most  of  the 
battles  of  the  army  of  the  Potomac. 

In  the  fall  of  1862  he  passed  an  examination  before  a 
board  of  regular  army  officers  for  a  position  in  the  regular 
army,  was  approved,  commissioned  captain,  and  assigned  to 
duty  in  the  eighth  (afterwards  the  eleventh)  United  States 
artillery,  which  was  ordered  to  New  Orleans  and  did  effective 
service  in  the  Teche  country. 

He  was  appointed  an  "inspector  general"  and  an  "ord- 
nance officer"  on  General  Sherman's  staff. 

As  inspector  general  he  was  complimented  on  the  charac- 
ter of  his  reports,  as. being  "most  complete." 

The  position  of  ordnance  officer  he  held  for  eighteen 
months,  during  all  which  time  he  was  responsible  for  more 
than  two  million  dollars'  worth  of  stores.  He  was  brev- 
etted  Major  for  meritorious  conduct,  and  detailed  to  notify 
the  notorious  guerrilla  chieftain,  "Bailey  Vincent,"  of  the 
surrender  of  Lee,  and  to  receive  his  surrender  and  that  of 
his  command,  which  was  done.  When  mustered  out,  Nov. 
5,  1865  —  nine  months  after  the  close  of  the  war  —  though 

o 

it  was  the  practice  to  stop  .the  pay  of  officers  for  any  slight 
mistake  in  their  accounts,  so  accurate  were  his  accounts  that 
he  was  at  once  paid  in  full  after  landing  from  the  steamer  at 
Providence. 

Mr.  Chaee,  after  his  return,  accepted  an  appointment  in 
the  Providence  custom  house,  where  he  remained  three 


103 


818  SKETCH   OF    COMMITTEE. 

years.  He  has  been  for  the  past  six  years  the  efficient 
book-keeper,  paymaster  and  engineer  of  the  Mauchaug 
company. 

He  is  at  present  one  of  the  assessors,  and  chairman  of 
the  board. 

EDWIN  H.  HUTCHINSON, 

Sou  of  Simon  and  Vandalinda  Hutchinsou,  was  born  in 
Suttou,  Aug.  22,  1821.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
the  town,  has  always  been  a  farmer  and  lived  on  the  old 
homestead. 

He  has  been  selectman,  a  deacon  in  the  first  Congrega- 
tional church,  and  representative  from  the  fifteenth  district 
in  the  legislatures  of  1870-71. 

AMOS  BATCHELLER, 

Son  of  Elhanan  and  Lucinda  Batcheller,  was  born  in  Sutton, 
Dec.  24,  1834. 

He,  like  all  the  others  comprising  the  committee,  received 
his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  is  a 
farmer  and  insurance  agent,  assessor,  and  a  deacon  in  the 
first  Congregational  church. 

SOLOMON  D.  KING, 

Son  of  Solomon  and  Ruth  King,  was  born  in  Sutton,  Dec. 
15,  1813.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
town,  and  the  private  school  of  Rev.  George  A.  Willard ; 
has  been  a  school-teacher  and  farmer ;  has  held  the  offices  of 
school  committee,  overseer  of  the  poor,  and  town  clerk  for 
six  years,  from  1861  to  1867. 

He  also  represented  the  fifteenth  district  in  the  legisla- 
tures of  1865-66  and  1866-67.  • 


4. 


Heliotype  Printing  Co,, 


220  Devonshire  St.,  Boston. 


INDEX 


PAGE. 

PAGE. 

Abbott,  Alvan,  Rev.                        180 

Armsby,  Amos                                255 

"       Charles                               312 

"        Enos                          367,  583 

"       John                                   341 

Fayette                             379 

"       William                              208 

'        George  F.                          696 

Adams,  Abner                                583 

'        James  H.                   368,  369 

"       Augustus                           385 

'        John                          372,  384 

Israel                                   583 

'        Joshua               370,  584,  696 

"       James                         582,  583 

1        Joshua  W.                        696 

"       Oliver                                 377 

"        Lewis                                096 

"       Samuel                               582 

"        Silas                           307,  583 

"       The  Misses                         407 

Arnold,  Emmett                             696 

"       Welcome                            385 

"       Nathan                              239 

Advertisement,  with  reference 

"       place,                                 239 

to  saving  paper  rags,                   112 

Assessors,  names  of                        8U3 

Agents,  Town                    88,  129,  815 
Aid  to  families  of  soldiers, 

"      to  whom  to  make  returns,  95 
Authority,  parental  to  be  enforced,  94 

110,  159,  160 

Axtell,  Thomas                               365 

Aid  rich,  Amos                                 379 

"      William                               341 

"        Anna,  Mrs.                       204 

Bacon,  Jonathan                            584 

"        Daniel                               275 

"      Rufus                           193,  213 

"        Robert                               241 

"      Sard  i  us.                               422 

"        Welcome                   395,  307 

"      William                               58-1 

Allen,  Daniel,                                  583 

Baker,  Smith                                   241 

"      Elijah                                   583 

Baldwin,  Charles  I>.                        422 

"      George  C.                      363,  364 

Ball,  John  E.                                  323 

"      John                             364,  583 

Ballon,  F.                                        383 

"      Jonas                                    583 

Bancroft,  Benjamin                        584 

Allowance  to  Baptist  society,          69 

"        Jacob                               584 

Ambler,  Ch  rles  C.                         333 

"        Joseph                     879,  584 

"        Christopher,              219,  225 

"        Moses                       684,  C77 

Ammunition,  town      00,  95,  106,  110 

Baptists,                                      58,  71 

Audersoii,  Daniel  G.,  Rev.            381 

Barber,  Uymcn                               419 

Edward                  381,  419 

Barnard,  Isaac                                584 

James                           381 

"         John                                585 

"         John                              419 

"         Jonathan                         585 

"          413 

"         Joshua                             585 

Andrew,  John  A.,  Gov.  163.  165,  166 

Barnes,  Benjamin                            231 

Auecdote  of  lost  lamb,             176-179 

"       J.  W.                                  390 

"        revolutiouary,                 191 

Barrett,  Win.  M.,  Dr                      095 

Angell,  365 

Bartlctt,  Jehu                                 364 

Annals,                                        9-170 

"        John                                 586 

Armories,  depletion  of                    103 

"        John  IT.                    146,  580 

Arms,  deficiency  of  good                163 

"        Richard                      685,  580 

"      agent  sent  to  Europe  to 

"        Roger                                586 

procure,                            163 

Barton,  Bczaleel                              680 

"      State  appropriation  for        164 

"       Charles  Henry                   002 

820 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 

PAGE. 

Barton,  Edmund                             586 

Boomer,  James                               697 

Edmund  Mills                    602 

« 

Job  B.,  Rev.                      347 

Elisha                                   587 

< 

Lucius  B.                          696 

George  Edward                  603 

< 

William                             398 

Ira  Moore,  Judge       600,  601 

Bond,  Alvan,  Rev.,  D.  D.       323,  324 

Jedediah                             587 

< 

Jonas                                    591 

Reuben                               587 

< 

Josiah                                   591 

Samuel                        239,  586 

< 

Oliver                                    591 

Sumner                               194 

i 

Wra.,  Dea. 

Wm.  Sumner,  A.  M.         601 

323,  324,  325,  590,  591 

Barrows,                                          354 

Boundary  of  training  field  and 

Bashaw,  T.                                      412 

burying-ground,                             49 

Bastow,  Sumner,  Esq.             187,  194 

Bounty  to  soldiers,          105,  132,  166 

Batcheller,  Abner.           385,  386,  588 

Boutell,  Samuel                               591 

"          Abraham       377,  378,  588 

Bowker,  381 

"          Amos                     376,  589 

Boyce,  Andrew                               382 

"          Benjamin              377,  588 

"     Benjamin                             327 

B.  L.  249,  306,  377,  588,  810 

« 

Ebenezer                              334 

B.  F.                      249,  588 

"     Lucius                                  333 

David                            588 

Boyd,  420 

Elhaaan         378,  381,  589 

Brigham,  Elijah,  Rev.                     370 

*          Ezra               375,  379,  589 

Henry  M.          195,  325,  383 

1          Henry     186,  188,  271,  588 

"        Jacob,                              370 

Horace                  357,  590 

John,  M.  D.            370,  378 

1          Horace  W.                    590 

"        Mr.                                   415 

'          John                              588 

Brown,  Abraham                              181 

Jonas     349,  358,  365,  589 

"       A.  F.                                    353 

Joseph                           587 

"       Daniel                                 376 

Josiah                           589 

"       Felix                                   379 

'          Lewis                            588 

"       Jeremiah                            231 

Mark              588,  589,  614 

"      Jonas                          419,  420 

'          Messrs.                          351 

"       Silas,                                   183 

Moses                     386,  416 

Buckman,  Daniel                           591 

'•         Simeon,  jr.                    379 

Isaiah                              592 

"          Stephen,  Rev.               587 

"          Jeremiah                       591 

"          Warren'                 357,  590 

"          Joseph                           591 

"          William,  Kev.              589 

"          Russell                    291,  592 

Bates,  Erastus                                 242 

"          Stephen                         591 

Battle,  early  Indian                        231 

Bugbee,  Daniel                                234 

Beasley,  Joseph                               404 

Buliard,  Artemas 

Beecher,  H.  W.,  Rev.      200,  608,  609 

200,  595,  600,  603,  604 

Belknap,  419 

"        Asa                                    595 

Bennett,  George                              227 

"        Asa,  Rev.                          605 

"        John                                 226 

Benjamin           593,  594,  595 

"        Nathan                             213 

'        E.  W.,  Rev.  A.  M.            607 

Bigelow,  Amos                                194 

1        Elijah                                292 

"        Jason                                195 

'        Henry,  Rev.                      603 

"        Jedediah                           590 

'        Henry  B.            190,  200,  606 

"        Liberty                             194 

'        Harry  Fletcher                  609 

"        Moses                                381 

1        Ira  Barton                        605 

"        Samuel,  Capt.           382,  383 

'        Jesse  Mason,  M.  D.          609 

Births  and  deaths  to  be  trans- 

'       Joseph               200,  605,  606 

cribed,                                          129 

'        Oliver  Crosby            184,  610 

Bixbee,  Samuel                               590 

'        Robert                                593 

"      Simon                                 590 

'        Talbut,  M.  D.                   609 

Blanchard,  260 

'        Wm.  Mason,  M.  D.          609 

John                              592 

Wm.  Reed                         605 

"          Joseph                          592 

'        Wm.  Sumner                    610 

"          Samuel                          592 

Burbank,  Abijah                             611 

Stephen                        592 

Caleb                               611 

"          Thomas          572,  758-769 

Daniel                               611 

Bliss,  Harrison                                271 

Elijah                              611 

Bolster,  Ransom  C.                  225,  226 

"        Joseph  P.,  Rev.               347 

Boomer,  Geo.  B.,  Gen.                  347 

Burdon,  Amos          340,  361,  362,  612 

INDEX. 


821 


PAGE.                                                                                            PACK. 

Burden,  Isaac 

321      Carter,  Samuel,  Rev.                      619 

John,  209,  210,  250,  364,  611,    :        "      Thomas,  Rev.             617,  618 

612,  613                    Timothy,  Dr.                       291 

"        Jonathan 

146,  328,  612      Case,  George                                   359 

"        Mrs.  Lavina 

272      Casey,  John                                    354 

"        Lyman 

335,  613      Celebration  of  capture  of  Cornwallis, 

"        Maj.  Rufus 

328,  613   '                                                      119,  120 

"        Salmon 

340,  364,  612               "         Union                           149 

Burnap,  Abijah 

613,  614 

Centennial                    170 

"        Cyrus 

614 

Cemetery,  South  Suttou                 360 

"        Ebenezer 

388,  613             "         Howard                          167 

Elijah 

389,  614 

Chaise,  first  in  town                       175 

"        James 

239,  614 

Chamberlain,  George                      695 

John 

370,  614 

Horace  N.,  365,  366,  620 

"        John  S. 

370 

Jacob                         620 

"        Lewis 

399,  614 

Joseph                      619 

"        Thomas 

613 

Lee                           408 

"        Timothy 

388,  613,  614 

Lucas                       372 

"        Timothy,  jr. 

389 

Nahum  W.                620 

Burnet,  Dr. 

206 

Salem                       308 

Burnham,  Offen 

412 

Simeon                     620 

Burr,  Fred.  P. 

351 

Thomas                     619 

Burt,  Benjamin 

364 

Chappel,  James                               341 

"     David 

354 

Chase,  Abel                     231,  625,  626 

"     Ellis 

379 

Mrs.  Abigail                        627 

"     Richmond 

331 

Abner                                  417 

Burroughs,  

363 

Abraham                     417,  623 

Buxton,  Andrew 

615 

Abraham  Dudley,  417,423,623 

"        Enos 

224,  615 

Ambrose                             625 

"        John 

615 

Aquila                                   620 

"        Joseph 

615 

Benoni                         382,  627 

"        Simeon 

615 

Bradford                              627 

Caldwell,  Ebenezer 

186,  193 

Caleb             406,  "417,  419,  623 

Campbell,  Ezra 

374 

Charles                                  627 

"         Salmon 

374,  378 

Daniel           417,  620,  621,  623 

Carlin,  Thomas 

357 

David                                   626 

Carl  ton,  Benjamin 

204,  415 

David  P.                              624 

"        James 

386 

Dudley                         38?,  621 

Carpenter,  Adams 

616 

Follausbee                   276,  624 

Mrs.  Adams 

195 

Francis                                  625 

Elisha 

325,  615 

Horatio                               419 

Emmoris 

343 

Isaac                                    625 

John 

321,  616 

Jonas                                    626 

Jonathan 

363 

Jonathan             415,  416,  621 

Noah 

615 

Joshua                          623,  626 

Samuel 

360 

Josiah                                 627 

Seth 

616 

Levi                                     417 

Simeon 

321,  325,  615 

March,  414,  415,  416,  417,  621 

Tyler 

325,  616 

Moses            417,  620,  624,  626 

William 

615 

Nathan                         374,  627 

Carr  el,  Aaron 

617 

Nehemiah            320,  417,  623 

'        Daniel 

617 

Nehemiah  B.               417,  623 

'        Jeduthan 

617 

Paul                                     623 

'        John            206, 

207,  221,  617 

Philip                            275,  624 

Jonathan 

228,  616 

Reuben                                624 

'       Joseph 

616 

Reuben  F.     275,  305,  321,  625 

Nathaniel,  229, 

265,  616,  617 

.    Rogers                                 627 

'       Samuel 

616 

Mrs.  Sarah  B.                      271 

'       Timothy 

265,  616 

Samuel         414,  415,  621,  622 

Carter,  Eleazer 

618 

Seth              374,  382,  626,  627 

'      Joel 

619 

Thaddeus                            623 

'      Joshua 

618 

Thomas                620,  626,  627 

'      Capt.  Rufus 

619 

Thomas  F.                   276,  625 

"      Salma 

619 

William  C.            266,  270,  623 

822 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Chcatcm, 300 

Cheney,  Lucy  374 

"        Nathaniel  371 
Choristers,  first  chosen  by  society,  145 

Churches,  History  of  427-494 

Church,  1st  Baptist  461-471 

2d      "  471-473 

3d      "  473-477 

Bapt.  inManchaug,  485-488 

"     Free-will  480-482 

1st  Congregational,  427-449 

2rt             "  449-401 

M.  E.  490-495 

St.  John's  477-480 
United  Presbyterian,488-490 

Universalist  482-485 
Cider  drinking 
Clark,  Edward 
William 


106,  219 
323,  408 
208 
360 
17 
340 
265 

261,  628 
261,  627 
261 

261,  275 
614 

300,  614 
68 


Clay,  to  be  public  property 
Cogshall.  Joseph 
Cole,  Abel 

David 

Ezekiel 

John 

Sumner 

Webster 

William  E. 
Comet, 

Committee,  to  manage  for  pro- 
prietors 15 

"  of  proprietors  for 

laying  out  land  16 

"  of  proprietors  on 

settlement  of  town       17 

"  for  building  meet- 

ing-house 24 

procuring  minister,  24,35 

"  seating   meeting- 

house,   29,  45,  46,  47,  81 

"  for    disposing    of 

pew  room  29 

"  report  of, assigning 

pew  room          30,  81,  82 

"  to  take  care  of  sch. 

and  ministry  land        32 
to  confer  with  Mr. 
McKinstry  33 

"  with  reference  to 

new  county     »  43 

"  on  valua'n  of  bills 

of  credit,  48, 49,  50,  56,58 

"  on    deficiency   of 

salary,  51,  52,  54,  55,  56, 
59,82 

on  repairing  meet- 
ing house  55 
on  preaching  56 

"  to  take  care  of  the 

deer  57, 59 

"          for  setting  off  new 

preciuct  62 


PAOB. 

Committee,  for  devising  meas- 
ures to  promote  in- 
dustry, economy, 
etc.  85 

"          todcfendsnitbro't 

by  Dr.  Hall  87 

on  articles  of  griev- 
ance 89 
report  of,  on  arti- 
cles of  grievance  89 
on  inspection,  cor- 
respondence    and 
safety,     92,  97,  103,  111, 
112,  116,  119,  120,  121 
122,  127 

action  of,  stopping 
loads  of  salt,  rum, 
sugar,    etc.,     ap- 
proved 115 
of  donations,  95,96,97,98 

"  for  adjusting  pay 

of  soldiers      98,  104,  105 

"  to  provide  for  fam- 

ilies of  soldiers    110,  113 

"  to    consider    and 

make  report  upon 
articles  of  confed- 
eration 110 

"  to  oppose  dismem- 

berment of  town         111 

"  to  prosecute  breach- 

es of  law  112 

"  to  procure  recruits 

113,  117,  118,  119 

"  to  sit  in  State  con- 

vention 114 

to  carry  into  effect 
resolves  of  State 
and  county  con- 
ventions 114 

"  to  settle  with  sol- 

diers 117 

to  consider  new 
constitution  and 
make  report  117 

"  to  procure  supplies 

118,  119 

"  to    contract    with 

representatives  124 

"  to    instruct    dele- 

gates 125,  127 

"  to  treat  with  insur- 

gents 126 

"  to  treat  with  North 

Parish  139 

"  to  establish  line  be- 

tween Sutton  and 
Mi  I!  bury  144,  145 

to  procure  bell  148 

"  to  build  new  meet- 

ing house  151 

"  to  disburse  aid  to 

soldiers  114 


INDEX. 


823 


Committee,  for  ascertaining  the 
amount  of  money 
expended  by  indi- 
viduals for  eulist- 
ment  167 

"  to  report  upon  pur- 

chase of  M.  E.  Ch. 
for  town  house  168 

"  to  appraise  school 

houses  168 

"  to  examine  school 

houses,  cost  of  re- 
pairing, etc.         168,  169 
Constitution,  Federal,  ratifica- 
tion of  128 
Continental  Congress,  associa- 
tion of  to  be  observed,  93 
Contributions,           38,  49,  52,  53,  56 
Convention,  County,  to  devise 
methods  for  redress  of  griev- 
ances,                                           101 
Convention,  instructions  to  del- 
egates to                        102,  103,  125 
Convention,  action  of  Sutton 

in  calling,  criticized,  122,  123 

Convention,  State,  delegates  to  128 
Conveyances  of  first  settlers,  174 
Coogan,  Michael  408,  417 

Cook,  Merritt  213 

Cord  well, 306 

County,  vote  upon  division  of,  138, 150 


Dagget,  John  M. 
"       Samuel 
"       Thomas 
Dana,  Sylvanus,  Dea. 
Daniels,  Joseph 
Darling,  Aaron 
"        Cyrus 
"       Deacon 

Ira 

"       Job 
John 
John  D. 
Peter 

"        Wheeler 
"        William 


TAOB. 

696 

395,  630 
630 
194 
383 

205,  342 

344,  631 

341 

341,  343,  631 
631 

339,  341,  631 
631 
344 

342,  631 
342,  631 


Cranberry  Company, 
Cronin,  John 

238,  239 
•407 

Crossmau,  Alpheus 

363 

Elijah 

028 

F.  J.  F. 

352,  628 

Jacob 

628 

Luther 

366 

Martin  L. 

628 

Milton  E. 

333,  628 

Noah 

628 

Samuel 

628 

Stephen 

351,628 

William 

213,  363 

Cull 

in,  Michael 

231 

CUH 

niugs,  Abner 

629. 

Allen 

385 

Amasa 

629 

Asa 

406,  629  ' 

Davis  W. 

629 

Free 

629 

Isaac 

629 

Jacob 

400,  629 

Jesse 

404,  629 

Joseph 

335 

Moses 

629 

Pearlcy 

629 

Stebbing 

629 

Stephen 

265 

Cntl 

r,  Ebenczer 

234 

Dag 

et,  Arthur 

630 

Ebenczer 

22,  302,  630 

< 

Gideon 

630 

««      John 

690 

Zelek          339,  340,  342,  031 

Davenport,  Aaron  363 

Richard  632 

William  360,  363,  631 

Davis,  Bowers  193,  194 

"     Estes  192 

"     Gen.  194 

"     Samuel  190 

"     Thomas  331 

"      Timothy  195 

Day,  Aaron  374,  632 

"    Daniel  375,  632 

"    Edmund  331,  372,  374,  633 

"    John  371,  632 

"    Judson  377,  379,  632 

44    Moses  632 

"    Ralph  632 

"    Zebina  225 

Day  memorable  for  darkness,         117 

Dean,  Alpheus  379 

"      Charles  Ide  376 

"      William  379 

Delegates,  instructions  to, 

125,  126,  128 

"        report  of  114 
Deviny,  James  304 
DeWitt,  Benjamin  A.  233 
Dike,  Anthony  633 
"      Benjamin  633 
"     Daniel  230,  231,  633 
"     Nathaniel  633 
District  school  system  abolished,     168 
44      school  system  re-estab- 
lished, 169 
"      West  Sutton  175-208 
"      Putnam  Uill  208-230 
"      Eight  lots  230-250 
"      Centre  2r,0-327 
44      Hathaway  327-338 
"      Mancliaug  338-344 
44      South  Button  344-300 
44      Union  860-367 
44      Old  Stone  367-381 
44      Slocomb  381-388 
41      Ilarback  388-409 
44      Wilkinsonville  409-424 
Dodge,  Abbie  386 
44      Asa  P.  217,  035 
<4      Benjamin  J.  239,  634 


824 


INDEX. 


PAGB. 

PAGE. 

Dodge,  David  S.                               239 

Eager,  Jacob                                   206 

"      Ebenezer  R.                 381,  635 

"     Jasper                                  205 

"      Edwin                                  386 

"     Stephen                                208 

'      Gardner  H.                          386 

Earthquakes                                69,  82 

'      George  W.                   414,  635 

Earle,  George  C.               193,  199,  344 

«      Harvey                 409,  410,  635 

Eaton,  Addison                       406,  639 

'      Isaac                              239,  634 

"      James  O.,  Hon.                  218 

«      Israel  A.               299,  325,  635 

"      Jonathan                              415 

'      Jacob,  378,  384,  385,  386,  410 

"      Reuben                                397 

412,  635 

"      Samuel                                639 

"      John                              386,  635 

Ecclesiastical  Council,                      34 

"      Josiah           227,  229,  386,  634 

Eddy,  Amos                                    333 

"      Leonard                224,  227,  635 

"     Dr.                                         408 

"      Moses  C.                              416 

Edwards,  Jonathan,  Rev.           60,  74 

"      Moses  T.                      416,  634 

Elliot,  Aaron            222,  229,  230,  640 

"      Nathaniel             414,  415,  635 

"     Andrew                                640 

"      Reuben  R.                    373,  635 

"      Daniel                            639,  640 

"      Richard                        328,  635 

"     David                                   641 

"      Richard  H.                   386,  635 

"     Gustavus                              229 

"      Silas  H.                                634 

"      James                           331,  639 

"      Willard                        227,  635 

"      James  T.       209,  229,  230,  268 

."      William                                 634 

269,  640 

Donaldson,  William                        212 

"      Jonathan                       640,  641 

Dorr,  Charles                                  347 

"      Joseph                   229,  265,  640 

"     Daniel                                    205 

"      Joseph  F.                      229,  640 

"     George                                   363 

"     Levi                              331,  640 

"     Henry                                    357 

"     Lucinda                               306 

"     Leonard                                 349 

"     Simeon                                 640 

Draper,  David                                  239 

Ellis,  Abel                                       378 

Drought                                       82,  83 

"    James  S.,  Rev.                       423 

Dudley,  Abel          .          413,  420,  636 

Emraons,  Nathaniel,  Dr.        315,  316 

"       David          413,  420,  636,  637 

Fairbanks,  George           205,  301,  407 

"       David  T.     414,  416,  424,  638 

John  M.                        694 

"       Edward                              419 

Mrs.  Nelson                  366 

'       Edward  M.                 420,  637 

William  H.                   d94 

'       Edwin  A.                   298,  637 

Farm,  Collins                                    31 

'       Francis               418,  635,  636 

"     Davenport                             32 

'       Fred.  C.                             420 

"      Hutchinson                           32 

«       George  J.                   398,  637 

Fay,  Joel                                         408 

1       Henry  T.                    414,  638 

Fellows,  Joseph                              239 

'        James                  381,  420,  637 

Fines                                          50,  112 

Jason                  297,  398,  637 

Fire-arms                                 110,  564 

'        John            412,  414,  420,  637 

Fisher,  Daniel                                 378 

'        Jonathan,  189,  195,  213,  397 

"      Philo                                     335 

413,  414,  637 

"      Whiting                      374,  419 

'       Joseph                               385 

Fiske,  Benjamin                               399 

'       Leonard             381,  419,  637 

Fletcher,  333,  364 

"       Peter          413,  414,  637,  638 

"        Ebenezer                          383 

Rogers                               637 

Forbush,  Edwin  A.                         695 

"       Samuel               396,  414,  636 

"       James  E.                          695 

"       Simon                                637 

"       James  M.                         695 

"       William                             225 

"       Jonathan  E.,  Rev.          695 

Duggan,  Cornelius                          379 

"       Preston  W.                      695 

Dwight,  Samuel                      265,  638 

Ford,  John  C.                                 382 

Dwinnel,  Abraham                         639 

Fosdick,  R.  F.,  Capt. 

Amos                               639 

Foster,  James                                 386 

Archelaus                        638 

Freeland,  Fayette                           241 

David                               639 

"        Foster              243,  271,  646 

Henry                      638,  639 

"        Franklin                  241,  646 

Jonathan                         638 

"        Freeman                          645 

Moses                               639 

"        James                      642,  645 

Samuel                            639 

"        James,  M.D.,  228,  643,  644 

Solomon                         639 

•ttj    "      645 

Eager,  Calvin                           184,  208 

Freeman,  Joseph,  Capt,         405,  408 

INDEX. 


825 


PAOK.     t                                                                                      PAOB. 

Fry,  John                                 238,  250  •  Goddard,  Benjamin                        650 

Fuller,  Amos                            225,  647   :            '        Edward                             649 

Ayres                                   647                      Elisha                              650 

Mrs.  Elder                          186  '           «        Joseph                            649 

Elisha                            225,  647   ;            '        Josiah                               650 

Francis  H.                            646               '        Luther                      222,  650 

Freeman  L.                         646  '            '        Nathaniel                        650 

John                                      344   i            «        Robert                      649,  650 

Jonathan             248,  646,  647   ;            '        Samuel                     183,  650 

Levi                             225,  646   i            '        William                           649 

Mariner                               647   \  Goffe,  Joseph,  Rev.                         650 

Mary  E.                               343  !  Going,  H.  W.                                  375 

Otis                                      408      Goldthwait,  Ezekiel                        651 

Reuben                         328,  647                4<           Jesse                            651 

Rufus            205,  225,  349,  647                "           Stephen                       651 

Samuel,  Elder                     186      Goodale,  Amos                                651 

Simeon                        328,  646              '       Asa                                   651 

Simeon  A.            213,  328,  647   :            '       Eleazar                              651 

Sullivan                         327,  640               '       Ephraim                            651 

Sumner  P.                           646              *      John                         382,  383 

Turner                         225,  646              '       Samuel                             651 

Willard         225,  220,  343,  646  !  Goodwin,  D.  LeBaron,  Rev.          423 

Gal 

e,  Abraham                                 647   ;           "        Daniel                               423 

Dana                                      696      Gough,  John  B.                              297 

Daniel                                    638      Gould,  Caleb                           651,  652 

David                                     648           "      Ebenezer              238,  651,  652 

Isaac                               647,  648  ;        "      George                         651,  652 

James                                     697   ,        "      house,  old                           221 

James  M.                               697   i        "      John                                    652 

Jonas                                      648 

"      Joseph                         651,  652 

Jonathan  D.                            697 

"      Simeon                                652 

Joseph  F.                               697 

"      Thomas                         651,  652 

Josiah                                       648 

"      301 

Nehemiah                              648 

Government,  action  of  town  with 

Richard                                    647 

reference  to  new  sys- 

Gamage, R.                                      381 

tem  of                         103 

Gamble,  John  W.                             42*2 

"         new  system  of  disap- 

Garfield, Andrew  B.                       389 

proved                        111 

Genealogical,                            579-757 

Go  wing,  Benjamin                         653 

General  Court,  grant  from  in  con- 

"       Nathaniel                         653 

firmation  of  Indian        1         "        Samuel                              652 

deed                      10-12 

Thomas                              65'2 

"           petitions  to,  29,  31,  63, 

Grafton,                                             53 

72,  124,  131 

Graves,  Ira                                      255 

"           committees  to,  64,  65, 

"       Sullivan                               210 

60 

Greenwood,  Cimene                       349 

committees  of,  64,  65, 

Daniel                         653 

66 

"           James                         653 

delegates  to            104 

Griggs,  John                             252,  653 

action  of  approved,  115   j                 Joseph  F.                             654 

action  of  in  setting                        Lewis                          231,  654 

off  new  precinct,  66,  67 

Thomas                       251,  653 

Agent  to         116,  131 

Gunpowder                                      139 

action  of  town  on 

Hale,  Elisha                                    272 

acts  of                     126 

"     294 

"           petition  of  Parish 

Hall,  Aaron                                     656 

to                             131 

'    Asa                                 897,  370 

Gibbs,  •                                      304 

'    Benjamin                               657 

John                                      649 

1    Calvin                                      655 

Nathaniel                            649 

'    C.  C.                                       389 

Gib  on,  Gardner       .                      189 

'    David,  Rev.,  D.D.,    36,37,38, 

George                                206 

40,  49,  51,  56,  58,  64,  65,  79, 

John                                    195 

128,  129,  309,  310,  657 

Gilbert  404 

"    David  N.,  Esq.                       319 

104 


826 


INDEX. 


PAOH. 

PAGE. 

Hall,  Edmund  T.                     404,  655 

Haven,  John,  Dea. 

231,  659 

Edwin  C.                                419 

Hawkins,  

374 

Emerson                                 383 

Hayden,  Elias,  Dr. 

389 

Gardner                          299,  656 

"        Asa 

389 

John                390,  407,  408,  655 

"       Joel 

389 

Joseph,  "  Master,"  306,310,  311, 

Hayward,  Austin 

408 

312,  657 

Hazeltine,  John 

659,  660 

Joseph             292,  401,  655,  656 

Silas 

660 

Joseph  L.                        406,  655 

"         Stephen 

660 

Josiah,  Capt.          213,  401,  656 

Heath,  Nathan 

184 

Josiah  C.                                656 

Hearse, 

140 

Nathaniel,  Rev.                     401 

Henry,  Miss  Mary  E. 

389 

Oliver,213,  214,  215,  216,217,656 

Hewett,  Barnabas 

363 

Otis                                         370 

'         Edwin  C. 

353 

Percival                  370,  400,  654 

'         George  H. 

344 

Rufus  C.                         190,  656 

'         Hammond 

359 

Samuel                                  367 

'         Josiah 

359 

Simeon                                   655 

'         Molly 

340 

Stephen                  370,  372,  654 

'         Orrin 

344 

Theron  E.                               404 

'         Orison 

359 

Therel  Luther               231,  654 

'         Philander 

363 

Thomas                                  655 

'         Richard 

357 

Thomas  L.                             655 

'         Sumner  B. 

347 

Willard                                   186 

'         Timothy 

353,  354 

Willis                              400,  656 

'         Valentine  G. 

344,  363 

William                          372,  655 

'         William 

344 

Zaccheus                         409,  656 

Hicks,  Benjamin,  Dea. 

380,  661 

Hammond,  Charles                         694 

"     Caleb 

363,  379,  660 

Hapgood,  N.  B.                       419,  420 

"     David 

379,  660 

Harback,  Charles  W.              370,  658 

"     Elijah 

661 

'         Daniel      370,  403,  408,  657 

"     Henry  A. 

660 

'         Henry                              321 

"     Hiram 

379,  660 

«         Henry  B.          370,  405,  658 

'       Jemima 

374 

'         John                 406,  403,  657 

4       John 

380,660 

'         Origen              404,  405,  658 

'      Joseph 

333,  379,  660 

4         Palmer                           399 

'       Joshua 

661 

1         Polly                                267 

'       Samuel 

660 

'         Rufus                               396 

'       Solomon 

379 

«         Thomas,  370,  404,  405,  422, 

'       Zachariah 

379,  660 

657,  658 

High  School, 

169,  170 

"        William  H.                      658 

Highway  tax, 

814 

Harrington,  Moses,  Elder              241 

Hill,  Benjamin 

333,335 

Harris,  Ithran                                320 

"    James 

328 

"      Thomas                               304 

"    James  D. 

328 

Harkness,  John                              382 

"    Thomas 

225 

Hartwell,  L  B.                               418 

"    William  R.,  Hon. 

421 

Seth                                423 

Hoare,  

239 

Harwood,  Daniel                     196,  658 

Hobbs,  Edward 

696 

'          David              232,  340,  658 

Holbrook,  Amory 

662 

'          Ezra                                658 

Flora  A. 

662 

'          Jerusha                          340 

Keziah,  Mrs. 

205 

'          Joseph                            340 

Lewis 

407 

'          Peter                               658 

Moses 

212 

'          Stephen                          224 

Peter 

662 

Hathaway,  Benjamin  H.                659 
Daniel                   205,  659 

Samuel 
Silvanus 

341 
661 

Isaac                      333,  659 

Stephen 

233,  661 

John                              186 

Stephen  B. 

274,  280,  325, 

Joseph                   391,  404 

408,  662 

Joseph  H.                     205 

Thomas 

661 

Joshua           332,  658,  659 

Wilder 

662 

Lawson  B.             406,  659 

Willard 

662 

Simeon,  218,  332,  333,  659 

Holman,  Aaron 

325,  665 

Warren                 333,  659 

"      Abel 

665 

INDEX. 


827 


PAGE. 

PAGE. 

Holman,  Amos  R.            190,  195,  234 

Hutchinson,  Lot                             668 

David,  Rev.       314,  663,  664 

Nathaniel           232,  667 

Edward                     663,  664 

Richard                      t!67 

Elisha                               664 

Simon                 232,  667 

Francis                             665 

Stephen              184,  668 

John                         663,  664 

Timothy                     657 

Jonathan           664,  784-786 

Independence,  action  of  town 

Major                        183,  251 

on  declaration  of         98 

Nathan                             664 

"         declaration  of,  to 

Peter                                664 

be    recorded    on 

Samuel                     106,  663 

town  book                  101 

Solomon                           663 

Inman,  Tourtellott                         228 

Stephen                            665 

"      Wm.  V.              321,  333,  335 

Thomas             106,  663,  665 

Jackson,  Jesse                                384 

Holt 

Lawrence                               342 

Jennison,  Elias                               668 

Holt 

on,  John                                    665 

Joseph                            668 

Timothy                      261,  665 

Robert                            668 

W.  B.                                   383 

Samuel                           668 

Hon: 

es,  early  occupants  of      171-175 

Johnson,  Charles                    195,  404 

industry  of                 172,  173 

Daniel                             404 

firesides  of                  173,  174 

Elisha                        18,  402 

social  gatherings  in            174 

John  G.,  Dr.                   354 

history  of  by  district,  175-425 

Nathaniel                          18 

Hooker,  Veranus  C.                 185,  186 

Obed  P.                   296,  301 

Hopkins,  Lewis                               353 

Orrin                               238 

Hospital,  for  innoculating  for 

Pliny  F.                   349,  354 

small-pox                       103,  104,  105 

Timothy                          384 

Hough,  Samuel                               335 

Warren                           194 

Houghton,  Jerman                         354 

Jones,  Elethan                                353 

Joel        325,  402,  413,  441 

"      Elder                                   349 

"         Lysander                      352 

"      George                                 353 

William                          364 

"      Henry  L.,  Rev.                   606 

House  of  Representatives,  ap- 

"     Jesse                                   354 

proval  of  acts  of                            99 

"      Joseph  S.                             209 

Hovey,  Benjamin            260,  267,  666 

"      Lot,  Rev.                     606,  607 

Daniel                  267,  275,  666 

Judson,  Adoniram,  Dr.                  204 

Daniel  Tyler                       292 

"       Ann  H.                               204 

Erastus  F.                            293 

Jurymen,                         44,  48,  49,  50 

John                                   292 

Justices,                                            97 

Jonas  A.                             275 

Keith,  George                                 227 

Marius  M.            292,  298,  666 

0     Royal                                   343 

Moses                                  666 

"     Simeon                                228 

William                       293,  422 

"     Stephen                               239 

How 

ard,  Charles  A.                        667 

Kelley,  374 

Emory                                407 

"      Daniel                        .        357 

James                               666 

Kendrick,  H.  A.                             306 

Jonathan                          667 

Kenney,  Asa                                   669 

Lewis  W.                  265,  667 

"        Daniel                       668,  669 

Loren  C.,  265,  268,  296,  299 

"        Dennis                              341 

Pearley,  Capt.                  193 

"        John                         234,  669 

Stephen                            666 

"        Loren                               184 

William  H.                       667 

"        Pearley                             669 

Howe,  407 

"        Prudence                          327 

"     Hezekiah                             422 

"        Reuben                             669 

Hoyle,  Loren  C.                              301 

"        Stephen                    238,  669 

Hubbard,  Daniel                             340 

"        Sumner     188,  194,  195,  669 

Humes,  John  R.                      199,  220 

"        Theophilus               238,  669 

"       Warren                              199 

"        Willard                             669 

Hunt,  John                                       341 

"        William                            669 

Hutchinson,  Bartholomew     232,  667 

Kidder,  Francis                       669,  670 

"         Benjamin                    667 

"       John                                  670 

"         Edwin  H.            232,  668 

"       Jonathan                           670 

"         Joseph                        667 

"       Joseph                              669 

"         Joshua                415,  676 

Kimpton,  Stephen                          341 

828 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Kimmel,  Herman  A.                      229 

PAGE. 

Leland,  Alvan                                 685 

King,  B.  Franklin                           331 

"       Austin                        390,  685 

Charles                  333,  416,  681 

"       Charles  A.                          686 

Franklin  T.                           679 

"       David                         383,  685 

George  S.               296,  297,  679 

"       Ebenezer                            684 

Henry                            329,  680 

"       Henry                                 684 

Ira                                         676 

"       Henry  F.                            685 

Isaac                              329,  681 

"       Horace                 266,  330,  382 

James                                  370 

"       James                                684 

John               234,  671-675,  677 

f       Jonathan     330,  382,  422,  685 

Jonathan                       671,  672 

'       Moses                  383,  386,  685 

Luther                                  681 

'       Oliver                         390,  685 

Nathaniel  G.  296,  297,  308,  679 

'       Reuben               300,  390,  685 

Otis                                       676 

'       Solomon                     382,  685 

Putnam          321,  328-331,  681 

'       Thomas                              385 

P.  Dwight                     380,  681 

'       Timothy                     383,  685 

Rufus             328,  332,  333,  370 

Leonard,  Bethuel                            206 

Samuel                          321,  681 

"        Darius                               206 

Solomon                239,  242,  678 

"        Jesse                                354 

Solomon  D.    242,  243,  321,  678 

Lexington,  effect  of  battle  of           96 

Sumner  B.,  Dea.  242,  297,  299, 

Lightning,                                         87 

679 

Lilley,  David                                   686 

Tarrant                         242,  679 

"      Gibbs             255,  270,  271,  408 

Turner  R.                              679 

"     John                             239,  686 

William,  287,  275,  328,329,  330, 

"     Jonathan                             686 

670,  680,  681 

"     Joshua                                 686 

Kingsbury,  Edwin  E.                      336 

Lincoln,  Asa                                   378 

"         Luther                  337,  338 

"        Mrs.                                  271 

Knapp,  Fred.,  Rev.                        301 

.      "        Reuben                     377,  379 

James                                 682 

"        Timothy                           379 

Job                                     682 

Lin  ton,  Henry                                386 

Joel                           384,  682 

Little,  Luther,  Capt.               248,  299 

Mary                                   234 

Livermore,  Joseph  S.                      404 

Rufus,  Capt.       196,  241,  243 

Logee,  Leonard                               225 

William                              682 

Lombard,  Alanson  A.             305,  686 

Lac 

key,  Amory  D.                   364,  683 

Henry  F.                        686 

Emeline                            341 

"         Nathan     210,  212,  305,  686 

George                               405 

"         Nathan  A.                      686 

Joel                    360,  363,  683 

Lovell,  Elias                                    686 

Joshua        366,  396,  682,  683 

"      Ezra                                    686 

Leander                     405,  682 

"      George                                 687 

Matthew                    352,  682 

"      L.  O.,  Rev.                          195 

Nahum                              683 

"      Thomas                       686,  687 

Newell                224,  364,  683 

Lowe,  Dexter                                  378 

'  351 

Luther,  Robert                                213 

Lake,  Singletary                              19 

Lyon,  Mrs.                                      408 

Land-money,                         41,  42,  48 

Mack,  Charles  F.                            395 

Lamb,  R.,  Dea.                               194 

Malhoit,  Alfred                               210 

Lamson,  E.,  Elder                          241 

"        James                               301 

Lane,  Abner  B.                               265 

Mallalieu,Willard  F.,  Rev.,  D.D.    405 

Larned,  379 

Maltby,  John,  Rev.          150,  151,  291 

"        Silvanus                            408 

Mauchaug  Company,                      341 

Lathrop,  Leonard  O.                      696 

Manufactures,                          523-577 

"       Samuel,  Dea.                    696 

Hand-Cards,                          524 

Learned,  Jonathan                         210 

Combs,                                  525 

"       Simeon                             205 

Scythe,  Hoe  and  Axe,          526 

LeBeau,  225 

Paper,                             526-529 

LeBaron,  Francis,  Dr.                    683 

Oil,                                        529 

"        Hannah,  anecdote  of     295 

Tanning  and  Currying,         530 

"        Lazarus,  210,  294,  683,  684 

Printing,                               530 

Legacy  of  John  Cole  for  school 

Boot  and  Shoe,                      530 

purposes             147,  156,  157 

Marbleville,                           531 

"        suit  to  obtain  posses- 

Woodburv Village,        532-535 

sion  of                       147,  148 

Pleasant  Valley,            535-536 

INDEX. 


829 


PAGE. 

Wilkinsonville,  536,  537 
Shuttle  Works,  D.  T. 

Dudley  and  Son,  537,  538 

Manchaug,  538-564 

Gun-making,  564-577 

Marble,  Aaron  398,  399 

"      Alpheus  251,  398,  688 

"       Andrew  390,  689 

"       Anna,  Mrs.  398 

"      Daniel  210,  228 

"       Enoch  390,  396,  688 

"       Ezra  390 

"       Ezra  P.  391 

"      Ezra  S.  399,  688 

"       Ezra  W.  399,  688 

"       Franklin  H.  262,  689 

"      Freegrace  390,  396,  687 

"       Henry  H.  688 

"       Jesse  687 
"       John,Capt.  275,386,399,688 

"       John,  Dea.  250 

"       Luther  398 

"       Malachi  390,  688 

"       Manton  183 

"       Nathan  687 

Rufus  396 

Sally,  Mrs.  267 
Samuel       306,  398,  687,  688 


Simeon 
Simon  L. 
Solomon 
"      Stephen 
"       Thaddeus 
"       Tyler 
Marbury,  Francis  S. 
March,  Alden,  M.  D. 


390 
689 

183,  688 
250,  687 
399 
404 
696 
285 

David,  M.  D.,  269,  284,  291,  689 
"      Hugh  689 

"      Jacob  .   291,  296,  689 

Marcy,  Mrs.  Learned  195 

Marlboro,  Thomas  296 

Marsh,  Abigail  27 

Alpheus  691 

Andrew  691 

Benj.       18,  255,  689,  690,  691 
Caleb  246,  292,  691 

Ebenezer  691 

Ezekiel  691 

John  691 

Joshua  255,  691 

Lot  691 

Peter  260,  691 

Stephen  240,  690 

Stephen  F.  240,  690 

Tyler  246,  292,  691 

Waldo  694 

Warren  255,  691,  694 

Marshall,  Henry  359 

Martin,  Benjamin  362 

"       Timothy  353 

Mascroft,  Wm.  P.  and  Wm.  D.      320 
Mason,  Anthony  183 

McClellan,  James    373,  693,  694,  695 
"          James  O.  695 


PAGE. 

McClellan,  John,  Dea.  373,  696 

"          John  E.  697 

McCrate,  John  D.,  Hon.  263 

McFarland,  Robert  382,  383 

Mclntire,  Mrs.  E.  399 

McKinstry,  John,  Rev.        25,  26,  35, 

292,  691,  692,  693 

McKnight,  Reuben  183,  397 

Mrs.  Reuben  193 

McNamara,  Timothy  417 

Meeting-house,  action  with  ref- 
erence to  building      23,  60,  61,  72, 
73,74 

Meeting-house,  location  of         23,  75 
description  of          25 
to  be  seated,  and 
pew   room    dis- 
posed of ,  29, 43, 70, 132 
allowance  for 
sweeping  32 

repairing  of,  52, 53, 60 
first  mention  of 
Baptist  75 

Baptist,  descrip- 
tion of  350 
tower  built  for       130 
stove  for         147,  148 
"            bell  for           130,  149 
burned,  151 
corner  stone  151 
"            contents  of  cor- 
ner stone,  151 
dedication  of          152 
not  to  be  used 
for  secular 
purposes,  156 
"            first  mention  of 

Methodi&t  157 

Merriam,  Amos   237, 238, 239, 675, 676 

"        Rufus  K.     237,238,675,676 

Metcalf,  Wm.  205 

Methodists  ask  for  lot  of  land  on 

common  for  a  meeting-house,      157 
Methodists  organize  a  society,        157 
"          lot  for  house  grant- 
ed to  158 
offer  their   church 

for  town-house,         168 

Militia.  9,  100 

Mill  lot,  18,  22 

"    place,  238 

"    Aldrich's  203,  204 

Miller,  George  269 

Mills,  Edmund,  Rev.      150,  263,  265, 

312,  315,  697 

"      Edmund  J.  314,  697 

"     Henry,  Dea.  315 

Miner,  Samuel  385 

Ministerial  tax-rate,  40,  49,  50 

Ministry  money,  84, 106, 129, 132,133, 

134,  141,  142,  815 

"      land,  28,  53,  76,  78 

Minute  men,   equipment  and 

duty  of  95 


830 


INDEX. 


PAGB. 

Minute  men,  783-784 

Mitchel,  John,  Dr.  695 

Mob  in  Douglas,  121 

Moderators,  789-794 

Money,  amount  of,appropriated 
and  expended  on  acc't 
of  war  of  the  rebellion,      167 
"       amount  raised  by  indi- 
viduals, refunded,  168 
Monroe,  Stephen,  M.  D.  265,  269,  391 
Moore,  George  270 
Morse,  Benjamin,    292,  293,  422,  698 
"      Caleb                            403,  699 
"      C.  W.                           268,  698 
"      David                           340,  699 
"      Ezekiel                         292,  698 
"      Ezra                              339,  340 
"      Jason                           357, 700 
"      John     296,  297,  341,  423,  699 
"      John  H.,  Hon.       325-27,  699 
"      Joseph  L.                             699 
"      Joshua  699 
"      Mason  W.                    357,  700 
"      Moody                  297,  831,  698 
"      Moses  L.       243,  286,  331,  698 
"      Nathaniel  F.,  Dr.  297,298,699 
"      Obed  341 
"      Samuel                                335 
"      Simeon                 340,  341,  699 
"      Sylvester,  Dea.     297,  298,  699 
"      Sylvester,  Mrs.                    320 
Moseley,  Joseph                              367 
Mulcahy,  John                                416 
Mulchray,  Mr.                                 395 
Murphy,  Dennis                              221 
Nason,  Christopher                 183,  296 
"      Joseph  H.                           300 
Nealey,  Ephraim                             404 
"       Thomas  J.                          328 
Nelson,  John                                  398 
"       Joseph                                398 
"       Samuel                               334 
New  precinct,  65 
Newell,  James  M.,  M.  D.               300 
Newhall,  William                           422 
Newton,  Asahel                      302,  304 
"      Samuel                              194 
"      Sullivan                    416-,  420 
Nicholas,  Anson                              226 
Nichols,  Benjamin                          700 
"        Henry                               700 
"        Isaac                                 700 
•«        John                                  700 
"        Jonathan                          700 
"        William                             700 
Nolen,  George  Augustus                361 
"      George  B.                            361 
Norbury,  Edward                           366 
Odion,  Nathaniel                            406 
Organ,  church,  action  of  society 

with  reference  to  playing,    139,  140 

Packard,  Origen  313 

Paine,  Benjamin  O.  344 

"     J.  W.  208 


PACK. 

Parish,  assumes  minister's  salary,    73 
"      takes  new  meet' ng-house,    74 
"      rule  for  reception  of  mem- 
bers of  133,  139-141 
act  of  incorporating,     136-38 
"      act  of  incorporat'n  amend- 
ed, 152, 153 
"      North,  petition  to  be  incor- 
porated as  a  sep'rate  town, 

138,  142 
"      North,  act  to  incorporate, 

143,  144 

Parker,  John  O.  343 

"       Mary,  Roby  and  Falla       254 
"       Prince  342 

"       Thomas  254 

Parkman,  John  333 

Parsons,  John  209,  210,  406 

"      Lyman  190,  192 

Paupers,  72,  73 

Peck,  Joel  408 

Pomeroy  407 

"     Pomeroy,  Mrs.  299 

Penniman,  Royal  378 

Perry,  William  302,  304 

Petition  for  building  pews  in  meet- 
ing-house,         48,  55,  56,  57 
"       for  new  precinct  58,  63 

"  "        town,    61,  104,  106, 

111,  156 
"       of  individuals  to  be  set  off 

to  ad  joining  towns,  89, 96,131 
"       with  reference  to  act  of 
General  Court  for  draw- 
ing bills  of  credit  109 
"       concurred    in    by   other 

towns,  109 

Phelps,  Ebenezer  239 

"       Henry  187-190 

"       James',          184,  186-189,  205 

"       Mind  well  H.,  Mrs.     186,  187 

Phillipic  from  Mass.  Spy,  133 

Phillips,  W.  W.  386 

Pierce,  Aaron  701 

"      Abijah  H.  270 

"      Amos  701 

"      Charles  I.  702 

"      Isaac  702 

"      Joel  702 

"      John  379, 700,  701 

"      John  W.,  Rev.  380 

"      Jonathan  379,  386,  701 

"      Joseph  702 

"      Leonard,  M.  D.  210,  701 

"      Lewis  386,  701 

"      Mary  L.,  Mrs.  295 

"      Miranda,  Mrs.  386 

"      William  379,  702 

Ponds,  13 

Poor,  care  of  145,  147 

"     farm  for  148,  150,  154 

Pope,  J.  383 

Potter,  Mr.  370 

Pound,  24 


INDEX. 


831 


PAGE. 

Powder-house,  139 

Pratt,  Calvin  E.,  Judge  387 

"      Elias,  Capt.  331,  332 

"      Otis  412 

"      Mr.  398 

"      Sumner  332 

Prentice,  George,  Prof.  372 

"        James  371 

"        Samuel  333 

Prescott,  Samuel  402,  403 

Preston,  Amariah,  Dea.  250 

Prime,  Mr.  403 

Prince,  David  702 

"      Stephen  702 

Proclamation  of  President  for 

troops,  158 

Proprietors,  first  and    second 

meeting  of  15,  16 

"        encouragement  to  first 

settlers,  16 

"        proposed  tax  in  aid  of 

ministers,  26 

Provincial  Congress,  delegates  to 

90,  91,  97 
Provincial  Congress,  approval  of 

acts  91,  92,  97,  98 

Punishment  of  violators  of  acts  of 

Association,  93,  94 

Punishment  for  false  testimony,      94 

Purgatory,  14,  15,  338 

Putnam,  34 

"        Aaron  227, 704,  707 

"        Abijah  210,  327,  713 

"        Abner       213,  225,  321,  711 

"        Alvan  W.  229,  256,321,  705 

"        Amos  708 

"        Andrew  705 

"        Archelaus       212,  227,  255, 

331,  704,  711 

"        Asa  222-224,  706 

"        Asaph  709 

"        Bartholomew  226,  710 

"        Benajah  203,  713 

"        Benjamin  709 

"        Betsey,  Mrs.  327 

"        Bradford  227,  706 

"        Calvin  707 

"        Charles,  194,  208,  210,  225, 
704 

"        Cornelius,  175,  226,342,  710, 
712 

"        Cyrus  711 

"        Daniel  709 

"        Darius  222,  228, 706 

David      205,  223,  706,  711, 

712 

"        David,  Mrs.  179 

"        David,  Ensign  821 

"        Persia,  Mrs.  175,  179 

"        Ebenezer  712 

Edward     194,  205,  223,  703 
"        Edward  S.  705 

"        Elijah  181,  217 

"        Elijah  B.  705 


PAGE. 

Putnam,  Elisha  243,  706 

"        Emory  195,  210,  713 

"        Estes  323,  708 

"        Ezra  703 

Francis     238,  246,  321,  707 
Fuller  217,  712 

George  228 

Gideon  713 

Hannah,  Mrs.  213 

Harvey  711 

Henry  C.  713 

Holyoke  703 

Horace  711 

Isaac  213, 708 

Israel,  Gen.  181 

Israel,  Capt.    182,  295,  709, 
710 

James  .      713 

Jeptha  217,  712 

Jim  707 

John,       175,  203,  204,  206, 
217,  218,  222,  703,  709, 
712,  713 

John  P.  179,  713 

John  W.  179,  713 

Jonathan  238,  707 

Jonathan  F.  322,  707 

Joseph      181,  342,  707,  712 
Joseph,  Mrs.  179 

Joseph  H.       222,  227,  396, 


398,  406,  704 

(4 

Lawson 

180,  711 

« 

Leander 

342,  712 

14 

LeBaron 

710 

(t 

Lewis 

219,  226 

It 

Luke 

707 

( 

Lyman 

713 

( 

Marble 

219,  239,  706 

| 

Marcus  M. 

213,  217 

( 

Micah 

709 

( 

Moses 

175,  710 

< 

Nathan 

208,  213,  709 

< 

Nathaniel,  175 

,  181,  709,  710 

( 

Nehemiah 

707 

14 

Pearley     210,  222,  225,  704 

14 

Peter,i75,  208,  217,  218-221, 

705 

M 

Peter  H.   194, 

204,  210,213, 

223,  224,  705 

M 

Philander 

342,  712 

« 

Phineas 

213,  709 

14 

Pliny 

238 

(4 

Polycarp 

320 

It 

Prescott 

180 

M 

Keuben 

319,  707 

« 

Rufus      204, 

205,  243,  708, 

713 

« 

Russell 

711 

(4 

Salmon 

711 

14 

Samuel 

206,  712 

14 

Sarah 

413 

(( 

Silas 

238,  707 

« 

Stephen 

180,  708,  710 

4( 

Sullivan 

223,  396,  704 

832 


INDEX. 


PAOK. 

Putnam,  Sumner,  210,  212,  213,  222, 
704,  708 

Sumner,  Mrs.  213 

Sylvanus  218,  713 

Sylvester  327 

Tarrant     181,  195,  709,  710 
Theodore  295 

Thomas  703 

Towne 
Tyler 
Waldo 


Waters 
Willard 
Putney,  William,  M.  D. 
Rathbone,  Elder 
Rats,  frightened 
Rawson,  Alpheus 

"        Ebenezer 

"       Samuel 
Ray,  George 
Read,  Aaron  H. 
Rebellion,  Shay's 


243 

256,  704 

193,  210,  211,  217, 
219,  705 
239,  706 
186 
697 
241 
193 
360 

409,  410,  714 
411 
227 
199 
126 

oath  of  allegiance 
taken  by  those  en- 
gaged in,  127 
"        war  of,  inaugurated,       158 
Record,  Jonathan                    327,  328 
"       Mary                                 327 
Recruits,                     97,  116,  117,  119 
"      provisions  for  raising, 

98,  103,  104 

Redding,  Isaac  H.  233 

Referees,  on  matter  of  Dr.  Hall's 

salary,  79,  83 

"       award    of,   accepted  by 

town,  83 

Regulators,  126,  127 

Remic,  N.  P.  386 

Remonstrance  of  town  against  the 

incorporation  of  North  Parish,  140 
Report  of  Committee  on  measures 

of  industry,  economy,  etc.  85 

Representatives,  33,  43, 44,  50,  52,  54, 
810,  811 
"  instructions  to, 

93,  124,  126,  127,  158 
Resolution  of  town  with  reference 
to  foreign  superfluities 
and  encouragement  of 
manufactures,  86 

"        with  reference  to  rebel- 
lion, 159-162 
Revenues,  surplus,  action  of  with 


reference  to, 

Rice, 

Alexander, 
Asahel 
Asaph,  Rev. 
Daniel 
Edmund 
George  K. 
George  W. 
Henry 


154,  155 
297 
715 

•336,  338,  715 
320 
715 
714 
715 
915 


Rice,  Hosea 

Noah 

Perez 

Phineas 

Sophronia,  Mrs. 

Stephen 

Thomas 

Willard 

William 
Rich,  Ebenezer 

Elijah 

Elisha 

George 

George,  Mrs. 

Israel 

John 


PAOfc. 

715 

336,  398,  715 
320,  714 
714 
398 
714 
714 

398,  715 
416 

196,  716 
194,  199 
716 
716 
299 
716 

183,  199,  208,  226,  298, 
716 

Jonathan  716 

Rachel,  Mrs.  299 

Samuel    190,  194,  196,  199,  716 
Stephen  716 

Richard,  Misses  213 

Richardson,  Benjamin  332 

"  Dan.  383 

Rising,  Eli  248 

Roach,  Patrick  225 

Robbius,  A.  O.,  Dr.  318 

"         Benjamin  343 

"         Thomas  307 

Roberts,  Amasa  194 

Robinson, 395 

Rogerson, 342 

Rosebrooks,  Walter,  Mrs.  242 

Rowel,  Eliphalet  238 

Ruggles,  C.  404 

"         Milton  417 

Russell,  Darius  271 

Sabine,  Daniel  422 

Salary  of  ministers,  25,  32,  39,  52,  54, 

56,  59,  61,  129 

"        mode  of  raising  changed,  136 
Salisbury,  Mr.  408 

Salt,  means  for  procuring,  100 

"    pay  of  agents  for  procuring,  112 
Saunders,  Esek  383 

Scannel,  Daniel  379 

Schools,  43,  49,  50,  51,  57 

of  Sutton,  495-522 

Common  495-510 

High  510-522 

School  land,  32,  52,  60,  70,  71 

money,  106,  815 

houses,  53, 55 

house,  West  Sutton  184 

house,  South  Sutton          350 
dames,  43,  85 

tax,     '  814 

Scott,  Gen.  Winfield  576,  577 

Searle,  G.  H.  423 

Searles,  Charles  H.  384 

"       George  384 

"       Gilbert  398 

Separating  brethren,  72,  76 

Selectmen,  795-802 


INDEX. 


833 


PJLQK. 

PAOB. 

Servey,  Mrs.                                    402 

Sibley,  Levins                 184,  207,  719 

Settlers,  names  of  first  thirty,          21 

"     Lot                                       721 

home  lots  of                       21 

"     Lowell                                 304 

"        location  of  four  thousand 

"  $  Miranda,  Mrs.                     271 

acres  of                                21 

"     Moses                                   720 

Severy,  Amos                                  419 

"     Nahum                 211,  213,  721 

"      Jacob                          233,  717 

"     Nathan                         333,  724 

"      John                                   717 

"     Nathaniel,   211,  221,  294,  391, 

"      Joseph,       203,  219,  232,  233, 

395,  720,  724 

716,  717 

"     N.  C.,  Dr.                            405 

"      Joseph  R.                           717 

"      Oliver                                  225 

"      Moody                                 717 

"     Palmer                         205,  296 

"      Solomon       233,  237,  248,  717 

"     Paul                              194,  720 

"      Willard                               717 

"     Peter                            305,  719 

Shaffer,  James                                695 

"     Reuben                         391,  720 

Shambeau,  Joseph                          381 

"     Samuel,  331,  333,  334,  723,  724 

Shattuck,  Dr.                                    318 

'     Simeon                         719,  721 

Shaw,  Salem  J.                               184 

'     Simon                           183,  721 

Shea,  John                                        296 

'     Simon  D.                             725 

Sherman,  Hollis                               206 

«     Simon  H.                             721 

"        John                         419,  420 

'     Solomon        392-395,  720,  723 

"        Newell                             219 

4     Stephen        210,  719,  723,  724 

"        404 

<      Sumner                                 725 

Sibley,  Aaron                          191,  726 

'     Sylvester                              392 

"     Abel                              207,  718 

'     Tarrant                210,  211,  721 

"     Abner                           210,  719 

"     Timothy                       234,  722 

"     Alden  W.                      209,  725 

"     Tyler                            205,  721 

'      Almon                          205,  725 

"     WUliam                        208,  724 

'      Arthur                                 219 

Sickness,                                           81 

'     Asa                                      723 

Sigourney,  Anthony                199,'  200 

'      Barnabas                               718 

Simpson,  Lot                   234,  343,  370 

'      Benjamin                     723,  726 

"        William                            234 

'     Benoni                                 719 

Singers  to  choose  own  leaders,       149 

'     Caleb                                    392 

"      trouble  with,                       150 

'      Clarence  C.                          721 

Singing,                                           148 

'      Cyrus                                     722 

"      appropriation  for,                149 

1     Darius                                  186 

Singletary,  Amos               27,  726-728 

'     Darius  B.                             422 

"         John                       27,  726 

'     David                                   719 

Slocomb,  Erastus  H.               385,  729 

'      Dorrance                               193 

"        Horatio                     385,  729 

'     Ebenezer                      722,  723 

"       John  W.,  Capt.               385 

'     Edward  L.                           721 

"       Joshua                             385 

'     Elihu                            210,  719 

"       Pliny                        384,  729 

'      Elijah                    208,  298,  725 

"       William                    385,  728 

'     Francis  F.,  183,  204,  300,  344, 

Smith,  D.  S.  C.  H.,  Dr.  316,  317,  320 

726 

"      F.  B.                                      408 

"      Franklin        186,  193,  298,  726 

"     Robert                                 203 

"      Gibbs                            272,  718 

"     Thomas                                186 

"     Gideon                  194,  206,  720 

Snow,  Rev.  Mr.                               194 

"     Harrison                              342 

Society,  action  of  1st  Cong*l  in 

'     Hezekiah                     207,  208 

building  new  meeting-house,      151 

'      Isaac                                    719 

Soldiers,  number  furnished'  by 

'     James           203,  212,  221,  720 

town,                                 167 

'      Job                               333,  335 

"      articles  for,  furnished 

'     John,    212,  305,  717,  719,  721, 

by  ladies,                          167 

722 

"      pay  of,  110,  111,  114,  116-118, 

"     John  M.                       264,  724 

120 

"     John  M.,  Mrs.                     265 

in  colonial  service,  1  778-780 

"     Jonas,  Hon.        121,  263,  291, 

"      in  the  revolution       781,  782 

395,  724 

"      in  the  late  war,          787,  788 

"     Jonas  L.       263,  264,  395,  724 

Sprague,  Eli                            385,  604 

"      Jonathan,    211,  234,  720,  723, 

George                              694 

726 

"      Homer  B.,  CoL        348,  364 

"     Joseph                 207,  211,  718 

Jonathan          348,  364,  365 

105 

834 


INDEX. 


PAQK. 

PAOB. 

Sprague,  Jonathan,  Mrs.                347 

Stone,  Jeremiah                     416,  417 

Spring,  Elkanah                              196 

Store,  tin-top                                   213 

Spurr,  John                                     195 

Stump,  Thomas  S.                          697 

Stages,  stock  in  line  of                    146 

Suffrage,  enlargement  of  right  of,  104 

Stearns,  Asa                                    226 

Sutton,  original  purchase  and  loca- 

"      H.  P.,  Dr.                           226 

tion  of,                                   9 

Stickney,  Alonzo,  Dr.             300,  328 

"      original  deed  from  Indians 

Stockwell,  Aaron             231,  343,  732 

lost,                                         9 

Abraham                      733 

origin  of  name,  note  p.          9 

"         Absalom                         729 

"      its  physical  features,      12,  13 

"         Albert                     399,  733 

"      geological,                             13 

"         Alonzo  E.                       732 

"      curiosities,                      14,  15 

"         Alvan                             395 

"      settlement  delayed,              15 

"         Amos  B.         237,  377,  731 

"      not  formally  incorporated,  17 

"         Chandler                 196,  732 

"      first  settlement  of,               18 

'         Cyrus  B.                         733 

"      homes  of,                     171-424 

«         Daniel  T.                261,  731 

"      in  the  revolution,        771-778 

'         Darius  R.                       733 

Swinerton,  Benjamin                     403 

'         David                             733 

Talcott,  Geo.,  Col.  (Gen.)       575-577 

'        Ebenezer                       733 

Taft,  Alphonso,  Judge                   746 

'         Eli                                  732 

"    Benjamin                               379 

'         Emory  W.                      731 

"    Smith                                      195 

«         Enoch                     239,  733 

Tainter,  Daniel                               694 

'         F.  A.                              255 

Tarbox,  I.  N.,  Rev.,  D.  D.             746 

'         George                            321 

Tavern,  lot  asked  for  on  Common,  154 

'         George  F.               239,  733 

"       West  Sutton,              191-193 

'         George  H.                     731 

"       Old  Sutton,                        276 

'         George  K.       239,  240,  733 

Tax,        15,  16,  23,  40,  47,  78,  88,  124 

'         Henry                            407 

"    for  diminishing  public  debt,  110 

'  '         Henry  Sibley         395,  731 

"    of  soldiers  abated,                   112 

'         Henry  Simeon        238,  730 

Taylor,  Caleb                                  331 

'         Horace                           304 

"      Abraham                            734 

'         Ichabod                          730 

"      Benjamin  H.                      734 

'         Israel                              729 

"      James,                 331,  733,  734 

'         James  W.                      307 

"      Lawson                                344 

«         John      231,  304,  305,  395, 

"      Percival                               347 

730 

"      Obed                                   357 

"         John,  Mrs.                      405 

"      Samuel                269,  331,  734 

"         John  P.           372,  400,  732 

"      Mr.                                      231 

"         Jonas  E.                 233,  732 

Tea, 

"         Jonathan                731,  732 

Tea-kettle,  first  in  town,                  27 

"         Joseph                           733 

Temperance,  action  of  town  with 

"         Lewis              184,  187,  733 

reference  to,                  154-156,  169 

"         Luther                          731 

Tenney,  Amos                                 303 

"         Messrs.                    199,  269 

"        B.  F.                          302,  735 

"         Nathaniel               304,  731 

<        Daniel         267,  300-303,  734 

"         Noah                       233,  730 

'        Daniel  A.           301,  302,  735 

"         Parley                             242 

'        John                                 302 

"         Peter                       205,  732 

'        John  W.                            734 

"         Silvanus                         732 

'        Joseph  S.                          735 

"       .  Simeon,  234,  243,  304,  306, 

'        Linus                         300,  735 

731 

'        Simon       280,  300,  302,  407, 

"         Simeon  T.              391,  731 

734 

"         Simon                           731 

Terry,  William,  Dr.                        271 

"         Simon  W.                      304 

Thayer,  Asa                                    205 

"         Solomon,  205,  224,  225,  732 

"        Augustus                          364 

"         Stephen          233,  732,  733 

"        Ezekiel                              359 

"         Stephen  E.                     733 

"        Fisher  D.                          208 

"         Stephen  H.      231,  265-267 

"        Moses                                344 

"         Tyler                      395,  731 

"        Willis                        364,  366 

William                         729 

Thompson,  George                         359 

Stone,  Andrus                                 696 

"         Linus                           243 

"     Daniel                                 323 

"         William  L.                  696 

"     Henry                                 374 

Thurber,  James 

INDEX. 


835 


PAGE. 

Thurston,  D.  T.  301 

"         D.  T.,  Mrs.  270 

Tisdale,  Reuben,  Dea.  365 

Titsworth,  John  695 

Titus,  Alanson  181,  296 

"    Henry  341 

"    John  341 

"    Jonah  341 

"    Merrick  332 

"    Russell  359 

Todd, 306 

Tolman,  Mr.  379 

Torrey,  Caleb  183,  735 

"       Daniel  210,  735 

"       Isaac  735 

"       Lewis  342,  343, 735 

"       Samuel  735 

"       Samuel  D.  746 

Tourtellott,  Abraham  210 

"         Charles  A.  192 

"         Daniel  190, 191 

Daniel  C.      192,  195,  196 

George  A.  192 

"          Paris      192-194,  208,  261 

Towne,  Mr.  297 

"       Josiah  422 

Town,  first  meeting  of,  23 

"     line,  58 

"     sued  by  Dr.  Hall,  87 

meetings  of,    87,  118,  140,  152 

appropriation  for  its  poor,    88 

"     meetings  of,  in  whose 

name  issued,  100 

"     action  of,  with  reference 

to  disloyalty,  93,  105,  115,  120 
"     action  of,  upon  the  law  of 
loaning  State's  money,  etc. 

106-109 

"     meeting  of,  to  consider  ar- 
ticles of  confederation,       110 
"     vote  of,  upon  new  form  of 

government,  113 

"     warning  of  persons  to 

leave,  131 

plan  of,  taken  132 

"     impromtu  meeting  of  citi- 
zens of  158,  159 
"      action  of,  breaking  out  of 

the  rebellion,  159 

"     farm,  196 

"     clerk,  807 

Township,  its  division  into  sixty 

rights,  16 

ordered  plotted,  28 

"        proprietors  of,  21 

Tracy,  H.  A.,  Rev.          207,  291,  298 

Transportation  of  loads  of  rum, 

sugar,  salt,  etc.,  stopped,  115 

Trask,  Aaron  736 

"      James  736 

"      Jonathan  736 

"      Josiah  736 

"      Samuel  735, 736 

Treasurers,  808 


PAGE. 

Trumble,  Samuel  239 

Trustees,  for  care  of  land  money, 

43,  48 

Tucker,  Ebenezer  344 

"       Ebenezer  E.  344 

"       Nathan  221 

"       Thomas  194,  195 

Tything  men  first  chosen,  25 

Van  Ornam,  Freeman  238 

Vant,  John  364 

Varney, 306 

Volunteers,  enlistment  of  encour- 
aged, 161,  162,  166 
Vote,  with  reference  to  sufferers 

by  riot  in  Boston  84 

"    upon  measures  to  promote 

industry,  economy,  etc.          85 
"    of  town  upon  proceedings  of 

State  Convention  114 

Waite,  Asa  736 

"      Gershom  736 

"      Joshua  736 

"      Nathaniel  737 

"      William  736 

Wake,  Peter  203 

Wakefield,  Amasa  341,  737 

Benjamin  367,  737 

Jonathan  737 

"          Silas  737 

Widow  205,  206 

Walker,  Asa  305,  737 

"        Charles  227 

"        Gideon  271, 738 

"        Harvey  D.  228 

"        John,  Rev.  183,  228 

"        Josiah  738 

"        Obadiah  737,  738 

"        Silas  738 

"        Timothy  306 

"        William,  Mrs.  341 

"        William  C.  422 

Wallis,  Benjamin  239 

Walsh,  David  231,  232 

Wampus,  John  9 

War,  proclamation  of  69 

Ward,  incorporation  of  111 

Ward,  Avery  404 

"      James  M.  414 

"      Joseph,  Col.  403 

Warren,  William,  Capt.  320 

Waters,  Abner  744 

"       Abraham  742 

"       Amos  184-186,  191,  743 

"       Andrus  745 

"       Asa  420,  744,  745 

Asa  H.  293,  746 

"       Cornelius  745 

"       Daniel  306 

"       David  413 

"       Ebenezer    129,  130,  198-200, 

243,  742 

"       Elijah  745 

"       Gardner  131,  270 

"       George  P.  744 


836 


INDEX. 


PAOK. 

Waters,  Horace  745 

"       Isaac  184 

"       Isaac  L.  742 

Jason    184,191,192,204,743 
"       Jason,  action  of  in  legis- 
lature with  reference  to 
breech-loading  fire-arms, 

163-166 

"       John      203,204,740,742,744 
"       John  C.  742 

"       Jonathan  744, 745 

"       Jonathan  T.  238 

"       Joshua  743 

"       Judah  743 

"       M.  M.  238 

"       Moses  238 

"       Nathan  203,  204, 742 

"       Parley         190,  208,  217,  743 
"       Reuben,  Capt  185,  191 

"       Reuben,  Col.      189,  192,  743 
"       Richard      199,  200,  203,  738, 
739,  740,  742 

"       Samnel      186,  227,  324,  325, 
742,  743,  745 

"       Simeon  744 

"       Stephen,  203,  204 

Wedge,  Newell  370,  371 

Wellman,  James,  Rev.  746 

West  Sutton,  view  of  177 

"  old  school-house,      184 

"  first  building  in        184 

Wheatley,  Joseph  357 

Wheeler,  Jonathan  339,  340 

"        Simon  320 

"        Solomon  403 

"       Wm.  H.  233 

Wheelock,  Calvin  305 

"         Josiah,  Major  270 

"         Luther  302, 305 

"          Monroe        '  379 

"         Mrs.  333 

"         Reuben  305, 321 

"         Timothy,  Col.  694 

"         Timothy  E.  694 

Whipple,  Ebenezer  746 

"        Jacob  746 

"        John    263,365,402,746,747 

"        John  W.  270, 306, 746 

"       Joseph  747 

Richard  M.  307,  747 

"        Solomon  416,  747 

"        Symonds  746 

"       Welcome  360 

Whitcomb,  B.  A.  370 

White,  Mr.  251,  254 

"      Benjamin  385 

"      Caleb  747 

"      Grant  747 

"      John  204 

"      Jonathan  747 

"      Joseph  747 

"      Josiah  747 

"      Noah  383, 747 

"      Peter  747 


PAGR. 

White,  Richmond  341 

"      S.  T.  416 

Whitefield,  George,  Rev.  70 

Whiting,  Abby  H.  747 

"        Charles  204 

"        Luther  321,  747 

"        Paul  275,  747 

Samuel  M.,  Rev.  321 

Whitmore,  Nathaniel,  Lieut.         231 
Whitney,  Mr.  419 

Wigs,  175 

Wilbur,  Laura  341 

Wilcox,  Joseph  210,  225 

Wilder,  Warren  424 

Wilkinson,  David  422 

Willard,  Geo.  A.,  Rev.  185 

"       Lafayette  406, 408 

Townsend  422 

Williams,  Albert  C.  694 

"        Albergense  241 

"        Chester  341 

"        Clarissa,  Mrs.  358 

"        Cyrel  359 

"        Henry  357 

"        James  241 

Wilson,  Mr.  419 

Winans,  John  W.  694 

Winter,  Wm.  332 

Witchcraft,  71 

Wood,  Dexter  234 

"     Luke  416 

Woodburn,  Mr.  419 

Woodbury,  Asa  399,  402,  756 

Aaron  751 

Bartholomew        248,  751 
Benj.      239, 248, 370, 408, 
749, 750, 752, 753, 755 
Caleb  330, 751 

Charles  234,  757 

Daniel  407,  751,  753 

David  753,  755 

Edward  B.  757 

Gideon  753 

John      234, 259, 389, 408, 
748, 751, 753, 754 
JohnC.   268,299,408,754 
J.  Francis  390, 757 

Jonathan  256, 751 

Joseph          370,  749,  752 


Joshua 
Josiah 
Leonard 
Lot 

Lucena 
Luther 
Luther  F. 
Moses  C. 


750,  753 
749 
755,  756 
284,  322,  754 

288 
756 
420 
754 


Nathan  234,  243,  323,  753 
Nathaniel  234,  756 

Peter  748,  749,  750 

Simeon  754 

Simon  J.      207,  213,  268, 
275,  307,  408,  755 
T.  Beaman  389,  756 


INDEX. 


837 


Woodbury,  William 
Zadock 
Woodis,  Julia 
Worcester,  Dea. 
Work-house, 


PAOK. 

748 

259,  754 

357 

250 

85,87 


Wright,  Norman  W. 
York,  Mr. 
Young,  Charles 
"      Rufus 


PAGE. 

695 

404 

404 

364,365 


ERRATA. 

Page  38,  eleventh  line  from  the  top,  for  Lease  read  Loose. 
Page  42,  seventeenth  line  from  bottom,  for  Hutchison  read  Hutchinson. 
Page  135,  thirteenth  line  from  bottom,  for  1795  read  1793. 
Page  184,  fifth  line  from  the  top,  after  Isaac  Waters  read  son  of  Richard, 
son  of  John. 

Page  212,  twenty-second  line  from  bottom,  for  Putnam's  read  Lombard's. 
Page  259,  eighteenth  line  from  top,  for  Prince  read  Prime. 
Page  280,  fifth  line  from  bottom,  ninth  word,  read  pressure. 
Page  287,  seventh  line  from  bottom,  for  Summer  read  Sumner. 
Page  300,  eighth  line  from  top,  fourth  word,  read  Sumner. 
Page  338,  eleventh  line  from  bottom,  last  word,  read  Auras. 
Page  383,  eleventh  line  from  top,  for  Holtoii  read  Hilton. 
Page  461,  note,  for  C.  P.  Myers  read  C.  F.  Myers. 
Page  567,  tenth  line  from  top,  for  stripe  read  stirps. 

Page  583,  fifteenth  line  from  bottom,  last  word  on  line,  for  1784  read  1788. 
Page  548,  tenth  and  fifteenth  lines  from  bottom,  for  Shore  read  Shove. 
Page  586,  twenty-fifth  line  from  bottom,  for  1744  read  1774. 
Page  588,  fourteenth  line  from  top,  for  1767  read  1737. 
Page  632,  ninth  line  from  bottom,  for  1797  read  1794. 
Page  634,  eighteenth  line  from  bottom,  for  Lurvey  read  Survey. 
Page  676,  sixth  line  from  top,  after  son  make  period. 
Page  699,  eleventh  line  from  top,  for  Nathaniel  T.  read  Nathaniel  F. 
Page  717,  sixth  line  from  bottom,  in  a  few  of  the  copies,  for  1834  read  1634. 
Page  731,  eighth  line  from  bottom,  first  word  on  line,  read  Simon. 
Page  738,  thirteenth  line,  after  Waters  read,  By  Jason  Waters,  Esq. 


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